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(WKBN) – More than a dozen salads and salad kits sold at multiple retailers in six states are being recalled over possible listeria contamination.
Revolution Farms, based in Michigan, initiated the recall after testing of a random sample returned a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled products were shipped to retailers and distributors in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Over a dozen of these outlets, including Fresh Market, Meijer and SpartanNash, are listed as recipients in the recall notice.
Each of the products features the Revolution brand name, according to the notice. They were also packaged between March 3 and March 11, and concern the following varieties, product codes and UPC numbers:
No illnesses have been reported as of yet. Those who think they’ve become ill from any of the recalled products should seek immediate medical attention.
Retailers have been asked to remove all recalled products from store shelves. Consumers who have bought the recalled products should discard them or return them to their place of purchase for a full refund.
For more information on the recall, visit the FDA website.
Ingesting food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the organism that causes listeriosis, can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. The FDA said that Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women as well as more short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. | 2023-04-06T21:20:26+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/consumer/lettuce-salad-kids-sold-in-6-states-recalled-over-possible-listeria-contamination/ |
GENEVA, Switzerland — The International Boxing Association was banished from the Olympic family on Thursday, ending a years-long dispute fueled by defying advice and instructions from the IOC. Boxing, however, will keep its status as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Games.
The International Olympic Committee voted to derecognize the IBA at a specially called meeting — an outcome that was inevitable after being recommended two weeks ago by the executive board, a body chaired by IOC president Thomas Bach.
The vote was 69-1, with 10 members abstaining.
Boxing was never really in danger of being kicked out of the Olympics over the four years since the IOC suspended the sport's governing body in an effort to force changes.
“We highly value the sport of boxing. We have an extremely serious problem with IBA because of their governance,” Bach told IOC members during their online meeting.
The dispute centered on the IBA’s management under presidents from Uzbekistan and Russia who the IOC disapproved of, its finances being backed by Russian state energy firm Gazprom, plus the integrity of bouts and judging.
“The boxers fully deserve to be governed by an international federation with integrity and transparency,” Bach said.
The IOC is already overseeing boxing competitions for the Paris Olympics without IBA involvement, as it did for the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Boxing can now be confirmed on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic program, which the IOC and Bach withheld as leverage against IBA. Boxing is "guaranteed” to be in Los Angeles, members were told Thursday.
The sport is good for Olympic business with broad appeal — 25 different countries won boxing medals in Tokyo, with nine taking gold — and the IOC repeatedly said its problem was with boxing officials, not its athletes.
“We appreciate boxing as one of the most global sports. We embrace the values of boxing,” Bach said, praising the sport's “important social role promoting inclusion.”
Olympic boxing has had a tainted reputation for decades, typified by notorious judging at the 1988 Seoul Games that denied American light-middleweight Roy Jones Jr. the gold medal against home fighter Park Si-hun. Jones, who now has Russian citizenship, was enlisted by the IBA last year to support its fight for Olympic status.
There were allegations ahead of the 2012 London Olympics of cash deals planned to fix medals, and further doubt cast by fighters on the integrity of bouts at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
At those Olympics, the president of boxing’s governing body, then known by its French acronym AIBA, was a long-time IOC member C.K. Wu of Taiwan.
After Wu was ousted by boxing officials in 2017, the sport’s problems with the IOC intensified.
National federations defied IOC warnings in 2018 by electing Gafur Rakhimov as president. The businessman from Uzbekistan allegedly had ties to organized crime and heroin trafficking.
Umar Kremlev’s election to replace Rakhimov in 2020 followed another round of IOC election warnings that went unheeded.
The IBA’s debts approaching $20 million were cleared under Kremlev and the IOC objected to the boxing body’s financial reliance on Gazprom.
Kremlev announced last month at the men’s world championships that the IBA was no longer sponsored by Gazprom, and his rhetoric against Olympic officials got more confrontational.
Thursday's meeting went ahead after a late appeal by the IBA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the IOC board’s recommendation failed this week.
The IOC can now start to work with a rival organization created this year called World Boxing. It has drawn support from officials in the United States, Switzerland and Britain, countries whose national federations resisted Kremlev’s leadership of the IBA. | 2023-06-22T17:13:36+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/boxing-still-in-paris-olympics/507-80ae0067-183d-44b0-8674-f595da295799 |
Wednesday’s Forecast
Another round of showers and thunderstorms will likely occur across South Mississippi again today. Just like the last couple of days, rain totals of up to 2″ will be common and there will be a few isolated spots that could see totals above 2″. So, there will be a potential for flooding today if the rain occurs too heavily and too quickly in one spot. Our risk level for flooding today is 1 out of 4. So, while it’s possible, it appears unlikely for most areas. Our weather pattern keeps high pressure east of us for now. And the onshore flow on that high pressure’s western edge keeps the central Gulf Coast’s wet pattern locked in due to abundant Gulf moisture the coast. So, rain chances should stay fairly high each day this week. But, down the line, the latest forecast update still shows a decrease in Gulf moisture later this week around Friday or Saturday which should allow for somewhat of a decrease in rain chance. Beyond that, another slug of Gulf deep tropical moisture may lead to a wetter pattern for Sunday & next Monday.
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Offering a "Data-First" Approach to Information Security, Calamu Protect 1.2 Includes New Functionality to Enhance Existing IT Infrastructure and Storage Environments
CLINTON, N.J., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Calamu, the world's first company to introduce virtual data harbors as a method for eliminating the risk of double-extortion ransomware attacks, today announced a new version of its namesake Calamu Protect software. The new Calamu Protect 1.2 provides advanced security at-rest utilizing a "data-first" approach.
Complementing existing IT security frameworks, Calamu Protect bridges the gap between perimeter defenses and reactionary recovery solutions, which fail to address the growing threat of data theft and data exfiltration. Calamu's patented technology automatically encrypts and fragments data into pieces, then scatters them across geographically dispersed storage locations, neutralizing any breach, exfiltration attempt, or ransomware attack by ensuring a complete file does not exist in any single location.
"Most organizations implement a layered, outside-in approach that includes VPNs, browser isolation, multi-factor authentication, and firewalls, yet their data can still be exposed," said Simon Yelsky, Vice President of Product at Calamu. "We offer an inside-out approach, fragmenting and encrypting files at the source and dispersing them across multiple cloud locations. Any compromised data is relegated to useless Digital Sludge™."
New features of Calamu Protect 1.2 include support for Microsoft 365 in addition to all major cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. The platform now offers multi-tenant access via an MSP portal, enabling channel partners to support unique instances of Calamu Protect to their customers. Additionally, new reporting and an enhanced dashboard make it easy to track and manage files across the enterprise.
Earlier this year, the company announced the closing of $16.5 million in financing led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital.
"Data-first security represents a radical new approach and is a game-changer for protecting enterprises against ransomware attacks," said Stephen Ward, Managing Director at Insight Partners. "For the first time, businesses may not have to worry about the impacts of a double-extortion ransomware attack because of the unique approach Calamu has taken with creating these data harbors."
Calamu Protect 1.2 is available today. For more information and to see how Calamu Protect works, check out this video.
Calamu was founded by experts in cybersecurity and data privacy with the mission of making the cyber world a safer place. The company is pioneering the use of data-first technology to automatically mitigate the impact of a ransomware attack or data breach, whether data is stored in the cloud or on-premises. The Calamu platform enables businesses to maintain complete ownership of their data, preventing unauthorized access and dramatically simplifying regulatory requirements around data privacy and protection. For more information on Calamu visit www.calamu.com.
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SAN DIEGO, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Diurnal Ltd., a Neurocrine Biosciences company (Nasdaq: NBIX), today announced that it will present new post hoc analyses of Phase 3 extension study data for modified-release hydrocortisone (approved as EFMODY® in United Kingdom and European Union), which is being investigated as a treatment for adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), at ENDO 2023 June 15–18 in Chicago. Diurnal Ltd. developed this modified-release formulation of hydrocortisone, which has been specifically designed to replicate the natural circadian release of cortisol.
Management of CAH involves not only replacing cortisol deficiency but also managing elevated adrenal androgen levels, which are responsible for the detrimental symptoms associated with hyperandrogenism, such as virilization in females and abnormalities in growth leading to short stature and early puberty. Current treatment guidelines recommend a target daily hydrocortisone dose of ≤25 mg (or equivalent dose of prednisone, prednisolone, or dexamethasone) in adult (fully grown) patients with CAH. However, hydrocortisone doses of >25 mg are often necessary to lower adrenal androgens in CAH. Thus, physicians treating CAH patients typically face a difficult dilemma of trying to manage the androgen excess while also trying to avoid the well-known consequences of chronic glucocorticoid overexposure.
The post hoc analyses examined total glucocorticoid daily dose and 9:00 a.m. 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) levels in patients treated with modified-release hydrocortisone in an open-label Phase 3 extension study. Of the 71 patients who completed 24 months in the Phase 3 extension study at the time of the interim cut, 64 patients had 9:00 a.m. 17-OHP data for analysis. After 24 months of treatment, median daily hydrocortisone dose was reduced from 30 mg to 20 mg. The number of patients achieving lower androgen levels while receiving ≤25 mg of hydrocortisone per day increased significantly, with 48 percent of the subjects achieving 17-OHP levels <36 nmol/L compared with 31 percent at baseline. See the abstract (Poster # P 72; Improved Biochemical Control with Dose Reduction in Chronic Glucocorticoid Therapy: A Phase 3 Extension Study of CHRONOCORT® (EFMODY®) in the Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) for more information here.
"These analyses help demonstrate the impact of modified-release hydrocortisone as a potential treatment for adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia by delivering cortisol in a manner that matches the body's natural circadian rhythm," said Eiry W. Roberts, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Neurocrine Biosciences.
About Modified-Release Hydrocortisone
Diurnal Ltd. developed modified-release hydrocortisone, a preparation of hydrocortisone that has been specifically designed to replicate the natural circadian rhythm of cortisol, when given in a twice-a-day "toothbrush" regimen, (administered last thing at night before sleep and first thing in the morning on waking). In 2021, modified-release hydrocortisone (EFMODY®) received marketing authorization for the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and from the European Commission in the European Union. Neurocrine Biosciences acquired Diurnal Group plc. in November 2022. A new drug application for the modified-release hydrocortisone formulation has not been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
About Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a group of rare genetic disorders in which a gene mutation results in the deficiency of one of the enzymes that is involved in the production of adrenal hormones. The most common mutation is to the gene encoding the adrenal enzyme 21-hydroxylase, which is responsible for the synthesis of cortisol in the adrenal glands. The disorder is associated with low cortisol levels that can be life-threatening and excess adrenal androgen that can lead to virilization in females and abnormalities in growth leading to short stature and early puberty.
About Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)
NEUROCRINE and the Neurocrine logo are registered trademarks of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. EFMODY is a registered trademark of Diurnal Ltd.
Neurocrine Biosciences Forward-Looking Statement
In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the potential benefits to be derived from certain of our products. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include: our future financial and operating performance; risks and uncertainties associated with the commercialization of our products; the risk that our products and/or product candidates will not be found to be safe and/or effective or may not prove to be beneficial to patients; that development activities for our products and/or product candidates may not be completed on time or at all; risks that clinical development activities may be delayed for regulatory or other reasons, may not be successful or replicate previous and/or interim clinical trial results, or may not be predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; risks that regulatory submissions for our products and/or product candidates may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; risks that our products and/or product candidates may not obtain regulatory approvals; or that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding our products and/or product candidates; risks and uncertainties relating to competitive products and technological changes that may limit demand for our products; risks associated with our dependence on third parties for development and manufacturing activities related to our products and our product candidates, and our ability to manage these third parties; and other risks described in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Neurocrine Biosciences disclaims any obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy posted lower fiscal second-quarter profits and sales as the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain struggled with weakening consumer demand for gadgets and high costs that rippled through its supply chain.
But the results, announced on Tuesday, were above analysts’ expectations. That pushed shares up more than 2% higher in early afternoon trading.
Best Buy’s sales during the height of the pandemic were fueled by oversized spending from shoppers who were splurging on gadgets to help them work from home or help their kids with virtual learning. Last year, spending also got a boost from government stimulus support. So like many retailers, Best Buy entered the year expecting that financial results would be weaker than in 2021 as stimulus disappeared and shoppers would brace more normal pre-pandemic lifestyles.
But soaring prices on necessities like food and gas have forced families to become more cautious. They are doing without new clothing, electronics, furniture and almost everything else that is not absolutely necessary. And spending habits have shifted faster this year than anyone expected. After being cooped up at home during the pandemic, Americans seemed to shift almost overnight to spending on dinners out, movies and concerts, and travel.
