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LEXINGTON, Mass., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced that James Dentzer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curis, will present a company overview at the 2022 Jefferies Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in New York, NY.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available under "Events & Presentations" in the Investors section of the Company's website at www.curis.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Curis website for 90 days following the event.
Curis is a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. In 2015, Curis entered into a collaboration with Aurigene in the areas of immuno-oncology and precision oncology. As part of this collaboration, Curis has exclusive licenses to oral small molecule antagonists of immune checkpoints including the VISTA/PDL1 antagonist CA-170, and the TIM3/PDL1 antagonist CA-327, as well as the IRAK4 kinase inhibitor, emavusertib (CA-4948). Emavusertib is currently undergoing testing in the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Lymphoma trial, in patients with hematologic malignancies, such as non-Hodgkins lymphoma and other B cell malignancies, both as a monotherapy and in combination with BTK inhibitor ibrutinib, and the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Leukemia trial in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, for which it has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the TakeAim Leukemia and TakeAim Lymphoma trials during which no new patients will be enrolled, and current study participants benefiting from treatment may continue to be treated with emavusertib at doses of 300mg BID or lower. In addition, Curis is engaged in a collaboration with ImmuNext for development of CI-8993, a monoclonal anti-VISTA antibody, which is currently undergoing testing in a Phase 1 trial in patients with solid tumors. Curis is also party to a collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, under which Genentech and Roche are commercializing Erivedge® for the treatment of advanced basal cell carcinoma.
For more information, visit Curis's website at www.curis.com.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. ("Vintage" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VWE). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Vintage and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On September 13, 2022, Vintage disclosed that certain of the Company's previously issued financial statements should no longer be relied upon and should be restated due to the identification of an accounting error related to the treatment of interest rate swap agreements.
On this news, Vintage's stock price fell $2.23 per share, or 40.33%, to close at $3.30 per share on September 14, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
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Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s easy to forget how many hit songs Drake created in his nearly 15-year musical career. But he presented an emphatic reminder with an intimate concert at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on Saturday, his first-ever show at the legendary venue.
During the performance, the four-time Grammy winner teased that new music could be on the way, despite releasing two albums last year.
“I thought about a bunch of things in life, but at this moment in time, none of those things are stopping making music for you,” Drake told the doting crowd. “I hope I can strike up some more emotions for you, maybe this year — I might get bored and make another one.”
The first night of two Apollo weekend shows presented by SiriusXM, featured the 36-year-old ripping off songs at a frantic pace — most with just a verse and chorus — satisfying day-one fans with fan-favorite, deep non-radio cuts as well as those only familiar with his No. 1 hits. The recorded performances will air on Drake’s SiriusXM Sound 42 channel in the coming weeks.
Noting this was his first show in about five years and later stating “I’ll be out and about on the road a lot this year,” Spotify’s most-streamed artist in the U.S. last year told his captivated audience the show was about gratefulness.
“I wanted to make this a show about gratitude,” Drake said. “This is a little story we put together: my deep love for my family, for my dear friends and each and every one of you that have been supporting me for a long time.”
Donning cornrows in his hear while wearing baggy jeans and a blue and yellow Jimmy Brooks basketball jersey — a nod to his days as an actor on the teen drama series “Degrassi” — Drake opened the performance with “Over My Dead Body” as celebrity guests such as Justin and Hailey Bieber, former NBA MVP and current Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant, NFL star Odell Beckham Jr., rappers A$AP Ferg and A Boogie wit da Hoodie watched.
Sitting on a bed positioned stage-right, modeled after his bedroom in his mom’s Toronto basement where he said he wrote songs, Drake belted out many of his down-tempo, B-side hits such as “Wu-Tang Forever,” “Trust Issues,” “Practice” and “Feel No Ways.”
He also sang his most popular deep cut, “Marvin’s Room,” as the standing-room only crowd joined him word-for-word before transitioning into his hook from Timbaland’s “Say Something” as the “Marvin’s Room” beat continued.
As the bedroom set dimmed and the light shifted to the left side of the stage, revealing a board room, Drake changed into a black leather hoodie with his OVO owl symbol. The rapper stood in front of a performer playing a record label exec who skeptically noted it was “interesting” he was a rapper from Canada, before saying, “Alright, let’s see what you got.” (Drake would later remind the crowd how every major record label in New York passed on him.)
Starting with “Best I Ever Had,” the R&B smash that jump-started his career, he continued his musical journey with early Young Money hits such as Headlines, “HYFR,” “Started From the Bottom” and “I’m on One.” The crowd also two-stepped to his more danceable records like “Massive” from last year’s “Honestly, Nevermind” project, as well as “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” “One Dance,” “Passionfruit” and “In My Feelings.”
The final leg of the 90-minute set opened with a surprise performance by the popular early 2000s Harlem rap collective, The Diplomats, which featured Drake wearing Cam’ron’s signature pink hoodie and headband. He was then joined by 21 Savage to perform songs such as “Rich Flex,” “Spin Bout You” and “Knife Talk” from their joint project, “Her Loss,” released in November.
The longtime tagline for the Apollo is “Where Stars are Born and Legends are Made!” So it was either strategic or serendipitous that he ended the show with “Legend.” While it might be too soon to drape him with the legend moniker in the manner that Apollo Walk of Fame icons such Michael Jackson, Prince, Aretha Franklin James Brown carry, he left no doubt that he is well on his way.
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-01-23T00:21:45+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2023/01/22/drake-delivers-nostalgia-teases-new-music-at-apollo-show/ |
Starting this month, the community will be invited to enjoy holiday entertainment every weekend!
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PREIT (NYSE: PEI) is making it a season to remember for Philadelphia and its suburbs. Come out and celebrate at Willow Grove Park Mall, Springfield Mall, Plymouth Meeting Mall, Exton Square, Cherry Hill Mall, and Moorestown Mall with special festivities including family photos with Santa, Black Friday giveaways, "Kringle Mingle", and other seasonal events. Food, drink, and gift wrapping stations benefiting nonprofits in the community will also be available.
"We're looking forward to kicking off the holiday season with the Philadelphia community," said Lisa Pellicciotta, Senior Director, Consumer Marketing at PREIT. "The next couple of weeks will offer something special for all ages to get in the holiday spirit. Our Philly malls are the perfect locations to celebrate and shop for your gift list with unbeatable deals and events."
We encourage our shoppers to shop early to ensure product availability and to exercise consideration to retail workers throughout the season. Our retailers and restaurants are eager to welcome shoppers find the perfect gifts and provide quality experiences with loved ones.
Santa will return to his seat this season to listen to every child's holiday wish. In November, each mall will give away 1-3 Santa Photo Packages as part of this year's giveaway frenzy.
Pets are again welcome to visit with Santa this year on Mondays. Feathered, whiskered and hooved pets are all welcome, as long as they are kept on a leash or in a crate at all times.
Each mall will be welcoming Santa with a PJ party! Families are encouraged to wear their holiday pjs and enjoy holiday entertainment and activities with Santa.
Cherry Hill Mall: 11/5 from 10 AM-12 PM
Willow Grove Park Mall: 11/12 from 10 AM-12 PM
Springfield Mall: 11/12 from 10 AM-12 PM
Moorestown Mall: 11/12 from 10 AM-12 PM
Exton Square: 11/19 from 10 AM-12 PM
Plymouth Meeting Mall: 11/19 from 10 AM-12 PM
This year, PREIT's entire portfolio is partnering with the national nonprofit Cards For Hospitalized Kids to spread joy to kids across America. A card-making station will be set up with pre-made cards near the Santa photo line to help entertain children while they wait to see the jolly man.
Join us for our "Kringle Mingle" event where shoppers will be encouraged to come dressed as Santa to receive access to holiday freebies. We partnered with our restaurants to provide free drink coupons for the whole family and we will be providing free "sleigh it" bags filled with retailer coupons, giftcards, and a chance to win a grand prize!
Exton Square: 12/1 from 5 PM-7 PM
Cherry Hill Mall: 12/1 from 6 PM-8 PM
Willow Grove Park Mall: 12/1 from 6 PM-8 PM
Moorestown Mall: 12/1 from 6 PM-8 PM
Springfield Mall: 12/9 from 5 PM-7 PM
Plymouth Meeting Mall: 12/9 from 6 PM-8 PM
All four malls will be closed on Thanksgiving Day to allow retail employees to enjoy the holiday with their families. The malls will reopen at 7 a.m. so guests can enjoy the traditional early start to the holiday shopping weekend.
The malls will offer extended hours this holiday season for added convenience. To avoid the crowds, shop Monday through Thursday when traffic is at a lighter pace.
Visit the malls' websites for a full list of in-store deals and various store hours:
https://www.willowgroveparkmall.com/
https://shopspringfieldmall.com/
https://shopplymouthmeetingmall.com/
https://www.extonsquare.com/
https://cherryhillmall.com/
https://www.moorestown-mall.com/
PREIT appreciates shoppers' cooperation and understanding as several retailers and restaurants enter the busiest time of the year short staffed. Those looking for seasonal employment to earn extra holiday cash are encouraged to visit each mall's website to view a list of positions available.
Face masks are suggested as recommended by the CDC, but they are not required to enter the property.
PREIT (NYSE:PEI) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and manages innovative properties at the forefront of shaping consumer experiences through the built environment. PREIT's robust portfolio of carefully curated retail and lifestyle offerings mixed with destination dining and entertainment experiences are located primarily in densely-populated, high barrier-to-entry markets with tremendous opportunity to create vibrant multi-use destinations. Additional information is available at www.preit.com or on Twitter or LinkedIn.
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Gregory FCA
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(NewsNation) — American actor Bo Hopkins, best known for his roles in “Wild Bunch” and “American Graffiti,” died Friday at 80. According to Deadline, Hopkins died of a heart attack.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that Bo has passed away,” a statement on his website confirmed his death. “Bo loved hearing from his fans from around the world and although he was unable to respond to every email over the last few years, he appreciated hearing from each and every one of you.”
During his career, he appeared in more than 100 films and television roles. Originally born William Hopkins, he picked up the nickname “Bo” from a character he played in the film “Bus Stop.”
Before the big screen, Hopkins enlisted in the Army at 16, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and spent nine months in Korea.
He appeared in his final film, “Hillbilly Elegy,” in 2020. He is survived by his wife and two children. | 2022-05-29T15:01:51+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/american-graffiti-actor-bo-hopkins-dies-at-80/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday faced sudden new risks to his political future as an investigative state House committee laid out an extraordinary public airing of scandal and alleged lawbreaking that has long trailed one of Texas’ top Republicans.
For more than two hours, investigators presented findings alleging that Paxton sought to hide an affair, misused his office to help a donor, skirted protocols “grossly outside” norms and built a culture of fear and retaliation in his office. Investigators told the GOP-led House General Investigative Committee that there was evidence that Paxton had committed multiple felonies and misdemeanors over the years, including misuse of official information, abuse of official capacity and retaliation.
The dramatic turn of events in the Texas Capitol unleashed a new test of Paxton’s durability in a way the conservative firebrand has not previously confronted despite a felony indictment in 2015 and an ongoing FBI investigation. The House committee’s investigation has been quietly going on for months and did not come to light until Tuesday.
It was not immediately clear how the House General Investigative Committee might act on the findings. The committee’s hearing began as Paxton sought legislative approval of more than $3 million in taxpayer dollars to a settle a whistleblower lawsuit with top aides who accused him of corruption. Republican House leaders have signaled unease with approving the payout. The legislative session ends Monday.
The forum alone amounted to a remarkable rebuke from Republicans in a building where Paxton has long maintained defenders and allies, including GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who lauded Paxton while swearing him in to a third term in January.
Paxton’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the hearing. During a radio program Wednesday morning, he repeated his claim made a day earlier that Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan of had been drunk on the job. Phelan’s office has brushed off the accusation as an attempt by Paxton to “save face.”
The state committee, led by Republican state Rep. Andrew Murr, went into executive session after investigators finished presenting their lengthy findings, some of which he described as alarming.
“I’m still soaking in many of the facts you have provided us,” he said.
Paxton’s former staff members reported him to the FBI in 2020 on accusations of breaking the law to help a campaign contributor. The donor, Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, employed a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having had an extramarital affair. In February, the U.S. Justice Department’s Washington-based Public Integrity Section took over the federal criminal investigation of Paxton.
Since April, the House committee has issued at least 12 subpoenas for testimony and information to people and entities as part of its probe of Paxton’s office, according to meeting minutes that note the parties were left anonymous to “prevent reprisal and retaliation.”
During Wednesday’s hearing, state Rep. Ann Johnson, a Houston Democrat and vice chair of the committee, asked whether “it was fair to say” that the attorney general’s office “was effectively hijacked for an investigation by Nate Paul through the attorney general, Ken Paxton.”
“That would be my opinion,” replied attorney Erin Epley, one of the investigators.
Lawyers for Paul did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Paxton expressed surprise and frustration over the hearing during an appearance on The Mark Davis Show.
“This is unprecedented for what they’re doing,” Paxton said. “This is a level that is shocking to me, especially from a Republican House. This is what they have time to do as opposed to some of the important things like school choice.”
Each of Paxton’s accusers later quit or was fired. In the years since, his agency has come unmoored by disarray behind the scenes, with seasoned lawyers quitting over practices they say aim to slant legal work, reward loyalists and drum out dissent. But until now, GOP lawmakers had shown little appetite for looking into a member of their party who’s kept up a steady stream of constrictive legal challenges to Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration.
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Bleiberg reported from Dallas. | 2023-05-24T18:05:49+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/ap-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-likely-broke-laws-republican-investigation-finds/ |
7-year-old accused of bringing two guns, ammo to school, deputies say
COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) – A 7-year-old boy in Arizona is accused of bringing two guns and ammunition to school Monday, according to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called to the elementary school after someone reported a second-grade student had a weapon in his backpack.
The sheriff’s office said deputies found a gun and ammo inside the student’s bag. Ultimately, a second gun was discovered as well.
Authorities called his parents and ultimately referred him to juvenile court.
The 7-year-old will face one count of misconduct with a weapon and one count of a minor in possession of a firearm.
The sheriff’s office did not say how the boy got the guns.
Copyright 2022 KTVK/KPHO via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-31T18:21:43+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2022/08/31/7-year-old-accused-bringing-two-guns-ammo-school-deputies-say/ |
In January, NPR aired excerpts from four tapes recorded behind the scenes during Virginia executions. It was only the second time in history that audio from inside an execution chamber had ever been published. The records revealed details about the last seconds of prisoners' lives and indicated the Virginia Department of Corrections may have tried to cover up one of the state's recent botched executions.
A former employee donated the four tapes and hundreds of other execution documents to the Library of Virginia more than a decade ago. But shortly after NPR aired the audio, something unusual happened. A representative from the Department of Corrections requested that the library give the records back. Within a week, the library complied. The collection is once again behind prison walls.
The tapes can still be heard in full on NPR's website and two of six boxes of materials can be seen at the prison if a request under the pubic records act is made. But in order for more of the execution history to remain accessible, NPR is now exclusively publishing a selection of the documents that journalists managed to photograph at the library before they became restricted. The records, which detail responsibilities of staff, include candid photos taken of the prisoners before their deaths and even show the keys to Virginia's electric chair, illustrate how executions were conducted in the state that carried out more than any other.
The execution Polaroids
In Virginia, it was someone's job to take Polaroid pictures of condemned prisoners before they were led away to be executed.
The photos left behind reveal a range of emotions. In a series of different shots taken of Wilbert Lee Evans, he scratches his chin, raises his eyes, turns on his side and slumps his shoulders. As Buddy Justus holds a sign showing the identification number he was given when he was first booked into prison, his eyes stare straight into the camera.
The shots appear to have been taken in the same spot. Identical white curtains draped behind the prisoners as they posed, years apart. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the time frame in which the photographed men were executed, Virginia put people to death shortly before midnight. A black clock in the top right hand corner of nearly all the images seems to confirm that.
In his pre-execution photo, 33-year old Earl Clanton poses with hands on hips and eyebrows raised. Clanton grew up in prison. He was 17 when he was convicted of murdering a neighbor. How he spent most of his time behind bars is unknown. But the files published by NPR detail the last few months of his life, before his execution on April 14, 1988.
The path to execution, memorialized by memos
Before Earl Clanton was put to death on Virginia's electric chair, the documents indicate his sisters, his mother, attorneys and a reporter from Spain came to visit. In between meetings, Clanton tallied up the belongings in his cell. He counted one blue Wrangler jean jacket, a pack of cigarettes and a chess set among them. The prisoner would later bequeath those possessions to one of his lawyers who was defending him for no charge.
It's unclear whether that lawyer was there to watch him die. But police surrounded him when he walked into the death chamber, the files reveal. Behind the scenes, prison staff were also working. A small, handwritten note indicates that a device – likely the electric chair – was turned on by one worker at 11:01 p.m. for over a minute. Shortly after, Clanton was dead. The chief physician at the Department of Corrections signed his name in a log book to certify that Clanton had expired at 11:07 p.m. "by reason of execution."
The state of Virginia doesn't seem to have rushed to deal with his body. An envelope containing Clanton's autopsy report is dated 21 days after he was executed. It appears that only after those three weeks was his family able to take Clanton home. His death certificate shows his body was buried in the Clanton Family Cemetery in Carson, Va., a town 40 miles away from the state penitentiary.
The certificate also reveals something else: Clanton's cause of death was listed as a homicide. This was not unusual in the region. Execution workers told NPR that death certificates in other Southern states also classified executions as homicides. Some of those workers said this caused them to feel like murderers, too.
Review the hidden Virginia execution files
Why Virginia took back the files
Similar legal memos, autopsy reports, court records, death certificates and handwritten notes were left behind regarding five other men that Virginia executed. Sometimes execution files like those are kept secret for security reasons; prison representatives have claimed that details could be used by activists to stop future executions.
But these documents posed little threat. Virginia abolished the death penalty in 2021.
Dale Brumfield referenced some of the now-confidential files to write a book about the state's path to the abolition of capital punishment. He believes rescinding the documents follows Virginia's historic pattern of suppressing information about the death penalty.
"Some of that stuff is very benign," Brumfield said. "So this culture of secrecy, they're just covering up the ugliness of the whole thing."
The Department of Corrections declined NPR's request for an interview. In an emailed statement, a representative said the files contained "sensitive health, security, and personnel information about former inmates, victims, and VADOC employees, which makes them private in nature."
The Library of Virginia also declined a request for an interview to discuss why the agency relinquished the files to the Corrections Department in January. But back when all the documents were still public in December, government records archivist Roger Christman told reporters he believed the library's job was to keep files about events like execution accessible – not hidden.
"That's what this entire building and agency is about," Christman said. "Whether you agree with it or not, this was happening."
Barrie Hardymon edited this story. Monika Evstatieva produced it. Photo editing by Emily Bogle.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-05-11T09:43:47+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/news/news/2023-05-11/virginia-hid-execution-files-from-the-public-heres-what-they-dont-want-you-to-see |
Now that we know the Browns' 2022 schedule, we're breaking down the five biggest storylines from the 17-game slate.
1. Opportunity for best start in (almost) three decades
The Browns haven't started a season 2-0 since 1993, but with games against the Panthers and Jets — two teams who combined to go 9-25 last year — to open the season, that 29-year streak could come to an end.
The first step, of course, is ending another slump that has long plagued Cleveland. The Browns haven't won a Week 1 contest since 2004 and have gone 1-21-1 in season openers since the franchise returned in 1999. Week 1 will be one of their best chances to reverse the trend — they also haven't played a team with a previous season's record as low as the Panthers (5-12) since the Jets (4-12 in 2014) in 2015.
If the Browns take care of business in Charlotte, they'll return to Cleveland to play in a home-opener environment at FirstEnergy Stadium against a Jets team that won four games last year.
It's a favorable way to open the season, but nothing will be given to the Browns. The Panthers are hoping for immediate improvements in their third season with head coach Matt Rhule, and the Jets will boast an upgraded roster after they scooped three first-round picks (CB Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner, WR Garrett Wilson, DE Jermaine Johnson) in the 2022 draft.
The Browns' 2022 regular-season schedule has been released. Check out how the season unfolds with this photo gallery
2. An extra primetime edge in two home divisional games
The Browns are locked into only two primetime games, but both are at home and both are against two AFC North rivals.
The first comes early in Week 3, when the Browns host the Steelers on Thursday Night Football. Cleveland will look forward to having a loud hometown crowd in its first time seeing either Mitchell Trubisky or first-round pick Kenny Pickett, and not QB Ben Roethlisberger, in a Steelers uniform.
The second primetime matchup is in Week 8 against the Bengals on a Halloween edition of Monday Night Football. It's the first time the reigning AFC champions will play against the Browns in 2022, and it'll come the week before the Browns are set to take their bye in Week 9.
"Our players love to play under the lights, and I know our fans love to be loud under the lights," coach Kevin Stefanski said. "To get the Steelers on Thursday Night Football and then get the Bengals on Monday Night Football, I know those will be unbelievable atmospheres to watch a ballgame."
3. Conveniently placed bye week
A bye week in the middle of the schedule is perhaps the best time for a break — it's not too early or late in the season and prevents a team from playing through any significantly long stretches of the year where injuries can take an extended toll.
The Browns will take their bye in Week 9, giving them eight weeks of games before it and nine games after it. Two division games against the Ravens (Week 7) and Bengals (Week 8) offer an opportunity for the Browns to head into the break with plenty of momentum, and they can rest and prepare for a post-bye slate that contains three tough opponents in the Dolphins (Week 10), Bills (Week 11) and Buccaneers (Week 12).
Those five games are among the toughest opponents the Browns will see all year, which makes the placement of a bye even more opportune.
4. Toughest two-game stretch in Weeks 11-12
No two-game portion of the schedule appears tougher than the road game against the Bills in Week 11 and a home game against the Bucs in Week 12.
Each of those opponents are likely to be tabbed as Super Bowl favorites come Week 1 and are led by two of the top QBs in the league in Josh Allen and Tom Brady. It should pose a test at how ready the Browns are to build a playoff run, and words probably don't properly describe the kind of momentum that would be gained from winning both games.
5. Three divisional games in last five weeks
The final push for the Browns will include games against each of their divisional rivals, starting with a Week 14 matchup against the Bengals, a Week 15 battle against the Ravens and the season-ending game in Week 18 against the Steelers.
If the Browns are going to receive any more primetime games, they'll likely happen in those games against the Ravens or Steelers. Both contests are the only two on the schedule without a starting time, and it's because the NFL is leaving them open as a flex option if high playoff stakes are on the line. | 2022-05-13T03:41:14+00:00 | clevelandbrowns.com | https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/5-takeaways-from-browns-2022-schedule |
CodeSignal's skilled-based ranking empowers employers to identify top technical talent and break free from institutional bias
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CodeSignal, the leading technical interview and assessment platform, unveiled its highly anticipated third annual University Ranking Report. The University Ranking Report is the only skills-based ranking of the top universities and colleges for software engineering nationwide.
CodeSignal's Skills Evaluation Lab, composed of PhD IO Psychologists and Assessment Design Engineers, analyzed the results of CodeSignal's General Coding Framework and ranked each educational institution based on students' average (mean) scores. The General Coding Framework, taken by more than 50% of graduating computer science students in the US, is the industry standard for evaluating the core programming and computer science fundamentals taught in most undergraduate programs.
Here are the top ten universities for 2023 (please view the full report to see the top 50 list):
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stony Brook University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Yale University
- Rice University
- Stanford University
- Harvard University
- California Institute of Technology
- University of Pennsylvania
- Columbia University
Additional report findings:
- 11 of the top 30 schools in our skill-based ranking are not recognized in the US News & World Report's top 30 undergraduate engineering programs.
- Stony Brook University, the #2 US school in our rankings is not included in the US News & World Report's top 30.
- 18 of the schools that make our top 50 list are designated Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) or Emerging HSIs.
- 7 schools outside of the U.S. would make our top 50 list, when we open up the ranking to all schools across the globe
"When you rank schools by an objective measure of their students' technical skills, you'll find that talent comes from everywhere–not just the schools that are traditionally recognized as top engineering schools. The report showcases the transformative impact of skills-based assessments on the recruitment landscape, while providing a compelling argument for a more inclusive and skills-based hiring approach," says Sylvia Mol, Assessment Research Lead and Head of the Skills Evaluation Lab.
When it comes to university recruiting, companies have had limited options beyond depending on pedigree, hoping that universities synonymous with prestige and academic excellence will produce high-quality candidates. CodeSignal's research, led by their Skills Evaluation Lab, offers skills-based insights and provides companies with methods and tools to evaluate candidates with more accuracy. The University Ranking Report further highlights that technical talent can emerge from unexpected sources, underscoring the importance of considering a broader range of universities in the recruiting process.
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Pontiac could finally catch its breath after a close call against Paxton-Buckley-Loda in a 4-3 victory in an Illinois high school baseball matchup.
In recent action on April 28, Paxton-Buckley-Loda faced off against Bloomington Central Catholic and Pontiac took on Monticello on April 24 at Pontiac Township High School.
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Warmer than normal temperatures last month resulted in rapid snowmelt throughout much of the state. That has some experts hoping for a very wet June to help bolster projected streamflows as we head into the drier summer months.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Bozeman, this year’s snowmelt happened about 10-20 days earlier than normal. NRCS says snowpack percentages dropped from near- or above-normal to less than half that in nearly all Montana basins since May 1.
One exception is part of southwest Montana, which had a near record snowpack along the Idaho border. Several snow recording stations in the area, known as SNOTEL, still have an above-normal snowpack.
Seasonal water supply forecasts vary widely. The Beaverhead, Ruby, Smith, Boulder, Musselshell, and Madison rivers are expected to have well above-normal stream flows through September. Forecasts are lowest in northwest Montana and the northern Rocky Mountain Front. | 2023-06-08T01:06:13+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-06-07/may-brought-an-early-melt-and-below-normal-snowpack-in-much-of-the-state |
TORONTO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Concerned shareholders of Akanda Corp. ("Akanda" or the "Corporation") have today replaced a majority of the board of directors of the Corporation, with highly-qualified and motivated directors. The concerned shareholders of the Corporation collectively own or control 16,556,779 common shares of the Corporation (representing approximately 54.1% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Akanda), and yesterday passed a written resolution of the shareholders of the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the "Act") removing each of Louisa Mojela, Philip van den Berg, Charles Kié, Gila Jones, Gugu Dingaan and Bridget Baker as directors of the Corporation effective immediately, and electing each of Harvinder Singh, Mohsen Rahimi, Jatinder Dhaliwal and Kathryn Field to fill the vacancies created thereby, to serve the remaining terms of the outgoing directors, or until their successors are elected or appointed. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the removal and appointments of directors are effective immediately. Biographical information about the highly qualified and motivated individuals elected by the concerned shareholders are set forth further below.
The actions taken today follow an initial outreach to the former board of directors of Akanda by David Jenkins, a long-standing shareholder of the Corporation. Mr. Jenkins, through his wholly-owned holding company 1306077 B.C. Ltd., owns 2,100,000 common shares of the Corporation, representing approximately 6.8% of the issued and outstanding Akanda shares. Mr. Jenkins had previously communicated to the former Akanda board regarding his frustration over the apparent lack of oversight and strategic direction of the Corporation. The concerned shareholders believe that immediate change was necessary in order to prevent the potentially irreparable harm to the Corporation that may have been caused if the former directors attempted a strategy of entrenchment.
Mr. Jenkins commented: "As a long-term investor in Akanda, I wish to see Akanda managed prudently and professionally, with a view to the long-term best interests of the Corporation. I am grateful for the support of my fellow shareholders who shared my concerns, and I look forward to a brighter future for all Akanda shareholders."