That has also caused companies to step up discounting to get rid of excess inventory as they head to the critical fall and holiday seasons. As a result, that took a toll on businesses across all types of retailers from Target to Macy’s.
“There has never been a time like this,” said Best Buy CEO Corie Barry answering a reporter’s question about what feels different now. “We have never seen the whipsaw of consumer behaviors fueled by amazing amount of government stimulus intercepted by geopolitical unrest that is unlike anything we have seen in decades.”
Barry said that inflationary pressures on food, rent and gas are forcing shoppers to trade down to lower prices in certain categories like TVs. However, when it comes to mobile phones, they’re replacing them with the same or similar models they had. They’re also focused on deals, she added.
Barry noted that inventory for the second quarter was actually down 6% from the same year-ago period. But it is up roughly 16% from pre-pandemic fiscal 2020.
Barry told reporters on a media call Tuesday that the company has healthy inventory levels, but it’s competing with excess inventory across the retail industry. That aggressive industrywide discounting pressured Best Buy to also cut prices and shoppers will see discounts starting earlier for the holiday shopping season. Higher supply-chain costs and lower margins related with its membership program also ate into its profit rate during the quarter.
Minneapolis-based Best Buy warned in July that sales would fall more than expected. It had forecast this year’s sales at stores opened at least a year to decline 11%, much steeper than the 3% to 6% drop it originally forecast in May. For the fiscal second quarter, it said in July that comparable sales would be down 13%.
Best Buy reported that net income fell 60% to $306 million, or $1.35 per share, for the three-month period ended July 30. That compares with $734 million, or $2.90 per share, in the year-ago period. Revenue dropped 13% to $10.33 billion.
Analyst were expecting $1.27 per share on sales of $10.27 billion, according to FactSet.
Comparable sales — sales in stores open at least a year — dropped 12.1% compared to a 19.6% increase in the year-ago period.
Domestic gross profit rate was 22.0% versus 23.7% last year in part because the company stepped up discounts to move inventory.
Minneapolis-based Best Buy warned in July that sales would fall more than expected. It had forecast this year’s sales at stores opened at least a year to decline 11%, much steeper than the 3% to 6% drop it originally forecast in May. For the fiscal second quarter, it said in July that comparable sales would be down 13%.
For the year, Best Buy is sticking to its previous forecast for an 11% drop in comparable sales.
Looking ahead to the fiscal third quarter, it expects that comparable sales will decline slightly more than the 12.1% decline it reported in the fiscal second quarter.
Shares rose $1.66 to $75.36 in early afternoon trading.
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Follow Anne D’Innocenzio: http://twitter.com/ADInnocenzio | 2022-08-31T13:21:49+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-best-buy-q2-results-fall-amid-softening-demand-for-gadgets/ |
United introduces new nonstop flights from Asheville to Denver, CO.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - United Airlines announced a new nonstop flight from Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) to Denver International Airport (DEN).
The flight will operate on an Embraer 175 aircraft starting Sept. 29.
The airline said the addition is as a result of United’s United Next plan and part of a larger United announcement of 35 new flights, a dozen new gates and three new clubs in Denver.
Flights will operate daily following the initial schedule:
- DEN to AVL: Departs DEN at 10:15 a.m. and arrives at AVL at 3:13 p.m.
- AVL to DEN: Departs AVL at 4:30 p.m. and arrives at DEN at 6:03 p.m.
“Nonstop to Denver on United is an incredible addition to the route map at AVL,” said Lew Bleiweis, A.A.E., President and CEO of the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority. “Denver is a significant hub for United, and daily service will not only provide great access to and from Denver and Colorado but will also provide easy connections to and from western locations. We thank our partners at United for their continued investment in WNC. This is a huge win for us all.”
Tickets can now be booked at united.com for travel starting on or after September 29, 2023.
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The Democratic Party promised to overhaul its primaries. Doing that has been anything but simple
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire is in open rebellion. Georgia is all but out.
South Carolina and Nevada are on board but face stiff Republican pushback. Michigan’s compliance may mean having to cut the state legislative session short, despite Democrats controlling both chambers and the governor’s mansion.
Then there’s Iowa, which is looking for ways to still go first without violating party rules.
Months after the Democratic Party approved President Joe Biden’s plan to overhaul its primary order to better reflect a deeply diverse voter base, implementing the revamped order has proven anything but simple. Party officials now expect the process to continue through the end of the year — even as the 2024 presidential race heats up all around it.
“Despite the fact that it looked like relatively smooth sailing for the president when he proposed it ... the kind of backlash you’re hearing, the reactions, are exactly what we would have expected,” said David Redlawsk, chair of the political science department at the University of Delaware and co-author of the book “Why Iowa? How Caucuses and Sequential Elections Improve the Presidential Nominating Process.”
The DNC says it prepared for an arduous process, but is not too concerned by the uncertainty, in part because Biden faces only minor primary challengers in self-help author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Biden’s political advisers say the president doesn’t expect to campaign extensively in the Democratic primary and instead will focus on the general election. But the primary calendar drama might nonetheless prove a headache for Democrats who want to project unity ahead of 2024 and might spell trouble for 2028 — when the party has promised to revisit its primary calendar anew.
Jim Roosevelt, co-chairman of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, said he “was not surprised” at the objections of Iowa and New Hampshire since they are losing their leadoff spots, and that the committee is “definitely able to work around” the protests of Republicans in places adjusting to new rules or new slots on the calendar.
“I think having a sitting president is the most likely time to make a fundamental change to make the process more representative,” said Roosevelt, who also noted that the party last enforced a reordering of its primary calendar ahead of a competitive presidential primary in 2008.
It will get that chance again, though, since a potential reorder next cycle will come when, no matter what happens in 2024, there won’t be an incumbent Democratic president seeking reelection.
Another long, contentious new calendar process then might mean uncertainty with real electoral consequences — perhaps even making it difficult for Democrats running in a competitive presidential primary to know where to campaign, hire staff and advertise. The party can try and mitigate that by starting its 2028 calendar discussions early, potentially even weeks after next year’s election.
The prospect of another drawn-out fight won’t deter the party, though: “Definitely we’ll see this again in 2028,” Roosevelt said.
In the meantime, the DNC isn’t planning to alter the 2024 plan it approved in February stripping Iowa’s caucus of the leadoff spot it held since 1972, and replacing it with South Carolina, which is set to have its primary Feb. 3. Going second, three days later, were supposed to be New Hampshire and Nevada, which is scrapping its caucus in favor of a primary.
The new order had them being followed by Georgia’s primary on Feb. 13 and Michigan’s two weeks after that. Those states would precede most of the rest of the country, which would vote on Super Tuesday in early March — giving them enormous influence on deciding which primary candidates can make it that far.
But New Hampshire responded by pointing to its state law mandating that it hold the nation’s first presidential primary — which Iowa only circumvented for five decades because it held a caucus — and threatening to jump ahead.
Georgia, meanwhile, likely won’t take its place in the new top 5 because the state’s Republicans rejected calls to move their party’s primary to comply with Democrats’ new date.
While South Carolina Democrats are set to go first, the state’s Republicans delayed their party’s primary until three weeks later, on Feb. 24. In Nevada, Republicans have sued to maintain their party-run presidential caucus, even as the state shifts to a primary system. Michigan has also approved its new date, but its Legislature may adjourn early to make that work.
And Iowa has proposed holding a caucus before anyone else, yet may not release the results of its presidential contest until later in deference to new party rules.
This year’s shakeup followed the 2020 Iowa caucus meltdown. Iowa responded by proposing new rules allowing Democrats to submit their presidential choices by mail, breaking with past caucus rules requiring in-person participation.
Scott Brennan, an Iowa attorney and member of the DNC’s rules committee, said his state “knew the deck was stacked against us” from the start of the primary calendar shakeup — but its Democrats have since attempted to avoid open defiance of national party plans.
“We’re trying to remain flexible as long as we can,” Brennan said, “to see if there’s a way to fix this.”
Republicans are still leading off their 2024 primary with Iowa’s caucus, and the Iowa GOP could set its caucus date next month. That would then allow Iowa Democrats to tell the DNC when it plans to hold its caucus, even if the presidential results aren’t released until later.
Iowa Democrats hope their more flexible attitude could see the state let back into the Democratic primary’s top 5, if Georgia and New Hampshire vacate their spots. That would mean Iowa filling a potential gap between when Nevada votes on Feb. 6 and Michigan does on Feb. 27 — through Roosevelt said such a scenario is unlikely.
“I give Iowa a lot of credit for trying to work flexibly,” he said. “If Iowa were to find a way to fully comply with the new rules, that would be considered. Frankly I think it’s too late for that.”
Roosevelt also noted that one of the reasons the largely white state was moved out of the No. 1 spot “was demographics, and that’s not going to change.”
New Hampshire has struck a harsher tone, saying its Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature won’t change state law requiring it to hold the nation’s first primary.
“We don’t have a choice to delay the primary. Maybe Iowa’s different,” said New Hampshire Democratic National Committeeman Bill Shaheen.
If New Hampshire presses forward with its plan to go first, and Biden opts not to campaign there, one of his challengers could see a bump in support. That would be potentially embarrassing to the president, though Biden supporters have pointed to polling showing the state’s primary remains far from really competitive.
“I don’t think the DNC is going to do anything that’s going to change what we’re going to do,” Shaheen said of the national party’s continuing work to overhaul its primary. “We just don’t like getting pushed around much.”
Biden’s reelection campaign has refused to discuss his primary challengers or whether they might be buoyed by success in an unsanctioned New Hampshire primary. Iowa Democrats, by contrast, have suggested they’ll list Biden among the presidential preferences in their caucus whether he campaigns there or not — potentially sparing the president embarrassment there.
Redlawsk said the fact that Democrats have made it this far in their calendar shakeup means “the battle will continue, but I think it’s far more likely that change will now happen” and that the impact could be profound.
“These early states really do condition the campaign. The early states don’t guarantee a winner, but they tell us who is going to lose, at least in the first rounds,” Redlawsk said. “The winnowing is very likely to be different if the first state is South Carolina, or Nevada, or some combination, than if it were Iowa or New Hampshire.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-03T18:49:03+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/2023/07/03/democratic-party-promised-overhaul-its-primaries-doing-that-has-been-anything-simple/ |
Veterans who wish to be laid to rest in a national cemetery soon may not have to make their final journal to Santa Fe.
The federal agency that oversees veterans’ cemeteries across the U.S. recently purchased 230 acres on Albuquerque’s West Side as the site of a future cemetery.
Burials at the site off Atrisco Vista NW could begin as early as 2027 if design and construction moves forward as planned, said Victor Vasquez, director of the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
The new cemetery is envisioned as a “future replacement of the Santa Fe National Cemetery,” according to a statement issued last month by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
“We plan on doing burials in both places at the same time, hopefully,” Vasquez said an interview on Tuesday. But the 90-acre Santa Fe National Cemetery is expected to run out of space by about 2030, he said.
Some 71,000 veterans and eligible family members have been interred at Santa Fe National Cemetery since it was established in 1875. The cemetery performed about 2,300 burials in 2022.
The Albuquerque site is both centrally located and large enough to serve the needs of veterans for centuries, he said.
“It’s a big cemetery,” Vasquez said. “It’s gonna take us about 300 years to fill up.”
The VA now is drawing up architectural and engineering plans for the new site and expects to put out bids for construction this fall, he said.
The Veterans Administration bought the property for $2.8 million from UP II, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company, the VA said in a March 10 statement. State records show that UP II has a mailing address in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The site is located just south of the Double Eagle II airport and west of the Petroglyph National Monument.
Officials scouted several locations for the new cemetery, including a site off U.S. 550 in Rio Rancho owned by the state Land Office, but the deal fell through, Vasquez said.
Officials also considered a site at Kirtland Air Force Base but anticipated problems with public access to the base, he said.
An estimated 81,000 veterans live within a 75-mile radius of the new site, the VA estimates.
“The way we looked at it, (the Albuquerque site) was centrally located to pull veterans from Belen, Truth or Consequences, Los Lunas, Gallup, all of Albuquerque and some from Santa Fe,” Vasquez said.
Santa Fe National Cemetery now employs 24 workers, Vasquez said. The new site is expected to employee 15 people initially.
The VA also maintains the Fort Bayard National Cemetery near Silver City where about 4,000 people are interred.