It is expected that the new board of directors of Akanda will soon meet to pass necessary resolutions following the reconstitution of the board concerning certain governance matters, including with respect to the committees of the board and to attend to such other transitional matters as may be required, and that the foregoing will be announced by the Corporation in short order.
Harvinder Singh
Mr. Harvinder Singh studied at Birmingham City University where he received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Product Design. Mr Singh's long career has spanned over 30 years where he has worked as a CEO, COO and as product director for companies such as Ergolab, Lighting Manufacturing, Transact Network, Heathrow Medical Services among many others. Mr. Singh is regarded highly as a branding expert with a focus on European and far-East markets and has shown numerous occasions the ability to increase the penetration of products into markets by honing and improving them for individual markets and users. Mr Singh has managed successful wholesale businesses and further applied these skills to create highly successful e-commerce and wholesale importer businesses working with oversea vendors to produce significant revenues in sales as well as transactions.
Mohsen Rahimi
Mr. Rahimi studied at the University of British Columbia in the department of Land and Food Systems. Mr. Rahim has management experience in a broad range of sectors, including commercial, retail and international import and export, having held senior positions at Kowsar Holdings and Tin95 Holdings, which are both private investment firms. Mr. Rahimi has accumulated vast retail experience, growing out existing health food chains with multiple locations and millions of dollars in annual gross revenue, while simultaneously operating an active online e-commerce business. In addition to now being a director of Akanda, Mr. Rahimi is a director of Modern Plant Based Foods Inc. and Peakbirch Commerce Inc., both Canadian Securities Exchange listed issuers, and Binovi Technologies Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed issuer.
Jatinder Dhaliwal
Mr. Jatinder Dhaliwal is a registered pharmacist, and has significant capital markets experience. Mr. Dhaliwal holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Victoria. He has served as CEO and director of multiple publicly traded cannabis companies. He has served as a director of a licensed producer and extractor. He has extensive knowledge in agricultural, medical and pharmaceutical operations. Mr. Dhaliwal is well versed in the cannabis market from seed to sale from cultivating, extracting, manufacturing, and distributing and quality control of cannabis flower, oils, and concentrates. Mr. Dhaliwal is a certified medical cannabis practitioner. He has overseen operations of numerous retail and commercial operations and implemented various health protocols and technology advances into health and wellness chains.Kathryn Field
Katharyn Field
Ms. Field is currently president of Halo Collective, Inc. (NEO: HALO) (OTCQX: HCANF) ("HALO"), a position she has held since February 2020. From April 2019 through February 2020, Ms. Field served as Chief Strategy Officer at HALO. Ms. Field's resume includes senior positions at notable companies and institutions such as The White House, The Brookings Institution, and Bain & Company. In 2014 she entered the cannabis industry and led the procurement, build out, and sale of one of five original vertically integrated companies with state licenses in Florida. Subsequently, Ms. Field operated a strategy consulting practice focused on cannabis and also worked at MariMed in 2018 as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Ms. FIeld holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA with honors from Stanford University. Halo, of which Ms. Field is the President, holds approximately 41% of the voting securities of Akanda.
Tej Virk, a director and the current Chief Executive Officer of Akanda will remain in his position with the Corporation.
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SOURCE Akanda Corp. | 2022-06-23T13:03:58+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/06/23/concerned-shareholders-akanda-corp-replace-majority-akandas-board-directors/ |
Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock's win in the Georgia Senate runoff could have far-reaching consequences legislatively and politically for Democrats.
"The truth is it's not a 1% difference," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York said earlier this week. "It's a world of difference."
Warnock's victory over former NFL and University of Georgia star Herschel Walker came after a shortened four-week runoff following a hotly contested election. Neither candidate got more than 50%, which pushed the race to a runoff.
Between the general election and the runoff, this race was the most expensive of the 2022 election cycle with some $425 million spent between the campaigns and outside groups supporting them.
Even though the result only expands the Democratic majority by one, from 50-50 to 51-49, party leadership and interest groups spent the kind of money they did because they clearly saw it as critically important.
Warnock's win now gives Democrats firm control of the Senate and makes life easier for them in a number of ways. It gives them a cushion in trying to pass bills, assured committee control and eliminates procedural hurdles to carry on the business of the Senate.
Here's how else that two-seat majority could make a big difference for Democrats in the Senate:
Avoiding power-sharing negotiations
For Schumer, Warnock's triumph means he does not have to again negotiate a power-sharing arrangement with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
In 2020, Schumer and McConnell settled on an agreement to share power in the evenly split chamber after an early stalemate that stalled the confirmation of President Biden's cabinet nominees.
At the time, McConnell insisted that Democrats maintain the Senate filibuster requiring 60 members – instead of a simple majority – to end debate on the floor before moving to vote.
McConnell only dropped his demand after moderate Democrats Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia said they wouldn't vote to undercut the filibuster, leaving Schumer short of 51 votes needed to kill the minority party protection.
Without McConnell's capitulation, the chamber would have been paralyzed, with Senate Democrats unable to take full control despite being in the majority.
No one-senator "veto" power
Democrats now have enough wiggle room to lose one vote in their caucus and still move bills through the chamber without issue.
Not only will Vice President Kamala Harris not likely have to be called in for as many tie-breaking votes, the extra seat has also changed how they factor Joe Manchin into their political calculus.
The West Virginia moderate often held his party hostage in the early years of Biden's term, leveraging Democrats' narrow majority to trim some of the president's legislative priorities on votes that needed complete Democratic unity to pass. Manchin often cites not being comfortable voting against the will of his constituents.
"I have always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it,'" Manchin wrote in a 2021 statement explaining his opposition to Biden's Build Back Better Act as it was initially pitched.
Though the bill eventually passed that November, Manchin forced negotiations that reduced its size, scope and cost.
Decisive committee make-up
Because the current power-sharing agreement equally splits the Senate committees, tied votes must undergo an additional vote on the Senate floor to move ahead with bills or nominees.
But Warnock's win means Democrats will likely have an extra seat on every committee, clearing an open path to passage when Senators ubiquitously break on party lines.
"With 51, we can go bolder and quicker – to show Americans what Democrats stand for," said Schumer.
Still, the next two years in Congress will likely look different than the last two. Republicans have captured the House majority and with it, waned Democrats' potential to pass major legislation.
As such the party will likely seek to confirm as many judges as it can before 2024, and a 51st seat makes that easier too. A rules change introduced in 2013 by the former Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid allows just a simple majority for these confirmations.
Speaking ahead of Warnock's election, President Biden plainly forecasted what a 51st seat would mean for his party. "It's always better with 51," he said, mostly weighing the potential for committee compositions.
But the committees aside, Warnock's win offers Democrats a clear path for action for the final years of Biden's term.
"It's just simply better," the President later continued. "The bigger the numbers, the better."
And every one of those seats is going to matter if Democrats have any hope of holding onto the Senate beyond 2024. The party faces a difficult landscape to hold onto control of the chamber in two years with incumbent Senate Democrats up for reelection in places like West Virginia, Montana and Ohio, all Republican-leaning states.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-12-07T11:38:31+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/npr-news/2022-12-07/why-warnocks-seat-means-so-much-to-senate-democrats |
Together with Infosys, Walmart Commerce Technologies will make implementation of its experience solutions even easier
NEW YORK, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a new collaboration with Walmart Commerce Technologies to help retailers leverage technology solutions that simplify customer and sore employee experiences. Infosys will help retailers implement and use Store Assist, which enables them to provide seamless omnichannel experiences such as pickup, delivery and ship from store for both employees and customers.
Infosys has an industry leading Consumer and Retail focused practice that has been helping retailers, consumer tech, consumer packaged goods and logistics companies navigate their next through digital and emerging technologies over the last three decades. Through platforms like Infosys Equinox, partner products, and leading digital capabilities, Infosys has helped over 190 retailers globally transform themselves into sentient enterprises by augmenting their core digital capabilities, advancing their operating models and transforming their talent for the future.
Karmesh Vaswani, EVP & Global Head – Consumer, Retail & Logistics, Infosys, said, "To navigate an increasingly complex supply chain and serve the modern intelligent shopper the way they want, retailers are looking for innovative ways to deliver seamless omni-channel experiences with convenient fulfilment options. Infosys is proud to work with Walmart Commerce Technologies to enable retailers to implement Store Assist, thereby improving digital retail experience for customers and store employees."
The Store Assist app is built on the same fulfilment technology that Walmart stores leverage, giving retailers access to decades of operating expertise from the Fortune 1 company. With Store Assist, retailers can optimize in-store fulfilment by increasing picking accuracy, speed, and efficiency. Store associate productivity can be enhanced through order queueing, multi-order batch picking and prioritized pick paths, all enabled in the Store Assist app. It also provides a seamless handoff experience between employees and customers, whether they're picking up orders in-store or curb side, having them shipped, or getting last-mile delivery – all while letting businesses maintain control of their customers' experience.
Store Assist is a lightweight, cloud-based, API-first solution that seamlessly integrates into a retailer's existing Commerce or OMS platform, including dedicated integrations with out-of-the-box capabilities for Salesforce and Adobe customers.
Sunil Kumar, Vice President and General Manager of Walmart Commerce Technologies, said, "Infosys is a trusted partner to businesses that are navigating their digital transformation. We are excited to have Infosys help streamline implementation of the Store Assist app and to serve as a trusted system integration team for our customers."
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 300,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses and communities. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in more than 50 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by the cloud. We enable them with an AI-powered core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.
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PARIS (AP) — Jonathan Anderson, it seems, can do no wrong. Loewe’s Northern Irish designer’s imaginative and boundary-pushing designs are often credited by front-row editors as among the best, if not the best, gracing the Paris runways today.
And Saturday’s fall collection, with its broken shards of plaster littering the set’s edges, only confirms this. It sent the Spanish heritage house — and its VIP guests — into an off-kilter, stripped away world of Old Masters, boyhood, vulnerability and dreams.
Here are some highlights of the fall-winter 2023-24 displays:
LOEWE’S SENSITIVE GENIUS
A baffling painting of a schoolboy — half-naked in underwear, tie strung around his neck, reclining in a classical pose — dominated the central portion of the runway theater in-the-round.
What followed made the art’s meaning more apparent — golden angel wings, oversize sunken medieval boots, silken historic tops unbuttoning at the back, in the colors of parchment, velvet, copper and steel.
Anderson had delved into the world of the Old Masters, recreating the vulnerability of the masterpiece oil paintings in a contemporary way — with sensitivity, flair, and restrained visual drama.
Looks were intentionally incomplete — bare torsos on shimmering loose gold shorts, pale legging undergarments with a sort of codpiece, big leather boots with no pants. This broken, raw, incompleteness on the young male models — much like the shards of plaster crunching under guests’ feet — gave the collection an emotional depth, evoking a sense of vulnerability and innocence.
Anderson infused the 48 looks with a surrealism, kept in check by his unwavering minimalist aesthetic and clean color blocking.
A silk lavender top, glistening regally, sported elements of draping, while its long-layered sleeves evoked the style of historic dress.
The pieces de resistance? Two exaggeratedly thick coats in cork and cerulean with an Elizabethan feel that were tucked at the hem like a parachute and worn over a naked body.
HERMES: ‘YOU HAD ME AT LEATHER TRENCH’
Models walked through an interlocking gray slate rock construction — created to mirror the austere floor inside UNESCO headquarters.
It was a good choice, reflecting the ever-so-slightly harder, utilitarian direction for Hermes this season at the U.N. agency.
A sublime soft gray leather trench opened — selected likely because of its matching color — with classical loose proportions, nonchalantly tied belt and punk metallic clasp.
“You had me at leather trench” was the comment, uttered by one front-row editor, because the luxuriant garment seemed to sum the entire collection up.
Hermes has become a byword for saleable, unpretentious — and unadulterated — luxury.
Black leather pants were given a subtle twist with a small metal chain on the hip. While broad masculine torsos, round shoulders and sensitive tonal colors throughout — grays, whites, creams, beiges — belied a confidence by designer Veronique Nichanian.
She knows that she doesn’t need to add more than a slight twist to the tried-and-tested formula for the house she’s led since 1988.
Nichanian became Paris fashion’s longest-serving nonfounding designer since the death of Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld in 2019. She proved why once again.
KENZO’S PARTY
A 1,000-seat music hall with string quartet ensemble, an afterparty where the drinks flowed like Ancient Rome and celebrity musical performances that warbled well into Friday night.
This was Kenzo in a confident mood — signaling it felt the new designer was growing in his own spotlight.
It is one year since Nigo now made history as the first Japanese designer to be appointed at the house since Kenzo Takada, who died in 2020.
And this fall collection did see him hone his craft — slightly — shifting out of the house founder’s shadow.
The music scene was the heart of a display with styles centered on London’s underground subcultures in the 1960s and ’70s such as punk and the mods. It was a sort of counterappropriation of the West through a Japanese prism. (The string quartet was comprised of female Japanese performers dressed as the Beatles in pale suits.)
Nigo disrupted this wardrobe with Japanese traditional dress.
A take on British tailoring, a loose beige jacket, was envisioned with a crossover kimono style. Sartorial pants whose material might have looks fit for the City of London became a take on the traditional baggy hakama pants.
The preppy styles — ones that jarred in Nigo’s last two shows — were more thought out, like one boy scout scarf in multicolor knit, although it still felt a tad obvious.
Eye-popping color that gave a lift to American workwear and utilitarian detailing were a nice counterpoint. | 2023-01-21T20:54:48+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-loewes-minimalist-paris-show-explores-old-masters-boyhood/ |
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan said Saturday that China’s military drills appear to simulate an attack on the self-ruled island, after multiple Chinese warships and aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei that infuriated Beijing.
Taiwan’s armed forces issued an alert, dispatched air and naval patrols around the island, and activated land-based missile systems in response to the Chinese exercises, the Ministry of National Defense said. As of 5 p.m., 20 Chinese aircraft and 14 ships continued to carry out sea and air exercises around the Taiwan Strait, it said.
The ministry said that zones declared by China as no-go areas during the exercises for other ships and aircraft had “seriously damaged the peace.” It emphasized that Taiwan’s military does not seek war, but would prepare and respond for it accordingly.
China’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement Saturday that it had carried out military exercises as planned in the sea and airspaces to the north, southwest, and east of Taiwan, with a focus on “testing the capabilities” of its land strike and sea assault systems.
China launched live-fire military drills following Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan earlier this week, saying it violated the “one-China” policy. China sees the island as a breakaway province to be annexed by force if necessary, and considers visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as recognizing its sovereignty.
Taiwan’s army also said it detected four unmanned aerial vehicles flying in the vicinity of the offshore county of Kinmen on Friday night and fired warning flares in response.
The four drones, which Taiwan believed were Chinese, were spotted over waters around the Kinmen island group and the nearby Lieyu Island and Beiding islet, according to Taiwan’s Kinmen Defense Command.
Kinmen, also known as Quemoy, is a group of islands only 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) east of the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian province in the Taiwan Strait, which divides the two sides that split amid civil war in 1949.
“Our government & military are closely monitoring China’s military exercises & information warfare operations, ready to respond as necessary,” Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said in a tweet.
“I call on the international community to support democratic Taiwan & halt any escalation of the regional security situation,” she added.
The Chinese military exercises began Thursday and are expected to last until Sunday. So far, the drills have included missile strikes on targets in the seas north and south of the island in an echo of the last major Chinese military drills in 1995 and 1996 aimed at intimidating Taiwan’s leaders and voters.
Taiwan has put its military on alert and staged civil defense drills, while the U.S. has deployed numerous naval assets in the area.
The Biden administration and Pelosi have said the U.S. remains committed to a “one-China” policy, which recognizes Beijing as the government of China but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei. The administration discouraged but did not prevent Pelosi from visiting.
China has also cut off defense and climate talks with the U.S. and imposed sanctions on Pelosi in retaliation for the visit.
Pelosi said Friday in Tokyo, the last stop of her Asia tour, that China will not be able to isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there.
Pelosi has been a long-time advocate of human rights in China. She, along with other lawmakers, visited Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1991 to support democracy two years after a bloody military crackdown on protesters at the square.
Meanwhile, cyberattacks aimed at bringing down the website of Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had doubled between Thursday to Friday, compared to similar attacks ahead of Pelosi’s visit, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. The ministry did not specify the origin of the attack.
Other ministries and government agencies, such as the Ministry of Interior, also faced similar attacks on their websites, according to the report.
A distributed-denial-of-service attack is aimed at overloading a website with requests for information that eventually crashes it, making it inaccessible to other users.
Also Saturday, the Central News Agency reported that the deputy head of the Taiwan Defense Ministry’s research and development unit, Ou Yang Li-hsing, was found dead in his hotel room after suffering a heart attack. He was 57, and had supervised several missile production projects.
The report said his hotel room in the southern county of Pingtung, where he was on a business trip, showed no signs of intrusion.
Taiwanese overwhelmingly favor maintaining the status quo of the island’s de facto independence and reject China’s demands that the island unify with the mainland under Communist control.
Globally, most countries subscribe to the “one-China” policy, which is a requirement to maintain diplomatic relations with Beijing.
Any company that fails to recognize Taiwan as part of China often faces swift backlash, often with Chinese consumers pledging to boycott its products.
On Friday, Mars Wrigley, the manufacturer of the Snickers candy bar, apologized after it released a video and materials featuring South Korean boy band BTS that had referred to Taiwan as a country, drawing swift criticism from Chinese users.
In a statement on its Weibo account, the company expressed “deep apologies.”
“Mars Wrigley respects China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity and conducts business operations in strict compliance with local Chinese laws and regulations,” the statement said.
In a separate post, the firm added that there is “only one China” and said that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory.” | 2022-08-07T03:37:57+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/taiwan-says-china-military-drills-appear-to-simulate-attack/ |
FILE - Registered pharmacist Sapana Patel holds a bottle of Monkeypox vaccine at a Pop-Up Monkeypox vaccination site on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in West Hollywood, Calif.
There are 32 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Wisconsin, and on the Illinois side of the stateline, neighboring Winnebago County announced Tuesday its first confirmed case.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) hosted an online media briefing Wednesday, when Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer for the DHS Bureau of Communicable Diseases, spoke about updated information regarding monkeypox cases in Wisconsin.
The DHS told the Daily News confirmed monkeypox cases have been reported in nine Wisconsin counties - Milwaukee County has 12; Dane has 6; Outagamie has 5; Brown has 3; Winnebago has 2, and there is one case each in Kenosha, Langlade, Walworth and Waukesha counties.
Winnebago County Health Department in Illinois reported its first confirmed case on Tuesday. Winnebago County, Illinois is directly south of Rock County, Wisconsin. There have been 701 cases reported in Illinois, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
There are no confirmed cases of monkeypox in Rock County, Rock County Health Department Public Health Supervisor Kelsey Cordova told the Daily News. Because only a limited supply of monkeypox vaccine is available, Cordova recommends those who are interested in getting the vaccine should call the health department so health officials can determine if they qualify for the vaccine. Those who want to learn if they qualify for the vaccine can call 608-757-5440.
Individuals with highest risk of infection are being prioritized because vaccine supply is limited, Westergaard said. Those individuals include members of the LGBTQ+ community. Those who are affected most are men who have sex with men, transgender and non-binary individuals.
Westergaard said that Wisconsin residents who are eligible for the vaccine include the following individuals in order: first, individuals who have been in contact with someone with monkeypox; second, those who know that a sexual partner in the past 14 days was diagnosed with monkeypox; and third: gay men, bisexual men, transgender men and women, any men who have sex with men and gender non-conforming or non-binary individuals who have had multiple sexual partners in the past 14 days.
“DHS has requested the maximum number of JYNNEOS vaccines from the federal government,” Westergaard shared during the call. “Currently 5,986 vials have been allocated to Wisconsin to be delivered in several phases."
Westergaard said, as of Wednesday, 3,286 vials of vaccine have been received in the state.
Westergaard said that individuals who may have been exposed should contact their health professionals if they’re feeling sick or noticing new or unexplained rashes.
The FDA recently shared a new guidance that each vial of the vaccine can be used to vaccinate up to five people.
Monkeypox does not spread easily between people, Westergaard said. The disease is spread through activities like kissing, sex or other activities with skin-to-skin contact with a person with monkeypox, the Winnebago County Health Department (Illinois) said in a release.
Westergaard shared that nearly 600 doses of monkeypox vaccine were administered at the close of business on Tuesday and the number is increasing. The DHS has seen most cases in the central and southeastern parts of the state.
During the question and answer session of the media call, Westergaard was asked why this disease has impacted certain LGBTQ+ members.
“The way that I describe it is that it happens to be infecting this population first,” Westergaard said. “Some of the earliest cases were associated with clusters of men who attended parties where there was sex occurring on site. I believe the initial wave of infection sort of happened to be in that community and has spread through those networks.”
He adds that from what he’s seen so far, the group where the epidemic has had the greatest impact is in gay and bisexual men. | 2022-08-11T02:12:12+00:00 | beloitdailynews.com | https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/health/32-monkeypox-cases-reported-in-state-none-in-rock-county/article_d3338f96-18f3-11ed-a9e2-a7fae0c37ef1.html |
A wide and bipartisan majority of Americans worry that there is increased danger of politically motivated violence in the U.S. according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Of the two parties, more Americans blame the Republican Party more for the risk of violence, but the difference is not wide — 31 percent, vs. the 25 percent who blame the Democratic Party more. Another 32 percent blame both parties equally. Most Democrats and Republicans blame the opposing party.
The poll was conducted in the week after Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked at their home by an assailant with a hammer and subsequently hospitalized. The alleged attacker, David DePape, 42, shouted “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?” after he broke into the Pelosis’ home, according to someone briefed on the assault. DePape’s online writings contain “deeply racist and antisemitic writings — as well as pro-Trump and anti-Democratic posts,” The Washington Post reported.
On Wednesday evening, President Biden pleaded with the nation to accept the fundamental tenets of democracy — to accept election results and avoid resorting to violence.
“We must, with one overwhelming unified voice, speak as a country and say there’s no place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in America, whether it’s directed at Democrats or Republicans,” Biden said. “No place, period. No place, ever.”
The FBI and other government agencies issued a memo last week that warned of an increased likelihood of violence from domestic extremists in the 90 days after the election, according to a copy of the document obtained by The Post.
“Following the 2022 midterm election, perceptions of election-related fraud and dissatisfaction with electoral outcomes likely will result in heightened threats of violence against a broad range of targets — such as ideological opponents and election workers,” the memo read.
The Post-ABC poll finds 95 percent of Democrats, 87 percent of Republicans and 86 percent of independents at least somewhat concerned that there is an increased risk of politically-motivated violence. Three-quarters of Democrats are very concerned, compared with smaller majorities of independents and Republicans (61 percent and 56 percent).
Two-thirds of Democrats (66 percent) say the Republican Party is more to blame for the risk of political violence, while 56 percent of Republicans blame the Democratic Party. A plurality of independents, 39 percent, say both parties are to blame, while 24 percent blame Republicans more and 20 percent blame Democrats.
Women are more likely to be concerned about the increased risk of politically motivated violence than men: 92 percent of women say they are concerned compared with 83 percent of men. Over two-thirds of women are very concerned.
Women are also more likely to blame the Republican Party for the risk of violence — 38 percent place more blame on Republicans while 18 percent blame Democrats and 33 percent blame both equally. Among men, 32 percent blame Democrats, 24 percent blame Republicans and 30 percent blame both equally.
Politically motivated violence is not just a threat to the rich and powerful. Experts who track political violence say that threats to local election workers, school board members and even librarians have simmered for months.
“If somebody sets their sights on these individuals and then they decide to mobilize, there’s virtually nothing stopping them,” Michael Jensen, a senior researcher at the University of Maryland’s START consortium for terrorism research, told Post reporters.
The Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 2 among a random national sample of 1,005 adults, with 75 percent reached on cellphones and 25 percent on landlines. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of four percentage points.
Scott Clement contributed to this reporting. | 2022-11-04T10:34:55+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/04/poll-americans-concern-political-violence/ |
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes became the first Florida-born player in NHL history to score 30 goals in a season over the weekend.
Hughes, born in Orlando, grabbed his 30th goal early in Sunday’s overtime win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
He also assisted on Dougie Hamilton’s game-winning overtime goal.
Hughes more than likely would have hit this mark last season, but he was limited to 49 games - and therefore only 26 goals - due to injury.
Now, the 21-year-old is in the midst of a breakout with the New Jersey Devils, with 30 goals and 28 assists through 46 games. That puts him on pace for 53 goals and 103 points, health permitting.
Locked on Devils host Trey Matthews recently pinpointed a November hat trick against the Washington Capitals as a turning point for Hughes.
“After that, you just unleashed the beast,” Matthews said. “Jack Hughes was able to rack up 15 points in 13 games in December despite the Devils’ struggles, he was recently named 2nd star of the week by the NHL, and he’s going to Florida for the All-Star Game.”
Indeed, Hughes began the season with only 8 points in October, but ranks fourth in goals and seventh in total points among all NHL players since Nov. 1.
Matthews argued Hughes has been so good and has so consistently taken his game to the next level that he could push his name into the Hart Trophy race for the NHL’s Most Valuable Player, although Connor McDavid likely has that wrapped up already.
Hughes is an emerging superstar, and the 2019 first overall pick will soon become the first player born in Florida to skate in more than one NHL All-Star Game.
The Orlando native also played last year, but this one will be ezra special seeing as it's being played in Sunrise.
Hughes is also the second player in Devils history to reach the 30-goal mark before his 22nd birthday. Brendan Shanahan reached the milestone on March 29, 1990. | 2023-01-23T19:15:21+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nhl/florida-born-jack-hughes-makes-nhl-history-amid-breakout-year/535-40836f53-f924-4f97-b5aa-1deb76b24c09 |
The Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
It’s the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment.
A spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry, Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, didn’t give details of the ban. He only confirmed the contents of a letter circulating on social media.
The ministry-issued letter, dated June 24, says it conveys a verbal order from the supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. The ban targets the capital, Kabul, and all provinces, and gives salons throughout the country a month’s notice to wind down their businesses. After that period, they must close and submit a report about their closure. The letter doesn’t give reasons for the ban.
Its release comes days after Akhundzada claimed that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women’s lives in Afghanistan.
It drew criticism from human and women’s rights defenders on social media.
The United Nations on Tuesday also said it was engaged with the authorities in Afghanistan to get the ban on beauty salons reversed. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, took to Twitter, urging the Taliban to halt the edict.
“This new restriction on women’s rights will impact negatively on the economy&contradicts stated support for women entrepreneurship,” it said.
Earlier, one beauty salon owner said she was her family’s only breadwinner after her husband died in a 2017 car bombing. She didn’t want to be named or mention her salon for fear of reprisals.
Between eight to 12 women visit her Kabul salon every day, she said.
“Day by day they (the Taliban) are imposing limitations on women,” she told The Associated Press. “Why are they only targeting women? Aren’t we human? Don’t we have the right to work or live?”
Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during their previous stint in power in the 1990s, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces were pulling out.
They have barred women from public spaces, like parks and gyms, and cracked down on media freedoms. The measures have triggered a fierce international uproar, increasing the country’s isolation at a time when its economy has collapsed — and have worsened a humanitarian crisis.
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BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai man was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch, a legal aid group said.
Bangkok’s Criminal Court ruled that the calendar for 2021 containing pictures of yellow ducks in poses resembled and ridiculed Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, diminishing his reputation, the group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said.
Yellow rubber ducks were at one point a tongue-in-cheek symbol of Thailand’s pro-democracy protest movement.
Narathorn Chotmankongsin was charged under Thailand’s lese majeste law, which calls for three to 15 years’ imprisonment for anyone who defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir apparent or the regent.
The court declared that six illustrations in the calendar were made to mock the king.
The legal aid group said the 26-year-old defendant, whom it identified by the nickname Ton Mai, had his sentence reduced to two years because he cooperated with the court.
Human Rights Watch issued a statement Wednesday asking Thai authorities to “quash the sentence and promptly release Narathorn Chotmankongsin.”
“The prosecution and three-year sentence of a man for selling satirical calendars shows that Thai authorities are now trying to punish any activity they deem to be insulting the monarchy,” said Elaine Pearson, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “This case sends a message to all Thais, and to the rest of the world, that Thailand is moving further away from — not closer to — becoming a rights-respecting democracy.”
The lese majeste law has long drawn criticism for its harshness and a provision allowing anyone to file a complaint, allowing its use for partisan political purposes. In recent years, it has become a focus of pro-democracy activists, who have called for it to be amended or abolished.
Two young female activists seeking its repeal and other judicial reforms are reportedly in critical condition after hunger striking for more than six weeks.
At least 233 people have been charged with lese majeste since November 2020 according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. Before that, prosecutions had been informally suspended, bThaut they were revived as the protest movement gained strength and made increasingly strong criticisms of the monarchy.
The demands to reform the monarchy have been controversial because by tradition, the institution has been considered untouchable and one of the main foundations of Thai nationalism.
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This story has been amended to correct date when lese majeste prosecutions were restarted to November 2020, not November 2021. | 2023-03-08T21:02:18+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/thai-man-gets-2-year-term-for-calendar-said-to-mock-king/ |
IRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Ayaka Furue of Japan ran off six straight birdies in the middle of her round and rallied from a four-shot deficit with a 10-under 62 to win the Women’s Scottish Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title.
A seven-time winner on the Japan LPGA — once as an amateur — Furue became the second rookie to win on the LPGA Tour this year, and she did it in style at Dundonald Links.
Starting the final round four shots behind Celine Boutier of France, the 22-year-old finished the front nine with four straight birdies and added two more to start the back nine. She never let up, playing bogey-free to win by three.
“I was four shots back. I thought it would be difficult to catch the top, good players. But I’m very happy I played good golf and I was able to come out as a winner,” Furue said. “I had the right mindset. I thought I had to go low, and I played very well.”
Boutier was still in good shape until making three bogeys on the back nine for a 69.
“I started making some bogeys and I feel like it’s not easy, playing in the final group. Then obviously when someone just has their day, you just can’t do anything about it really,” she said.
Furue finished at 21-under 267 and won $300,000, along with valuable momentum going into the final major of the year next week in the Women’s British Open at Muirfield.
She began to show her full potential late last year on the Japan LPGA when Furue won three tournaments in a four-week stretch and tied for third in the other. Furue finished second on the money list behind Olympic silver-medalist Moni Inami, earned an LPGA card through the qualifying tournament and came into the Women’s Scottish Open at No. 30 in the world.
Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea (66) and Cheyenne Knight of the United States (67) tied for third, four shots behind.
Lydia Ko of New Zealand, the 36-hole leader, faded to a 71-71 weekend and tied for fifth.
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The Stonewall Riots of 1969, sparked by police raids of a Greenwich Village gay bar, inspired Pride celebrations around the world, including in Boston. Our city’s first Pride organization, the Homophile Coordinating Council, formed in June 1970, and put on an event that didn’t include a march or a parade, but a week-long series of workshops and forums, culminating in a dance at the Charles Street Meeting House.
Boston’s first Pride march was in 1971, and it was a distinctly political event, organized to highlight four oppressive institutions: the police, the government, hostile bars, and religious institutions. Over time, the community and Pride organizers have debated who to include, who to highlight, and how to represent the community.
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This year there will be no Boston Pride parade, an event that has been a magnet for LGBTQ people from all over New England, a place to come together and be themselves. Last July, Boston Pride’s board of directors announced the dissolution of the organization after struggling to truly represent the entire community, racially and generationally. Their statement said, “Over the past 50 years, Boston Pride has facilitated programs and events that have changed our society and promoted equality, but we know there is still work to be done.”
Indeed there is plenty of work to do. We are witnessing bare-knuckled legislative attacks on transgender youth and reproductive freedom in states across the nation. Meanwhile, LGBTQ+ Ukrainian refugees and Russian LGBTQ+ activists seek to ensure their physical safety and gain their personal freedom. The dissolution of Boston Pride this year may seem ill-timed, but it is neither without precedent nor disastrous.
While Pride celebrations have occurred since 1970, many different volunteers, organizations, and activists have planned Boston’s Pride. Throughout the years, the LGBTQ+ community in Boston fiercely debated Pride’s identity, function, and form: whether to allow drag performers to participate (in 1973 and 1974), whether to allow businesses or bars to march (1976), whether to allow politicians and religious leaders to participate in the post-march rally (1978), how to address the needs of working-class LGBTQ+ people and people of color (1979), how to support people with HIV/AIDS (1983), whether to charge a fee at the festival (1984), whether to include “bisexual” in the official name of Pride (1989), and how to address calls for “less politics and more entertainment” (1993).
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In the last several years, community members in general and, in particular, queer and trans people of color in Boston, have protested the presence of police and the role of corporations in Pride celebrations, the cost of participating in Pride, and the lack of representation and community support of people of color and trans people. The decision to dissolve the organization rather than evolve or support a successor disappointed many, but that decision has created space for new, community-driven leadership and ideas, such as Pop-Up Pride led by LGBTQ+ community organizations, and Trans Pride organized by the Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts.
Other cities, like Medford and Springfield, are having their first Pride celebrations. In Boston, Dyke March (established 1995) continues, and Trans Resistance, which formed just in the past few years, will hold their annual celebration in Franklin Park, in a part of the city never visited by the official Pride Parade. None of this is bad. Our community’s resilience and joy are some of its defining features and part of its greatest strength.
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As the needs of the LGBTQ+ community evolve, so must Pride. Pride is not just a celebration or parade, but an opportunity to rally around those who are persecuted, underrepresented, underserved, or ignored. During Pride Month, we demand justice and equity for all LGBTQ+ people. Although so much has changed since the Stonewall Riots, there is always work to do. Some of the easiest ways to support the LGBTQ+ community include: signal-boosting the work of activists, donating to organizations focused on LGBTQ+ protections, voting, and protesting.
Boston’s LGBTQ+ community will continue to make history and as the community’s archives, we’ll continue to document our stories and histories.
Joan Ilacqua is executive director of The History Project, which documents Boston’s LGBTQ history. | 2022-06-09T17:06:22+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/09/opinion/changing-face-pride/ |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The pastor at the Memphis church where Tyre Nichols ‘ family spoke from the pulpit urging peace after his brutal killing reiterated the call for calm Sunday following the release of video showing the fatal beating by police.
Cities nationwide have braced for protests after body camera footage was released Friday showing Memphis officers beating 29-year-old Nichols, who died of his injuries three days after the Jan. 7 attack. However, protests in Memphis, New York City, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, have been scattered and non-violent.
“We’ve had calm so far, which is what we have been praying for,” Pastor Kenneth Thomas said before the service began at Mt. Olive Cathedral Church. “And, of course, we hope that continues.”
Thomas also offered a prayer for Nichols’ family, asking God to “shower them with your blessings.”
Later, more than a dozen sign-carrying protesters marched to a Memphis police station not far from the beating, pounding on the door and demanding to be let in. Getting no response, they made their way to a nearby gate, guarded by three officers.
Some protesters taunted the officers with vulgarity, and all chanted: “Quit your job!” But the protest remained peaceful.
The protesters then observed a three-minute silence, designed to match how long Nichols was beaten.
When it concluded, protester Jennifer Cain yelled: “Say his name!” And the group responded: “Tyre Nichols!”
“Now, just imagine being beat by people that’s over 1,000 pounds on you and you’re only less than 150 pounds,” Cain said. “That’s three minutes of beating, screaming and yelling for his mom.”
“When does it stop?” she asked. “When does it end? Are we going to continue to let it happen?”
The loss is “still very emotional” for the family, a lawyer representing them said Sunday, but they are using all their energy to advocate for reforms both in Memphis and on the federal level.
“His mother is having problems sleeping but she continues to pray with the understanding, as she believes in her heart, that Tyre was sent here for an assignment, and that there will be a greater good that comes from this tragedy,” Attorney Ben Crump said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Crump welcomed disbanding the city’s so-called Scorpion unit, which Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis announced Saturday, citing a “cloud of dishonor” from the newly released video.
Davis acted a day after the harrowing video was released, saying she listened to Nichols’ relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision. Her announcement came as the nation and the city struggled to come to grips with the violence of the officers, who, like Nichols, are Black. The video renewed outrage over repeated fatal encounters with law enforcement despite nationwide demands for change.
Crump told “This Week” that Nichols’ case points to a systemic problem in how people of color are treated regardless of whether officers are white, Black or any other race.
The “implicit, biased police” culture that exists in America is just as responsible for Nichols’ death as the five Black officers who killed him, Crump said.
“I believe it’s part of the institutionalized police culture that makes it somehow allowed that they can use this type of excessive force and brutality against people of color,” Crump said. “It is not the race of the police officer that is the determinant factor whether they’re going to engage in excessive use of force, but it is the race of the citizen.”
He alleged other members of the Memphis community have been assaulted by the now-shuttered Scorpion unit, which was composed of about 30 officers whose stated aim was to target violent offenders in high-crime areas. The unit had been inactive since Nichols’ Jan. 7 arrest.
Scorpion stands for Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace In Our Neighborhoods.
The officers involved in Nichols’ beating — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith — have been fired and charged with murder and other crimes in Nichols’ death. They face up to 60 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder.
Video showed the officers savagely beating Nichols, a FedEx worker, for three minutes while screaming profanities at him. Nichols called out for his mother before his limp body was propped against a squad car and the officers exchange fist-bumps.
Brenda Goss Andrews, president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, told The Associated Press she was struck by the immediate aggression from officers as soon as they got out of the car. “It just went to 100. … This was never a matter of de-escalation,” she said, adding, “The young man never had a chance.”
On a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden, Crump and Nichols’ parents discussed the need for federal reform like the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would prohibit racial profiling, ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants, limit the transfer of military equipment to police departments, and make it easier to bring charges against offending officers.
Biden said he told Nichols’ mother he would be “making a case” to Congress to pass the Floyd Act “to get this under control.”
Memphis Police had already implemented reforms after Floyd’s killing, including a requirement to de-escalate or intervene if they saw others using excessive force.
Speaking on “This Week,” Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, said Congress can pass additional measures like “screening, training, accreditation, to up the game so that the people who have this responsibility to keep us safe really are stable and approaching this in a professional manner.”
The fact that law enforcement is primarily a state and local responsibility “does not absolve us. Under the federal Constitution we have standards, due process standards and others, that we are responsible for,” Durbin said.
“What we saw on the streets of Memphis was just inhumane and horrible,” he said. “I don’t know what created this — this rage in these police officers that they would congratulate themselves for beating a man to death. But that is literally what happened.” | 2023-01-29T22:36:32+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-memphis-pastor-prays-for-continued-peace-after-video-release/ |
Menard Boys’ Soccer beats ESA 1-0 to secure spot in State Championship for 1st time in program history
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The final team left in the soccer playoffs from Cenla, #2 Menard, defeated #3 Episcopal School of Acadiana on Feb. 17, securing a spot in the Division IV State Championship game.
Neither team found the back of the net during the first half of the match, but in the second half, John Thomas Giordano, with the assist to Jay Guillory, got passed the goalie for a perfect shot into the net. Guillory scored the only goal in the match in the 73rd minute to defeat the Falcons 1-0 and take the Eagles to the State Championship for the first time in program history.
#2 Menard will face #5 Episcopal School of Baton Rouge at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, La. on Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m.
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HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Music Inc. (HKEX: 9899, "NetEase Cloud Music" or the "Company"), a leading interactive music streaming service provider in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fiscal year 2022 on Thursday, February 23, 2023, after the Hong Kong market closes.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 7:00 p.m Beijing/Hong Kong Time on Thursday, February 23, 2023 (6:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time). Details for the conference call are as follows:
Event Title: Cloud Music Inc. Fiscal Year 2022 Earnings Conference Call
Registration Link: https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10028650-gfyd6f.html
All participants must use the link provided above to complete the online registration process in advance of the conference call. Upon registering, each participant will receive a set of dial-in numbers, an event passcode, and a personal access PIN, which will be used to join the conference call.
A replay of the call will be accessible by phone at the following numbers and entering PIN: 10028650. The replay will be available through March 2, 2023.
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.music.163.com.
About Cloud Music Inc.
Launched in 2013 by NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES; HKEX: 9999), Cloud Music Inc. (HKEX: 9899) is a leading interactive music streaming service provider in China. Dedicated to providing an elevated user experience, Cloud Music Inc. provides precise, personalised recommendations, promotes user interaction and creates a strong social community. Its focus on discovering and promoting emerging musicians has made the platform a destination of choice for exploring new and independent music among music enthusiasts in China. The platform has been recognised as the most popular entertainment app among China's vibrant Generation Z community.
Please see http://ir.music.163.com/ for more information.
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Nationally recognized physician leader brings vast experience in health system leadership and value-based healthcare to the growing independent women's health group
VOORHEES, N.J., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --e 7, 2022) – Axia Women's Health (Axia), one of the nation's largest independent women's health groups, announced today the appointment of Gaurov Dayal, M.D., as the company's new chief executive officer. Dayal was appointed to the Axia board of directors earlier this year and assumes a CEO role held since 2017 by Charlie Choi, who will serve as an advisor to the company during the transition.
Dayal joins Axia from Everside Health, one of the largest direct primary care providers in the U.S., with almost 400 clinics across 34 states, where he served as president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Everside, Dayal held senior leadership roles for the last 15 years at ChenMed, SSM Healthcare and Adventist Health Care. He also has experience at the clinical practice level, as the founder and physician at a pediatric hospitalist group.
"Dr. Dayal is a nationally recognized physician leader, with significant expertise in value-based healthcare and a strong track record of running and rapidly growing national medical groups," said Eileen Auen, Lead Independent Director for Axia Women's Health. "We are confident he will bring the perfect mix of experience to lead Axia forward on our collective strategy and vision as we continue to expand and position ourselves to be a leader in value-based care."
Sujit John, Managing Director, Private Equity Health and Life for Partners Group, owners of Axia Women's Health on behalf of their clients, added, "We're thrilled to have Dr. Dayal leading Axia Women's Health. His familiarity with our company, combined with his deep experience in leading large healthcare organizations, from an operations and clinical perspective, gives us the leader we need to guide Axia and all team members in this next stage of Axia's evolution."
Axia is on the forefront of delivering women's healthcare via a truly integrated model that treats patients across different phases of life, while supporting physicians' clinical autonomy and ability to focus on care. The company has partnered with more than 80 care centers comprising 200 locations and supporting nearly 500,000 patients annually, offering a wide range of care, including obstetrics, gynecology, laboratory, mammography, urogynecology, fertility and other sub-specialties.
"I'm honored to have been selected as the next CEO of Axia Women's Health, a company with a strong reputation and a tremendous promise for continued growth and quality care outcomes for women," said Dayal. "I'm looking forward to applying my experience in working directly with doctors and all team members to achieve our mission to create a more caring, connected and progressive women's healthcare community. The team has done an incredible job in positioning us for growth and to embrace value-based care. I look forward to helping Axia continue to lead the way in women's health."
To learn more about Axia Women's Health, its locations and services, please visit axiawh.com.
Axia Women's Health is a community of caring, connected, progressive health professionals committed to giving women more. Women deserve access to a more attentive, more sophisticated, more compassionate healthcare experience that meets their changing needs across time. We connect women to a wider spectrum of in-person and online care that delivers innovative technology and treatments. The strength of our network gives us the power to continuously elevate the quality of our care while preserving the personalized nature of our approach.
Our fast-growing network spans OB/GYN physicians, breast health centers, high-risk pregnancy centers, laboratories, urogynecology, fertility centers, and more. Together, we put women first by connecting them to the total care they need to lead healthier, happier lives.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 25, 2022
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
256 PM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Berkshire,
northeastern Columbia and southeastern Rensselaer Counties through
330 PM EDT...
At 256 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Pownal to Nassau. Movement was east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
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There is no bad blood between Jo Koy and his ex-girlfriend, Chelsea Handler. On Wednesday's episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the 51-year-old comedian shared that it's been easy to maintain a friendship with his ex.
“It’s not that hard,” Koy said.
Koy and Handler split just ahead of their one-year anniversary, and he told Clarkson that it’s important for him to set a great example for his 19-year-old son, Joseph Jr.
“It’s just, especially when you have a kid -- I have a son -- and when you go through a breakup you want to be a role model as well,” he explained. “You lead by example and you don’t want him to do that.”
Koy noted that he's also still friends with his son’s mother and his ex-wife, Angie King.
“Like his mommy, it’s like we’re best friends 'til this day, were best friends,” he shared. “She lives right in front of me. I have a house and that’s where she lives. She’s got all the keys to my cars, the codes and everything. When I’m on the road I don’t have to worry about anything.”
Koy added of his relationship with his exes, “It’s healthy. It’s so healthy and it can work. You guys were friends before, you can be friends after.”
Since their split, Koy and Handler have had nothing but great things to say about each other. In August, Koy shared just how supportive his ex has been even after their split.
"It's great. It's always been that way, so it's the next chapter,” he told ET about their transition from lovers back to friends. "We're great friends and that's how it will always be. I'll always champion for her and she'll always champion for me -- and we're gonna win, everyone wins."
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Peoria posted a narrow 54-52 win over Morton on December 6 in Illinois boys high school basketball action.
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Popular chain expands product offering from premium Irish dairy brand
DUBLIN, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Truly Grass Fed, a premium brand of sustainably-produced dairy products from the green fields of Ireland, announced that Publix will carry its natural sharp and aged cheddar cheese wedges at over 1,300 stores nationwide. The brand's salted and unsalted butter foil packs have been in Publix stores since early 2020. The carefully crafted and naturally delicious grass-fed Irish cheddar products will arrive on-shelf in early October.
"We're pleased that Publix shares our commitment to bringing consumers great-tasting choices that are better for people, animals and the environment," said Eric Farr, Regional Development Manager, U.S. East for Truly Grass Fed. "We are delighted to introduce shoppers to our delicious, grass-fed cheddar from happy Irish cows at one of America's most popular stores."
All Truly Grass Fed products are sourced from cows that are 95% grass-fed (average of one cow for every two acres), Non-GMO Project Verified, Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World and free from growth hormones and antibiotics. The resulting dairy products are naturally creamy and rich in nutrients. Truly Grass Fed's full product line-up includes salted and unsalted butter sticks, ghee clarified butter, a spreadable butter tub as well as hand-cut slices of its natural aged and sharp cheddar cheeses. Truly Grass Fed Natural Aged Cheddar is aged for six months to a smooth and creamy consistency. Truly Grass Fed Natural Sharp Cheddar is aged for 12 months, giving it a distinctive, bold taste. Both are available in seven ounce wedges.
The expansion of the product offering at Publix marks a significant milestone for the Truly Grass Fed brand, which first entered the U.S. market in 2019 and has been steadily expanding distribution. Other recent deals for the brand include distribution of Truly Grass Fed butter at King Soopers in Colorado and Kroger in Atlanta, as well as Fresh Market distribution for Truly Grass Fed Ghee Clarified Butter.
Truly Grass Fed sources its high-quality ingredients from 3,000 family farms located across Ireland's fertile countryside. The 100% farmer-owned co-operative, now called Tirlán, was formerly part of Glanbia plc.
Truly Grass Fed is committed to regenerative farming practices and responsibly-produced dairy that is healthier for animals, the environment and consumers. Truly Grass Fed is a member of 1% for the Planet, a global movement inspiring businesses and individuals to support environmental solutions. The brand donates one percent of annual revenue to member organizations, like Slow Food USA, which align with the dairy brand's values.
For more information and additional brand retail locations, please visit www.trulygrassfed.com.
About Truly Grass Fed
Truly Grass Fed is a premium brand of Irish dairy products crafted with integrity and care for people, animals and the planet. The brand's distinctively creamy and delicious butter and cheese are made from cows that are 95% grass-fed, Non-GMO Project Verified, Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World and free from growth hormones and antibiotics. Truly Grass Fed is elevating dairy to a new standard. The brand is strongly rooted in the art of farming but deeply dedicated to sustainability, transparency and progress with wholesome dairy from cows living their best lives outside, on pasture on average 250 days a year, grazing on green Irish grass. The Truly Grass Fed seal signifies that the dairy ingredients inside meet the highest industry standards of quality, safety, animal welfare and environmental consciousness.
About Tirlán
Tirlán is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands. The farmer-owned co-operative has a first-class track record of success in the global market.
Rooted in a rich heritage of family farming and embedded in its communities, Tirlán has evolved to bring the passion of its farmers and their high-quality milk and grains to the international marketplace. Using modern-day technology and applying the best processes to its milk pool of three billion litres and its premium grains portfolio, Tirlán now exports to more than 80 countries.
Its award-winning brands are household names in Ireland, and include Ireland's number one consumer dairy brand, Avonmore. The organisation draws on a wealth of experience to deliver exceptional products and tailored nutritional solutions including Kilmeaden, Wexford, Truly Grass Fed, Solmiko, CheddMax and GAIN Animal Nutrition. Tirlán has a strong market presence in the UK, France, Germany, UAE, the US, North Africa, Japan and China.
A talented team of over 2,100 people manage Tirlán's network of 11 production facilities, with annual revenues of over €3 billion expected in 2022. Tirlán is committed to sustainability through its comprehensive Living Proof programme, and the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) contained within it. For more information visit www.tirlan.com.
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Former U.S. Sen. Len Jordan served Idaho with distinction from 1962 through 1972. He was a conservative Republican who brought courage and individualism to the Senate. He differed with Idaho’s other senator, Frank Church, on a number of issues but they worked together in harmony on issues affecting Idaho. Both were dedicated to safeguarding democracy They had a relationship of mutual trust and respect.
I worked for Jordan the summers of 1965 and 1966 and then served as his legislative assistant for his last three years in office. He was in the mainstream of a Republican Party that had members ranging from conservative to liberal. His Republican values were fashioned after those of the party founder, Abraham Lincoln.
Like Lincoln, Jordan stood up for the equality and dignity of all Americans. He supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require equal rights in employment, education and public accommodations. He supported the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prohibit racial discrimination in voting. We now see so-called Republicans in red states trying to chip away at these protections.
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Sen. Jordan was a leader, not a follower. When President Richard Nixon nominated Clement Haynsworth and Harrold Carswell to the U.S. Supreme Court, Jordan voted against both because of their poor civil rights records. Most current GOP senators would vote for any living and breathing human nominated by their party’s president.
Jordan voted for the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1972, which removed immigration barriers to a wide range of people across the world. Until recent years, the GOP recognized that America grew great and powerful by welcoming immigrants.
Recognizing that guns were becoming a danger in many areas of the country, Jordan supported the Gun Control Act of 1968 and voted in 1972 to ban cheap, dangerous handguns called “Saturday Night Specials.” He told me we did not need gun controls in Idaho but that the legislation was necessary in other parts of the country.
Jordan was not a fan of excessive taxation. He told me Congress needed to decide what services the government should provide and then provide the money to pay for them. He believed in a balanced budget and that voting for necessary tax increases was an essential part of achieving balance. Jordan pointed out that America became the most prosperous nation on the planet after World War II, despite a graduated income tax placing hefty tax rates on the rich. We all know about GOP pledges nowadays to never vote for a tax increase for any purpose.
That brings us to the current fight over increasing the debt limit. Presidents of both parties have contributed about equally to our national debt. During his presidency, Donald Trump added over $8 trillion. Republicans always accommodate their presidents by gladly increasing the debt limit to allow additional borrowing to cover deficits. When Democratic presidents request an increase in the limit, the GOP has threatened to let the country default on its debt.
I first learned of the debt limit when Nixon asked Congress to increase the Treasury’s borrowing authority from $377 billion to $395 billion in June 1970. When I told Jordan we were getting lots of mail from home opposing the increase, he said in no uncertain terms that he would vote for it. He said the country had no alternative — the debt had already been incurred and we had to pay the bills. The only way to do that was to borrow the money by issuing government securities. Jordan said those who opposed increasing the debt limit were just posturing and should know better.
Jordan would be horrified to see what passes as the official Idaho Republican Party today. The extremists have commandeered the party, but there are still many reasonable Republicans who hope to remake the party to reflect Jordan’s traditional values. Getting rid of the closed GOP primary would accomplish that. | 2023-05-16T14:56:50+00:00 | magicvalley.com | https://magicvalley.com/opinion/jones-sen-len-jordan-reflected-the-values-of-idaho-s-traditional-republicans/article_530f1210-f3a2-11ed-87bc-67151505e292.html |
Comedian Chelsea Handler is no stranger to seeing her name splashed across headlines, but one of her latest skits is sparking debate.
She starts the sketch with, "This is a day in the life of a childless woman," and goes on to list a number of activities she's able to do without kids taking up her time.
While hosting "The Daily Show," Handler said, "Women who choose to be child-free face a stigma ... being unfulfilled, unhappy or even selfish."
Forgoing motherhood isn't a new concept, but the number of child-free women is rising, according to Pew Research.
In 2021, 44% of adults who don't have kids said it's unlikely they ever will. That's up seven percentage points since 2018, but the stigma isn't going away.
It's a subject that often elicits opinions that are more anecdotal than evidence-based. But Scripps News found one 2016 study which asked people to read different versions about a married couple's decision to have kids and rate the couple's psychological fulfillment.
Researchers found not only did participants feel that child-free couples were less fulfilled, they also felt "moral outrage," including feelings of disgust and anger.
Some of that stigma played out a couple years ago on Fox News, with then-candidate, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio.
"We're effectively run in this country, via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too. And it's just a basic fact," he said.
On "The Daily Show," Handler also said, "The simple truth is that I'm not having a kid because I'm happier without them, and that's really not of anyone's concern but my own."
So, it's clear the choice to be child-free doesn't come without pushback, but why do women shoulder some level of this stigma if they don't have children?
A group of child-free women and mothers told Scripps News what they think.
SEE MORE: Is having kids making climate change worse?
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-13T02:41:00+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/why-is-there-a-stigma-against-childless-women |
‘We’re still grieving’: Family of woman killed in August hit-and-run loses home to fire
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - A family in Hawaii is doing their best to keep it together after losing their daughter and their home within a matter of months.
Nearly three months ago, 25-year-old Aria Belen Ronquillo was killed in a hit-and-run accident while walking on a freeway.
On Tuesday, her surviving loved ones lost their home to a fire.
Firefighters with the Honolulu Fire Department responded to the home on Ohai Place in Wahiawa. Fire officials said the cause of the fire was accidental, and that it originated from the stove top.
The family told KHNL/KGMB they lost everything.
“We worked really hard to make sure we kept those memories of her and now I don’t really have any of those memories of her,” Mark Ronquillo said.
Mark Ronquillo said he is still mourning the loss of his sister.
In their burned-out home, the family found her urn. But everything she was remembered by was gone.
The family’s dogs, Mia and Blackie, were also killed in the fire.
“I’m not trying to think about it as much because I keep breaking down,” Mark Ronquillo said. “I don’t want to keep doing that.”
Mark Ronquillo and his parents are taking care of his sister’s 3-year-old son, Luca.