The VA operates 155 national cemeteries and 34 soldiers’ lots and monument sites in 44 states and Puerto Rico. For Veterans not buried in a VA national cemetery, VA provides headstones, markers or medallions to commemorate their service. | 2023-04-05T16:18:07+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2588019/plotting-for-the-future-the-santa-fe-national-cemetery-is-expanding-to-albuquerque-as-space-dwindles.html |
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Canadian Pacific is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight train derailment and fire in Maine, officials Sunday.
Three rail workers were treated and released from a hospital after three locomotive engines and six train cars carrying lumber and electrical wiring went off the track Saturday in Somerset County, officials said.
Canadian Pacific is leading cleanup, salvage and repair, working with state agencies and local fire and rescue, said Jim Britt from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Workers were removing derailed locomotives and rail cars, cleaning up crash debris and repairing the rail line. It was unclear how long the process would take.
Some hazardous materials were on the train, officials said, but first responders determined they were not at risk of leaking or catching fire. There was no threat to public safety, officials said.
People were urged to stay away as work continued.
The derailment happened near Rockwood, a town of about 300 residents on Moosehead Lake, about 90 miles (140 kilometers) northwest of Bangor. | 2023-04-16T18:09:18+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/cleanup-begins-after-freight-train-derailment-fire-in-maine/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Hundreds of Ohio residents gathered in a school gym Wednesday night to demand answers about the ongoing fallout from a derailed train carrying hazardous chemicals, transforming what had been billed as an informational meeting into a heated town hall where officials with the railroad company didn’t even show up.
The mayor pleaded with the crowd at East Palestine High School to remain civil as they called out questions and occasionally booed after answers. The meeting was the latest effort to quell concerns and ballooning distrust, nearly two weeks after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and a controlled burn of chemicals onboard forced residents to evacuate temporarily.
Linda Murphy, 49, who attended the meeting with her husband, Russell, pressed officials about the difficulty of getting her water tested. Dead fish were turning up in a creek near her house, Murphy said, and the smell of chemicals hung in the air. “I don’t understand how we can have this issue and everything is OK.”
State officials have continued to recommend that some residents drink bottled water as testing continues in private wells, municipal water and streams, and fears have percolated over the possible dangers of long-term exposure to the chemicals.
For many of the roughly 4,700 people who live in East Palestine, the extent of what is unknown about the disaster and what consequences could emerge years from now have fueled their fears as they return to their daily routines.
Many residents were angry that officials had changed what had been billed as a town hall meeting to an “informational” session with representatives from state, county and local agencies, who sat at separate tables and fielded individual questions.
But Norfolk Southern officials were not there. They pulled out hours earlier, infuriating some residents who said they wanted answers from the company.
About 10 minutes in, Lenny Gravan, a tattoo artist in attendance, pulled Mayor Trent Conaway aside and urged him to turn the event back into a question-and-answer session.
Gravan shouted for everyone to “listen up,” a microphone was found and the town hall meeting began again, with the mayor, Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, and agency officials taking questions.
After one man called on the politicians to stop taking money from the railroads, Conaway shouted him down, reflecting frustration with the national attention and the swirling online rumor mill. The mayor bellowed, to applause: “Are you from town, sir? Are you from town? Because I don’t care about your opinion. I care about the residents.”
“We have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees and members of the community around this event stemming from the increasing likelihood of the participation of outside parties,” a spokesperson for the railroad company said, although the nature or origin of the threats was unclear. The spokesperson added: “We are not going anywhere. We are committed to East Palestine and will continue to respond to community concerns.”
On Wednesday, that was clearly not enough to satisfy the throngs of people gathered in the gym, who shouted demands to know where the company was. Citing the statement from the company, one man stood up and declared, “We’re scared, too.”
The company has faced stiff criticism from elected officials in Ohio and Pennsylvania and on Capitol Hill. In a series of news conferences and letters this week, lawmakers pledged to hold Norfolk Southern accountable and asked agencies to investigate both the potential impact of the hazardous chemicals on the community and how to prevent another derailment.
“I’m just as frustrated,” Conaway said at one point during the meeting. “I’m trying to get you answers.”
He said he stood by the decision to allow the company to perform a controlled release of chemicals on the train when there were concerns that one of the cars might explode and cause widespread damage, echoing comments from Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio this week as he described it as the lesser of two evils.
People raised questions about how such events could be avoided in the future and whether the water was safe to drink, describing their fears for their health after they had found rashes on their children and grandchildren and heard complaints of headaches and other symptoms from others. Earlier Wednesday, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said it was “confident that the municipal water is safe to drink” after a series of tests did not show contaminants, but the agency encouraged those with private wells to test their water.
But on Wednesday night, residents demanded specifics about the testing process, as some people complained that they had struggled to get their water tested.
Conaway and Johnson, who at times fielded questions alongside Ohio health and environmental officials, pledged that they would ensure the questions would reach the company or the appropriate person.
“Why are people getting sick if there’s nothing in the air or the water?” one woman yelled out, to applause. A boy stood up to ask how children could feel safe as the stench of burning chemicals still hung over parts of the town.
Another woman, to cheers and applause, stood up to implore reporters and those watching not to dismiss the town as a poor and diminished community.
“This could’ve happened to thousands of communities just like ours,” she said, adding: “We’re just trying to figure it out. We just want answers.” | 2023-02-16T04:31:46+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/were-scared-too-ohio-residents-press-for-answers-on-train-derailment-at-meeting/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-2-3
(one, two, three)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-2-3
(one, two, three) | 2022-11-19T04:39:48+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17596769.php |
PARIS (AP) — Genes — and a dash of humility — are the secrets of longevity for one of France’s biggest music stars, Jean-Michel Jarre, the septuagenarian electronic music pioneer who’s sold over 80 million records and is still going strong.
“My vitality is probably genetic — it’s coming from my mother,” he said before a Paris concert, referring to Francette Pejot, the French Resistance member and concentration camp survivor. “She was an extraordinary woman. She was a great figure in the French Resistance. And she was always thinking forward — I mean, philosophically, socially, in day-to-day life. And I think she gave me this strength.”
The electronic music star spoke to The Associated Press Tuesday in central Paris’ Brongniart Palace without displaying any fatigue, despite constant performances, and looking younger than his 74 years. He flitted between observations on life and technical details on his new sound. His latest album entitled Oxymore, or “oxymoron,” released last week, is a groundbreaking electronic album recorded in 360-degree immersive sound, accompanied by a virtual reality experience in the metaverse.
This trippy recording, his 22nd album, comes full circle in his six-decade career as it seems to reference his first major recording, the 1976 album Oxygene that catapulted him to fame, selling an estimated 18 million copies — despite having been recorded in a makeshift studio at home.
That approach — huge success twinned with a down-to-earth attitude — is the signature of the man who remains humble despite being a household name in France and beyond. In 1977, he was named Person of the Year by US magazine People, one year before marrying British actress Charlotte Rampling. The marriage was dissolved in 1997.
Setting records for the biggest concerts in the world — a 1997 concert in Moscow at drew 3.5 million spectators, something he describes as an “accident” — has not changed his regular-guy attitude.
It was shedding his ego — something he learned early on, he said — that helped him be able to constantly move forward.
“It created kind of humility because at a very early stage, I realized it takes time to realize that success (like) failure are accidents in the life of an artist,” he said.
He says the secret of creativity for a performer is seeing music as something collaborative, and being “part of a bigger picture.”
Yet there are many signs of his enduring international stardom — sold out concerts, an army of PR staff waiting on his every need, and how he casually reels off the name of friends, such as Bjork.
There have also been rumors that Jarre will perform for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, something he said he would be “honored” to do. As of yet he has remained silent on specifics, saying simply that “nothing is official.”
Jarre remains deeply appreciated in France.
“It took quite a while to find the right balance and the right relationship with my home country,” he said. “But I of course feel quite lucky and privileged to have a good relationship with my home.”
And don’t mention retirement. Jarre got philosophical when talking about the future, smiling. “So as long as my body is able to carry me, I think — I hope — I will go on.” | 2022-10-27T14:41:17+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/entertainment-news/ap-french-electronic-music-pioneer-jarre-shows-no-fatigue-at-74/ |
Feds indict Calif. man found with gun near Kavanaugh’s home
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a California man who was found with a gun, knife and pepper spray near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after telling police he was planning to kill the justice, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, Calif., was charged in a single-count indictment with attempting to murder a Justice of the United States.
Prosecutors say Roske traveled from California to the justice’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with the intent of killing Kavanaugh. Roske pulled up near the home in a taxi shortly after 1 a.m. on June 8 carrying a suitcase with a gun and ammunition, a tactical chest rig with pepper spray and a knife, and a flashlight, a laser, a thermal monocular and other burglary tools, according to court papers.
Federal officials have said Roske said he purchased the gun to kill Kavanaugh and also planned to kill himself. He was arrested by police in Montgomery County, Maryland, after he called 911 and told a police dispatcher he was near Kavanaugh’s home and wanted to take his own life.
Roske told police he was upset by a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is about to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion case. He also said he was upset over the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and believed Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws, according to prosecutors.
When he got out of the taxi, Roske was spotted by two U.S. Marshals who are part of round-the-clock security provided to the justices following the leak of the draft opinion last month. But Roske was only apprehended after he called 911 and said he was having suicidal thoughts and planned to kill Kavanaugh, having found the justice’s address online. Roske was still on the phone when Montgomery County police arrived on the scene.
Andrew Szekely, a federal public defender who is representing Roske, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the indictment. He previously declined to comment on the case after Roske’s first court appearance, the day of his arrest.
The indictment comes one day after the House gave final approval to legislation that would allow around-the-clock security protection for families of Supreme Court justices.
The Senate passed the bill unanimously last month, but it languished in the House as Democrats sought to broaden the measure to include protection for families of court employees. Republicans ramped up pressure to pass the bill after Roske’s arrest at Kavanaugh’s house.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-15T22:36:59+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/2022/06/15/feds-indict-calif-man-found-with-gun-near-kavanaughs-home/ |
Biden: US would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan
TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, saying the burden to protect Taiwan is “even stronger’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of self-governing in decades.
Biden, at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded. “That’s the commitment we made,” he added.
The U.S. traditionally has avoided making such an explicit security guarantee to Taiwan, with which it no longer has a mutual defense treaty, instead maintaining a policy of “strategic ambiguity” about how far it would be willing to go if China invaded. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require the U.S. to step in militarily to defend Taiwan if China invades, but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status in Taiwan by Beijing.
Biden’s comments drew a sharp response from the mainland, which has claimed Taiwan to be a rogue province.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin expressed “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” to Biden’s comments. “China has no room for compromise or concessions on issues involving China’s core interests such as sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
He added, “China will take firm action to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests, and we will do what we say.”
A White House official said Biden’s comments did not reflect a policy shift.
Speaking alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden said any effort by China to use force against Taiwan would “just not be appropriate,” adding that it “will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine.”
China has stepped up its military provocations against democratic Taiwan in recent years aimed at intimidating it into accepting Beijing’s demands to unify with the communist mainland.
“They’re already flirting with danger right now by flying so close and all the maneuvers that are undertaken,” Biden said of China.
Under the “one China” policy, the U.S. recognizes Beijing as the government of China and doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. However, the U.S. maintains unofficial contacts including a de facto embassy in Taipei, the capital, and supplies military equipment for the island’s defense.
Biden said it is his “expectation” that China would not try to seize Taiwan by force, but he said that assessment “depends upon just how strong the world makes clear that that kind of action is going to result in long-term disapprobation by the rest of the community.”
He added that deterring China from attacking Taiwan was one reason why it’s important that Russian President Vladimir Putin “pay a dear price for his barbarism in Ukraine,” lest China and other nations get the idea that such action is acceptable.
Fearing escalation with nuclear-armed Russia, Biden quickly ruled out putting U.S. forces into direct conflict with Russia, but he has shipped billions of dollars in U.S. military assistance that has helped Ukraine put up a stiffer-than-expected resistance to Russia’s onslaught.
Taipei cheered Biden’s remarks, with Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Joanne Ou expressing “sincere welcome and gratitude” for the comments.
“The challenge posed by China to the security of the Taiwan Strait has drawn great concern in the international community,” said Ou. “Taiwan will continue to improve its self-defense capabilities, and deepen cooperation with the United States and Japan and other like-minded countries to jointly defend the security of the Taiwan Strait and the rules-based international order, while promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.”
It’s not the first time Biden has pledged to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack, only for administration officials to later claim there had been no change to American policy. In a CNN town hall in October, Biden was asked about using the U.S. military to defend Taiwan and replied, “Yes, we have a commitment to do that.”