Dennis Ronquillo, Aria’s father, recalled what happened moments before the fire destroyed their home.
“My wife was cooking on the stove and when the grandson called her, she went to go see what’s going on, the stove burst into flames,” he said.
Dennis Ronquillo said he’s grateful his wife and grandson made it out safely.
“Losing my daughter in August,” he said. “[My grandson] could have perished, my wife could have perished, I could have lost so much that it was unbearable.”
Police said Aria Belen Ronquillo was walking on the H-2 Freeway when she apparently stepped into the lanes of traffic and was struck by a vehicle around 4:15 a.m.
The motorist is still unknown. The Ronquillo family is unsure why she was on the freeway.
“Me and my family are speculating and questioning as much as everybody else but as a family we’re still grieving her death,” Dennis Ronquillo said.
But the Ronquillo family is thankful for the community’s support through both tragedies.
“To be honest, I don’t think I deserve it but just want to say thank you so much,” Mark Ronquillo said.
The Ronquillo family started a GoFundMe as they search for a new home and work to replace all that was lost in the fire.
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Host Estacada, playing with high energy on its home court, beat The Dalles High, 64-57, in a Tri-Valley Conference boys basketball game Feb. 10.
The Riverhawks were playing with a high confidence level, too, especially since they beat the Rangers, 60-47, on Jan. 20. The No. 10-ranked Riverhawks (4-3 TVC, 9-10 overall) had momentum after winning five of their past six games, including a 64-57 non-league home victory on Feb. 7 over the La Grande High Tigers (10-10).
The Riverhawks were hoping to bounce back and get a win in Tuesday’s home game versus the Madras High White Buffaloes (result was after the printed edition deadline).
The Dalles, guided by first-year Coach Jordan Rowland, has two games remaining on the regular season schedule, including a 6:30 p.m. home game Friday versus the Gladstone High Gladiators (4-3 TVC, 11-9 overall), followed by Feb. 21, road contest against the Molalla High Indians (0-7 TVC, 3-15 overall). The Dalles is tied with Gladstone for second place in the TVC standings. The top-three teams will qualify for the Class 4A state playoffs.
“It wasn’t the outcome that we were expecting and that’s the way that we looked at it,” said Rowland. “They (Rangers) came out and played solid defense and they were hitting their shots. There were lots of fouls called in the game and it just seemed kind of lopsided with more fouls on us, but that’s not what decided the outcome of the game. It wasn’t one of our best games.”
The Riverhawks trailed 39-23 at halftime, but utilized a full-court, man-to-man defense to trim the margin to three points in the fourth quarter.
“We’ll have to learn from this loss and improve and move on and finish out the season by hopefully winning our last two games,” said Rowland. “I think we can still solidify our position in the standings and get second place in the league.”
The Riverhawks had three players score in double figures, led by junior wing Henry Begay with 27 points. Senior guard Josh Taylor had 11 points and junior forward Andre Niko scored 10 points.
In the match-up with No. 15-ranked La Grande, it was a see-saw first half that included three ties and nine lead changes. The Dalles jumped in front 8-0 and led 13-2, forcing a Tiger timeout with 5:23 left in the first quarter.
“We had too many turnovers, but we’ll learn from it,” said senior Braden Schwartz.
The Tigers came charging back, outscoring the Riverhawks 12-0 to take the lead. Following an 18-18 second-quarter deadlock, the Tigers outscored the Riverhawks 9-5 to take their largest lead of the game at 27-23.
“That game (versus La Grande) was a lot of fun; the boys played hard and they played well, so it was nice to get a win in a non-league game against a top-20 ranked team,” said Rowland. “We’re hoping to have Cooper Cummings back for our last two games and then our team will finally be nearly at full strength.” (Cummings has been unable to play for about a month because of a concussion.)
Begay put on a dazzling display of his long-range shooting skill with a 57-foot, three-point, halftime buzzer beater. The shot brought loud cheers from fans in Kurtz Gym as the Riverhawks trimmed the halftime margin to 27-26.
“That was the longest shot that I’ve ever made for sure,” said Begay. “Sometimes, good things happen.”
Begay continued his strong offensive performance with a three-pointer from the corner at the outset of the third quarter, putting the Riverhawks up 29-27 - they never trailed again. Begay’s layup on a fast break, followed by a Niko jumper, capped a 9-0 Riverhawk run, lifting the Dalles in front, 35-27.
The close back-and-forth battle continued in the fourth with the teams trading baskets throughout the final eight minutes. A key outside jumper from the corner by Nolan Donivan put The Dalles ahead, 51-45, with 1:38 remaining in the game.
“I just caught the ball in rhythm, and I got a good pass from Will Lee and I then I just put it in,” said Donivan. “It’s good to come back and win and get our league record over .500. Now we’re just looking to win our last two games and then go to the playoffs, which is our goal.”
Schwartz sank a free throw making the score 52-48 with 24.1 seconds left before a La Grande three-pointer trimmed the margin to 52-51 with 6.3 seconds on the clock. Begay was fouled and he sank two from the line to seal the win. | 2023-02-14T19:35:08+00:00 | columbiagorgenews.com | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/sports/estacada-plays-tough-at-home-tops-riverhawks/article_de839a7c-ac90-11ed-ac80-8b104e17c1ac.html |
Grand opening for new Woodlawn Marketplace to be held Saturday
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The success of Woodlawn’s pop-up Street Market for the last several seasons has led to the opening of a new long-term, brick-and-mortar marketplace in a larger space.
The new Woodlawn Marketplace will now be located in the former Woodlawn Cycle Cafe space at 5530 1st Avenue South.
It will feature 11 Woodlawn Street Market vendors and two anchor tenants: Trvl Love Koffee and Pearl’s Cafe.
This weekend, they’ll have a grand opening for the Woodlawn Marketplace, along with Woodlawn’s October Street Market.
“This whole historic business district is waking up right now. And it’s with people who have ties to Woodlawn or have found a home in Woodlawn. It’s with legacy businesses that are getting fresh wind in their sails,” said market coordinator Bekah Fox. “I also think even the neighbors around Woodlawn, the neighboring neighborhoods, and residents around, are also excited about what’s happening here. Because if Woodlawn is healthy, then it gets to spill over that health into other places.”
You’ll be able to get breakfast, lunch, and coffee, and buy items from local vendors at the new Woodlawn Marketplace.
It will be open Wednesday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Copyright 2022 WBRC. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-13T04:42:41+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2022/10/13/grand-opening-new-woodlawn-marketplace-be-held-saturday/ |
Record-setting extreme heat cancels Phoenix festival. What to do if you have tickets
Due to extreme heat warnings issued by the National Weather Service, event promoters Forty8 Live! have canceled all remaining dates in the weekly Sunset Concert Series at Phoenix Events Complex, citing concerns about the health and safety of eventgoers, vendors and performers.
The decision was made after temperatures hit 116 degrees on July 3, the hottest day in Phoenix since 2021 and just one degree cooler than the high of 117 set in 1907.
The series was scheduled to take place every Saturday night at the Phoenix Events Complex through Aug. 5, with performances by tribute acts. This weekend's bill was AZ/DZ with Hollywood Roses.
Forty8 Live! CEO Robb Corwin issued a statement saying, “Our primary concern has always been the safety and well-being of our cherished staff, vendors and most importantly, our beloved patrons. It is our duty to ensure that Forty8 Live! events remain a space where everyone can enjoy unforgettable experiences without compromising their well-being.”
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What to do if you have tickets for the Sunset Concert Series in Phoenix
Ticketholders will be contacted by Forty8 Live! for their choice of a full refund or a ticket exchange for an upcoming event.
For inquiries about refunds and information on concerts and foodie events scheduled for the remainder of 2023, visit Forty8Live.com.
The next Forty8 Live! event is Rise Up Music Festival, a country music concert on Sept. 2 showcasing rising stars in the genre at Wild Horse Pass on the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix.
Reach the reporter at ed.masley@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-4495. Follow him on Twitter @EdMasley.
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AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Police are investigating after three men were found dead in two separate locations in the Akron area Friday morning.
According to Akron Lt. Mike Miller, two men were found dead, bound and gagged near Cordova Avenue on the city’s westside at around 8:30 a.m., when a passerby called police to report what appeared to be two bodies on the side of the road.
Copley Lt. Michael Maier says a third man was found dead and bound “in a similar fashion” around one mile away in the 2100 block of Wright Road in Copley at around 8:50 a.m. This was also called in by a passerby who thought they saw a body next to the road.
Investigators are on the scene at both locations.
Investigators believe the crimes are related and that the victims were targeted.
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy. The victims’ names are being withheld pending identification and family notification.
No further details were provided. Stay with FOX 8 as more is learned.
Anyone with information should call the Akron Police Department Detective Bureau at 330-375-2490 or 330-375-2Tip or the Summit County Crimestoppers at 330-434-COPS. Text TIPSCO with your tips to 274637 | 2023-03-10T17:54:24+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/ohio/third-body-found-bound-gagged-in-akron-area/ |
Herschel Walker, Republican nominee for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat, lost to Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in the Dec. 6 runoff election.
A watch party was held for Walker and his supporters at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. The Red & Black attempted to contact Walker’s team multiple times and were denied access to the Dec. 6 watch party.
Before results were counted, Darlys Walker and Cindy Stokes, who attended the watch party, voiced their support for the Republican nominee and explained why they voted for him in the runoff.
Darlys Walker referenced the division in Georgia and her support of Herschel Walker’s stance against abortion.
“I just think it's time for a change. We've got to get people more together and less of the division between the parties and we need to have that extra vote. I mean, that's my feeling,” Darlys Walker said.
Stokes and Daryls Walker both mentioned Warnock’s political advertisements about Walker and said that Walker was “obliterated” by them, while he chose to not do the same to his Democratic opponent.
The ad Darlys Walker referenced portrays Herschel Walker’s ex-wife sharing how he allegedly abused and threatened her. Daryls Walker said the interview featured was from 20 years ago and that “people change, I mean, we all do things as kids that we wouldn't do as adults.”
Stokes and Darlys Walker further emphasized their support of Herschel Walker and his character, having both met the Republican nominee on various occasions.
“I'm a Republican, so of course, I'm going to vote for Herschel, but he's just a good man. I like what he represents,” Stokes said. | 2022-12-07T20:59:01+00:00 | redandblack.com | https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/outside-walker-s-runoff-watch-party-attendees-voice-support/article_8a4c5e42-760f-11ed-99fe-939328c3cb98.html |
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MIAMI, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland & Knight announced today that a nationally recognized team of nine partners with extensive experience in the energy industry have joined the firm from Eversheds. The team is led by energy and renewables partner Ram Sunkara in Houston and tax partner Amish Shah in Washington, D.C.
The group also includes partners Jackson Allen and Kyle Wamstad in Atlanta; Joshua Belcher and Ronnie Dabbasi in Houston; Madeleine Tan in New York; and Alexander Holtan and Susan Lafferty in Washington, D.C. The team's experience includes corporate transactions, power purchase agreements, project finance and development, equity and debt financing, general tax planning, energy-related tax credits, tax controversy, regulatory and environmental.
The move follows Holland & Knight's successful 2021 merger with Thompson & Knight, a Texas-based firm and leader in the energy industry, as well as multiple lateral energy and renewable partner additions over the past several years. Holland & Knight's Energy and Natural Resources Group includes more than 220 lawyers in key markets throughout the U.S. and in Mexico and Colombia. Law360 named Holland & Knight the 2021 "Energy Practice Group of the Year" based on the firm's wide-ranging work in the industry.
"Since 2018, one important aspect of our business strategy has been to strengthen our energy practice," said Steven Sonberg, managing partner of Holland & Knight. "The addition of this exceptional team, combined with the strength of the former Thompson & Knight lawyers, our partners in Bogotá and Mexico, as well as other recent partner additions, positions us to provide a full range of services to the international energy industry. Ram, Amish and their team will help us compete for the most sophisticated work across all areas of the industry."
"Over the past year we've taken significant steps to expand our multi-faceted energy capabilities after the merger with Thompson & Knight," said David Barkus, co-leader of the firm's Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group and leader of the firm's Private Equity Team. "Ram and Amish's team, with their particular mix of strengths and experience, completes the puzzle for us and will help distinguish our team in the market. The team has bold visions for the future and we are excited to help them execute their plans."
"Ram and Amish are nationally recognized names in energy and tax," said Roger Aksamit, an energy and tax partner in Holland & Knight's Houston office. "We are particularly excited to offer our clients the energy and tax equity advice that Ram and Amish bring to renewable project investors. The clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act have made these transactions a priority with a majority of our energy clients, making this an area poised for explosive growth. This addition is further indication of the firm's ongoing commitment to making our energy practice second to none."
"The decision to move a large and successful team like ours isn't taken lightly," said Mr. Sunkara. "Holland & Knight's demonstrated commitment to the energy industry is impressive, as is their track record with successfully integrating groups of lateral attorneys and helping them thrive."
"The firm has a deep bench in both renewable and traditional energy, and we know our clients will appreciate the firm's extensive capabilities in the tax legislative and regulatory space," said Mr. Shah. "We see multiple avenues for fruitful collaboration in the future that we look forward to exploring."
Mr. Sunkara has an industry-recognized multidisciplinary practice advising clients on complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, tax equity transactions, project development and construction matters and structured commodity transactions across the electric energy (with a specific focus on renewables and renewable natural gas), oil and gas, transmission and storage, hydrogen, carbon capture and sequestration, mining and metals, timber, chemicals and natural resource industries. He also has a market-leading practice advising Fortune 500 and FTSE listed companies in achieving their sustainability and other ESG objectives globally.
Mr. Shah provides sophisticated and practical tax advice to clients making investments in the energy sector or seeking to achieve ESG goals, including with respect to production tax credits (PTCs) and investment tax credits (ITCs) for renewable power, alternative fuels, carbon capture and sequestration, energy storage, hydrogen, biogas property, nuclear and other technologies incentivized through tax credits (including through the Inflation Reduction Act). He represents energy clients in seeking legislative and regulatory changes; in maximizing the value of tax credits, including through "begun construction" strategies; in project development, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and tax equity investments; and in tax controversy at the administrative, trial court and appellate levels.
Other key members of the team include:
Atlanta
Jackson Allen represents clients in the power, natural gas and renewable energy sectors in connection with commercial transactions, project development, mergers and acquisitions, power purchase agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, and natural gas and power transactions.
Kyle Wamstad represents clients in various transactional and regulatory matters in the electric power, renewable energy, natural gas, crude oil and refined products sectors.
Houston
Joshua Belcher has a national, multidisciplinary practice counseling clients in the utility, power and pipelines sectors.
Ronnie Dabbasi has a broad corporate and commercial practice and advises clients on all aspects of acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and project development in the energy sector.
New York
Madeleine Tan advises clients on structured investments and financing transactions in the transportation, energy and infrastructure sectors.
Washington, D.C.
Alexander Holtan counsels energy clients on trading in derivatives, enforcement matters and compliance with derivatives-related regulatory requirements, including those imposed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Susan Lafferty advises clients on an array of energy and environmental issues impacting the petroleum, biofuels and energy trading industries.
About Holland & Knight LLP: Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 1,700 lawyers and other professionals in 32 offices worldwide. The firm's lawyers and advisors provide representation in litigation, corporate and finance, real estate and governmental matters. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with efficient access to attorneys throughout the firm. www.hklaw.com
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping.
Recreational vaping will be banned as the government seeks to prevent the next generation from becoming addicted to nicotine, Health Minister Mark Butler said Tuesday.
The tobacco tax would be raised by 5% a year starting from September, Butler said — a total increase of 3.3 billion Australian dollars ($2.2 billion) over four years. This follows an AU$234-million ($157-million) boost for tougher regulation of e-cigarettes, including new controls on their importation and packaging.
“Vapes contain more than 200 chemicals that do not belong in the lungs. Some of the same chemicals you will find in nail polish remover and weed killer,” Butler said.
The government will work with the states and territories to shut down the sale of vapes in retail and convenience stores and make it easier to get a prescription for therapeutic use.
To tackle the growing black market, the government will increase the product standards for vapes, including by restricting flavors and colors. It will require pharmaceutical-like packaging, a reduction in the maximum allowed nicotine concentrations and volumes and a ban on single-use vapes.
“This is a product targeted at our kids,” Butler said. “Vaping has become the No. 1 behavioral issue in high schools, and it’s becoming widespread in primary schools. This must end."
Butler said the hard-won gains in public health relating to the reduction in smoking could be undone by the “new threat.”
Steve Robson, president of the Australian Medical Association, the nation’s leading doctors group, backed the move. “We know the new young generation of Australians are being hooked on vapes and this is a great initiative,” he said.
Alcohol and Drug Foundation CEO Erin Lalor said most people vaping in Australia were using unregulated products, with no idea what was in them.
“Some people who vape, including young people, may be unknowingly consuming nicotine and have formed a dependence,” she said.
An AU$63-million ($42-million) public health campaign will be launched to discourage Australians from taking up vaping and encourage those who already have to quit. Support programs helping Australians quit vaping will be bolstered by an investment of AU$30 million ($20 million), and education among health practitioners about smoking and nicotine cessation will be strengthened. The government will commit a further AU$140 million ($94 million) for a program helping Indigenous people stop smoking, which will be expanded to include vaping.
Australia has one of the lowest smoking rates among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, with 11.2% of Australians 15 and over smoking in 2019, according to government statistics. | 2023-05-02T09:32:39+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/australian-government-cracks-down-on-smoking-and-18024127.php |
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an enduring commitment to equipping surgeons in the federal healthcare system with the best tools possible, MellingMedical is pleased to provide access to the full suite offered by Fehling Surgical Instruments, Inc. As a CVE-Verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), MellingMedical is especially proud of the positive impact this can have on the care provided to America's veterans.
"The veterans who benefit from the more than 600,000 operations performed every year by the Department of Veterans Affairs deserve the right tools for their procedure," said Chris Melling, founder and CEO of MellingMedical. "Fehling's mix of traditional and innovative instruments are a real asset to surgeons changing lives with spinal, neuro and cardiac surgeries."
Based in Kennesaw, Georgia, Fehling Surgical Instruments, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of German-manufactured Fehling products in the United States and Canada. The family-owned and family-operated company has more than thirty years of experience in the medical industry.
"We are delighted to know our instruments will be in the hands of surgeons who are improving the lives of countless patients across the federal healthcare system," said Fehling's CEO, Peter Skott. "Whether they choose one of our premium surgical instruments or single-use products, we are honored to play a role in the delivery of quality care."
MellingMedical, a CVE-Verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), holds a Medical Equipment and Surgical Federal Supply Schedule (Med/Surg), as well as a Pharmaceutical Schedule, and currently serves more than 165 VA Medical Centers and 300 VA Outpatient clinics, all seven (7) VA CMOPs, 95 DoD Medical Facilities and Health and Human Services (HHS), including Indian Health Services (IHS) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). MellingMedical provides access to innovative and cost-effective healthcare solutions in ophthalmology, optometry, urology and pharmaceuticals. To learn more, visit MellingMedical.com.
Fehling Instruments is a traditional family-owned and family-run company with more than thirty years of experience in designing, manufacturing and distributing high-grade German surgical instruments and single-use products. We are constantly striving for excellence in function, innovation, and value, which is why we warrant all of our products. Our clients' satisfaction is the primary goal of our business―we always seek to provide both outstanding service and unmatched quality. For more information, please visit our website at FehlingSurgical.com.
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CLEVELAND — It will be another hot and steamy day Thursday with highs in the lower 90s and dewpoints still in the 70s. Thankfully it's only brief. A cold front will move thru the area late afternoon. A few strong storms are possible ahead of the front between about 3 and 6 pm. Those storms will form mainly east of interstate 77.
Behind the front, its cooler and less humid for the weekend!
Friday is dry and blustery with highs near 80. Saturday turns cooler as we struggle up to near 70 degrees during the afternoon. Expect pleasant weather for Father's Day with sunshine and highs in the middle 70s.
Next week looks to get hotter again!
FORECAST HEADLINES
- One more hot day Thursday
- Few severe storms Thursday PM
- Much cooler late week
- Looking great for Father's Day
DETAILED FORECAST:
Thursday: Stays hot, with a few severe afternoon storms, mainly south east of Cleveland.| High: 92º
Friday: Some sunshine. Cooler, drier. | High: 80º
Saturday: More sunshine, incredible. | High: 68º
Sunday: Perfect for Dad. | High: 71º
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In the first debate of the gubernatorial campaign, famously tax-critical former Republican Gov. Paul LePage suggested he would suspend all new taxes put in place since the pandemic began to combat inflation.
The comment Tuesday evening was not out of line for LePage, who was governor for two terms and is seeking a third. One of his signature policies was to reduce the state’s top marginal individual income tax rate from 8.5 percent to 7.15 percent in 2011. He has since proposed eliminating it altogether.
But Maine has not introduced new taxes since the pandemic began, according to the state and a review of the Legislature’s taxation committee bills from 2020 to 2022. That has been partially due to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ strong aversion to anything that might look like a tax increase during her administration, something that has occasionally put her at odds with progressive members of her caucus.
The tax suspension idea from LePage came after he said he also would consider suspending the diesel tax to help reduce inflation on foods trucked into the state as part of an overall plan in the event of a recession and revenue drop in the state. He said such suspensions — if he were reelected — would be kept in place until inflation dropped.
“I would take a look at suspending all taxes that were put in place since the pandemic,” he said.
“You might suspend them until we reach an inflation rate of 2 percent.”
After the debate, the LePage campaign clarified the statement also was meant to encompass regulatory fees, pointing specifically to the law that bans single-use plastic bags and charges consumers for 5 cents for a carry-out bag. That law was passed in 2019 and slated to go into effect in the spring of 2020, but was pushed back for over a year during the coronavirus pandemic.
Taxation bills can be hard to track because not every bill is easily defined as such, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Law Library in the State House. But the 56 bills that passed through the taxation committee included anything from technical changes to several tax exemptions, including nonprofit youth camps, affordable housing projects and firearm containers.
Lawmakers also approved a measure that required municipalities to freeze the property tax rate of older Mainers if they had lived in their home for 10 years. Most of the bills’ fiscal notes either included nominal general fund revenue increases, decreased general fund revenue or had negligible impact.
Mills campaign spokesperson Scott Ogden also pointed to the restoration of municipal revenue sharing and the expansion of the earned income tax credit, which helps lower income Mainers. He said LePage has “no serious plans” for helping Mainers.
During the debate, the governor pointed to the $850 checks provided to Mainers earlier this year — which LePage has criticized — and noted the state has economists and revenue forecasters to ensure the state does not go over budget.
“People are thankful for those checks,” she said. “People know what they need to do individually with that money.”
LePage criticized the $850 refund checks at Tuesday night’s debate. He said he’d instead take some of the state money used for the refunds and offer it to oil companies and ask them to lower the cost of fuel in exchange for a subsidy.
Mills recently re-upped her promise to not raise taxes and has clashed with lawmakers over attempts to increase fees. She threatened to veto an increase to the vehicle inspection fee — which was later killed by lawmakers — and the Legislature altered a bill that would have increased the cost of fees paid by pet food makers from $80 to $100 for animal welfare investigation to change how current distribution licensing fees are distributed after she indicated opposition, the Bangor Daily News reported.
She did veto a bill aiming to increase the real estate transfer tax on properties more than $1 million, saying it would go against her promise and would do little to boost revenue to a state affordable housing fund.
It was a frustrating moment for the taxation committee co-chair, Sen. Ben Chipman, D-Portland.
“I wish she would consider raising some taxes,” he said, adding he tried to talk to Mills about the bill before it went to her desk. “But we were told [the bill] was a tax increase and there was nothing to talk about.”
While Assistant Senate Minority Leader Matt Pouliot, R-August, said he could not think of any recent tax or fee increases worth suspending, he said LePage’s statement was in character with his desire to reduce taxes overall. He said many of Mills’ budget accomplishments, such as raising the state’s share of K-12 public education costs to 55 percent, would have been difficult to achieve without raising taxes if not for an influx of federal pandemic stimulus money sent to states.
“In general anything we can do to help Mainers keep more money in their pocket is helpful,” he said.
This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor. The Maine Monitor is a local journalism product published by The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a nonpartisan and nonprofit civic news organization. | 2022-10-06T17:48:22+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/10/06/politics/lepage-pandemic-taxes-fees/ |
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The committee on Tuesday approved a statement that College Park Baptist Church of Greensboro was not in “friendly cooperation” due to its “open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior,” which conflicts with the denomination's theological conservative positions. In fact, College Park had voted in 1999 to leave the denomination, and its website makes a point about it not being a member of the Southern Baptist Convention but rather of more progressive Baptist bodies. | 2022-09-23T10:59:26+00:00 | greensboro.com | https://greensboro.com/zorro/article_44b364d6-5ba0-5f22-97b3-3c5dc683d0c0.html |
Which Na Na Na Surprise doll is best?
Na Na Na Surprise dolls combine the best of plush and plastic doll play. These dolls are cute and collectible with adorable animal-inspired outfits and accessories. If you’re looking for a beautiful set, check out the MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise Lavender Kitty Family; it comes with two cute dolls and a matching plush pet.
What to know before you buy a Na Na Na Surprise doll
How it’s made
Most posable dolls are made from hard vinyl, but a Na Na Na Surprise doll uses vinyl sparingly. The head is structured with vinyl but wrapped in fabric. The face is printed onto this fabric, which extends down into the body. The doll’s body has foam inside for a soft, cuddly feel.
The eyes are large and expressive, while the outfits are all animal-themed. The hair is soft and designed to feel like real hair. Most dolls have hair that hangs ankle-length, but a few have very short hair cropped close to the doll’s head.
Size
The original Na Na Na Surprise fashion doll is 7.5 inches tall, while the Na Na Na Surprise teen doll is 11 inches. For reference, the standard L.O.L. Surprise doll is around 3 inches, and the average Barbie doll is 12 inches tall.
What’s in the box
Every time Na Na Na Surprise releases a new series of dolls, there are new characters, outfits and accessories. The fashion doll comes with one doll in a fun outfit wearing a hat, all of which fits in a matching animal-inspired pom purse. Each doll has a name and a birthday.
What to look for in a quality Na Na Na Surprise doll
Extra accessories
Recent additions to the collections come with additional accessories, such as a hair brush, new outfits, a plush pet, a second doll or a full bedroom set. These extras can cost a little more, but they provide a more compact playing experience that is still a greater value than buying accessories separately.
These accessories are especially useful as the Na Na Na Surprise dolls are not standard sizing. This means that most other doll clothing won’t fit properly.
Clear packaging
While early series dolls were mostly covered inside the box, the newer dolls come in packages with clear plastic across the front. This makes it easier to see which doll you are getting and what the extras are. Collecting and comparing accessories is a lot easier this way.
Well-detailed
The Na Na Na Surprise dolls are themed, from basic fashion doll sets to the teen series to the slumber party series. No matter how many accessories come in the box, what’s most important is that the theme is clear, fun and well-detailed with those animal-inspired touches. Clothing and accessories should blend the animal-inspired design with the theme’s specific accessories.
How much you can expect to spend on a Na Na Na Surprise doll
Dolls costs $10-$60, depending on the number of dolls included in a package and the accessories.
Na Na Na Surprise doll FAQ
What’s the age range for this toy?
A. The manufacturer recommends these dolls for children 5 to 10 years old because there are small pieces.
Do you know which doll you’re getting?
A. The box doesn’t always make it easy to tell which doll you’ll get, but unlike other “surprise” toys, you can look up the sticker on the front to find out which doll is being sold.
Does the teen doll come with a pom purse?