Biden’s comments came just before he formally launched a long-anticipated Indo-Pacific trade pact that excludes Taiwan.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed Sunday that Taiwan isn’t among the governments signed up for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, which is meant to allow the U.S. to work more closely with key Asian economies on issues like supply chains, digital trade, clean energy and anticorruption.
Inclusion of Taiwan would have irked China.
Sullivan said the U.S. wants to deepen its economic partnership with Taiwan on a one-to-one basis.
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Miller reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-23T15:08:56+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/05/23/biden-us-would-intervene-militarily-defend-taiwan/ |
PHOENIX (AP) — Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday his Republican administration will ensure an orderly transition to Democrat Katie Hobbs, his first public statement on her victory.
Ducey met with Hobbs in his office more than a week after her victory became clear and days after the last ballots were counted. However, defeated Republican Kari Lake has not conceded and has worked since the election to draw attention to voters who say they were affected by a problem with ballot printers at some polling places in Maricopa County.
“All of us have waited patiently for the democratic process to play out,” Ducey said in a statement. “The people of Arizona have spoken, their votes have been counted and we respect their decision.”
Ducey called to congratulate Hobbs the day after The Associated Press and other news outlets called the race, but he had not made a public statement about the outcome before Wednesday.
Ducey was co-chairman of the Republican Governors Association, which spent more than $10 million on television ads attacking Hobbs, but he was not an enthusiastic supporter of Lake. He endorsed her rival in the GOP primary and, though he endorsed the entire GOP ticket for the general election, he did not campaign with Lake.
Hobbs, currently secretary of state, has formed a transition team that is vetting potential staff and preparing for her to become the first Democrat to hold the state's top office since Janet Napolitano stepped down to be U.S. Homeland Security secretary after the 2008 election.
The Ducey-Hobbs meeting came a day after the Republican National Committee and the GOP candidate for Arizona attorney general, Abraham Hamadeh, filed an election challenge in his race, which is slated for an automatic recount with Hamadeh trailing by 510 votes.
That challenge, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, alleges a variety of problems affected the outcome of the extremely tight race. It says some ballots were counted that should not have been while others were rejected when they should have been counted. It alleges election workers made mistakes in duplicating ballots that could not be read by electronic tabulators and in determining the intent of voters when ballots were ambiguous.
The suit also claims some voters in Maricopa County were denied an opportunity to vote because of a widely publicized problem at some vote centers where printers produced ballots with markings that were too light to be read by on-site tabulators. Some voters experiencing problems left without voting and didn't check out with poll workers, so they were unable to vote elsewhere because the county's computer system shows them as voting.
The suit says Hamadeh and the RNC are not “alleging any fraud, manipulation or other intentional wrongdoing that would impugn the outcomes of the November 8, 2022 general election.”
“The voters of Arizona demand answers and deserve transparency about the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the General Election by certain election officials,” Hamadeh said in a statement.
Democrat Kris Mayes will ask a judge to dismiss Hamadeh's complaint, Mayes attorney Dan Barr said.
“Abe Hamadeh's complaint is devoid of actual facts,” Barr said in a statement. “It does not plausibly allege that mistakes in the administration of the election actually occurred, and if they did occur, that they would have made any difference in the result.”
Election Day votes went overwhelmingly for Republicans, but Democrats dominated mail ballots.
Maricopa County officials have acknowledged that some voters were inconvenienced by issues with printers, which were resolved in the early afternoon of Election Day. Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates has said the problems were made worse by prominent Republicans who led their supporters to fear ballots would not be counted. | 2022-11-23T23:54:00+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/GOP-Gov-Ducey-welcomes-Dem-Hobbs-though-no-Lake-17607471.php |
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WASHINGTON, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) is delighted to announce the appointment of Jacob M. Schlesinger, a distinguished journalist, author, and leader, as its new president and chief executive officer. USJF is the largest independent American foundation dedicated to fostering closer ties between the two countries, with assets of around $100 million.
Schlesinger will oversee the organization's grants and its US-Japan Leadership Program, while working to boost the Foundation's impact through new initiatives aimed at shaping the debate over the future direction of the bilateral relationship.
Schlesinger has deep professional and personal ties to Japan. He comes to the helm of USJF after a 36-year career at The Wall Street Journal, moving back and forth between Tokyo and Washington, D.C. He most recently lived in Japan from 2010-2015, where he served as the Journal's Japan editor and Tokyo bureau chief. He will be based in Washington and visit Japan frequently.
Schlesinger was a member of the Journal team winning a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism, and the 2014 recipient of Stanford's Shorenstein Journalism Award, presented annually to a reporter helping global audiences understand the complexities of the Asia-Pacific region. For the past year, he has been a fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute studying threats to democracy in the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of "Shadow Shoguns: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Postwar Political Machine," published by Simon & Schuster and Stanford University Press. Schlesinger serves as a trustee of the Japan Center for International Exchange/USA.
"After an extensive search in both Japan and the United States, the USJF Board of Trustees is thrilled to welcome our next president and CEO," said Lawrence K. Fish, chair of the Foundation's board. "Jake stood out among many qualified candidates for his deeply rooted appreciation of the U.S.-Japan relationship, his distinguished record of leadership and service, and bold strategic orientation. We cannot wait to see how he will apply his boundless energy and network to fill the Foundation's ambition for greater impact across and beyond the bilateral relationship."
"I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to work with such an esteemed organization that has done so much good over the years to foster better ties across the Pacific, and to succeed a long string of distinguished USJF leaders," Schlesinger said. "I look forward to consulting in the coming weeks with a wide range of stakeholders to discuss how we can think creatively to update our mission and address the new challenges for the U.S, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region."
Since its founding in 1980, the USJF has awarded more than $100 million in grants in Japan and the U.S. for a wide range of causes, from cultural exchange to disaster resilience. The Foundation also runs the US-Japan Leadership Program, which, over the past 23 years, has brought together nearly 500 future leaders from both countries, from politicians and business leaders to artists and writers.
Schlesinger is the Foundation's sixth president, succeeding Dr. James T. Ulak (2019-2022). Prior presidents were: Amb. Richard W. Petree (1981-1988), Amb. Stephen W. Bosworth (1989-1996), Amb. Julia Chang Bloch (1996-1998), and Dr. George R. Packard (1998-2019).
Schlesinger graduated from Harvard College with a BA in economics. He lives in Washington with his wife, Louisa Rubinfien, who grew up in Tokyo, earned her PhD in Japanese history from Harvard University, and teaches Japanese history at the University of Maryland. Rubinfien is on the board of the Japan-America Society of Washington, D.C., and chairs the council for the Japan Bowl, an annual competition for US high-school students studying Japan.
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Friday, June 23rd 2023, 4:22 am
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a judge's decision in the case against a Blackwell police officer who fired 60 shots at a woman.
Footage from 2019 showed Blackwell Police Lt. John Mitchell firing at Michelle Godsey while inside her vehicle, killing her.
According to authorities, Godsey was driving around town shooting at cars and law enforcement.
Lt. Mitchell was charged with first-degree manslaughter in 2019, however in 2021, a judge dismissed the case, ruling Mitchell's use of force was reasonable and not excessive.
On Thursday, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed, calling Mitchell's actions reasonable.
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June 28th, 2023 | 2023-06-29T05:11:47+00:00 | news9.com | https://www.news9.com/story/6495650c6946b2072a66e428/oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals-upholds-decision-against-blackwell-police-officer |
OSHA: Amazon failed to record some warehouse injuries
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen citations during the course of its ongoing investigation of the company.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it handed out 14 citations during inspections over the summer at six Amazon warehouses in New York, Florida, Illinois, Colorado and Idaho.
The citations were for failing to record, or misclassifying, injuries and illnesses, not recording them within the required time and not giving the agency “timely” records of such matters, OSHA said. The e-commerce giant, which earned over $33 billion last year, faces about $29,000 in penalties.
Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a prepared statement the company invests millions in a “robust safety program” to protect workers.
“Accurate recordkeeping is a critical element of that program and while we acknowledge there might have been a small number of administrative errors over the years, we are confident in the numbers we’ve reported to the government,” Nantel said, adding the company was pleased OSHA acknowledged “all of the alleged violations are ‘other than serious’ and involve minor infractions.”
Seattle-based Amazon has long faced criticism over its workplace injury rates, which the company itself has acknowledged to be higher than the industry average in some cases. Earlier this year, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that, while the company’s data shows injury rates for its delivery and courier workers were lower than average, injury rates for its warehouse workers were higher compared to its peers.
Labor and safety experts have criticized how the company tracks the productivity levels of workers who pack and stow packages and say the fast-paced environment of the warehouses could contribute to higher injury rates. Amazon has said it doesn’t have productivity quotas and it only evaluates its employees compared to their peers.
The citations arise from referrals that were made to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Nicholas Biase, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York, said the civil division of the office and OHSA have been investigating potential worker safety at Amazon warehouses and “possible fraudulent conduct designed to hide injuries from OSHA and others.” The attorney’s office has been encouraging former and current Amazon workers to directly report safety issues to them.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-17T01:21:28+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/2022/12/17/osha-amazon-failed-record-some-warehouse-injuries/ |
- Mobis Ventures Silicon Valley (MVSV) invites startup officials and investors to the 1st Mobis Mobility Day in Silicon Valley.
- To introduce the company's software-centric future R&D strategies … in order to expand its global investment network.
- Anticipates continued cooperation and investment in global startups featuring cutting-edge mobility technologies, including UAM and robotics.
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Mobis (KRX 012330) announced that it will be hosting the 1st Mobis Mobility Day in Silicon Valley on 29. More than 80 startup officials and investors in the future mobility industry will be in attendance to hear about Hyundai Mobis' future technology and investment strategy, as well as global trends.
The 1st Mobis Mobility Day is designed to actively secure the technology partners as the company discovers innovative future mobility technologies and promotes new growth businesses, such as UAM and robotics.
Finding partners for future mobility, namely the mobility alliance, is essential in securing a competitive edge in the transition of global automobile industry. Silicon Valley is the ideal place to form strategic alliances as it is where capital, talent, and technology come together.
Accordingly, Hyundai Mobis will be explaining to its potential partners about the company's future growth, as characterized by the business transformation into a software and platform-centric global technology giant. Hyundai Mobis hopes to emphasize how its growth strategies and R&D initiatives are closely related to investment in highly promising global technology companies.
Mobis Ventures Silicon Valley (MVSV) will host the event to deliver these messages even more effectively. MVSV is one of Hyundai Mobis' global open innovation hubs, founded in 2018 with the mission of discovering and investing in startups with future mobility technologies.
MVSV has made major strategic investments in highly promising tech companies, including Velodyne (2019), a developer of LIDAR technology for autonomous driving, Envisics (2020), a British AR HUD innovator, and Zendar (2021), a maker of high-resolution imaging RADAR technology. Hyundai Mobis also has a global open innovation hub in Shenzhen, China.
"We are looking forward to working with global partners to develop innovative technologies that will change the future. We will continue to actively communicate with startups and investors by expanding our network through our global open innovation hubs," explained Kim Young-bin, Head of Planning at Hyundai Mobis.
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DENVER, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company") (NYSE: SM) today announced the retirement of Executive Vice President and General Counsel David Copeland.
Chief Executive Officer Herb Vogel comments: "David has been with our Company for 12 years and has served as a consummate legal advisor while providing dedicated leadership. We will miss David and wish him well as he is able to spend more time with his wife, children and grandchildren."
The retirement of Mr. Copeland from his current position will be effective December 31, 2022 and he will remain with the Company in an advisory role until July 1, 2023.
The Company also announces that James Lebeck will take the position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Since 2018, Mr. Lebeck has served as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Encino Energy. Prior to that, from 2011 until 2018, Mr. Lebeck served in roles of increasing responsibility at SM Energy, ultimately serving as Deputy General Counsel prior to his departure. Mr. Lebeck is expected to start his new role on or before January 30, 2023.
Mr. Vogel adds: "Congratulations to James. We know James well and believe he will easily step into this role given about eight years of prior experience at SM Energy. We welcome him and look forward to working together again."
SM Energy Company is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs in the state of Texas. SM Energy routinely posts important information about the Company on its website. For more information about SM Energy, please visit its website at www.sm-energy.com.
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As traffic officials continue to see jarring road safety statistics, the number one thing they are hammering home is the importance of buckling up.
“Your chances of being seriously injured while wearing your seatbelt is decreased by 45 percent,” said John Saunders, director of Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Highway Safety Office. “You want to wear that seatbelt – it’s the safest thing to do that protects you against everything else. It’s the one defensive thing you can do.”
Saunders said nearly 43,000 people died on U.S. roadways last year and 968 were in Virginia. So far this year, he said fatalities among the unrestrained in Virginia account for about 50% of all traffic deaths where individuals had access to a restraint, a figure he said has “been around for a long time.” In the Bristol region, Saunders said that number is around 57% to date in 2022.
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Last year in Washington County, Virginia, of eight traffic fatalities, three were unrestrained, per Virginia DMV’s 2021 Traffic Crash Facts report, which groups unrestrained occupants as persons who are unbelted in vehicles equipped with restraints, or in the case of a child, without a booster seat or a child restraint.
Rich Jacobs, public relations and outreach manager for traffic safety nonprofit DRIVE SMART Virginia, sees a worrisome trend in traffic fatalities linked to what he calls “bad behavior” like speeding, impaired driving and distracted driving.
“When COVID restrictions went into place, vehicle miles traveled went down both in Virginia and nationally, but traffic fatalities both nationally and in Virginia went up,” Jacobs said. “That is not what we expected.”
Based on Virginia DMV numbers, excluding vehicles without safety restraints, there were 304 unrestrained deaths in 2019, but that number rose 12.8% in 2020 to 343. Last year, there were 334, which accounted for nearly half of all of Virginia’s traffic fatalities, excluding deaths among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
“We are on our way to another very bad year traffic statistics wise with speeding, impaired driving and distracted driving,” Jacobs said. “The seatbelt is your best protection against an impaired, distracted or reckless driver – that’s the first thing you should do when you get in the vehicle before you even turn the key is buckle that seatbelt, because it can save your life.”
In Tennessee, there were 412 unrestrained traffic fatalities in 2021, according to Tennessee Department of Safety numbers. Based on department data collected from May 2021 to May 2022, drivers who were unrestrained or improperly restrained were 55 times more likely to die in a crash and were two times more often male. In Sullivan County during that period, an unrestrained driver was injured or killed in a crash once a week, on average, according to state data.
For Saunders, buckling up, in a way, is like tying your shoes before going for a run – it’s just something you do.
“Wearing a seatbelt becomes a habit over time,” Saunders said. “Every trip, every time, everyone needs to buckle up. It’s just the best thing to do.” | 2022-07-22T01:07:06+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/news/nearly-half-of-virginia-s-traffic-fatalities-in-2021-involved-unrestrained-occupants/article_6cf390dc-0953-11ed-9f60-a3e7129a167b.html |
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — Firefighters responded to a major fire at a landmark New Hampshire hotel Saturday afternoon.
A section of Route 16 in North Conway was shut down as emergency crews battled the blaze at the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort, WMUR-TV reported.
Smoke and flames could be seen coming out of rooms on the second and third floors of the hotel according to videos shared online.
It was not immediately known if there were any injuries.
The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office has been asked to assist in the investigation, New Hampshire Department of Safety spokesperson Tyler Dumont told the station.
In a statement hotel officials said the fire broke out at Saturday afternoon and that the safety of their guests remains their top concern
The North Conway Firefighters Association asked people to avoid the area.
The resort is a family retreat in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and is home to Kahuna Laguna, an indoor water park. | 2022-04-30T22:34:57+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Firefighters-battle-blaze-at-landmark-New-17139118.php |
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Adjustable beds are commonplace in a majority of households these days as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and rehab facilities. When the bed is in a raised position and the user leans forward or gets up, the pillow always falls. I thought there should be simple way to secure the pillow in place, so I invented PILLOW POCKET SHEETS. My design would provide added convenience, comfort and safety for users of adjustable beds, especially those who are disabled, elderly, injured or in a weakened state," said the inventor, from Beaumont, Calif.
The invention ensures that a pillow stays properly in place on an adjustable bed. In doing so, it eliminates the obstacles and irritation associated with the pillow falling in the fold when leaning forward, shifting or exiting the bed. The invention features a cost-effective design that is easy to use and launder so it is ideal for use in households, hospitals, nursing homes, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Orange County sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-OCM-1526, 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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A former GOP candidate for the New Mexico legislature was arrested Monday, accused of conspiring with and paying four men to shoot at the homes of four elected officials, appearing to target Democrats.
Albuquerque police arrested Solomon Pena in connections with the shootings at the homes of two Bernalillo County commissioners and two state legislators. Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said that Pena was the “mastermind” who orchestrated all of the shootings.
Officials announced earlier this month that they opened an investigation into the four shootings, which took place between Dec. 4 and Jan. 4.
Police said that these shootings were “politically motivated” and that Pena was an “election denier.”
Pena, who was the Republican candidate for New Mexico’s District 14 in November, lost to incumbent Democrat Miguel P. Garcia, only garnering 26 percent of the vote.
Pena had tweeted that he “never conceded” his race, and that he was “researching” his options. Police said in the press briefing that the loss may have contributed to his motivation for the shootings.
An Albuquerque Police spokesperson said that Pena had visited the homes of three county commissioners and one state senator, some of which were targeted in the shootings, to make his case that his election was stolen because of election fraud.
“One actually led to quite an argument, I believe,” the spokesperson said in the briefing. “So I think that plays into some of this, but it was shortly after when the shootings occurred, so that kind of suggests why they were targeted.”
Police said that Pena was in a car with another suspect right after the latest shooting took place. Police also say they found a gun in the car with ballistics indicating it was related to the attack.
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller thanked law enforcement for their work on the investigation and condemned political extremism.
“This radicalism is a threat to our city, our state, and our nation,” Keller said in a statement. “We will continue to push back against hate in all forms and stop political violence.”
The police said that the investigation is “ongoing” as they continue the search for the other suspects, but that there is no threat to the public at the time. | 2023-01-17T04:39:24+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/hill-politics/former-gop-new-mexico-candidate-for-state-house-arrested-in-shootings-targeting-elected-officials/ |
POTOMAC, Md., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Z Advanced Computing, Inc. (ZAC), the pioneer Cognitive Explainable-AI (Artificial Intelligence) (Cognitive XAI)software startup, will apply its Concept-Learning algorithms in Medical Imaging, starting with pathology, by expanding its medical team, including advisors, consultants, and collaborating medical facilities. ZAC has developed and demonstrated disruptive technologies for recognizing and searching 3D objects and their details from any view direction in images and videos. For both the US Air Force and Bosch / BSH projects, ZAC has demonstrated major AI and Machine Learning (ML) breakthroughs, including using only a few training samples, and using much lower computing power (e.g., using only an average laptop with only CPU), for both training and recognition. "Our software will provide the tool to assist the pathologists make an opinion on an image more accurately and faster, which improves intra-reader and inter-reader variability for physicians and increases their daily performance," said Dr. Bijan Tadayon, CEO of ZAC. "This means better patient care and reduced cost and liability, which is a win-win situation for all," emphasized Dr. Saied Tadayon, CTO of ZAC.
ZAC owns a very strong IP portfolio with over 450 inventions, including 13 issued US patents.
ZAC has an impressive team of scientists and developers. The development is headed by Saied Tadayon, a scientist and veteran software developer and a math prodigy, who ranked 1st as an undergrad at Cornell and got his PhD from Cornell at age 23.
ZAC world-renowned advisors include Prof. Gholam Peyman, MD (Inventor of LASIK, and awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the US President), Prof. Mory Gharib (former Vice Provost of Research, at Caltech, and a prolific entrepreneur & inventor, with multiple startups, including in biotech), Prof. David Lee (Nobel Laureate, Physics), late Prof. Robert Buhrman (former Sr. Vice Provost of Research, Cornell), Prof. Mike Spencer (former Associate Dean of Engineering for Research, Cornell), and Prof. Mo Jamshidi (UTSA, Founding Dir. of NASA Center for Autonomous Control, and US Army Science Board member). The late Prof. Lotfi Zadeh of UC Berkeley (Father of Fuzzy Logic, co-inventor of Z-Transform, and AI Hall-of-Fame inductee) is also one of ZAC inventors.
Some other applications of ZAC tech are: autonomous vehicles, e-commerce, ads, satellite/aerial imaging, security, and smart homes/appliances.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good: A previously unreleased recording of the legendary artist’s set at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1966 is being released.
Verve Records and UMe on Friday are issuing “You’ve Got to Learn,” a six-song set that includes a different take on Simone’s celebrated protest song “Mississippi Goddam.”
The songs also include “You’ve Got to Learn, ”‘I Loves You, Porgy,” “Blues For Mama,” “Be My Husband” and ”Music for Lovers.” Simone, who also plays piano, is joined by guitar, bass and drums.
There are sound issues throughout — as they are sorted out before the final song, the encore “Music for Lovers,” she screams “Shut Up! “Shut Up!” to a heckler — but Simone’s power and mastery are clearly potent.
“Her performance is not fiery so much as passionate, not critical so much as coaxing,” writes Simone scholar Shana L. Redmond in the liner notes. “These are love songs and each captured something of the careful combination of intimacy and immediacy on stage for which Simone was known.”
“Mississippi Goddam,” was written by Simone in response to the 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four little girls and the assassination of Medgar Evers in Mississippi that same year. The version Simone sung that day swings differently than earlier versions, less hectoring and includes the line “Watts has made me lose my rest,” a reference to the riots in Los Angeles on Aug. 11, 1965.
This year marks Simone’s 90th birthday. The so-called “High Priestess of Soul” and a civil rights icon recorded nearly 40 albums between 1958 and 1973, with such cherished songs as “I Put a Spell on You,” “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” and “Feeling Good.” She died in 2003.
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Report: Mother, daughter dismember and attempt to burn, grill grandmother’s body
LANDOVER, Md. (Gray News) – A woman and daughter in Maryland have been charged in the death and dismemberment of the woman’s mother and daughter’s grandmother.
According to the Prince George’s County Police Department, 44-year-old Candace Craig and her daughter, 19-year-old Salia Hardy, were arrested Friday.
Officers responded to a Landover home in the afternoon for a welfare check after someone called 911 saying they had not heard from 71-year-old Margaret Craig for several days.
Officers said they were greeted at the door by Candace Craig, who allowed the officers to search the home for Margaret Craig.
When officers entered the basement, they said they immediately smelled the odor of a decomposing body and called additional units to investigate. A report from WTOP said three separate bags of remains were found by officers.
An official with the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office said a chainsaw was used in the dismemberment, followed by burning parts of the body on a grill and in a bonfire to dispose of it, according to WTOP.
“To say it’s disturbing is an understatement. It’s horrifying,” Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said in a statement posted to Twitter.
According to investigators, the evidence along with witness interviews suggest Candace Craig murdered her mother on May 23. They said she appears to have been helped by her daughter the next day in an attempt to dispose of Margaret Craig’s remains.
Candace Craig has been charged with first and second-degree murder. Hardy has been charged with accessory after the fact. Authorities said both are currently in custody.
Officials said they are expecting to confirm the victim’s identity and cause of death in the case while they continue their investigation.
Anyone with further information has been asked to call detectives at 310-516-2512 or Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).
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HIGHLAND, Ind., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 23rd annual Victory for Veterans Memorial ride will be held on Sunday, September 25th. Registration is from 9 am to 11 am followed by a police-escort processional ride beginning at 11:30 am. This event is now one of the largest rides in Northwest Indiana with over 2,000 bikes 2,500 and 3,000 riders. The event is hosted by the Wicker Park Memorial Fund and the American Veterans Motorcycle Riders Association in conjunction with Adrian A. Santos, the North Township Trustee.
Pre-registration is encouraged by going to www.victoryforveteranswickerpark.org. Single rider tickets are $25.00 and couples' tickets are $40.00.
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan will be the guest speaker at the event. Mrvan is Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization. He introduced the VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act in November of 2021, which President Biden is expected to sign into law and was an original cosponsor of the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which was recently signed into law. He is expected to speak at 11:00 am. Also speaking is Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott.
The Victory for Veterans ride began in 1999, which now-Congressman Mrvan continued to sponsor after becoming North Township Trustee in 2008 , to help enhance Wicker Memorial Park's veterans' corner since the park was dedicated to the veterans by Calvin Coolidge in 1927. This year, the goal is to raise $50,000 of which proceeds from the benefit will support veteran's causes. Beneficiaries in the past have included the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana.
Local sponsors of the event include Humana©, Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, Kelly Law Offices, and Sounds Cool Live Audio.
For additional information about the event, go to www.victoryforveteranswickerpark.org.
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Edoardo Molinari shoots 1-over 71 in round two of the Genesis Scottish Open
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Edoardo Molinari makes birdie putt on No. 13 at Genesis Scottish Open
In the opening round of the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open, Edoardo Molinari makes birdie putt on the par-4 13th hole.