A. The little clip-on pouch with a 7.5-inch fashion doll is not included with the teen doll. Instead, the teen doll comes with a hairbrush.
What’s the best Na Na Na Surprise doll to buy?
Top Na Na Na Surprise doll
MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise Lavender Kitty Family
What you need to know: The set comes with a 7.5-inch fashion doll Sophie Belle, 11-inch teen big sister doll Margot Belle and a 4.5-inch pet cat.
What you’ll love: The sisters and pet cat are soft and plush. Each doll has long purple hair with pink and purple outfits, silver hair accessories, matching shoes and fuzzy pink cat-ear hats. The pink cat is named Bisous, which means “kisses” in French. All outfits and accessories are removable.
What you should consider: There are no extra outfits and the sister dolls are different sizes so you can’t swap clothes between the two dolls.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Na Na Na Surprise doll for the money
MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise Teens Slumber Party Lara Vonn
What you need to know: The set comes with an 11-inch doll named Lara Vonn and teddy bear-themed camping accessories.
What you’ll love: Lara is wearing cute teddy bear pajamas and teddy bear hair ties with matching teddy bear slippers. There’s a sleeping bag, pillow, eye mask and hair brush. Every detail is cute and on theme.
What you should consider: The hair comes out if brushed too much.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise 3-In-1 Backpack Bedroom Playset
What you need to know: The set comes with a 7.5-inch fashion doll named Sarah Snuggles, teddy bear-themed bedroom accessories and a backpack case.
What you’ll love: Your child can wear this fuzzy teddy bear backpack that opens up into a bedroom for Sarah. Sarah has a teddy hat, teddy shoes and a matching jacket. There’s a bed, two pink pillows, a hair brush, a mirror and a clothing rack.
What you should consider: The hat is not removable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine began resuming electricity exports to European countries on Tuesday, its energy minister said, a dramatic turnaround from six months ago when fierce Russian bombardment of power stations plunged much of the country into darkness in a bid to demoralize the population.
The announcement by Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko that Ukraine was not only meeting domestic consumption demands but also ready to restart exports to its neighbors was a clear message that Moscow’s attempt to weaken Ukraine by targeting its infrastructure did not work.
Ukraine’s domestic energy demand is “100%” supplied, he told The Associated Press in an interview, and it has reserves to export due to the “titanic work” of its engineers and international partners.
Russia ramped up infrastructure attacks in September, when waves of missiles and exploding drones destroyed about half of Ukraine’s energy system. Power cuts were common across the country as temperatures dropped below freezing and tens of millions struggled to keep warm.
Moscow said the strikes were aimed at weakening Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, while Western officials said the blackouts that caused civilians to suffer amounted to war crimes. Ukrainians said the timing was designed to destroy their morale as the war marked its first anniversary.
Ukraine had to stop exporting electricity in October to meet domestic needs.
Engineers worked around the clock, often risking their lives to come into work at power plants and keep the electricity flowing. Kyiv’s allies also provided help. In December, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $53 million in bilateral aid to help the country acquire electricity grid equipment, on top of $55 million for energy sector support.
Much more work remains to be done, Halushchenko said. Ukraine needs funding to repair damaged generation and transmission lines, and revenue from electricity exports would be one way to do that.
The first country to receive Ukraine’s energy exports will be Moldova, he said.
Besides the heroic work by engineers and Western aid, warmer temperatures are enabling the resumption of exports by making domestic demand lower. Nationwide consumption was already down at least 30% due to the war, Halushchenko said, with many industries having to operate with less power.
Renewables like solar and wind power also come into play as temperatures rise, taking some pressure off nuclear and coal-fired power plants.
But it’s unclear if Ukraine can keep up exports amid the constant threat of Russian bombardment.
“Unfortunately now a lot of things depend on the war,” Halushchenko said. “I would say we feel quite confident now until the next winter.”
Exports to Poland, Slovakia and Romania are also on schedule to resume, he said.
“Today we are starting with Moldova, and we are talking about Poland, we are talking about Slovakia and Romania,” Halushchenko added, noting that how much will depend on their needs.
“For Poland, we have only one line that allows us to export 200 megawatts, but I think this month we will finish another line which will increase this to an additional 400 MW, so these figures could change,” he said.
Export revenue will depend on fluctuating electricity prices in Europe. In 2022, while Ukraine was still able to export energy, Ukrainian companies averaged 40 million to 70 million euros a month depending on prices, Halushchenko said.
“Even if it’s 20 (million euros) it’s still good money. We need financial resources now to restore generation and transmission lines,” he said.
Ukraine has the ability to export more than the 400 megawatt capacity limit imposed by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, or ENTSO-E. “We are in negotiations to increase this cap because today we can export even more, we have the necessary reserves in the system,” the minister said.
The current capacity limit is in line with what Ukraine was exporting in September 2022 before Ukraine diverted resources to meet domestic needs amid the Russian onslaught.
The 400-megawatt capacity is “only a start” as Ukraine pursues a long-term goal of becoming “truly integrated” into Europe’s network, which would increase its security of supply and help its neighbors exchange electricity, according to Georg Zachmann, energy policy expert at the Bruegel think tank in Brussels.
At a price of 100 euros per megawatt hour, the monthly income stream for Ukraine would at most reach 30 million euros.
As capacity increases, however, concerns will move from supply to commerce and politics due to Ukraine’s coal-fired plants paying almost nothing for carbon emissions, while EU competitors pay 100 euros per ton.
Halushchenko wants to increase the maximum technical capacity to 2 gigawatts. At the very least, he would like exports to meet the country’s import restriction of 850 megawatts, he said. ENTSO-E represents 39 electricity transmission system operators from 35 countries across Europe.
Ukraine began trading electricity with European countries in June, in a bid to move away from Russia’s sphere of influence. Power lines were synchronized in March 2022, shortly after the war began.
Engineers sped up the process to link Ukraine to the continental grid, allowing it to decouple its power system from Russia. Moldova was added later. Before that, Ukraine and Moldova were part of a power sharing system that included Russia and Belarus.
The resumption of exports is an obvious win for Ukraine, but it also benefits Europe, according to energy analyst Olena Pavlenko of the Kyiv-based think tank Dixie Group.
“European consumers need this, it increases competition in the (European) market, lowers prices and feels more energy secure,” she said.
“For Ukraine this is a solution to not just take money in grants and credit but to earn money. This is a good start for the future operation and partnership with the EU, as a business partner,” she added.
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David McHugh in Frankfurt, Germany, contributed.
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Follow AP coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-04-12T15:27:22+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/ukraine-resumes-electricity-exports-despite-russian-attacks/ |
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NASA science chief Thomas Zurbuchen will step down by the end of the year.
As Reuters reported, Zurbuchen oversaw the successful deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope as well as the deployment of the Perseverance Mars rover.
Zurbuchen said in a statement, "This is a difficult decision for me, but I believe it is time for a new beginning - for the directorate and for me."
Zurbuchen, a Swiss-American astrophysicist, has been NASA's head of science mission directorate since 2016. He has led over 100 of the agency's missions.
Bobby Braun, the head of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab's space exploration sector, said of Zurbuchen, "From the diversity of the team he assembled to delivering countless successful space science missions that have changed our view of the universe, to investing in new and better ways of accomplishing space science goals and growing the overall community, Thomas has been a force for positive change across NASA." | 2022-09-13T20:59:01+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/nasa-science-chief-to-leave-post-by-end-of-year |
WASHINGTON (AP) — “We thought we could die.”
The Russian invasion had just begun when Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Ukraine, the House speaker then the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to lead a congressional delegation to Kyiv.
Pelosi and the lawmakers were ushered under the cloak of secrecy into the capital city, an undisclosed passage that even to this day she will not divulge.
“It was very, it was dangerous,” Pelosi told The Associated Press before Sunday’s one-year anniversary of that trip.
“We never feared about it, but we thought we could die because we’re visiting a serious, serious war zone,” Pelosi said. “We had great protection, but nonetheless, a war — theater of war.”
Pelosi’s visit was as unusual as it was historic, opening a fresh diplomatic channel between the U.S. and Ukraine that has only deepened with the prolonged war. In the year since, a long list of congressional leaders, senators and chairs of powerful committees, both Democrats and Republicans, followed her lead, punctuated by President Joe Biden’s own visit this year.
The steady stream of arrivals in Kyiv has served to amplify a political and military partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine for the world to see, one that will be tested anew when Congress is again expected this year to help fund the war to defeat Russia.
“We must win. We must bring this to a positive conclusion — for the people of Ukraine and for our country,” Pelosi said.
“There is a fight in the world now between democracy and autocracy, its manifestation at the time is in Ukraine.”
With a new Republican majority in the House whose Trump-aligned members have balked at overseas investments, Pelosi, a Democrat, remains confident the Congress will continue backing Ukraine as part of a broader U.S. commitment to democracy abroad in the face of authoritarian aggression.
“Support for Ukraine has been bipartisan and bicameral, in both houses of Congress by both parties, and the American people support democracy in Ukraine,” Pelosi told AP. “I believe that we will continue to support as long as we need to support democracy… as long as it takes to win.”
Now the speaker emerita, an honorary title bestowed by Democrats, Pelosi is circumspect about her role as a U.S. emissary abroad. Having visited 87 countries during her time in office, many as the trailblazing first woman to be the House speaker, she set a new standard for pointing the gavel outward as she focused attention on the world beyond U.S. shores.
In her office tucked away at the Capitol, Pelosi shared many of the honors and mementos she has received from abroad, including the honorary passport she was given on her trip to Ukraine, among her final stops as speaker.
It’s a signature political style, building on Pelosi’s decades of work on the House Intelligence committee, but one that a new generation of House leaders may — or may not — chose to emulate.
The new Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library this month, the Republican leader’s first foray as leader into foreign affairs.
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries took his own first trip abroad to as House minority leader, leading congressional delegations last week to Ghana and Israel.
Pelosi said it’s up to the new leaders what they will do on the global stage.
“Other speakers have understood our national security — we take an oath to protect and defend — and so we have to reach out with our values and our strength to make sure that happens,” she said.
“I just want to say that this, for me, was the most logical thing to do,” Pelosi said.
When Pelosi arrived in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood outside to meet the U.S. officials, a photo that ricocheted around the world a show of support for the young democracy fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
“The courage of the president in greeting us on the street rather than us just meeting him in his office was yet again another symbol of the courage of the people of Ukraine,” she said.
Pelosi told Zelenskyy in a video released at the time “your fight is a fight for everyone.”
A year on, with no end to the war in sight, Pelosi said: “I would have hoped that it would have been over by now.”
Pelosi’s travel abroad has not been without political challenges, and controversy. During the Trump era she acted as an alternative emissary overseas, reassuring allies that the U.S. remained a partner despite the Republican president’s “America First” neo-isolationist approach to foreign policy.
Last year, in one of her final trips as speaker, Pelosi touched down with a delegation in Taipei, crowds lining the streets to cheer her arrival, a visit with the Taiwanese president that drew a sharp rebuke from Beijing, which counts the island as its own.
“Cowardly,” she said about the military exercises China launched in the aftermath of her trip.
Pelosi offered rare praise for McCarthy’s own meeting with Tsai, particularly its bipartisan nature and the choice of venue the historic Reagan library.
“That was really quite a message and quite an optic to be there. And so I salute what he did,” she said.
In one of her closing acts as House speaker in December, Pelosi hosted Zelenskyy for a joint address to Congress. The visit evoked the one made by Winston Churchill, the prime minister of Britain, at Christmastime in 1941 to speak to Congress in the Senate chamber of a “long and hard war” at the start of World War II.
Zelenskyy presented to Congress a Ukrainian flag signed by frontline troops that Pelosi said will eventually be displayed at the U.S. Capitol.
The world has changed much since Pelosi joined Congress — one of her first trips abroad was in 1991, when she dared to unfurl a pro-democracy banner in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square shortly after the student demonstrations that ended in massacre.
After the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s again Russia and China that remain front of her mind.
“The role of Putin in terms of Russia that is a bigger threat than it was when I came to Congress,” she said. A decade after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, she said, Putin went up.
“That’s where the fight for democracy is taking place,” she said.
And, she said, despite the work she and others in Congress have done to point out the concerns over China’s military and economic rise, and its human rights record, “that has only gotten worse.”
Often mentioned as someone who could become an actual ambassador — there have been musings that Biden could nominate her to Rome or beyond — Pelosi said she is focused on her two-year term in office, no longer the House speaker, but the representative from San Francisco.
“Right now my plan is to serve my constituents,” Pelosi said. “I like having 750,000 bosses, rather than one.” | 2023-04-29T21:23:21+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/politics/ap-interview-pelosi-says-ukraine-democracy-must-win/ |
The round also comes with backing from major games and guilds, most notably YGG
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kapital DAO announced today the close of its latest raise, with participation from Polygon Ventures, the Algorand Foundation, and the HBAR Foundation, with grants from the Solana Foundation and NEAR. Also involved were prominent investors such as Yield Guild Games (YGG), Samsung NEXT, GSR, Wintermute Ventures, Keyrock, and Portofino. Gaming strategic partners include Splinterlands, Shrapnel, and Blocklords. The Kapital DAO will also receive ongoing advisory from YGG and Floating Point Group (FPG) along with the leaders of Illuvium, Laguna Games, and Digital Insight Games (DIG). The DAO is expected to vote to drive the funding toward further development and scaling of its technology, which enables institutional-grade asset management for web3 gaming organizations. The Kapital DAO plans to deploy its technology closely with these strategic partners to increase the amount of institutional capital and players flowing through partnered ecosystems. This raise comes at a critical juncture as web3 gaming and large DAOs begin to focus on their key issues with scaling operations and security.
"Recent developments in web3 gaming have demonstrated the need for reliable institutional-grade systems to manage gaming assets and complex operations at scale," said Sam Peurifoy, CEO of Playground Labs, a core contributor to the Kapital DAO. "We are excited to have the support of major leaders in the gaming and asset management spaces who can accelerate the Kapital DAO's ability to integrate large players into gaming more seamlessly with regard to asset management. This set of developments will help core sectors of the larger blockchain ecosystem turn up user acquisition to the next level."
The Kapital DAO aims to onboard the next billion players into web3 gaming through scalable and trustless operational infrastructure, as well as large scale internal asset deployment and esports participation within key blue-chip gaming ecosystems. Through close industry partnerships, the Kapital DAO secures robust connections to key smart contracts and public data sources to provide organizations on its platform with a full suite of operational tooling to cover everything from analytics to payouts. For more information, visit www.kapital.gg. For more information on the coming token launch, sign up for updates at https://www.kapital.gg/token.
Playground Labs brings digital productivity to life in the metaverse. By developing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and play-to-earn gaming products within the virtual world, Playground Labs builds next-generation infrastructure for the metaverse economy and enables everyone to generate real economic utility by playing the games they love. For more information, visit www.playgroundlabs.io.
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- Lilly expects to deliver strong financial and operational performance in 2023, highlighted by volume-driven revenue growth; potential launches for donanemab, mirikizumab, lebrikizumab and pirtobrutinib; potential regulatory submissions for tirzepatide in obesity; and numerous other anticipated pipeline advancements.
- Continued pipeline progress in 2023 includes expected initiation of Phase 3 clinical trials for retatrutide (GGG tri-agonist) in obesity and orforglipron (oral GLP-1 NPA) in type 2 diabetes and obesity, and key Phase 3 readouts, which include donanemab for early Alzheimer's disease and mirikizumab for Crohn's disease.
- 2023 revenue expected to be between $30.3 billion and $30.8 billion, driven by key growth products.
- 2023 EPS expected to be in the range of $7.65 to $7.85 on a reported basis and $8.10 to $8.30 on a non-GAAP basis.
- The company reaffirmed its 2022 financial guidance on both a reported and non-GAAP basis.
- Fifth consecutive 15% annual increase in dividend for 2023, doubling since 2018 and underscoring increasing confidence in the company's outlook.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced its 2023 financial guidance, highlighted by expected volume-based revenue growth and increased investments to maximize future value. The company will review potential key events for the upcoming year, including important data readouts for several investigational medicines in its clinical pipeline and the possibility of multiple regulatory submissions and approvals, in a call with investors today.
"Lilly is exiting 2022 with momentum. Our approved and available medicines are early in their life cycles and showed accelerated growth during the year, led by a strong Mounjaro launch. In addition, several of our late-stage medicines for serious diseases were submitted for approval this year, and will hopefully launch in 2023," said David A. Ricks, Lilly's chair and CEO. "We continue to innovate and are beginning new pivotal studies for the next group of potential breakthrough treatments. In the decade ahead, we are well-positioned to create significant value for patients with challenging conditions, health systems struggling to manage chronic disease, and of course, our shareholders."
Anat Ashkenazi, Lilly's executive vice president and chief financial officer, outlined the company's expectations for its growth prospects: "We believe we have the potential to deliver top-tier, volume-driven revenue growth through at least 2030 with groundbreaking medicines. In addition to the tremendous on-going launch of Mounjaro in type 2 diabetes and expected future opportunities to treat obesity and obesity-related metabolic outcomes with tirzepatide, we plan to invest in our four significant potential new launches next year. With limited patent expirations this decade, we believe these potential new medicines and the continued scaling of our key growth products will fuel our next wave of growth. Lilly is committed to maximizing long-term value for stakeholders and we look forward to delivering further in 2023."
2022 Financial Guidance
The company reaffirmed its 2022 financial guidance on both a reported and non-GAAP basis. The company's 2022 financial guidance reflects adjustments shown in the reconciliation table below.
The company reaffirmed its 2022 financial guidance, as set forth in the following table:
2023 Financial Guidance
Earnings per share (EPS) for 2023 is expected to be in the range of $7.65 to $7.85 on a reported basis and $8.10 to $8.30 on a non-GAAP basis. The company's 2023 financial guidance reflects the adjustment shown in the reconciliation table below.
The company anticipates 2023 revenue between $30.3 billion and $30.8 billion, driven by volume increases from key growth products. This growth is expected to be partially offset by lower revenue for Alimta® due to its loss of patent exclusivity, no anticipated COVID-19 antibody revenue, and the continued negative impact of foreign exchange rates.
Gross margin as a percent of revenue for 2023 is expected to be approximately 77% on a reported basis and approximately 79% on a non-GAAP basis.
Marketing, selling and administrative expenses for 2023 are expected to be in the range of $6.9 billion to $7.1 billion. Research and development expenses are expected to be in the range of $8.2 billion to $8.4 billion.
Consistent with 2022, the company is not including any potential or pending acquired in-process research and development (IPR&D) and development milestone charges in its initial 2023 guidance and expects to update EPS guidance each quarter as acquired IPR&D and development milestone charges are incurred.
Other income (expense) is expected to be expense in the range of $100 million to $200 million on both a reported and non-GAAP basis.
The 2023 effective tax rate is expected to be approximately 16% on both a reported basis and non-GAAP basis. This assumes the provision in the 2017 Tax Act that requires capitalization and amortization of research and development expenses for tax purposes is deferred or repealed by U.S. Congress this year, effective for the full year 2022 as well as 2023. The tax rate increase also includes the impact from recently enacted Puerto Rico legislation that will become effective starting in 2023, as well as the impact from an expected increase in the proportion of earnings in higher tax jurisdictions.
The following table summarizes the company's 2023 financial guidance:
Webcast of Conference Call
As previously announced, investors and the general public can access a live webcast of the 2023 financial guidance conference call through a link on Lilly's website at investor.lilly.com/webcasts-and-presentations. The conference call will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern time today and will be available for replay via the website.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The company uses non-GAAP financial measures that differ from financial statements reported in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), and this press release and related materials includes a description of certain non-GAAP items that may affect the company's financial expectations for 2022 and 2023. The company's non-GAAP financial measures adjust reported results to exclude amortization of intangibles and items that are typically highly variable, difficult to predict, and/or of a size that could have a substantial impact on the company's reported operations for a period. The company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors in evaluating the company's performance. They can assist in making meaningful period-over-period comparisons and in identifying operating trends that would otherwise be masked or distorted by the items subject to the adjustments. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally to evaluate the performance of the company's business, including to allocate resources and to evaluate results relative to incentive compensation targets. Investors should consider these non-GAAP financial measures in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
About Lilly
Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. We've been pioneering life-changing discoveries for nearly 150 years, and today our medicines help more than 47 million people across the globe. Harnessing the power of biotechnology, chemistry and genetic medicine, our scientists are urgently advancing new discoveries to solve some of the world's most significant health challenges, redefining diabetes care, treating obesity and curtailing its most devastating long-term effects, advancing the fight against Alzheimer's disease, providing solutions to some of the most debilitating immune system disorders, and transforming the most difficult-to-treat cancers into manageable diseases. With each step toward a healthier world, we're motivated by one thing: making life better for millions more people. That includes delivering innovative clinical trials that reflect the diversity of our world and working to ensure our medicines are accessible and affordable. To learn more, visit Lilly.com and Lilly.com/newsroom. F-LLY
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This press release contains management's current intentions and expectations for the future, all of which are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words "estimate", "project", "intend", "expect", "believe", "target", "anticipate", "forecast" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to various factors. The following include some but not all of the factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated, including the impact of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic or any future pandemic, epidemic, or similar public health threat and the global response thereto; uncertainties related to the company's efforts to develop, manufacture, and distribute potential treatments for COVID-19; the significant costs and uncertainties in the pharmaceutical research and development process, including with respect to the timing and process of obtaining regulatory approvals; the impact and outcome of acquisitions and business development transactions and related integration costs; the expiration of intellectual property protection for certain of the company's products and competition from generic and/or biosimilar products; the company's ability to protect and enforce patents and other intellectual property; changes in patent law or regulations related to data package exclusivity; competitive developments affecting current products and the company's pipeline; market uptake of recently launched products; information technology system inadequacies, breaches, or operating failures; unauthorized access, disclosure, misappropriation, or compromise of confidential information or other data stored in the company's information technology systems, networks, and facilities, or those of third parties with whom the company shares its data; unexpected safety or efficacy concerns associated with the company's products; litigation, investigations, or other similar proceedings involving past, current, or future products or commercial activities as the company is largely self-insured; issues with product supply and regulatory approvals stemming from manufacturing difficulties, disruptions, or shortages, including as a result of demand, labor shortages, third-party performance, or regulatory actions related to our facilities; reliance on third-party relationships and outsourcing arrangements; regulatory changes or other developments; regulatory actions regarding currently marketed products; continued pricing pressures and the impact of actions of governmental and private payers affecting pricing of, reimbursement for, and access to pharmaceuticals; devaluations in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in interest rates, and inflation; changes in tax law, tax rates, or events that differ from the company's assumptions related to tax positions; asset impairments and restructuring charges; the impact of global macroeconomic conditions, trade disruptions, global disputes, unrest, war, or other costs, uncertainties and risks related to engaging in business in foreign jurisdictions; changes in accounting and reporting standards promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); and regulatory compliance problems or government investigations. In addition, the company may not be able to reliably predict the impact of specified items in its 2023 guidance beyond the next 12 months, and the variability of factors discussed in these forward-looking statements could have a significant and unpredictable impact on the company's future GAAP results. For additional information about the factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from forward-looking statements, please see the company's latest Form 10-K and subsequent Forms 8-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Except as is required by law, the company expressly disclaims any obligation to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events after the date of this release.
Alimta® (pemetrexed disodium, Lilly)
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The Chicago Bears kicked off their mandatory minicamp Tuesday at Halas Hall — the final piece to the first offseason for a new regime — and it was another bumpy performance for the offense with cornerback Jaylon Johnson and rookie safety Jaquan Brisker coming away with interceptions.
Here are four things we heard and saw.
1. Robert Quinn was a no-show.
Since the voluntary offseason program opened in April, coach Matt Eberflus has been mindful to thank players just about every time he has spoken about the development of the team.
When mandatory minicamp kicked off Tuesday morning at Halas Hall, there was one significant absence. Quinn, the outside linebacker who set a franchise record with 18 ½ sacks last season, was not in attendance after choosing to take a pass on the voluntary portion of the offseason as well.
Quinn, the highest earner on the roster at $12.9 million, is subject to a fine for each day he misses.
“We’re not talking about that as an organization,” Eberflus said. “We hoped he would be here. (GM) Ryan (Poles) and his staff are going to work through that. I really don’t have any other comment other than that about Robert Quinn.
“Yeah, I’ve talked to him. Wished him happy birthday a few weeks ago. … In terms of being here, not being here, I’m going to leave that up to Ryan.”
The absence of Quinn, 32, only fuels speculation that the best move for both parties could be a trade. He’s well-traveled and might invite the chance to play with a contender. Quinn is an asset for Poles who will have diminished value by the time the Bears are ready to contend again. The Bears might have to settle for a Day 3 pick in return for Quinn — and they’ll need to find a trade partner with ample salary-cap space — but that’s how it goes for a player over 30 making a lot of money.
The Bears don’t have a lot of experience at defensive end after Quinn, but they like Al Quadin-Muhammad, who was on the sideline during practice, and Trevis Gipson is ready for an expanded role after notching seven sacks in 2021. Without Quinn, it would be easier for the coaching staff to get rookie Dominique Robinson on the field to evaluate him.
2. Veteran guard Dakota Dozier was carted off.
Dozier went down at the end of a play late in practice when the ball came loose. After the training staff evaluated him, Dozier was helped onto a cart and taken to the locker room. Eberflus has consistently declined to address injuries. It appeared Dozier suffered a left leg injury, potentially his left knee.
The injury is noteworthy considering Dozier, a backup throughout his eight-year with the exception of 2020 when he started 16 games at left guard for the Minnesota Vikings, has been in the mix with the first team. Dozier and Sam Mustipher have gotten the vast majority of reps with the starters at right guard, and it appeared that competition could carry into training camp.
If Dozier’s injury is serious, the Bears would have to proceed with Mustipher as the starter, reshuffle the deck with players under contract or perhaps look outside the building for help.
Eberflus said the team was sticking with its plan of splitting the first half of OTAs and minicamp practices with one group and then the second half with a few changes. That means rookie Braxton Jones remains with the starters at left tackle. Larry Borom is still at right tackle and Teven Jenkins, last year’s second-round pick, is playing right tackle with the second team.
“All combinations are open, I’ll just say that,” Eberflus said. “I’m not going to comment on is it yes or no but I’ll say that we have an open lens of all combinations are open. And we’re just trying to find the best five.”
3. Matt Eberflus hosted longtime NFL coach Rod Marinelli at practice.
Eberflus considers Marinelli a good friend and mentor after the pair coached together with the Dallas Cowboys from 2013-17. Eberflus said Marinelli, who was the Detroit Lions coach for three years and spent four seasons with the Bears, including three as defensive coordinator, taught him about player-coach relationships.
“To be able to show the player that you care through action and to prepare the player to play his best on Sunday,” Eberflus said. “And then you’re able to challenge them and push them past the point they can’t take themselves, and that’s what I learned from Rod. And players, everybody who talks about him just loves him to death. And man, I know when he was here he pushed the guys past the point they couldn’t take themselves.”
Marinelli, whom Eberflus called “a dynamic speaker,” will address the Bears at a team meeting Wednesday. Marinelli recently retired from coaching after spending two seasons as the Las Vegas Raiders defensive line coach.
Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian, who helped the Bears during their search for new general manager Ryan Poles and Eberflus in January, also watched practice Tuesday.
4. The Bears took a team-bonding trip to Wrigley Field on Thursday that included a home run derby.
Videos of quarterback Justin Fields and tight end Cole Kmet hitting home runs at Wrigley dominated social media Thursday afternoon.
At a team meeting that morning on the final day of OTAs, Eberflus told players he was bringing them to the ballpark and then showed them the Bears’ history playing there from 1921-70.