Edoardo Molinari hit 11 of 18 greens in regulation during his second round at the Genesis Scottish Open, finishing at 4 over for the tournament. Molinari finished his day tied for 73rd at 4 over; Cameron Tringale is in 1st at 7 under; Doug Ghim and Gary Woodland are tied for 2nd at 4 under; and Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele, Jordan L Smith, and Kurt Kitayama are tied for 4th at 3 under.
After a drive to the primary rough on the 464-yard par-4 first hole, Molinari had a 154 yard approach shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved Molinari to 1 under for the round.
On the 600-yard par-5 third, Molinari had a birdie after hitting the green in 2 and two putting. This moved Molinari to 2 under for the round.
At the 338-yard par-4 fifth, Molinari got on in 2 and missed his par putt from 9 feet, finishing with a 3-putt bogey. This moved Molinari to 1 under for the round.
On the 448-yard par-4 eighth, Molinari had a bogey after hitting the green in 4 and one putting, moving Molinari to 2 over for the round.
After a 332 yard drive on the 594-yard par-5 10th, Molinari chipped his third shot to 1 foot, which he rolled for one-putt birdie on the hole. This moved Molinari to 1 over for the round.
On the 418-yard par-4 13th hole, Molinari reached the green in 2 and sunk a 17-foot putt for birdie. This moved Molinari to even for the round.
Molinari got a bogey on the 488-yard par-4 15th, getting on the green in 3 and two putting, moving Molinari to 1 over for the round.
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Award-Winning Fast-Casual Restaurant Franchises Expand National Footprint with 62 New Store Signings in Second Quarter
LAS VEGAS, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of an impressive Q1, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and Wing Zone announced today the signing of 18 franchise agreements in the second quarter which will bring an additional 62 stores to states across the country. These signings will add 37 Capriotti's and 25 Wing Zone locations to the development pipeline – bringing the total number of stores in development for both brands to more than 430. Between the two fast-casual concepts, there will be 90 new locations open and operating by the end of the year.
The Q2 agreements will expand both brands into new territories – bringing award-winning food to new areas across the country. In the second quarter, Capriotti's will develop its brand in:
- St. Louis, MO
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Las Vegas
- San Francisco Bay Area
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Philadelphia
- Idaho Falls
- Inland Empire
- Columbia/Florence, S.C.
Second quarter signings for Wing Zone include:
- New Brunswick, N.J.
- Philadelphia
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Sacramento, CA
- Reno, NV
- Las Vegas
- Houston
- New Orleans, LA
- Columbia/Florence, S.C.
- Milwaukee, WI
"We are thrilled with the momentum Capriotti's and Wing Zone have seen so far in 2022," said David Bloom, Chief Development and Operating Officer for Capriotti's and Wing Zone. "To sign over 100 units between the two brands just halfway through the year is an incredible accomplishment, and we look forward to expanding our national footprint and serving communities as the premiere sandwich and wing brands in these new markets."
Existing locations have maintained strong sales as the brand continues to attract investors in markets across the country. In addition to celebrating its 46th birthday in June, Capriotti's was also named one of the top 25 most successful brands on Fast Casual's 2022 Top 100 Movers & Shakers list. The brand ranked No. 24 this year, marking it the third consecutive year that Capriotti's was included in Fast Casual's Top 100. The brand was also named one of the Top Workplaces by the Las Vegas Review-Journal this year, making it the third year in a row that the franchise was ranked by their employees as being one of the best brands to work for in Nevada. And just as well, the International Franchise Association (IFA) named Javier Gomez, franchisee of Capriotti's in Fresno, California, as Franchisee of the Year for 2022. Capriotti's AUV remains impressive with the top 25 percent averaging over $1.3 million, with contributions from newly-opened stores in 2022 producing a sales average of 50 percent higher than the brand's AUV of $994,847.
This month, the award-winning wing franchise launched the first Wing Zone 2.0 location in Las Vegas, positioning the brand for future growth by creating a unique experience for wing fanatics with its innovative, customer-facing technology to provide a fresh take on the dining experience. In the realm of innovation, Wing Zone is also opening the first robotic outfitted ghost kitchen this August in Pasadena, California, an attractive options for potential franchisees with its low-operating costs and high sale expectancy. The brand's AUV of $1,017,337 continues to attract potential franchisees- the proof being the development pipeline surpassing 130 stores since 2021. In addition, the brand will open its first robotic outfitted ghost kitchen in Pasadena, California on August 15th.
"With both brands having grown immensely into new markets and states the past few years, it's incredible to be recognized for more than just our recent development. Challenging our brands and franchisees to be innovative and efficient, all while producing the high-quality menu items that our customers expect is what continues to land us a spot on these prestigious lists year after year," added Bloom. "And that's why Capriotti's and Wing Zone attracts some of the best entrepreneurs in the country."
Founded in 1976, Capriotti's is most famous for its 40-year nightly tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house and hand-shredding them each morning to feature in a variety of subs. This includes The Bobbie, the shop's acclaimed best-seller, made with homemade turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and mayo on a soft roll. Founded in 1993, Wing Zone is an international fast-casual restaurant franchise known for its cooked-to-order, flavor-fused chicken wings, and tenders.
Both brands are backed by a corporate leadership team that offers a continuous support program for franchise partners through online and field programs, which provides significant support for marketing, retail sales, operations, and growth strategies through every stage of their ownership.
For more information about the Capriotti's franchise opportunity, please visit http://www.ownacapriottis.com. For more information about the Wing Zone franchise opportunity, please visit https://wingzonefranchise.com/.
About Capriotti's Sandwich Shop
Founded in 1976, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop is an award-winning national franchised restaurant chain that remains true to its 40-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house every day. Capriotti's cold, grilled, and vegetarian subs, cheesesteaks and salads are available at more than 175 locations across the United States. Capriotti's signature sub, The Bobbie®, was voted "The Greatest Sandwich in America" by thousands of readers across the country, as reported by AOL.com. Capriotti's fans can also download the CAPAddicts Rewards app for iOS and Android, where they can earn and redeem rewards. Capriotti's plans to grow to over 500 locations by 2025 and was ranked on Fast Casual's Top Movers & Shakers List each of the last three years (2020-22). For more information, visit capriottis.com. Like Capriotti's on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Instagram.
About Wing Zone
Founded in 1993, Wing Zone is an international fast-casual restaurant franchise known for its cooked-to-order, flavor-fused chicken wings and tenders. Wing Zone's award-winning flavors are available at more than 31 locations in North American and its 30 restaurants internationally. The brand plans to grow to 200 profitable restaurants by 2025. For more information, visit www.wingzone.com. Like Wing Zone on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Instagram.
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Gabby Petito's legacy: $100K for domestic violence hotline
Even in hindsight, Nichole Schmidt can't be sure if anything could have been done to save her daughter Gabby Petito from a messy and violent relationship that ended in murder nearly a year ago in the western wilderness.
But there is work to do, she said, to keep alive the memory of her daughter, who was found strangled last September in the outskirts of Wyoming's Grand Tetons after a cross-country trip turned into a high-profile missing person's case, then into tragedy and grief.
Through a $100,000 donation from the Gabby Petito Foundation, Schmidt is now partnering with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to help others survive turbulent and violent relationships.
"I think Gabby’s story touched a lot of people and she’s saving lives. I get people messaging me all the time that they were inspired by her to get out of a relationship," Schmidt said during an interview with The Associated Press.
The anti-violence hotline takes calls from thousands of people each year, most of them women looking for help leaving physically or emotionally abusive relationships.
Gabby Petito is pictured in provided, undated images. (Photo credit: North Port Police Department)
To date this year, more than 440,000 callers have sought help from the hotline — up about a third from the same period last year.
The big increase in calls has led to a longer wait time for a counselor, going from 7 minutes to more than 17 minutes, according to Katie Ray-Jones, the hotline’s chief executive officer.
"That is a substantial increase really overwhelming our services," Ray-Jones said. "We need to increase the number of advocates."
The Petito Foundation's donation, as well as a $200,000 gift from another family, will go toward reducing wait times and expanding the hotline's "Hope Can't Wait" initiative.
Investigators believe Petito’s boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, killed her in late August last year while the couple were on a cross-country trip in a van.
RELATED: Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie: Moab authorities release report on Aug. 12 domestic incident
Petito's disappearance launched a massive search. Amateur sleuths scoured social media for clues. It also again brought scrutiny of authorities and the news media, both of which have been criticized for focusing more attention on missing white women than on women of color.
"We were seeing a lot of media coverage about a young white woman who had gone missing," Ray-Jones acknowledged during a joint interview with Schmidt. But she said public response came from diverse groups, including from some families of color.
Laundrie killed himself in a Florida swamp, leaving behind a notebook that authorities said contained a confession.
Brian Laundrie, seen in Aug. 12 Moab police bodycam video
Earlier this year, an independent investigation found that police in Moab, Utah, made "several unintentional mistakes" when they came across Petito and Laundrie during a traffic stop last summer. Officers investigated a fight between the couple but ultimately let them go under the agreement they spend the night apart.
In the report, police said it was very likely that Petito "was a long-term victim of domestic violence, whether that be physically, mentally, and/or emotionally."
RELATED: Gabby Petito's mother slams Brian Laundrie's notebook confession: 'Truth will be revealed'
Schmidt said she still has so many unanswered questions about what went wrong.
"Looking back, I didn't really see any signs. I think the only two people that will ever know what happened in that relationship was Gabby and Brian. And we can guess and we can make assumptions but we don't really know what happened," she added. "Most likely the scenario ended that way because something was happening for a while."
For now, she said, the work goes on to help others survive domestic violence.
"I know that I can use this tragedy to help save so many," Schmidt said. "It’s her legacy."
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AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIT Mining Limited (NYSE: BTCM) ("BIT Mining," "the Company," "we," "us," or "our company"), a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, today reported its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
Cryptocurrency Business Progress
BIT Mining has four primary business segments covering self-mining, mining pool, data center operation and mining machine manufacturing. The Company is pursuing its development strategy to focus on cryptocurrency mining operations globally.
Our subsidiary, Bee Computing, has designed a new generation of highly efficient Bitcoin ("BTC") and Dogecoin ("DOGE") / Litecoin ("LTC") mining machines utilizing the most advanced technology.
- Together with our partners, we have successfully produced more than 5,000 DOGE/LTC mining machines with a total hash rate capacity of approximately 22,373 GH/s. We have deployed all of these DOGE/LTC mining machines at our Ohio data center for use in our self-mining business. We expect to have produced approximately 8,000 DOGE/LTC mining machines in aggregate by early April 2023.
- Our BTC mining ASIC has been taped out and is in the process of being fine-tuned and optimized. The first silicon engineering sample of the chips will be available by the end of February 2023. We expect to have the first batch of system engineering samples in the first half of 2023.
- Bee Computing successfully produced 252 W1 ASIC Ethereum Classic ("ETC") mining machines in August 2022, achieving power efficiency of 0.5 W/MH. These ETC mining machines have been deployed and are online at the cryptocurrency mining data center we host in Akron, Ohio (the "Ohio Mining Site"). As of today, a substation with power capacity of 82.5 megawatts has completed construction and is operational at the Ohio Mining Site.
The Ethereum Merge, namely, of the Ethereum Mainnet and the Beacon Chain Proof-of-Stake system (the "Merge"), occurred on September 15, 2022. After the Merge, the Company changed its strategy to ETC cryptocurrency mining operations. As of today, the total hash rate capacity of our online ETC mining machines is approximately 3,525 GH/s. For the three months ended December 31, 2022, we produced 35,936 ETC from our ETC cryptocurrency mining operations, and recognized revenue of approximately US$0.8 million.
Due to recent declines in cryptocurrency markets, we suspended the operation of certain types of BTC mining machines. Despite the changes and uncertain environment, we are still determined to improve our quality and efficiency. As of today, the total hash rate capacity of our online BTC mining machines is approximately 66 PH/s. For the three months ended December 31, 2022, we produced 65 BTC from our BTC cryptocurrency mining operations, and recognized revenue of approximately US$1.1 million.
Due to continued declines in cryptocurrency prices in the fourth quarter of 2022, our mining pool business revenue decreased from US$88.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 to US$53.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022.
"We are pleased to report our financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022. Despite challenging market conditions, we have continued to optimize our operations and enhance our resilience to market volatility," said Xianfeng Yang, CEO of BIT Mining. "During the quarter, we strengthened our vertical integration across our mining center, mining machine R&D, and mining pool businesses. Despite the crypto market downturn and high energy prices in November and December, we were able to manage the energy volatility through our fixed power pricing strategy during the winter months. We remain focused on our long-term development strategy, and we are confident in our ability to create value for our shareholders in the future," Yang added. "The change in the ratio of our American Depositary Shares to our Class A ordinary shares, executed in late December, was carried out smoothly. We successfully launched a new DOGE/LTC mining machine, LD3, that has raised investor confidence and garnered significant interest from machine buyers. We also continue to enhance our technology development, not only in hardware but also in software."
Fourth Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Revenues were US$61.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a sharp decrease of US$436.8 million from US$497.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a significant decrease of US$36.0 million from US$97.0 million for the third quarter of 2022. Revenues during the fourth quarter of 2022 primarily comprised US$53.9 million in revenue contribution from the mining pool business.
- Operating loss was US$121.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, representing an increase of US$104.6 million from US$17.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and an increase of US$88.1 million from US$33.6 million for the third quarter of 2022.
- Non-GAAP operating loss1 was US$21.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, as compared with non-GAAP operating loss of US$15.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and non-GAAP operating loss of US$14.3 million for the third quarter of 2022.
- Net loss attributable to BIT Mining was US$123.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, as compared with net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$11.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$22.2 million for the third quarter of 2022.
- Non-GAAP net loss1 attributable to BIT Mining was US$20.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, as compared with non-GAAP net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$9.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and non-GAAP net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$2.9 million for the third quarter of 2022.
- Basic and diluted losses per American Depositary Share ("ADS")2 attributable to BIT Mining Limited for the fourth quarter of 2022 were US$11.60.
- Non-GAAP basic and diluted losses per ADS2 attributable to BIT Mining Limited for the fourth quarter of 2022 were US$1.93.
Full Year 2022 Highlights for Continuing Operations
- Revenues were US$650.2 million for the full year 2022, compared with revenues of US$1,328.9 million for the full year 2021.
- Operating loss was US$182.9 million for the full year 2022, compared with operating loss of US$68.4 million for the full year 2021.
- Non-GAAP operating loss1 was US$58.9 million for the full year 2022, compared with non-GAAP operating loss of US$57.1 million for the full year 2021.
- Net loss attributable to BIT Mining was US$169.6 million for the full year 2022, compared with net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$51.8 million for the full year 2021.
- Non-GAAP net loss1 attributable to BIT Mining was US$43.4 million for the full year 2022, compared with non-GAAP net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$46.4 million for the full year 2021.
- Basic and diluted losses per ADS2 attributable to BIT Mining Limited for the full year 2022 were US$19.47.
- Non-GAAP basic and diluted losses per ADS2 attributable to BIT Mining Limited for the full year 2022 were US$4.98.
Full Year 2022 Highlights for Discontinued Operations
- Net loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes was nil for the full year 2022, compared with net loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes of US$8.9 million for the full year 2021. The year over year decrease of US$8.9 million was due to the disposal of the Company's Chinese lottery-related business and termination of its lottery business-related VIE contracts in July 2021.
Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Revenues
Revenues were US$61.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a sharp decrease of US$436.8 million or 87.7% from US$497.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and a significant decrease of US$36.0 million or 37.1% from US$97.0 million for the third quarter of 2022. The year-over-year and sequential decreases were mainly attributable to continuous declines in cryptocurrency prices of since the second quarter of 2022. Revenues mainly comprised US$53.9 million from the mining pool business and US$5.2 million from data center services.
Operating Costs and Expenses
Operating costs and expenses were US$78.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a sharp decrease of US$422.7 million or 84.3% from US$501.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a significant decrease of US$34.7 million or 30.5% from US$113.6 million for the third quarter of 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a significant decrease of US$425.9 million in cost for the allocation to pool participants associated with the mining pool business. The sequential decrease was mainly due to a decrease of US$37.3 million in cost for the allocation to pool participants associated with the mining pool business.
Cost of revenue was US$72.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a sharp decrease of US$419.1 million or 85.3% from US$491.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a significant decrease of US$35.9 million or 33.2% from US$108.1 million for the third quarter of 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly attributable to a significant decrease of US$425.9 million in cost for the allocation to pool participants associated with the mining pool business. The sequential decrease was mainly due to a significant decrease of US$37.3 million in cost for the allocation to pool participants associated with the mining pool business. Cost of revenue was comprised of the direct cost of revenue of US$63.3 million and depreciation and amortization of US$8.9 million. The direct cost of revenue mainly included direct costs relating to (i) the mining pool business of US$53.4 million, (ii) the cryptocurrency mining business of US$5.1 million and (iii) the data center business of US$4.8 million.
Sales and marketing expenses were US$0.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a decrease of US$0.2 million or 66.7% from US$0.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a decrease of US$0.1 million or 50.0% from US$0.2 million for the third quarter of 2022.
General and administrative expenses were US$5.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a decrease of US$3.0 million or 34.1% from US$8.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and an increase of US$1.2 million or 26.1% from US$4.6 million for the third quarter of 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to (i) a decrease of US$2.4 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with fewer share options granted to the Company's directors and employees and (ii) a decrease of US$1.4 million in consulting expenses. The sequential increase was mainly due to an increase of US$1.1 million in consulting expenses related to DOGE/LTC mining machine production.
Service development expenses were US$0.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a decrease of US$0.5 million or 41.7% from US$1.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a decrease of US$0.1 million or 12.5% from US$0.8 million for the third quarter of 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a decrease of US$0.3 million in compensation expenses for employees as well as a decrease of US$0.2 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company's directors and employees as a result of a decrease in headcount.
Net Gain on Disposal of Cryptocurrency Assets
Net gain on disposal of cryptocurrency assets was US$2.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a decrease of US$2.0 million from US$4.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a decrease of US$2.5 million from US$4.6 million for the third quarter of 2022, by using first-in-first-out ("FIFO") to calculate the cost of disposition during the fourth quarter of 2022.
Impairment of Cryptocurrency Assets
Impairment of cryptocurrency assets was US$1.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a decrease of US$7.8 million from US$9.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and a decrease of US$1.0 million from US$2.5 million for the third quarter of 2022, mainly due to provisions for impairment of cryptocurrency assets held as a result of fluctuations in cryptocurrency prices and lower amounts of cryptocurrencies held as of December 31, 2022.
Impairment of Property and Equipment
Impairment of property and equipment was US$25.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a significant increase of US$13.8 million from US$11.7 million for the third quarter of 2022, which was mainly due to additional provision for impairment of mining machines in Kazakhstan and the U.S. Impairment of property and equipment for the fourth quarter of 2021 was US$12.6 million, mainly due to the closure and demolition of big data centers in Sichuan, China.
Impairment of Intangible Assets
Impairment of intangible assets was US$48.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, representing a significant increase of US$41.1 million from US$7.5 million for the third quarter of 2022, which was mainly due to impairment of the brand name and domain that the Company acquired through its acquisition of BTC.com in April 2021. Impairment of intangible assets for the third quarter of 2022 was US$7.5 million, which was mainly due to the impairment of the strategy contract that the Company acquired through its acquisition of Asgard Data Centers in October 2021.
Impairment of Goodwill
Impairment of goodwill was US$26.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, which was mainly due to the impairment of equity value that the Company acquired through its acquisition of BTC.com in April 2021.
Operating Loss
Operating loss was US$121.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with operating loss of US$17.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and operating loss of US$33.6 million for the third quarter of 2022.
Non-GAAP operating loss was US$21.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with non-GAAP operating loss of US$15.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and non-GAAP operating loss of US$14.3 million for the third quarter of 2022. The year-over-year increase in non-GAAP operating loss was mainly due to increases in gross losses of the cryptocurrency business and impairment of cryptocurrency assets, which were mainly attributable to the continuous declines in cryptocurrency prices. The sequential increase in non-GAAP operating loss was mainly due to (i) an increase of US$3.1 million in losses on cryptocurrency assets which was mainly due to a cyberattack on December 3, 2022, (ii) a decrease of US$2.4 million in net gain on disposal of cryptocurrencies, and (iii) an increase of US$1.1 million in consulting expenses related to DOGE/LTC mining machine production.
Net Loss Attributable to BIT Mining
Net loss attributable to BIT Mining was US$123.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$11.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$22.2 million for the third quarter of 2022. Both the year-over-year and sequential increases in net loss attributable to BIT Mining were mainly due to increases of impairment of intangible assets and goodwill related to BTC.com, as well as additional provision for impairment of mining machines as mentioned above.
Non-GAAP net loss attributable to BIT Mining was US$20.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with non-GAAP net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$9.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and non-GAAP net loss attributable to BIT Mining of US$2.9 million for the third quarter of 2022. Both the year-over-year and sequential increase in non-GAAP net loss attributable to BIT Mining were mainly due to increased gross losses of the cryptocurrency business as mentioned above.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Short-term Investment
As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of US$5.4 million, restricted cash3 of US$0.1 million and short-term investment4 of US$2.4 million, compared with cash and cash equivalents of US$19.9 million and restricted cash of US$0.1 million as of September 30, 2022.
Cryptocurrency Assets
As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cryptocurrency assets of US$15.0 million in aggregate, which is the U.S. dollar equivalent of 289 BTC, 4,845 ETH, 42.8 million DOGE and various other cryptocurrency assets, including those generated from its mining pool and cryptocurrency mining businesses.
About BIT Mining Limited
BIT Mining (NYSE: BTCM) is a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, with a long-term strategy to create value across the cryptocurrency industry. Its business covers cryptocurrency mining, mining pool, data center operation and mining machine manufacturing. The Company owns the world's top blockchain browser BTC.com and the comprehensive mining pool business operated under BTC.com, providing multi-currency mining services including BTC, ETC and LTC. The Company also owns a 7-nanometer cryptocurrency mining machine manufacturer, Bee Computing, enabling the Company's self-efficiency through vertical integration with its supply chain.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will", "expects", "anticipates", "future", "intends", "plans", "believes", "estimates", "target", "going forward", "outlook" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
As a supplement to net loss, we use the non-GAAP financial measure of adjusted net loss which is U.S. GAAP net loss as adjusted to exclude share-based compensation expenses, impairment of property and equipment, impairment of intangible assets, impairment of goodwill, impairment of equity investments, gain on previously held equity interest, deferred tax benefit relating to valuation allowance, changes in fair value of contingent considerations and changes in fair value or derivative instrument. All adjustments are non-cash and we believe they are not reflective of our general business performance. This non-GAAP financial measure is provided as additional information to help our investors compare business trends among different reporting periods on a consistent basis and to enhance investors' overall understanding of our current financial performance and prospects for the future. This non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered in addition to or as a substitute for or superior to U.S. GAAP net loss. In addition, our definition of adjusted net loss may be different from the definition of such term used by other companies, and therefore comparability may be limited.
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Officer body camera images released from shootout with teen
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police on Thursday released body camera video from a shootout with a 15-year-old boy suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding two more in an East Raleigh neighborhood.
Officers spent several hours searching for the armed suspect, later identified as Austin Thompson, after the rampage seven weeks ago. The teen was ultimately located in a wooded area behind a residential property near the Neuse River Greenway, the walking path where he is alleged to have killed two of the victims.
The newly released video shows officers surrounding one of two sheds behind the property. Multiple gunshots ring out from the building, and officers return fire.
Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson petitioned Wake County Superior Court on Oct. 24 to release the images citing transparency grounds. Following a Nov. 9 hearing, the court authorized the release of three officers’ body camera recordings from Oct. 13 and a compilation video with captions.
Among them was Officer Casey Clark, whose body camera video shows him being shot in the right knee as police surround the shed, and then being dragged to safety behind another building. An officer applies a tourniquet, while another calls Emergency Medical Services.
Police surrounded the shed for several hours due to concerns, based on a 911 call, that the suspect might be in possession of multiple firearms and possibly hand grenades. After about three hours, officers approached the building and found the suspect lying on the ground in critical condition, the video description states.
He has since been released from the hospital and moved to a juvenile detention facility.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman declined to comment Thursday about the suspect’s legal case, saying the matter remains in the juvenile court system. Freeman has said she will seek to charge the suspect as an adult.
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Pabst Theater Group Opening New Venue, Closing Colectivo Back Room
Pabst will buy Farwell Avenue building once targeted for event venue.
The Pabst Theater Group (PTG) is moving its intimate East Side concert venue.
The organization announced Monday morning it will shutter its The Back Room venue at Colectivo’s Prospect Avenue cafe by year’s end and build out an entirely new venue in a building it will acquire on N. Farwell Ave.
“We’re extremely appreciative of the long and productive relationship we’ve had with Colectivo Coffee, partnering with them in various capacities for over 20 years,” said PTG CEO Gary Witt in a statement. “The Back Room itself happened as a bit of a happy accident, when we and our friends at Colectivo identified the need to bring more smaller bands into the market and offer them a space that nurtured their growth potential. In the nearly eight years since we’ve opened The Back Room, we’ve discovered how much it’s helped grow the Milwaukee club scene and support similar venues like it.”