When the Bears arrived at the field, players were split into teams for a multi-event competition that included a home run derby. Fields, who played baseball in high school in Georgia, hit two home runs.
“I honestly didn’t think I could hit a home run, but I got a couple out, so I was surprised by that,” Fields said. “Actually, once I saw a few guys go before me and they got close, I was like, ‘All right, this is possible.’ It was awesome. I think everyone had a good time. It was definitely a great team-bonding event.”
However, Fields didn’t win the event. Kmet, who played baseball and football at Notre Dame, hit three homers to win the derby, the Bears reported.
“I was happy when we were picking teams,” said wide receiver Darnell Mooney, who was on Kmet’s team. “I was like, as long as I get Cole, it doesn’t matter what team I’m on.”
() | 2022-06-23T22:25:16+00:00 | twincities.com | https://www.twincities.com/2022/06/23/4-things-we-learned-at-chicago-bears-minicamp-including-robert-quinns-absence-and-dakota-doziers-injury-2/ |
(WJW) — In a new interview, John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse on “Full House,” says he wanted to quit the show after he felt upstaged by Jodie Sweetin in one of the show’s first table reads.
In the interview on the YouTube talk show “Hot Ones,” Stamos recalled calling his agent from a pay phone and saying, “Get me the (expletive) off this show!”
“I hated that show,” said Stamos. “Obviously, I ended up loving it.”
Stamos explained that when he accepted the role of Uncle Jesse, he was under the impression that children in the series would be “background” characters, and was at first unpleasantly surprised during a table read when Sweetin’s character, Stephanie, got all the laughs.
“They couldn’t even hear my lines they were laughing so hard at her,” said Stamos.
He said he later realized there was no central character on the show.
“The central character was love,” said Stamos. “I fought it for a long time, then I finally said, ‘What am I doing? It’s a beautiful show, filled with sweetness and kindness.'”
The full interview can be seen here.
Full House aired from 1987-1995 and was then followed up by a second series on Netflix called “Fuller House,” which ran from 2016-2020. | 2023-07-24T15:15:43+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/john-stamos-on-full-house-i-hated-that-show/ |
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyer said Thursday the former president will seek to move his New York criminal case to federal court, attempting avoid a state court trial that a Manhattan judge said he expects to hold early next year.
Trump pleaded not guilty a month ago to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments made during the 2016 campaign to bury allegations of extramarital sexual encounters.
Trump, a Republican, has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty.
Moving the case to federal court could have significant advantage for Trump, including broadening the potential jury pool beyond Manhattan, where voters have heavily favored his Democratic rivals. | 2023-05-04T15:31:40+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/04/trump-criminal-case-federal-court/b8791afa-ea8e-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html |
Police seek help in finding missing teen girl
Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing teenage girl who might be in distress and in need of medical assistance.
Jaylese Wainwright, 16, was last seen around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday near the 9900 block of Ridge Hill Avenue, near South Grand Canyon Drive and West Tropicana Avenue, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.
Jaylese is 5-foot-6, 130 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair with hints of red and blond and has several facial piercings. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with a red “Slipknot” logo, turquoise pajama pants with images of bunnies on it, and white shoes. She also was last seen carrying a pink backpack.
Anyone with information regarding Jaylese and her whereabouts may call the Metropolitan Police Department at 702-828-3111, the missing persons detail during business hours at 702-828-2907 or by email at missingpersons@lvmpd.com.
Contact Tony Garcia at tgarcia@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0307. Follow @TonyGLVNews on Twitter. | 2022-05-19T18:36:42+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/police-seek-help-in-finding-missing-teen-girl-2579193/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces bombarded Russian positions in the occupied and illegally annexed southern Kherson region, targeting resupply routes across a major river while inching closer Friday to a full assault on one of the first urban areas Russia captured after invading the country.
Russian-installed officials were reported desperately trying to turn the city of Kherson, a prime objective for both sides because of its key industries and major river and sea port, into a fortress while attempting to evacuate tens of thousands of residents.
The Kremlin poured as many as 2,000 draftees into the Kherson region — one of four Moscow illegally annexed and put under Russian martial law — to replenish losses and strengthen front-line units, according to the Ukrainian army’s general staff.
The Dnieper River figures prominently in the regional battle because it serves critical functions — crossings for supplies, troops and civilians; drinking water for southern Ukraine and the annexed Crimean Peninsula; and power generation from a hydroelectric station. Much of the area, including the power station and a canal feeding water to Crimea, is under Russian control.
Kremlin-installed Kherson officials said Ukrainian shelling of a Dnieper River ferry crossing killed two journalists working for a local TV station they set up under occupation. At least two other people were reported killed and 10 members of the broadcast crew and their relatives were wounded, Russia’s Tass news agency reported
Natalia Humeniuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern operational command, confirmed the Ukrainian military struck the Antonivskyi Bridge near the crossing but only during an overnight curfew Russian-installed officials put in place to avoid civilian casualties.
“We do not attack civilians and settlements,” Humeniuk told Ukrainian television.
Earlier Ukrainian strikes had made the Antonivskyi Bridge inoperable, prompting Russian authorities to set up ferry crossings and pontoon bridges to relocate civilians and transport supplies to Russian troops in Kherson, which sits on the Dnieper’s western bank.
Russian-installed officials are trying to evacuate up to 60,000 people from Kherson for their safety and to allow the military to build fortifications. Ukraine’s military reported Friday that bank employees, medical workers and teachers were relocating as the city’s infrastructure wound down.
“The situation is really difficult,” the deputy head of Kherson’s Kremlin-installed regional administration, Kirill Stremousov, said in a video he posted on Telegram. “Today we are preparing the city of Kherson as a fortress for defense and are ready to defend to the last. Our task is to save people, build defenses and protect the city.”
Kherson city, with a prewar population of about 284,000, was one of the first urban areas Russia captured when it invaded Ukraine, and it remains the largest city it holds.
Another flashpoint on the Dnieper River is the Kakhovka dam, which creates a large reservoir, and associated hydroelectric power station, about 70 kms (44 miles) from Kherson city. Each side accuses the other of targeting the facilities. Russian-installed officials claim Ukrainian forces have been attacking the facilities in part to cut the water supply to Crimea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy contends the Russians plan to blow up the dam and power station to unleash 18 million cubic meters (4.8 billion gallons) of water and flood Kherson and dozens of other areas where hundreds of thousands of people live. He told the European Council on Thursday that Russia would then blame Ukraine.
None of the claims could be independently verified.
Defying international law, Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Ukraine’s Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions last month even though his forces don’t control all the territory. Putin declared martial law in the regions as of Thursday to assert Russian authority in the face of military setbacks and strong international criticism.
In the Donetsk region, two people were killed in Russian shelling of the city of Bakhmut, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the province’s Ukrainian governor. Russian troops have been unable to advance toward the city for more than a month.
In the capital of the eastern Ukraine’s recently reclaimed Kharkiv region, nine people were wounded in two Russian attacks, according to Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. In the city of Zaporizhzhia, a Russian S-300 missile strike Friday wounded three people and damaged a residential building, a school and infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities said.
“Each strike won’t scare anyone. It will make us stronger,” said Dniprovskyi District acting administrative chief Volodymyr Hrianysty.
In an apparent effort to keep hostilities from spinning out of control, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin reached out to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday for their first phone call since May 13. Defense officials have said the Russians had not responded to U.S. efforts to set up calls.
Russia’s deployment of aircraft and troops to air bases in Belarus raised the specter of another front on Ukraine’s northern border, although Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday: “We’re not going anywhere today … If you do not want to fight with us, then we will not, there will be no war.”
The Ukrainian army’s general staff has warned that Belarus could attack to cut supply routes of Western weapons and equipment. Belarus’ intervention could also divert Ukraine’s resources and weaken its southern counteroffensive.
While prospects for peace appear slim, the Kremlin insisted Friday that Putin has been open to negotiations “from the very beginning” and “nothing has changed.” Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin “tried to initiate talks with both NATO and the United States even before the special military operation” — the Russian term for its war in Ukraine.
Peskov was responding to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said earlier Friday that the Russian leader appeared to be “much softer and more open to negotiations.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Putin’s war has backfired.
“President Putin thinks that these attacks will somehow break the will of Ukrainian people. Instead, he is only deepening their resolve to defend their country,” Blinken told reporters on Friday.
“Moscow can knock out the lights across Ukraine, but it cannot, it will not, extinguish the Ukrainian spirit. President Putin thought he could divide the trans-Atlantic alliance; instead, he’s brought us even closer together.”
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DENVER (KDVR) — Gerber announced the winner of its annual Gerber Baby photo search, and the 2023 winner is a 10-month-old from Colorado.
Madison “Maddie” Mendoza is the winner of the 13th annual Gerber photo search. Gerber said Maddie, along with her parents, captured the attention of the judges with a throwback submission that included a photo of Maddie and her mom at that same age.
“The throwback submission of Maddie and her mom brought a smile to the judges’ faces and perfectly captured the spirit of this year’s program. We’re excited to partner with Maddie and her family throughout the next year to highlight the full-circle journey from baby to parent,” said Tarun Malkani, Gerber president and CEO.
According to Maddie’s parents, she is 10 months old and came into the world with a full head of hair. She enjoys baby music classes, swim lessons, hiking with her mom and dad, and exploring new food.
Not only did Maddie capture the heart of the judges at Gerber, but her parents’ love story filled them with joy.
According to Gerber, Maddie’s parents were high school sweethearts, and have been together for 22 years. Maddie’s dad Jun is a U.S. Air Force Academy grad and serves as a lieutenant colonel physician in the Air Force. Maddie’s mom works as a dentist.
The couple say they’re hoping Maddie will embrace their love of worldly cultures.
“Being a rainbow baby, Maddie has brought us immeasurable joy with every milestone, snuggle and moment spent with her enriching our lives and making every day more meaningful and beautiful,” said Crystal Mendoza, Maddie’s mom. “We look forward to witnessing her grow into a kind, compassionate, strong, independent and worldly individual as we hope to be stationed overseas again to teach Maddie about all the different parts of the world.”
Both of Maddie’s parents come from first-generation families from the Philippines.
“Gerber has always believed in the magic of babies, and Maddie’s story, filled with love, resilience, and adventure, embodies the spirit of generations of Gerber babies,” Malkani said. | 2023-07-12T16:53:53+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/10-month-old-picked-as-2023-gerber-baby/ |
HONG KONG, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Governance Solutions Group (GSG), China's leading ESG investment and sustainability data provider, announcing its carbon emissions data offering, Carbon Discovery®, has reached critical mass.
This notice comes on the backdrop of SFC's announcement that all Hong Kong-based fund managers are required to make substantive disclosures on their climate-related investment risks by the 20th of November. Specifically, fund managers with more than HKD 8 billion AUM would have already implemented measures two months ago (20th of August), but all fund managers must comply by the November deadline.
For the last six months, GSG's data platform has been successfully providing climate-related risk management and disclosure to over a dozen of top-tier Hong Kong asset managers including CSOP Asset Management, Bosera Asset Management (International), Dacheng International, ABCI Asset Management, and CISI Asset Management, with a combined AUM of more than HKD 300 billion (USD 38 billion).
GSG's Carbon Discovery® has provided reliable, comprehensive and effective data solutions to Hong Kong-based fund managers with a Collective Investment Scheme who are required to submit climate-related risk management and disclosure by no later than November 20 this year in accordance with last year's substantial revision of the Fund Manager Code of Conduct (FMCC) by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). The data has filled a gap where only few listed companies and bond issuers in China have disclosed carbon data.
Carbon Discovery® is GSG's proprietary database for portfolio carbon accounting which was launched in 2021. The database aims to help fund managers assess climate-related risks at individual stock or bond level as well as portfolio level. Ultimately fund managers can achieve portfolio carbon emission accounting and management, optimize carbon-related investment strategies, and meet relevant disclosure requirements of regulators or investor clients. Further, with data support from Carbon Discovery®, fund managers can better engage with portfolio companies on carbon data disclosures and net zero strategy development.
Carbon Discovery® is developed based on the PCAF (Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials) methodology, which is widely adopted globally and also recognized by the SFC, so that it well fits fund managers' compliance requirements. Also, the emission factors used in its model are established with the support and guidance from the National Center for International Cooperation on Climate Change Strategy Research (NCSC) of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. This ensures that fund managers are provided with market specific and authoritative carbon accounting solutions.
Climate-related risks pose both micro and macro prudential concerns. While climate change awareness has grown, actual climate change has accelerated, with evermore severe impact. Considering the financial service industry's heavily integrated role in society, it is particularly susceptible to risks caused by climate change. Managing climate-related risks and leveraging the ability of finance to empower low-carbon transition has become a global consensus.
Today, international alliances, initiatives, and regulations have increased their attention on portfolio carbon analysis. Quantitative carbon disclosure has become vital for stringent requirements. For the financial sector, future emission reduction commitments have also become the trend as well as the focus for asset owners.
Some lead fund managers including CSOP, Bosera international, Dacheng International, ABCI Asset Management, CISI Asset Management have proactively embarked on climate-related risk management actions. GSG is cooperating with these top fund managers by offering both asset level carbon emission data (via GSG's Carbon Discovery®) and consulting services to improve climate resilience and seize climate opportunities. Further, GSG is supporting clients to meet the FMCC's regulatory requirements for climate-related risks, including governance structure establishment, climate risks assessment, scenario analysis, portfolio carbon footprint calculation, and disclosure reporting.
With the enhanced data analytics platform, which uncovers climate risk exposure as well as carbon emissions of underlying assets, GSG can now provide the tools for portfolio managers to instantly calculate the carbon footprint of the portfolio, asses the climate risks at different scenario, and adjust product strategy accordingly.
Ms. Doris Lian, Chairperson, HKCAMA, CEO, Bosera Asset Management (International) Co., Limited
"As a PRI signatory and the TCFD supporter, we highly value sustainable investment and climate change issues. Leveraging GSG's Carbon Discovery® database, we conducted carbon emission calculation to better understand our products' carbon footprint. This further enabled us to optimize our investment strategy and lower exposure. We also appreciated GSG's professional input in supporting us to build a comprehensive internal climate-related risks management framework, which we believe will reinforce our resilience against climate change risks."
Ms. Chen DING, CEO, CSOP Asset Management Limited
"We believe a more balanced future will yield long-term opportunities and returns. Utilizing GSG's data and analysis, we were able to make qualified climate related risks assessments, as such quantification was proved as highly valuable in facilitating our sustainable investing decision-making. This year, with GSG's support, we established our climate-related risk management policy, serving as our framework and guidance to better manage climate-related risks and take efficient concrete actions. Looking forward to working with GSG again and exploring more possibilities."
Dr. Dequan WANG, CEO, Governance Solutions Group, Vice Chair, ESG Committee, HKCAMA
"The access to quantifiable carbon emission data is crucial for asset managers to assess and manage the impact of climate-related risks. In the Chinese market where carbon disclosure is not yet mandatory for all listed companies and bond issuers, GSG Carbon Discovery®, our proprietary database for portfolio carbon accounting, provides a solution for investors with a solid methodology aligned with PCAF and TCFD, as well as local expertise which ensures the authority and timeliness of our model parameters. GSG is honored to have cooperated with many leading asset managers to promote the application of Carbon Discovery®. We will make every effort to continue to assist the development of climate risk management within the financial industry."
About GSG
Governance Solutions Group (GSG) is an ESG & Sustainable Investment Advisor focusing on China's capital markets. GSG is a signatory to the PRI, as well as an OECD Corporate Governance Roundtable and ICGN member. We are GRI certified trainers, a SASB Alliance Member, and a TCFD Supporter. With offices in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, GSG provides ESG research and rating, ESG data on Chinese issuers, active ownership assistance and proxy advice for institutional investors.
GSG Founder and CEO Dr. Wang is also an invited expert on China's ESG30 Forum, Vice Chair of the ESG Committee of Hong Kong Chinese Asset Managers Association, a committee member on the Sustainable Investment Committee of China Assets Management Association(AMAC), an Advisor on the Insurance Asset Management Association of China (IAMAC). He is also a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. For more information please visit: www.governance-solutions.com , or contact Dr. Dequan Wang at dwang@governance-solutions.com, +852 91576618
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Proceeds from One-Year Sweepstakes to Benefit Downey's Environmental and Technology Nonprofit Organization, FootPrint Coalition
All Six Cars to be Featured in Max's "Downey's Dream Cars" Docuseries Premiering June 22
NEW YORK, June 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Actor, producer, and FootPrint Coalition Founder, Robert Downey Jr., alongside a team of experts, have modified six classic cars from his personal collection to make them more eco-friendly and reduce their carbon footprint.
All six iconic cars are being given away in a one-year national sweepstakes beginning Friday, June 16 via www.rdjdreamcars.com. Proceeds from the sweepstakes will benefit Downey's FootPrint Coalition, a nonprofit organization focused on the adoption of technologies that will advance human systems towards a cleaner environment.
The cars to be given away in the sweepstakes, and which are featured in the Max series Downey's Dream Cars, are:
- 1969 Mercedes Benz 280 SE – among the modifications were: installing a modern diesel engine, converting the fuel system to biodiesel, and replacing the suede interior with one made from recycled plastics.
- 1965 VW Bus – modifications included replacing the 1100 CC air-cooled engine with an EV West electric motor conversion and custom battery rack, and adding a solar-powered electric barbeque that slides out of the back of the bus.
- 1966 Buick Riviera – among the eco-friendly changes were: replacing the stock 425 cubic inch V8 engine with a first-generation modern hybrid engine and adding a first-of-its-kind prototype Aclima air quality sensor.
- 1972 K-10 Pickup – modifications included turning it into a full EV pick-up with custom electric motor and battery pack.
- 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible – among the changes were: replacing the 327 Small Block engine with a modern electric motor and installing a one-of-a-kind mushroom-based interior.
- 1985 Chevrolet El Camino – modifications included replacing the stock engine with a modern 4-cylinder Chevy turbo truck engine and adding a solar-powered bike rack in the bed of the car.
"Making Downey's Dream Cars come true with Max was an education and a blast. Keeping these transformed classic vehicles for my own personal enjoyment would be a missed opportunity. All proceeds from the sweepstakes will go towards funding FootPrint Coalition's nonprofit organization. Please enjoy the show on Max, and pretty please go to www.rdjdreamcars.com for a chance to win one of these now eco-friendlier cars," said Robert Downey Jr.
"The goal of this yearlong sweepstakes is to raise significant funding to help environmental technologies to take hold in a more systemic way. There are a ton of dedicated folks working on the sweepstakes and featured in this show, and they're only a tiny fraction of the millions of people who are actively volunteering their skills in restoring the planet. Our job is a race to curate the solutions that can change human systems in the timeliest manner – from research to rollout to new normal," said Rachel Kropa, FootPrint Coalition's Managing Director of Nonprofit + Science.
Chris Mazzilli, the founder of Dream Car Restorations/CMC Motors in Plainview, New York, where some of the cars were retrofitted to 2023 eco-friendly standards, is spearheading the sweepstakes, and is an executive producer of Downey's Dream Cars, a series premiering on Max on June 22 that illuminates how each of the cars were re-engineered and modified.
To participate in the sweepstakes with or without donating and learn more, please visit www.rdjdreamcars.com.
About Downey's Dream Cars
The multi-part docuseries, premiering on Max on June 22, follows Robert Downey Jr., and his team of experts, through the modification of the six classic cars to make them more eco-friendly, updating them into the new millennium while preserving their power and style. The series is produced by Boat Rocker's Matador Content and Team Downey, and hosted by Robert Downey Jr. For Team Downey, executive producers are Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Emily Barclay Ford; for Matador Content, executive producers are Jay Peterson, Todd Lubin, and Dave Larzelere; and for Warner Bros. Discovery, Kyle Wheeler serves as executive producer. Chris Mazzilli is also an executive producer.
About FootPrint Coalition
FootPrint Coalition is a multifaceted organization focused on the adoption of technologies that will advance human systems towards a cleaner environment. FootPrint Coalition's nonprofit offers grant funding, provides education on solutions, and creates content to mobilize a global audience to support its efforts in accelerating groundbreaking technologies that are addressing the world's largest environmental challenges.
Disclaimer
NO PURCHASE, CONTRIBUTION, DONATION OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY AND MAKING ONE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. and D.C, the United Kingdom, and Canada (excluding Quebec). 18 years or older and age of majority. Begins 6/16/2023 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends on 7/16/2024 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. The six prize drawings will occur on 2/9/2024, 3/29/2024, 4/22/2024, 5/26/2024, 6/30/2024, and 7/31/2024. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing. For entry details and official rules, including details on how to enter without making a donation or purchase and the applicable drawing dates, visit rdjdreamcars.com/pages/rules. Sponsor: Edward Charles Foundation, a Delaware nonprofit corporation, for the benefit of FootPrint Coalition.
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This Monday, millions of immigrants nationwide are expected to skip work and school in what's being billed as the Great American National Boycott. Several cities are bracing for mass demonstrations and a shutdown of major business operations.
Thousands of immigrants and their supporters are planning to take to the streets. Organizers are urging Latinos and others to skip work and school ... and avoid shopping on May 1. Organizers say immigrants should spend the day marching, to protest recent tough talk in Congress on illegal immigration.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-06-07T04:44:34+00:00 | upr.org | https://www.upr.org/npr-news/2006-04-28/cities-businesses-brace-for-boycotts-monday |
Two of the three reservoirs that serve the city are practically empty. In the long term, officials are trying to build more dams and reservoirs. The short term plan is to hope for rain.
Copyright 2022 NPR
Two of the three reservoirs that serve the city are practically empty. In the long term, officials are trying to build more dams and reservoirs. The short term plan is to hope for rain.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-07-21T09:53:25+00:00 | kcbx.org | https://www.kcbx.org/2022-07-21/extreme-drought-in-northern-mexico-has-left-millions-of-residents-without-water |
Newly released video shows Sussex man open fire on Hartland business
David Macholl is currently being held at the Waukesha County Jail.
David Macholl is currently being held at the Waukesha County Jail.
David Macholl is currently being held at the Waukesha County Jail.
Hartland police release surveillance video of the moment a Sussex man fired a long gun at a water softener business.
The video shows a white car driving up to the business, the driver gets out, grabs a gun from the back seat and fires twice hitting two vehicles.
"We just had a white car pull up in our driveway and shot two shots from a rifle or shotgun at our company vehicles right in front of our building," an employee told a 911 dispatcher at the time.
"Did you actually see the gun?" the dispatcher asked.
"Yes, I got a glimpse of it. I know it was like a rifle with a scope on top," the caller said.
After the 911 call, cellphone video shows police chasing the white car and the gunman inside his home in Sussex where a standoff ensued, and nearby schools went on lockdown.
He eventually surrendered. Police identified the suspect as David Macholl. During an hour-long police interview, Macholl did admit to firing at the Hartland business.
Macholl is currently locked up here at the Waukesha County Jail facing several charges including first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
According to online court records, Macholl is undergoing a competency evaluation with a review set for later this month.
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A roundup of the most newsworthy press releases from PR Newswire this week, including the top vacation homes in the U.S. and the biggest challenges facing journalists.
NEW YORK, May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- Vrbo Unveils the 2023 U.S. Vacation Homes of the Year
The 2023 Vacation Homes of the Year are all stunning, whole homes, ranging from idyllic lakeside escapes to cozy mountain retreats and desert paradises, and represent a variety of popularº vacation destinations and price points. - VICE Media Group Enters Into Purchase Agreement with Lender Consortium "We will have new ownership, a simplified capital structure and the ability to operate without the legacy liabilities that have been burdening our business. We look forward to completing the sale process in the next two to three months and charting a healthy and successful next chapter at VICE," said Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala, VICE's Co-Chief Executive Officers.
- U.S. News & World Report Releases 2023-2024 Best Places to Live
Devon Thorsby, real estate editor at U.S. News, said, "People are considering more than housing when they look at an area's affordability – they want to know how much goods cost in that area. The ever-present risk for severe weather and a community's ability to recover – coupled with the area's opportunities for social activities – are also taken into account when evaluating a best place to live." - Study Finds AI and Emerging Technologies Increasing Tension as Journalists Face Growing Challenges to Maintain Accuracy and Truth
Cision's 14th annual State of the Media Report, featuring responses from more than 3,100 journalists from 17 global markets, brings forward journalists' concerns about news and content accuracy, and their daily challenge to battle misinformation. - Pluto TV Co-Founder Launches Telly, the Ultimate Free Television Upgrade for the Living Room
Telly is poised to not only disrupt the industry by delivering the most innovative TV in the market, but to revolutionize the industry's business model by enabling advertisers to fully subsidize the cost of the TV itself for the consumer, and deliver it completely for free. - Bally's, GLPI And The Oakland Athletics Reach Transformational Agreement Enabling State-of-the-Art Ballpark On The Las Vegas Strip
The ballpark is expected to welcome more than 2.5 million fans and visitors annually, and will be a one-of-a-kind asset for the Las Vegas Strip, providing a range of benefits to the site. - PetSmart Helps Pet Parents Check Off Bucket List Adventures This Summer
Knowing that pet parents have a passion for exploring the great outdoors with their dogs by their side, PetSmart is inspiring dream summer adventures with the new Arcadia Trail Summer Bucket List Contest in which 10 pet parents will win the ultimate road-trip vacation with their dog. PetSmart also is gearing up pet parents with new products from the outdoor-focused Arcadia Trail collection as well as expert tips to help keep pets safe while adventuring. - FDA Approves Novel Drug to Treat Moderate to Severe Hot Flashes Caused by Menopause
"Hot flashes as a result of menopause can be a serious physical burden on women and impact their quality of life," said Janet Maynard, M.D., M.H.S., director of the Office of Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine, in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "The introduction of a new molecule to treat moderate to severe menopausal hot flashes will provide an additional safe and effective treatment option for women." - Deloitte's 2023 Gen Z and Millennial Survey reveals workplace progress despite new setbacks
Their responses reveal that, while they acknowledge some positive change, they remain deeply concerned about their futures. The report underscores continuing concerns about personal finances, climate change, and mental health, and examines Gen Zs' and millennials' shifting relationship with work. - Wendy's Partners with Pipedream to Pilot Industry-First Underground Delivery System for Mobile Orders
By connecting the Wendy's kitchen to an Instant Pickup portal positioned outside the restaurant, this first-of-its-kind delivery system is designed to provide digital customers with a fast and convenient pick-up option without having to leave their car. - Survey: Americans fear we're heading for a 2008 recession, or worse
According to Nationwide's 2023 Economic Impact survey, more than two-thirds of Americans (68%) expect a recession within the next six months and nearly 80% of those who do, expect it to be severe. About two thirds (62%) of respondents believe a recession will be as severe or worse than the 2007-2009 Great Recession.
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A key lineup change, the improved health of its best player and an explosive wild card playing an increased role have No. 7 Virginia in peak form.
The Cavaliers, in fact, are perhaps a superior version of the team that won its first eight games and rose to a No. 2 rank.
After losing three of five games when Reece Beekman was hampered by ankle and hamstring injuries, retooled Virginia (15-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) has reeled off five straight wins entering Saturday’s contest against Boston College (10-11, 4-6) in Charlottesville, Va.
The Cavaliers have a new look with 6-foot-8 Ben Vander Plas starting at center over 6-11 shot-blocker Kadin Shedrick. Vander Plas, a grad transfer from Ohio University who has passing ability and 3-point range, facilitates the flow and spacing of the offense.
At the other end of the floor, 6-8 freshman Ryan Dunn has become a disruptive force both inside and on the perimeter with his unique combination of length and quickness. In the last three games off the bench, Dunn has collected 15 rebounds and seven blocks.
“He’s really dialed into what this team needs and his role,” Virginia coach Tony Bennett said of Dunn. “His mobility and athleticism, to get on the glass, block a shot and guard multiple positions has been helpful.”
Virginia enters following one of its best wins this year, a 76-67 decision last Saturday at improved Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons were on a four-game winning streak and had put together 15 straight home wins dating to last February.
But the Cavaliers quieted a raucous crowd with a turnover-free first half, building a 19-point lead by hitting nine straight shots — including seven from beyond the arc. Armaan Franklin led the assault with his first career double-double, tallying 25 points and 10 rebounds.
Boston College has won two straight, including a 75-65 come-from-behind victory Wednesday at home over mistake-prone Louisville.
The Eagles were down by 12 in the first half and by six at the break, but rallied behind the inside-out tandem of Quinten Post (22 points) and Makai Ashton-Langford (21 points) and a defense that forced 19 turnovers.
Jaeden Zachary (15 points, seven assists) played a big role as well, hitting a trio of 3-pointers and another jumper in the final 10 minutes to help the Eagles pull away.
“We’ve been down pretty much all the years we’ve been here,” Ashton-Langford said. “We’ve been trying to change the culture. It starts here. We can’t look back. We’ve got to take full advantage of this moment.”
The 7-foot Post, who missed the Eagles’ first 13 games with a foot injury, is on a tear. In Boston College’s previous game at Notre Dame, Post scored a career-high 29 points and matched his career best with 14 rebounds in an 84-72 win on Jan. 21.
Boston College has lost nine of the last 10 meetings with Virginia. In Charlottesville, Bennett and the Cavaliers have beaten the Eagles seven straight times.
“They test everything you do,” Boston College coach Earl Grant said. “They try to do a two-way grind on you. They try to make you chase and guard on defense and then on offense you have to work to get good shots.”
–Field Level Media | 2023-01-26T21:37:44+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/ncaa-basketball/no-7-virginia-peaking-as-boston-college-visits/ |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient accessory to prevent flies and other insects from bothering me while I enjoy my morning coffee outside," said an inventor, from Moreno Valley, Calif., "so I invented the FLY AWAY STRIPS. My design would prevent flies from landing on the rim of a beverage cup or glass."
The invention provides an effective means of deterring flies and other insects from landing on a beverage cup while sitting outside. In doing so, it offers a safer alternative to using bug spray. As a result, it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features an all-natural and adaptable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households, campers, outdoor enthusiasts, restaurants, coffee shops, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Riverside sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-RSJ-118, 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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Judge Throws Out First Amendment Challenge to Wauwatosa Curfew, Others Claims Remain
Remaining claim, due for trial May 1, focuses on "target list."
A federal judge has thrown out First Amendment claims raised in lawsuits over the city of Wauwatosa’s handling of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, while leaving in place other claims, including those relating to the collection by law enforcement officers of personal information about people present during the demonstrations.
On Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph granted summary judgment in two lawsuits that allege both the city’s curfew during the protests and actions taken by law enforcement were unconstitutional.
In one lawsuit (Knowlton, et al. v. City of Wauwatosa, et al), claims alleged that the curfew violated First Amendment rights, that an arrest was discriminatory and that defendants were victims of malicious prosecution were dismissed. The lawsuit is one of the most closely watched legal actions stemming from the protests in Wauwatosa more than two years ago.
One plaintiff, William Rivera, was driving home from work with his mother during the curfew. People who were traveling to and from work were among those who were exempt from arrest. Rivera claimed that officers told him he was being arrested because he was Black. Other plaintiffs, who claimed malicious prosecution, were arrested and cited weeks before the curfew. Their tickets were later dismissed.
Joseph dismissed similar claims about the curfew that were raised in another lawsuit (Radke v. City of Wauwatosa), as well as claims of First Amendment retaliation and excessive force. The summary judgment ruling dismissed the City of Wauwatosa, Mayor Dennis McBride and former Wauwatosa Police Lt. Jeffrey Farina from the lawsuit. Farina was involved in protest enforcement during 2020.
“It didn’t come as a surprise,” McBride, who worked as a lawyer for 43 years, told Wisconsin Examiner. “It pretty much came out as I expected it, based on my involvement in the case. But I guess, more particularly, my years and experience as a lawyer myself.”
McBride was included in the lawsuit as one of the few city officials involved in planning for the curfew that was declared in October 2020, following a decision that officers would not be charged for the shooting of Alvin Cole. The curfew was criticized for lacking justification, excluding the city council from planning, and depriving protesters of their constitutional rights. In depositions, Barry Weber, the city’s former police chief, testified that while he and other command staff at Wauwatosa Police Department made recommendations to McBride, declaring the curfew was up to the mayor. Weber retired in 2021 after more than 30 years as chief of Wauwatosa PD.
In the Knowlton lawsuit, Joseph sided with the city’s arguments that unrest in Kenosha and elsewhere justified a curfew. In Kenosha, protests and civil unrest followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed. The unrest included $50 million in property damage and culminated in the shooting deaths of two protesters during curfew. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, one of many armed people who came to the city in response to the unrest, was charged in the deaths and in the wounding of a third protester, but acquitted in November 2021.
Joseph’s summary judgment ruling found that the city had an interest in avoiding similar events in Wauwatosa. The ruling also concluded that plaintiffs were unable to prove that Weber ordered officers to specifically arrest people protesting police brutality.
McBride said he believes the summary judgment rulings vindicate the city.
“I’ve gone over this in my mind hundreds of times,” McBride told Wisconsin Examiner. “Looking back, I would not change any of the decisions I made. I thought about them before I made them, I didn’t just leap to conclusions.” The mayor recalled 2020 being “an extremely difficult year,” not only with the protests and COVID-19 pandemic, but also accidents on the city’s railroad tracks, a mass shooting at Mayfair Mall and other challenges.
“I feel comfortable with my decisions,” McBride said. “That doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a painful year. It was extremely painful, and it was a year filled with emotion on all sides. Protesters, counter-protesters, people on the left wing, people on the right wing. People on the right wing wanted me to stop the protests. People on the left wing wanted the police to be absent from every protest. Neither one of those things was realistic legally, or otherwise.”
McBride said that after he told protesters that the city would defend the right to protest, “I was getting attacked by the right wing for even meeting with protest leaders.”
The mayor said that the law was not always followed at the protests, causing police to intervene. Nevertheless, McBride acknowledged that the officer who shot Cole and two others over five years at the department likely would not have resigned were it not for the protests.
Joseph also dismissed some claims alleging that the “protester list” created by Wauwatosa police violated the Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), but left others intact.
The curfew lawsuit may still go to trial
The claims that remain in the Knowlton case include many involving the creation and sharing of the protester list. The list was the work of the police department’s crime analyst, who gathered personal information on protesters, attorneys, journalists, elected officials and others perceived as being involved in the protests.
The analyst, Dominick Ratkowski, used Department of Transportation (DOT) information, social media, and other sources to compile the list. Ratkowski shared the list with other law enforcement agencies at multiple points, including shortly before the October curfew. At that time, Ratkowski called the document a “target list.”
The summary judgment ruling explains that the list itself indicates that some, but not all, information was obtained from the DOT. It states that 46 plaintiffs appear to have had DOT information included on their portions of the list, potentially a violation of DPPA. Those plaintiffs remain in the lawsuit.
The ruling states Ratkowski testified that “the criteria for being added to the list was merely attending a protest — the individual need not have engaged in violence or have committed a crime to be included on the list.”
The ruling adds that “furthermore, there is other evidence that suggests the list was not specifically focused on identifying potential witnesses, victims, and/or suspects of protest-related crimes. For example, Ratkowski testified that he would place plaintiffs’ counsel on the list due to his involvement in the lawsuit, even though he had not attended a protest in Milwaukee.”
Considering that testimony and the way in which the list was shared among law enforcement personnel, “a reasonable jury could conclude Ratkowski violated the DPPA,” Joseph states in the ruling. A similar determination was made for Wauwatosa Police Lt. Joseph Roy, who remains a defendant in the lawsuit.
If there isn’t a settlement beforehand, the Knowlton lawsuit is scheduled for trial May 1.
Judge dismisses more claims in Wauwatosa curfew lawsuit; others remain was originally published by the Wisconsin Examiner. | 2023-03-17T16:48:45+00:00 | urbanmilwaukee.com | https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/03/17/judge-throws-out-first-amendment-challenge-to-wauwatosa-curfew-others-claims-remain/ |
A Los Angeles shooting early Saturday has left four victims in critical condition. The shooting took place in the mail room of a downtown apartment complex.
Shots were reported at the 1000 block of Wilshire Boulevard around 2:00am. Witnesses say the shooter, who has not yet been apprehended, was in a white BMW SUV.
Police arrived to find four victims in critical condition on the floor of the mail room. All four were transported to nearby hospitals.
Investigators are looking into the incident and are hopeful that the suspect was caught on nearby security cameras.
This is a breaking story and will be updated. | 2023-05-20T16:33:15+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/downtown-la-apartment-shooting-leaves-4-victims-hospitalized/article_5003f170-86ae-5808-8c3f-45f6ddbd62c3.html |
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Opportunity Center for the Homeless released a statement Friday regarding an apprehension of an individual in front of one of their shelters in Downtown El Paso.
Security camera footage taken from the Welcome Center shows the apprehension.
Ray Tullius, Founder of the Opportunity Center for the Homeless adds that the apprehension seemed to be “excessive force” and is referring to the encounter as an isolated incident.
“Today, an individual receiving services at the Welcome Center, located at 201 E. 9th Avenue, was apprehended in front of the facility by Customs and Border Protection officials with what seems to us to be excessive force. To our knowledge, this is an isolated incident. However, it raises our concerns for the well-being of the individual taken into custody and all the guests receiving services in our homeless programs.” said Ray Tullius, Founder, Opportunity Center for the Homeless.
KTSM reached out to CBP regarding this apprehension, to which they said, “Although, at the moment we do not have all the details of what occurred during this incident, CBP takes all allegations of misconduct seriously, investigates thoroughly, and holds employees accountable when policies are violated.”
This story will be updated as we receive more information. | 2023-01-07T21:59:46+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/video-shows-border-patrol-agent-slamming-person-in-front-of-homeless-shelter/ |
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A lawmaker said late Wednesday that he is stepping down from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party after a media report raised questions about his dealings with China, a claim that comes amid an investigation into allegations of Chinese meddling in Canada’s elections.
Member of Parliament Han Dong said the report quoting anonymous sources was an attack on his reputation and his loyalty to Canada. He said he will leave the Liberals and sit in Parliament as an independent lawmaker to avoid causing problems for the party.
Global News, citing unidentified security sources, published a report Wednesday alleging Dong suggested to China’s consul general in Toronto in 2021 that the opposition Conservative party would benefit if Beijing released two Canadians accused of espionage. Global did not give any direct quotes from the purported conversation.
Canadians Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur, were arrested in China in December 2018 in what was widely seen as an attempt to pressure Canada into releasing Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies. She was arrested in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities. China, the U.S. and Canada completed a prisoner swap just over two years later.
Dong, who has represented a Parliament district in Toronto since 2019, told Global News that he did speak with the diplomat but disputed how the conversation was characterized.
Dong gave a tearful party resignation speech in Parliament late Wednesday.
“Let me be clear: What has been reported is false, and I will defend myself against this absolutely untrue claim,” he said. Dong said he wanted to “assure Mr. Michael Spavor and Mr. Michael Kovrig and their families that I did nothing to cause them any harm.”
Trudeau recently named a special investigator to look into allegations of Chinese interference in Canada’s last two elections. The newspaper Globe and Mail, citing unidentified intelligence officials, reported last month that China preferred to see Trudeau’s Liberals re-elected in the 2021 election and worked to defeat Conservative politicians considered unfriendly to Beijing
Opposition parties have been demanding a full public inquiry into the alleged Chinese interference.
Trudeau has said that all Canada’s political leaders agree the election outcomes in 2019 and 2021 were not affected by foreign interference. But he has said that even if it didn’t change the results, any interference by a foreign actor is troubling and serious.
A panel of civil servants recently issued a report that concluded there were foreign attempts to interfere, but none affected the outcome of the election.
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This story has corrected the lawmaker’s name to Han, not Hang. | 2023-03-23T18:19:18+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/canada-lawmaker-quits-trudeus-party-amid-china-allegations/ |
Inflation hits the Maine logging industry Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko Published June 8, 2022 at 4:54 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Nicole Ogrysko <"oh-GRIS-coh"> of Maine Public Radio reports on loggers in the Maine woods who have been squeezed by high prices for diesel and equipment. Copyright 2022 Maine Public | 2022-06-08T09:09:54+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/2022-06-08/inflation-hits-the-maine-logging-industry |
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SAN FRANCISCO - As expected, Gov. Gavin Newsom cruised to a solid first-place finish in the primary election for governor, according to The Associated Press.
He will face off against Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle in the fall, making Newsom the prohibitive favorite to win a second four-year term.
Under California's "top two" primary system, the first and second-place finishers in all statewide races, regardless of party, face off in November.
The margin of the governor's first-place finish Tuesday was in many ways foreshadowed by the ease with which he beat back last year's effort to recall him mid-way through his third year in office. Last September, 62% of California voters voted "No" on the recall, essentially identical to the 62% who voted for Newsom over Republican challenger John Cox in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
Like elected officials at all levels, Newsom is facing headwinds from the pandemic, gas prices and inflation, in addition to voter concerns about quality of life issues including homelessness and public safety. But Newsom's campaign ads remained mostly positive, like one touting his "Courage Through Crisis" where he focused on California's resilience, with a promise to reflect the state's values, like diversity protecting the environment and following science.
Newsom overcame lingering unhappiness with his handling of the pandemic and other problems, notably the Employment Development Department's epic mishandling of the federally-funded Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, where EDD paid some $20 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims and gummed up payments to those in need while investigations took place.
As the incumbent in a solidly Democratic state, Newsom benefited from an overwhelming financial advantage over his rivals. Through May, the Newsom for Governor campaign had $23 million cash on hand, most of it raised last year when Newsom faced a recall. By comparison, Sen. Dahle had just $392,485 in the bank at the end of May.
Dahle represents a sprawling state senate district that includes all or part of 11 mostly rural counties. He won the endorsement of the state Republican Party and is in sync with many of its positions, including opposition to abortion, saying climate change is not the primary cause of California's wildfires and blaming voter-approved ballot measures for the recent uptick in property crime. His positions and campaign slogan, "Restoring California," may appeal to the 24% of voters registered as Republican, but he is unlikely to approach the percentage needed to win in November.
Copyright 2022 KQED | 2022-06-08T04:30:37+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-06-07/democrat-gavin-newsom-to-face-republican-brian-dahle-in-california-race-for-governor |
BROCK AND SALK
Devon Witherspoon: Why going to Seahawks at No. 5 ‘means a lot’
May 2, 2023, 1:53 PM
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Despite an offseason full of speculation that the Seattle Seahawks would select a quarterback or defensive lineman at No. 5 overall, the Hawks surprised many by taking standout Illinois cornerback Devon Witherspoon with the fifth pick of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Rost: Where the Seattle Seahawks stand after adding big 2023 draft class
Witherspoon, a consensus All-American and the Big Ten’s defensive back of the year in 2022, was expected to go early in this year’s draft – with reports surfacing after the fact that Detroit wanted to take him at No. 6 overall – and he now projects to start opposite Tariq Woolen, who was a Pro Bowler as a rookie in 2022 while picking off six passes, tied for the NFL lead.
So what does Witherspoon think about joining the Seahawks? Here’s what he told Mike Salk during Monday’s Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports.
First off, did Witherspoon think he was going to be drafted by Seattle?
“I knew it was in play, but I didn’t know if they were going to pull the trigger on it,” Witherspoon. “It was kind of surprising.”
What about being the fifth overall pick?
“It means a lot to me just knowing that the expectation for me is going to be high, so I’ve got to come in and work, just come in and compete and play physical and just learn from the veterans,” Witherspoon said.
One of those veterans Witherspoon will certainly be learning a lot from is star wide receiver DK Metcalf, who is entering his fifth NFL season.
Witherspoon and fellow first-round pick Jaxon Smith-Njigba met Metcalf the day after being picked.
Making the introductions. pic.twitter.com/fcudk6AvpH
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) April 28, 2023
“He’s big. That’s a big dude, no cap,” Witherspoon said of meeting Metcalf. “He’s a great person, though … I get a chance to go against him every day at practice, so he’s going to make you better.”
Part of Witherspoon’s game is being a big hitter and a great tackler, which isn’t always something that immediately comes up when discussing cornerback prospects. Where did that element of his game come from?
Devon Witherspoon is bringing elite defensive talent to the Seattle Seahawks 😤 #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/s5JDpz0hum
— ESPN (@espn) April 28, 2023
“I mean, that has always been who I am,” he said. “And just playing in the Big Ten, you’ve got to want to tackle because in this conference, they’re going to run the football, so they’re going to put the corner in the run game and you’ve got to want to tackle. So I think the conference really helped bring that out of me, but it’s always been in me since I was a kid.”
Listen to the full Brock and Salk discussion with Witerspoon in the podcast below.
UCLA coach Chip Kelly breaks down what Seattle Seahawks get in Charbonnet | 2023-05-03T01:13:11+00:00 | sports.mynorthwest.com | https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1755673/devon-witherspoon-seattle-seahawks-no-5-means-a-lot/ |
LONDON (AP) _ IHS Holding Ltd. (IHS) on Tuesday reported net income of $18.3 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the London-based company said it had profit of 5 cents.
The telecommunications infrastructure company posted revenue of $446.1 million in the period.
IHS Holding expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.88 billion to $1.9 billion.
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The lounge at Grand Bizarre Supper Club, Toronto Events Centre, is the first of its kind to tackle public health issues in the nightlife industry.
TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Leafythings, a leading cannabis directory platform and mobile application, launched the Cannabis Carnival with Grande Bizarre Supper Club in Toronto, to help foster a safe and responsible cannabis lounge that supports the objectives of the Cannabis Act to protect young persons from accessing cannabis and to protect public health and safety.
Cannabis Carnival has worked to create a first-of-its-kind experiential lounge that provides cannabis smokers a separated area that keeps cannabis smoke away from the larger nightlife and entertainment venue.
The legalization of cannabis allows for cannabis consumption anywhere that tobacco smoking occurs and has led to an increase in exposure to second hand smoke in public areas. The Cannabis Carnival has provided an alternative for legal aged patrons that are forced to smoke on the sidewalk or street, which can be harmful to passerby's and young persons.
Leafythings recognizes that most people do not want to climb past a crowd of smokers in order to enter a bar, restaurant, or venue. Cannabis Carnival provides a safe and responsible area in accordance with the Smoke Free Ontario Act that protects public health and safety by allocating a portion of the property for safe consumption.
Leafythings and Grande Bizarre recently hosted the popular Smokes and Jokes comedy show, a hybrid entertainment that combines cannabis and comedy in a safe, inclusive, social consumption environment. The Smokes and Jokes comedy show brought together some of Toronto's best comedians to the Cannabis Carnival for a night of entertainment.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF_l38NluIY
Leafythings has partnered with Grand Bizarre to bring educational partners such as the OCS, CannSell, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Leafythings and Grand Bizarre are taking a proactive approach to providing education and safe consumption. Cannabis Carnival does not facilitate any sales of Cannabis on the property. A delivery zone exists for delivery drop offs with participating cannabis retailers.
In an interview with CBC News, Grande Bizarre Supper Club owner and hospitality industry veteran Zlatko Starkovski mentioned that "I think cannabis smokers in general need a safe, responsible place to smoke when they go out."
"There are a lot of people smoking at home, in cars and potentially over-consuming so we're taking a proactive approach for cannabis smokers now that it's been legal since 2018."
George Smitherman of the Cannabis Council of Canada remarked, "A sophisticated operator has created, within the regulatory constraints, a safe consumption space for over 19 consumers."
Leafythings is empowered by a mission to help bridge the gap between consumers and businesses while supporting public health initiatives. Leafythings helps consumers find and access quality cannabis products in Canada through highly localized strategies and public education in efforts to collaboratively shatter social equity barriers in the market and improve public perception of the industry.
Since 2019, Leafythings has taken a cannabis consumer centric approach to helping Canadians find affordable and quality cannabis anywhere in Canada. Leafythings operates as a web platform, mobile application, and advertising medium. Through a series of event partnerships, advertising initiative, and grassroots marketing programs, Leafythings has developed the largest cannabis consumer database in Canada.
Leafythings is actively working with brands and retailers through partnerships and social initiatives to help drive industry credibility and reinforce the trust between consumers and their cannabis. Leafythings is committed to working with organizations, brands, retailers, and public health officials to create a better cannabis industry.
To read more about Leafythings, head to www.Leafythings.com for more information.
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DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person’s fingers when being rolled up.
Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that’s a violation of federal safety standards for power windows. An online software update will fix the problem, Tesla says.
The recall covers certain 2017 to 2022 Model 3 sedans and some 2020 and 2021 Model Y SUVs. Also included are some Model S sedans and Model X SUVs from 2021 and 2022.
Tesla discovered the problem during production testing in August. Owners will be notified by letter starting Nov. 15. The company says in documents that vehicles in production got the update starting Sept. 13.
Tesla was not aware of any warranty claims or injuries due to the problem as of Sept. 16, according to the documents. | 2022-09-23T01:41:41+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/consumer/recalls/over-1-million-teslas-recalled-because-windows-can-pinch-fingers/ |
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The environmental law attorneys at Manning Law, APC proudly announce a settlement on behalf of Calsafe Research Center, Inc., a California non-profit corporation dedicated to keeping Californians safe from exposure to products that are alleged to contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm in violation of Proposition 65.
Proposition 65, "The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986" is a "right to know" law intended to protect Californians. Through its required warnings, Proposition 65 alerts consumers in the State of California to the risk of potential exposures to substances causing cancer or reproductive harm and provides them with the ability to make an informed decision regarding whether to purchase, consume or use such products. Calsafe Research Center, Inc. acts in the public interest as a private enforcer of Proposition 65 through civil law enforcement actions initiated by its counsel, Manning Law, APC.
Material details of settlement:
"Since California residents overwhelmingly voted to enact Proposition 65 in 1986 the act has generated substantial reductions in the content of toxic chemicals in consumer touching products. Where products inherently include a Proposition 65 listed chemical that cannot be removed, warning labels have empowered Californians to make an informed decision about being exposed to the product," said Manning Law, APC co-founder Michael J. Manning.
Babak (Bobby) Hashemi, who also represents Calsafe Research Center, Inc. in advancing the public's interest through environmental litigation, said "I am proud to represent an organization dedicated to protecting the health and autonomy of California residents."
Manning Law, APC is known for its civil rights, consumer, and environmental protection litigation including its precedent setting litigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and the Unruh Civil Rights Act ("UCRA"). In particular, the firm is known for its role as plaintiff's counsel in the first federal appellate case to recognize the application of the ADA and UCRA to websites and mobile applications, see Robles v. Domino's Pizza, LLC, No. 17-55504 (9th Cir. 2019). Manning Law, APC has also been recognized by the Office of the Secretary of Defense of the United States as a "Patriotic Employer" for its support of employee participation in the National Guard and Reserve Force.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Oneil Cruz’s bat slipped out of his hands and went flying into the stands after the Pittsburgh Pirates’ rookie struck out in the third inning Friday night against Philadelphia.
That’s when things got sticky.
The lumber landed in Jen Mehall’s lap behind the Phillies dugout. Mehall, a Pirates fan, was thrilled to get the souvenir — especially after it dinged her in the leg and lip. An inning later, though, a Pirates official came to request the bat back and offered another one in a trade.
Mehall and her friend, Kathie Koller, who were in town from Reading to celebrate Koller’s birthday, didn’t want to give up their rare keepsake.
“We wanted to keep it, but security said we couldn’t,” said Mehall, who is originally from Western Pennsylvania.
Fans in the sections around the two women booed loudly.
Although they were disappointed, Mehall and Koller did have the good fortune of sitting in front of former Phillies infielder and team ambassador Mickey Morandini. He got the women a bat bearing the signature of Phillies star slugger Bryce Harper.
It was a nice gesture by Morandini, though the women seemed genuinely upset about not being able to hang onto the bat they caught.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-27T03:33:48+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ap-bat-crazy-fans-reluctantly-give-up-souvenir-at-phils-game/ |
STOCKHOLM, June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The H&M Foundation, which is aiming to speed up the transformation of the textile industry, brought together brands, suppliers, academia, innovators, NGOs, investors, and industry decisionmakers at the Open Perspectives event to share knowledge, initiate collaborations and take action for a socially inclusive and planet positive fashion future. Professor Johan Rockström held an inspiring opening speech, followed by panels about systems change within the industry and what part innovation can play in that change.
In the evening all 350 guests gathered at Stockholm City Hall, where the Nobel Prize is held, to award and celebrate the new winners of Global Change Award. GCA Alumni, Amit Gautam from TextileGenisis, opened the ceremony with a personal keynote about the ups and downs of being a start-up and what winning the GCA has meant for him and his team. This year, there's a wide range of solutions among the ten winners and many of them are focusing on both people and planet. One of the winning ideas, PhycoLabs from Brazil, transforms seaweed into regenerative fabrics and sources the miracle organism from farming communities along Brazil's vast coastline. The output? A traceable and regenerative material that improves the health of the planet – and the wealth of its traditional communities. Another winning team, Tereform from the US, is making is possible to break down waste textiles and reassemble it into new materials, even if they contain challenging additives such as spandex. As opposed to conventional mechanical and chemical recycling methods, Tereform uses an oxidation process that makes the fibre stronger and cost competitive.
The Global Change Award brings fashion and innovation together and Adwoa Aboah didn't disappoint when she handed out an award to one of this year's GCA winners. The model and activist stepped onto the GCA blue carpet wearing a draped bustier dress, custom made by H&M. The grey, silky satin is made of 100% organic silk and her jewellery is made of recycled brass.
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The suspect in a Denver area high school shooting Wednesday was found dead in a nearby county, authorities confirmed.
Officials said that a 17-year-old student opened fire at East High School, injuring two school administrators and causing hundreds of students to go into lockdown.
The suspect, later identified as Austin Lyle, fled the scene, police said. His car was found alongside a wooded road in nearby Park County on Wednesday evening, causing authorities to issue a shelter-in-place order for nearby areas.
Later on Wednesday, the Park County Sheriff's Office said they found a body near the vehicle and lifted the shelter-in-place order, but it wasn't until Thursday morning that the county coroner's office confirmed the body was Lyle's.
The coroner's office did not share a cause or manner of death, saying that it was conducting an investigation and autopsy.
One victim remains in critical condition
Emergency responders received calls about the shooting around 9:50 a.m. local time, police said in a press conference Wednesday.
Local paramedics were already at the school to treat a student who suffered an allergic reaction and were able to quickly begin treating the two gunshot victims.
A spokesperson for Denver Health identified the administrators as Eric Sinclair, a dean of culture, and Jerald Mason, a restorative practice coordinator, according to Colorado Public Radio/Denverite. Sinclair remains in serious condition after undergoing surgery. Mason was discharged in stable condition.
Police said the administrators were shot at the front of the school, away from other students, as Lyle was undergoing a routine morning search for weapons.
Lyle had agreed to be patted down every morning as part of a "safety plan" following previous behavioral issues, police said.
"During that search, obviously, a weapon was retrieved," said Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas. "A handgun was retrieved, and several shots were fired."
Police declined to answer questions about how long Lyle was under the safety plan or the specific incidents that led to the plan, citing student privacy laws. They did confirm the school hadn't found a weapon on him before.
A spokesperson for the school district said that Lyle had been expelled from Overland High School in a neighboring district for "violating board policy," according to Colorado Public Radio/Denverite.
Denver public schools removed on-campus police officers in 2020
East High School will not be in session for the rest of the week, said Superintendent Alex Marrero.
Spring break begins the following Monday. When students return, two armed officers will remain stationed at the school until the end of the year, as staff and the school board consider the next steps to improve security, Marrero said.
In 2020, Denver's public school system decided to remove its armed school resource officers, which had monitored the school campuses, out of concerns for the treatment of young students of color, according to Denverite.
Wednesday's shooting marked the third incidence of an active-shooter threat surrounding the school since the start of the academic year.
In September, two people were shot at a recreation center one block away. A week later, the school went into lockdown for reports of an active shooter that were ultimately proved unfounded, Denverite reports.
In February, a 16-year-old student, Luis Garcia, was shot outside of the school while sitting in his car and died two weeks later.
Following his death, East High School students staged a walkout, flooding the entrance of the state capitol to demand action on gun violence.
Opened in the late 1800s as the first high school in Denver, East High is considered to be one of the top schools in the city, according to Colorado Public Radio's Ben Markus.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, whose son and daughter recently graduated from the school, said the lack of safety for the students was unacceptable.
"This should never — as a parent, I can tell you — never be a concern of a parent, whether or not their kids are safe in their building," he said from the campus grounds on Wednesday, visibly shaken.
NPR's Jaclyn Diaz contributed reporting.
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Coroner IDs teen killed at North Las Vegas house party
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a teenager who was fatally shot in North Las Vegas.
Aiden Hyder, 14, died from a gunshot wound to the head and back, the coroner’s office ruled.
The coroner’s office said the North Las Vegas teen died Sunday night on an apartment balcony after he was shot at the Craig Ranch Villas, 370 Casa Norte Drive.
Police were called at 9:20 p.m. that evening to a house party at the villas after a report of shots fired.
North Las Vegas police did not provide a suspect description.
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From the book’s opening citation of William Faulkner, to Prince Harry’s passionate bond with his wife Meghan, you could almost call the Duke of Sussex’s memoir “The Americanization of Prince Harry.”
Bereaved boy, troubled teen, wartime soldier, unhappy royal — many facets of Prince Harry are revealed in his explosive memoir, often in eyebrow-raising detail. Running throughout is Harry’s desire to be a different kind of prince — the kind who talks about his feelings, eats fast food and otherwise doesn’t hide beyond a prim facade.
Like an American.
From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, “Spare” exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family. Even Americans may flinch when he confides that a trip to the North Pole left him with frostbitten genitals that proved most irritating during his brother’s wedding to Kate.
BROTHERHOOD
The book opens with a famous quote from Faulkner, bard of the American South: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
Harry’s story is dominated by his rivalry with elder brother Prince William and the death of the boys’ mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. Harry, who was 12 at the time, has never forgiven the media for Diana’s death in a car crash while being pursued by photographers.
The loss of his mother haunts the book, which Harry dedicates to Meghan, children Archie and Lili “and, of course, my mother.”
The opening chapter recounts how his father Prince Charles — now King Charles III — broke the news of his mother’s accident, but didn’t give his son a hug.
Harry reveals that years later he asked his driver to take him through the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, site of the fatal crash, hoping in vain that it would help end a “decade of unrelenting pain. He also says he once consulted a woman who claimed to have “powers” and to be able to pass on messages from Diana.
Harry adds that he and William both “pleaded” with their father not to marry his long-term paramour Camilla Parker-Bowles, worried she would become a “wicked stepmother.”
Harry also is tormented by his status as royal “spare” behind William, who is heir to the British throne. Harry recounts a longstanding sibling rivalry that worsened after Harry began a relationship with Meghan, the American actor whom he married in 2018.
He says that during an argument in 2019, William called Meghan “difficult” and “rude” (the kind of insults an upper class Englishman might reserve for Americans), then grabbed him by the collar and knocked him down. Harry suffered cuts and bruises from landing on a dog bowl.
Harry says Charles implored the brothers to make up, saying after the funeral of Prince Philip in 2021: “Please, boys — don’t make my final years a misery.
Neither Buckingham Palace, which represents King Charles III, nor William’s Kensington Palace office has commented on any of the allegations.
ADMIRATION FOR GRANDPARENTS
Harry writes with admiration and some affection about Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip. He remembers Phillip’s “many passions —carriage driving, barbecuing, shooting, food beer,” and above all how he “embraced life,” as did his mother. “Maybe that was why he’d been such a fan” of Princess Diana, Harry recalls.
Meanwhile, he acknowledges being intimidated at times by his grandmother, if only because she was the Queen. She is no more helpful than anyone else in containing the media leaks, but she is often seen as sympathetic to his wishes, never more so than when she approved of his marriage of Meghan.
Harry also sees her as an engaging, even humorous person beyond her otherwise proper bearing. Reflecting on her death last year he remembers whispering jokes into her ear or convincing her to participate in a widely seen promotional video of the Invictus Games, in which she one-ups the Obamas in a sparring contest.
“She was a natural comedienne,” he writes, calling her “wicked sense of humor” a prized confidence between the two. “In every photo of us, whenever we’re exchanging a glance, making solid eye contact, it’s clear. We had secrets.”
WILD TEENAGE YEARS
The memoir suggests the media’s party-boy image of Harry during his teen and young adult years was well-deserved.
Harry describes how he lost his virginity at 17 — in a field behind a pub to an older woman who loved horses and treated the teenage prince like a “young stallion.” It was, he says, an “inglorious episode.”
He also says he took cocaine several times starting at the same age, in order to “feel different.” He also acknowledges using cannabis and magic mushrooms — which made him hallucinate that a toilet was talking to him.
ARMY REVELATIONS
Harry offers extensive memories of his decade in the British Army, serving twice in Afghanistan. He says that on his second tour, as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner in 2012-2013, he killed 25 Taliban militants. Harry says he felt neither satisfaction nor shame about his actions, and in the heat of battle regarded enemy combatants as pieces being removed from a chessboard, “Bads taken away before they could kill Goods.”
Veterans criticized the comments and said they could increase the security risk for Harry. Retired Col. Richard Kemp said it was “an error of judgment,” and regarding enemy fighters as chess pieces is “not the way the British Army trains people.”
“I think that sort of comment that doesn’t reflect reality is misleading and potentially valuable to those people who wish the British forces and British government harm,” he told the BBC.
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, and Harry’s words have drawn protests in the country. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi called the Western invasion of Afghanistan “odious” and said Harry’s comments “are a microcosm of the trauma experienced by Afghans at the hands of occupation forces who murdered innocents without any accountability.”
A REGULAR GUY
Yes, he’s a Prince, but he isn’t above stopping by for burgers and fries at an In-N-Out, or getting clothes from a chain outlet. He’s also a compulsive watcher of “Friends” and relates most to the wisecracking Chandler Bing, played by Matthew Perry. And because he’s a prince, he got to meet another “Friends” star, Courteney Cox, and indulge in chocolate psychedelic mushrooms at her Los Angeles home.
THE REAL VILLAIN
Harry shares painful words about his father and brother, but his real anger is directed at the British media, and at those within the royal circle who cooperated and otherwise stood aside. While Charles remains apparently indifferent to the press, the rest of the family is obsessed with media coverage, Harry writes, himself as much as any of them. He expresses despair over what he calls endlessly false stories about him, the racist caricatures of his wife and of the press’ unnerving knowledge of his whereabouts and private correspondence. “One has to have a relationship with the press,” he is told by the royal staff.
PERSONAL JOURNEY
Harry credits Meghan with changing the way he sees the world and himself. He says he was “awash in isolation and privilege” and had no understanding of unconscious bias before he met her.
The young prince notoriously wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party in 2005, and claims in the book that William and his now-wife Kate encouraged the choice of outfit and “howled” with laughter when they saw it. He was recorded using a racist term about a fellow soldier of Pakistani descent in 2006, but says he did not know the word was a slur and that the soldier was not offended.
Meghan and Harry cited the U.K. media’s treatment of the biracial American actor as one of the main reasons for their decision to quit royal duties and move to the U.S. in 2020.
The book gives no sign that royal family relations will be repaired soon. Harry told ITV in an interview to promote the book that he wants reconciliation, but that there must be “accountability” first.
In the final pages, Harry describes how he and William walked side by side during the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth II in September, but spoke barely a word to one another.
“The following afternoon, Meg and I left for America,” he says. | 2023-01-10T18:00:11+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-spare-but-not-stingy-takeaways-from-prince-harrys-memoir/ |
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Barely a week after their colleagues were fatally shot, workers were back picking mushrooms at a farm in northern California. They say they have practical and emotional reasons for such a quick return — they need to earn a living and find strength being with people who have experienced the same trauma.
“We all feel like we need each other; we feel like the people at the farm are the ones who really understand you right now,” said one worker at the farm in Half Moon Bay who asked that her name not be used.
She and two other workers spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they are traumatized and do not want the attention that would come if their names are publicized.
The woman recently started working at Concord Farms, one of two farms where seven people were fatally shot on Jan. 23 by a man officials said was a disgruntled worker. The woman recalled how she had nicknamed two of her older Chinese coworkers abuela and abuelo — Spanish for grandmother and grandfather — and developed a kinship with them despite language barriers.
The couple, Aixiang Zhang, 74, and Zhishen Liu, 73, were two of the three people killed at Concord Farms along with the farm’s manager, Marciano Martinez Jimenez. The couple lived on the farm, the workers said.
The young woman wondered why the two were engaged in such hard labor at their age. Though they struggled to communicate through language, with the woman speaking Spanish and the couple speaking Mandarin, they got to know each other by pointing, signing and laughing and felt like a big family, she said. She credited them with helping her learn the ropes of harvesting mushrooms through gestures and a translation app on her phone.
The woman was away from the farm’s greenhouses when the shooting occurred but returned shortly after to find their bodies on the ground.
Prosecutors say the suspect in the case, Chunli Zhao, began the shooting rampage at California Terra Garden, located 2 miles (1.5 kilometers) from Concord Farms, after his supervisor there demanded he pay a $100 repair bill for his forklift after he was involved in a crash with a co-worker’s bulldozer.
They say Zhao caught up with his supervisor talking to the co-worker who had operated the bulldozer and shot and killed them both. They say he then fatally shot the supervisor’s wife and shot and killed another co-worker and shot and wounded that co-worker’s brother.
Those killed were Qizhong Cheng, Yetao Bing, Jingzhi Lu and Jose Romero Perez.
Authorities say Zhao then drove to Concord Farms, where he worked until 2015, and began shooting there.
Zhao, 66, has been charged with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder. He is set to be arraigned on Feb. 16. Eric Hove, Zhao’s attorney, did not immediately return an email Friday seeking comment.
Half Moon Bay is a small coastal community in San Mateo County, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of San Francisco, made up of rolling hills dotted with farms and beaches that attract troves of weekend visitors. Most of the farmworkers in the area are Latino and the two mushrooms farms are among the few that employ Chinese workers, advocates have said.
The workers at Concord Farms said Zhao worked there for about four years until he was fired eight years ago. Aaron Tung, the farm’s owner, did not immediately respond to an email Friday seeking comment.
The young woman said that the slain Chinese couple would often give her eggs, chickens or vegetables to take home.
“Grandma, and also grandpa, were so patient with me; they would teach me,” the young woman said, tears filling her eyes. “They always helped me and were very good to me.”
She said that before tragedy struck at the small farm that employs about 15 workers, the work atmosphere was so collegial that it felt like a family. The workers said they like working there because the owner gives them the flexibility to leave during the workday if they have to.
“It was a really joyous place,” she said.
The workers who spoke to AP said they have been working two or three hours a day since Tuesday harvesting mushrooms, cleaning them, weighing them and packaging them because they need money to pay rent. They said they have received a bit of financial help and offers of psychological support from local farmworker advocacy organizations.
Another farmworker who spoke to AP had called out sick the day of the shooting and did not witness it. But he recalled previously working with Zhao and said he remains fearful that he could be released from jail and return to the farm.
“I try to forget what happened, but it’s like I’m always carrying this fear in me,” he said.
The killings came shortly after San Mateo County was pummeled by heavy rains that put farmworkers out of work for days, exacerbating the hard lives of many who live in crowded conditions and make only enough to pay bills and rent.
The third farmworker who spoke to AP said he and his wife have been trying to get therapy to process witnessing the shooting.
“Being there is not easy,” he said of the farm. “My wife doesn’t feel well. We have mixed feelings. I don’t know how to explain it, how to process what happened.”
The man has worked on farms in Half Moon Bay for the past decade and described the struggle that he and others face doing grueling work with pay that barely covers their living expenses.
He said he makes $16 an hour and pays $1,300 for a room for himself, his wife and two children in a four-bedroom home they share with eight other people.
“We do the work so others can eat when there are times that we don’t eat and we have to struggle to complete the work,” he said.
Last week, San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller visited the housing at California Terra Garden, where some of its workers lived along with their families, and described it as “deplorable” and “heartbreaking.” Muller, who represents Half Moon Bay and other agricultural towns, posted photos on Twitter showing a shipping container and sheds used as homes.
David Oates, a spokesperson for California Terra Garden, said Friday the employees there returned to work on Monday and have been given access to grief counseling.
“They will have that access as long as need be,” he said, adding that they will also receive payment for last week when the farm was not in operation.
The farm owners have agreed to build new permanent homes on a separate area of the farm for its employees and their families and provide them affordable housing during the year it will take to construct them, Oates said.
Officials have not said anything about whether the housing at Concord Farms was up to code.
Belinda Hernandez, founder and executive director of the farmworker advocacy group ALAS, said she hopes this time officials take the plight of farmworkers seriously and make a change.
“We have been talking to a lot of people for a long time about this. It shouldn’t take a tragedy for people to stand up and listen,” she said.
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Associated Press writer Janie Har contributed from San Francisco. | 2023-02-04T07:33:23+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national/ap-workers-at-half-moon-bay-farm-describe-trauma-from-shooting/ |
We may be only heading in the winter holiday season, but Taylor Swift is already hiding Easter eggs.
Speaking on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Swift said she put so many Easter eggs - the term for hidden messages, references or jokes in a video – in her video for the song “Bejewelled” that she had to create a PDF file just to keep track of them all.
Swift said that she didn‘t want to take such liberties with the first single, “Anti-Hero,” from her new album, ‘Midnights,” but that she wanted “to make a video that is just for the fans who like certain things, like glitter and Easter eggs and lots of little cameos.” | 2022-10-25T13:45:31+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2022/10/live-wire-taylor-swift-goes-wild-with-easter-eggs-in-new-video.html |
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF"), announces that KSF continues its investigation into Canoo Inc. (NasdaqGS: GOEV, GOEVW) f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV.
On or about December 21, 2020, Canoo Holdings became a public entity via merger with Hennessy Capital, with the surviving entity named "Canoo." On March 29, 2021, post-market, the Company announced its 4Q2020 and full year financial results, disclosing significant changes to its business model, previously touted by the Company to investors, deemphasizing its engineering services business and no longer focusing on its subscription-based business.
Thereafter, the Company and certain of its executives were sued in a securities class action lawsuit, charging them with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws, which remains ongoing.
KSF's investigation is focusing on whether Canoo's officers and/or directors breached their fiduciary duties to Canoo's shareholders or otherwise violated state or federal laws.
If you have information that would assist KSF in its investigation, or have been a long-term holder of Canoo shares and would like to discuss your legal rights, you may, without obligation or cost to you, call toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or email KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-goev/ to learn more.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking to recover investment losses due to corporate fraud and malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills cornerback Dane Jackson suffered a neck injury in a collision with a teammate on Monday night and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Jackson had full movement in his limbs, but coach Sean McDermott didn’t have an update beyond that on the player’s condition following a 41-7 win over the Tennessee Titans. McDermott said he has a brief chat with Jackson in the stadium tunnel before the ambulance left for the hospital.
“You go from being a coach to just being a human when I’m out there watching him getting loaded into the ambulance. That’s a real moment,” McDermott said. “Just praying for him. It’s an unfortunate situation but we’re praying for him and hopefully we get some more (updates) here soon.”
Bills safety Jordan Poyer said Jackson informed him he was all right during a text exchange following the game.
Jackson was hurt late in the second quarter against the Tennessee Titans. He tackled receiver Treylon Burks from behind following a 12-yard catch. As Jackson lay on Burks’ back, linebacker Tremaine Edmunds dived in late and struck his teammate directly in the helmet. Jackson’s neck snapped back following the collision.
After the play, Titans running back Hassan Haskins pulled Jackson off Burks. Jackson lay face down and pounded the turf with his right arm.
The game was delayed for nearly 10 minutes as team doctors attended to Jackson, who was moving his legs. He was then moved onto a stretcher and into an ambulance and driven off the field.
Jackson is a third-year player who began the season starting in place of Tre’Davious White, who continues to recover from a left knee injury he suffered last year.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A pregnant Florida 16-year-old was denied an abortion for a second time this week, after a state court of appeals said she didn’t present evidence she was “mature” enough to make the decision.
Now, the teen, who is parentless and says she isn’t ready to have a child, may be forced to become a mother.
The girl, identified only as Jane Doe 22-B, who was 10 weeks pregnant as of August 10, appealed a previous court decision made by Judge Jennifer J. Frydrychowicz. That ruling blocked her from getting an abortion without parental consent, despite the teen being parentless.
In her petition, a “judicial bypass” that would grant her the ability to act without parental requirements, the girl said her appointed guardian “is fine with what she wants to do.” In that case, all the guardian would have needed to do is submit a written waiver allowing Jane to have the pregnancy terminated.
In a handwritten petition to the court, the girl explained she doesn’t have a job, is still in school and that the father can’t help with child care. She added that a close friend had also recently died.
On Monday, however, Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeals upheld Frydrychowicz’s ruling that the girl didn’t show convincing evidence she was “sufficiently mature to decide” to abort her pregnancy.
One of the ruling judges, Scott Makar, only partially concurred with the ruling.
Makar wrote in the court’s decision that Jane had displayed maturity based on trial records and noted that she explained she’s “not ready to have a baby.”
He cited Frydrychowicz’s own statement calling the girl “credible” and said court transcripts showed Jane Doe 22-B had done Google searches to become more knowledgeable about the pregnancy and her medical options.
Makar added that Frydrychowicz left the decision open-ended, making it possible for Jane to try again “at a later date.” He added that, based on his understanding, Frydrychowicz saw the decision as a close call and just needed more evidence.
“Given the open-ended nature of the order reflecting the trial judge’s willingness to hear from the minor again – and the time pressures presented – I would remand the case to the trial court,” Makar wrote.
The other two judges, Harvey L. Jay III and Rachel E. Nordby, ruled that sending the case back to the trial court was not necessary.
Jane can now try to appeal the ruling again, but the court file doesn’t specify when she became pregnant, meaning that she may run out of time due to Florida’s now-enacted 15-week abortion ban. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill back in April — months before the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic overturn of Roe v. Wade, which operates on the federal level.
Earlier this month, DeSantis suspended state attorney Andrew Warren for refusing to enforce the abortion ban, citing “neglect of duties” as covered under Florida’s state constitution. | 2022-08-17T01:10:30+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/parentless-florida-teen-not-mature-enough-to-seek-abortion-court-rules/ |
ATLANTA, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Habitat for Humanity International has partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a program that aims to increase affordable homeownership opportunities among the veteran population in the U.S.
Veterans who are enrolled in Habitat's Veterans Build program at affiliates in Saginaw, Mich., Mingo County, W. Va., and Will and DuPage counties, Ill., and the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program will be able to use their HUD-VASH housing choice rental assistance voucher to partially subsidize homeownership expenses for up to 10 or 15 years depending on the mortgage term of their affordable home build. As part of the pilot, the VA will provide ongoing case management and clinical services to enrolled veterans to help prevent future housing and personal crises.
"The transition from military life to civilian life can be challenging for veterans. A struggle to adjust, or difficulty obtaining essentials such as housing, employment, education, and healthcare, can lead to homelessness, unemployment, or living with chronic health conditions," said Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International. "At Habitat, we know that decent and affordable housing provides tremendous social and economic benefit. Veterans have sacrificed so much to serve our country. It is incumbent on us to serve them by helping them find long-term stability through safe and affordable shelter."
The National Low-Income Housing Coalition previously estimated that more than 25 percent of veteran households in the U.S., are cost burdened. Of those, an estimated 1.5 million are severely cost burdened, spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing.
Habitat's Veterans Build program seeks to address that problem by partnering with veterans and their families to improve their lives through new home construction, critical home repairs, community engagement and education, job training and employment opportunities.
"President Biden declared that America's sacred obligation is to ensure troops sent into harm's way are prepared, and veterans and their families are cared for when they return home," said Monica Diaz, executive director of the Veterans Health Administration Homeless Programs Office. "This partnership will be integral in fulfilling this obligation and improving the lives of thousands of veterans and their families. Every individual who has served our country deserves a safe, stable place to call home."
About Habitat for Humanity
Driven by the vision that everyone needs a decent place to live, Habitat for Humanity found its earliest inspirations as a grassroots movement on an interracial community farm in south Georgia. Since its founding in 1976, the Christian housing organization has since grown to become a leading global nonprofit working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in more than 70 countries. Families and individuals in need of a hand up partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. Through financial support, volunteering or adding a voice to support affordable housing, everyone can help families achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Through shelter, we empower. To learn more, visit habitat.org.
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Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Some coffee shops deliberately do not offer Wi-Fi. It keeps people from turning a table into their office. Some restaurants encourage diners to put down their phones and talk. And a ramen shop in Japan is urging people to put down the phone and eat. The owner says customers who watch videos tend to sit longer, which produces longer waiting times for everybody behind them. So no more scrolling and a lot more slurping. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-04-04T23:35:50+00:00 | wqcs.org | https://www.wqcs.org/2023-04-04/a-ramen-shop-in-japan-is-urging-people-to-put-down-their-phones-and-eat |
The report underscores the company's commitment to create long-term value for stakeholders through its ESG commitment aligned with 4 strategic pillars
FORT MYERS, Fla., Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) (the "Company" or "Chico's FAS") today issued its 2021 Impact Report. The report includes 2021 environmental, social and governance ("ESG") highlights in key areas such as inclusion and diversity, supply chain responsibility, sustainable innovations and operations, among others, describing how the Company is creating value for its stakeholders through its long-standing commitment to a more equitable and sustainable future.
"Chico's has always strived for continuous improvement in creating ESG impact through customer-centric innovation," said Molly Langenstein, Chico's FAS President and CEO. "As we continue to evolve as a company led by women and for women, our customers and employees remain at the forefront of everything we do. Chico's ESG program is designed to enhance the interests of all our stakeholders and create long-term value by linking Chico's ESG commitment through the lens of our four strategic pillars: Customer Led, Product Obsessed, Digital First and Operationally Excellent."
"We are proud to launch our 2021 Impact Report that showcases the progress we made advancing our ESG commitments," added Kim Roy, independent Board member and ESG Committee Chair. "This report provides our stakeholders with greater transparency of our progress against our long-term ESG strategy, and is the culmination of a cross-functional effort overseen by the Board to identify our material ESG issues and develop a framework to address them with accountability and transparency. I am particularly proud of the completion of 10 short-term ESG goals and the creation of 7 mid-term ESG goals aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to drive us forward over the next three years."
To read Chico's FAS' 2021 Impact Report, please visit https://esg.chicosfas.com/
Chico's FAS is a Florida-based fashion company founded in 1983 on Sanibel Island, Fla. The Company reinvented the fashion retail experience by creating fashion communities anchored by service, which put the customer at the center of everything we do. This iconic store, beloved by loyal Chico's fans from around the country was destroyed in the storm, but it will be rebuilt this Spring - 40 years from when it first opened.
As one of the leading fashion retailers in North America, Chico's FAS is a company of three unique brands – Chico's, White House Black Market and Soma – each thriving in their own white space, founded by women, led by women, providing solutions that millions of women say give them confidence and joy. Our Company has a passion for fashion, and each day, we provide clothing, shoes and accessories, intimate apparel and expert styling in our brick-and-mortar boutiques, digital online boutiques and through StyleConnect®, the Company's customized, branded, digital styling tool that enables customers to conveniently shop wherever, whenever and however they prefer.
As of July 30, 2022, the Company operated 1,258 stores in the U.S. and sold merchandise through 58 international franchise locations in Mexico and 2 domestic franchise airport locations. The Company's merchandise is also available at www.chicos.com, www.chicosofftherack.com, www.whbm.com and www.soma.com.
To learn more about Chico's FAS, please visit our corporate website at www.chicosfas.com. The information on our corporate website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this press release or incorporated into our federal securities law filings.
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Phillies vs. Mets Probable Starting Pitchers Today - June 23
Published: Jun. 23, 2023 at 12:08 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Philadelphia Phillies (38-36) host the New York Mets (34-40) in NL East action, at 7:05 PM ET on Friday.
The Phillies will call on Taijuan Walker (7-3) against the Mets and Kodai Senga (6-4).
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Phillies vs. Mets Pitcher Matchup Info
- Date: Friday, June 23, 2023
- Time: 7:05 PM ET
- TV: Apple TV+
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Citizens Bank Park
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- Probable Pitchers: Walker - PHI (7-3, 4.31 ERA) vs Senga - NYM (6-4, 3.53 ERA)
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Phillies Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Taijuan Walker
- The Phillies will send Walker (7-3) to the mound for his 16th start this season.
- The right-hander's last start was on Saturday, when he tossed eight innings while giving up one earned run on seven hits in a matchup with the Oakland Athletics.
- The 30-year-old has pitched in 15 games this season with an ERA of 4.31, a 2.13 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.280.
- In 15 starts this season, he's earned a quality start in seven of them.
- Walker has three starts in a row of five innings or more.
- He has three appearances this season with zero earned runs allowed out of his 15 chances this season.
Taijuan Walker vs. Mets
- The Mets are batting .240 this season, 19th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .397 (19th in the league) with 88 home runs.
- The Mets have gone 2-for-14 with a home run and three RBI in four innings this season against the right-hander.
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Mets Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Kodai Senga
- Senga gets the start for the Mets, his 14th of the season. He is 6-4 with a 3.53 ERA and 87 strikeouts through 71 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent appearance on Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals, the right-hander went 6 2/3 innings, allowing four earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- Over 13 games this season, the 30-year-old has a 3.53 ERA and 11 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .204 to opposing hitters.
- Senga has recorded five quality starts this season.
- Senga will look to continue a three-game streak of lasting five or more innings (he's averaging 5.5 frames per appearance).
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in three of his 13 appearances this season.
Kodai Senga vs. Phillies
- He meets a Phillies offense that ranks 19th in the league with 323 total runs scored while batting .257 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .415 slugging percentage (11th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 78 home runs (21st in the league).
- Senga has a 0 ERA and a 0.143 WHIP against the Phillies this season in seven innings pitched, allowing a .045 batting average over one appearance.
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LETTER: Everything but academics
August 21, 2022 - 9:01 pm
We see the Clark County School Board addressing many issues in this day and age. Hours are spent discussing the dispute with Superintendent Jesus Jara, bus schedules, feeding students three meals a day, teacher shortages and building security. The one subject I never hear addressed, however, is improving test scores. This district is at the bottom of the nation in actually educating students. This is a crime, and they should all be replaced. | 2022-08-22T04:09:35+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/letters/letter-everything-but-academics-2627321/ |
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