PTG books acts in The Back Room, which has a max capacity of 300, that couldn’t fill its larger venues or are deliberately playing small shows. Performers include a mix of local artists, emerging artists and smaller touring acts. Its website lists more than 55 shows scheduled through mid-November.
By 2024, it plans to be hosting shows in its new venue.
The company is buying the single-story commercial building at 1816-1828 N. Farwell Ave. and will occupy the vacant, 4,500-square-foot stall at the south end of the building. The three restaurants in the building, Ethiopian Cottage Restaurant, Domino’s Pizza and Chopstix, will remain and are intended to be able to serve concertgoers directly.
“We’re excited to keep this momentum and vitality going with a space that we can curate to better meet the needs of our audience and community and be part of the tremendous growth that Farwell Avenue is experiencing, including a new hotel,” said Witt.
PTG is working with The Kubala Washatko Architects on the venue’s design and improvements to the exterior of the property. The existing venue, once Colectivo’s roastery, is adorned with string lights and hanging plants. It’s located in a side room off the coffee company’s Prospect cafe, 2211 N. Prospect Ave.
The proposed new concert venue was planned to become an event venue before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. “It is architecturally and aesthetically very compelling,” said New Land Enterprises managing director Tim Gokhman in highlighting the exposed brick walls and steel trusses during a March 5, 2020 tour. New Land’s plans were quickly put on hold as COVID-19 swept the country the next week.
New Land purchased the property in 2016 and used the space for its temporary office as it redeveloped its previous home into the Urbanite apartment tower. It’s since moved into a new office in the 13-story building, located next door, and gutted the temporary space, exposing its potential as a venue.
PTG will now purchase the property and build out a “highly customizable venue” that serves all-age crowds with the “highest standards for hospitality.” It intends to build on what it established with The Back Room, but add “better artist accommodations.”
“The Back Room @ Colectivo offered us the chance to show that we can
put on a concert rather than just a gig, an important step towards legitimacy in the music industry for our band. There is something extraordinary about working with venues who have the willingness and eagerness to nurture local talent and treat us with the same importance as national acts on tour,” said the members of local band Scam Likely in a PTG press release.
PTG is expected to apply for a liquor license and could need other zoning approvals.
Terms of the sale were not disclosed. The property is currently assessed for $2.43 million.
PTG, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, also books shows and events at the Pabst Theater, Riverside Theater, Turner Hall, The Fitzgerald and the Miller High Life Theatre. It purchased the Villa Filomena mansion-turned-event-venue last year and recently rebranded it as The Fitzgerald. It has leases to exclusively book shows in the other venues and also books shows in additional Milwaukee venues. PTG is also part of a proposal to develop a venue in the proposed Iron District, but those plans were recently significantly downsized to a smaller venue more akin to what the company operates on the East Side.
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Days after California’s governor said his state’s government won’t do businesses with Walgreens or other companies that won’t sell abortion pills in some states, Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday that New Jersey likely won’t follow suit.
“I don’t expect we’ll take a stand like that,” Murphy said during a TV interview on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”
Instead, the Democratic governor — who has taken several previous actions to strengthen reproductive rights in New Jersey — said “we want Walgreens and CVS and others like that to do the right thing, which is to be there for especially women to uphold their freedoms and not take them away.” | 2023-03-12T20:27:00+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/politics/2023/03/nj-wont-cut-ties-with-walgreens-over-abortion-pills-like-california-has-murphy-says.html |
New menu features modern twists on nostalgic summertime favorites, made with responsibly sourced, seasonal ingredients
PHOENIX, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- True Food Kitchen, the award-winning, chef-led, seasonally-driven restaurant brand, today rolled out its new summer menu across its 44 locations nationwide. The menu reimagines summertime's most classic dishes and drinks, made with ingredients sourced at peak freshness to ensure each bite is bursting with bright, bold and refreshing flavors. True Food Kitchen's culinary team has transformed these ingredients into creative takes on familiar favorites, with each dish designed to taste as great as it makes guests feel.
"With our new menu, we leaned into nostalgic summer dishes—think root beer floats, BBQ chicken sandwiches, and street corn—and added a True Food Kitchen spin, incorporating purposefully and precisely sourced ingredients," says True Food Kitchen's vice president of culinary, Matthew Padilla. "From the starters to desserts, brunch to dinner, our intention is to take taste buds on a trip to summers of the past, all while energizing and uplifting our guests."
Highlights from the summer menu include:
- Among the new starters is the Street Corn Flatbread—made with True Food Kitchen's house-made dough, topped with crème fraiche, roasted corn, pickled onions, cilantro and Tajín—inspired by 'elote', a traditional Mexican street food that perfectly satisfies warm-weather cravings.
- A guest favorite—the Heirloom Tomato & Watermelon Salad—makes its return with a flavorful twist on two classic summer staples. The dish offers crisp and tangy bites of multicolored heirloom tomatoes, watermelon, Peruvian cucumbers, and Marcona almonds, tossed in a house-made mango vinaigrette and avocado mousse.
- The TFK Original Chicken Sandwich is made with a brined and grilled chicken breast, brushed with house-made BBQ sauce, topped with kale slaw, pickled red onion and pickled jalapeños, and served on a flaxseed or gluten-free bun. A spin on traditional backyard BBQ sauce, True Food Kitchen's house-made variation is a sweet-yet-spicy blend of blueberry compote and Peruvian hot sauce.
- A new Seared Tuna Tataki entrée is served over fried brown rice & quinoa, asparagus, roasted corn, tataki sauce, roasted mushrooms, gochujang, baru nut and mango chutney, providing a balance between both savory and sweet.
- True Food Kitchen's Kimchi Steak Fried Rice takes forbidden rice sautéed with kimchi, mushroom mix, and edamame, topped with sweety drop peppers, a soft-boiled egg and grass-fed steak. The kimchi is made in part with kelp sourced from Atlantic Sea Farms, a women-run company which grows seaweed in the off-season from fishing, improving the health of the oceans and mitigating effects of climate change.
- Combining many of summer's most bountiful flavors and reminiscent of time spent outdoors, the Garden Pesto Pizza is made with hand-stretched artisan pizza dough, topped with cilantro pumpkin seed pesto, fresh mozzarella, zucchini squash, cherry tomato, red onion, and is finished with arugula and freshly grated grana Padano.
- A better-for-you take on a childhood-favorite summer delight, True Food Kitchen's Root Beer Float is made with OLIPOP root beer—which contains distinct gut-supporting benefits—topped with house-made vegan vanilla ice cream, making the indulgent treat guilt-free.
- The Blueberry Crumble Sundae is made with organic, grass-fed dairy ice cream from Cosmic Bliss, a HumanCo company dedicated to crafting the highest quality, sustainable alternatives to traditional dairy ice creams. It is topped with blueberry compote, Marcona almond-date crumble, and garnished with lemon zest.
OLIPOP, Cosmic Bliss, and Atlantic Sea Farms are a few examples of True Food Kitchen's partners who share its commitment to the sourcing of sustainable, high-quality ingredients. By working with responsible growers, farmers, purveyors, and producers, True Food Kitchen ensures all of its craveable dishes and drinks work to increase the longevity of people and the planet.
On the beverage side, True Food Kitchen has incorporated quintessential summer ingredients such as blueberries, strawberries, and peaches into seasonal cocktails, refreshers, and teas—as creative as they are thirst-quenching. Designed to elicit the familiar feeling of summers spent soaking up the sunshine, True Food Kitchen's new sips include:
- Blueberry Collins: Playing on the popularity of the Collins, this cocktail is made with Prairie Organic vodka, balancing the tartness of blueberries, the acidity of lemon juice, and a splash of rose liqueur to add a touch of sweetness.
- Fresa Rosado: A take on the classic margarita, the Fresa Rosado is made with Ana Maria Tequila Rosa—blanco tequila distilled with a hint of Cabernet Sauvignon to give it its signature pink hue—paired with the sweetness of strawberries, a squeeze of lime juice, Barrow's Intense Ginger Liqueur, and topped with Fever-Tree Sparkling Lime & Yuzu.
- Peacemaker: The (peace)Maker's Mark base is mixed with lemon juice, honey and triple-brewed Passport black tea to give this boozy cocktail a kick.
- The Grove: Made with Seedlip Grove, this zero-proof cocktail is brought to life with a splash of lemonade and fresh strawberries.
- Sparkling Peach Tea: Peach yaupon tea is mixed with lemon juice, cane sugar, and sparkling water. The yaupon—a species of holly native to North America—used by True Food Kitchen is sourced from an all-female owned farm in Texas.
Beginning Friday, July 14, to help guests raise a glass to summer, the restaurant will offer 50% off all bottles of wine every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Labor Day weekend (dine-in only). Guests taking advantage of this first-of-its-kind offer can select from True Food Kitchen's expertly curated menu of organic, biodynamic, and sustainable wines.
Those wishing to enjoy the new summer menu in the comfort of their home can order online or through the True Food Kitchen app and enjoy free delivery on orders over $35. For more information and to view the full menu, please visit www.truefoodkitchen.com.
About True Food Kitchen
Founded in Phoenix in 2008, True Food Kitchen is a restaurant and lifestyle brand inspired by the philosophy that food should make you feel better, not worse, and that great-tasting food and thoughtfully crafted beverages can serve as the foundation for a life well-lived. The brand is driven by a passionate collective of accomplished chefs, visionary restaurateurs, and a renowned doctor of integrative medicine who believe delicious dining and conscious nutrition can go hand-in-hand without sacrificing flavor, creativity or indulgence. True Food Kitchen emphasizes wholesome, simple ingredients with thoughtful preparations to highlight the natural health benefits and flavors of each ingredient. From nutrient-dense staples and carefully sourced proteins to little-known superfoods, True Food Kitchen is committed to sourcing the most responsible, creative, and freshest in-season ingredients. The brand has 44 locations in 17 states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
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A storm’s brewing in Saudi Arabia, as the hyped heavyweight title rematch between Olyksander Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) and Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) - dubbed the “Rage on the Red Sea” - is set to take place this Saturday at the Jeddah Superdome.
When they met last September, Usyk won a convincing unanimous decision to become the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight champion. It was a career-defining performance for the 35-year-old Ukrainian. Saturday’s rematch will be his first title defense.
For Joshua, this is a crossroads fight. With a win, he’ll be back on top of the heavyweight boxing world. With a loss, the 32-year-old former Olympian very well could decide to retire.
Below is our breakdown of Usky vs. Joshua 2, including the start time, betting odds and fight prediction. Odds are provided by BetMGM.
Olyksander Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua 2 Start Time and Main Event Ringwalk
Usyk vs. Joshua 2 will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and be broadcast to more than 190 territories worldwide. Due to the global audience, the fight will take place late afternoon Saturday for many viewers in the continental United States.
- Date: Saturday, August 20
- Broadcast Start Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
- Main Event ring walks (approx): 5:30 p.m. ET
- Network: DAZN
As always with boxing telecasts, the main event start time is an approximation.
Usyk vs. Joshua 2 odds and latest lines
Usyk currently is favored to retain his heavyweight titles, setting at a -175 favorite at BetMGM. Here is the full list of odds for Usyk vs. Joshua 2 results and method of victory.
Fight result
- Usyk (-175)
- Draw (+2000)
- Joshua (+150)
Method of victory
- Usyk by KO, TKO, Technical Decision or DQ (+175)
- Usyk on points (+220)
- Joshua by KO, TKO, Technical Decision or DQ (+225)
- Joshua on points (+700)
Over/under total rounds: 11
- Under 11 rounds (-115)
- Over 11 rounds (-115)
You can see additional betting markets - including knockdowns and individual round betting - by joining BetMGM.
Usyk vs. Joshua 2 prediction, preview and expert analysis
While Usyk was the clear winner of his first fight with Anthony Joshua, the champ by no means escaped unscathed. The Ukrainian established himself early in the fight, but it wasn’t until the later rounds that he truly stepped on the gas and separated himself on the scorecards.
Stamina has always been a big question throughout Joshua’s career and last September’s championship tilt was no different. Although he did make it to the final bell, Joshua ended the fight in bad shape, visibly exhausted and fighting in “survival mode” rather than turning up the aggression in a last-ditch effort to salvage a win.
A lot has changed in the 11 months since. In the ring, Joshua has changed trainers and is now working with the well-regarded Robert Garcia. Outside of the ring, Usyk has experienced the extreme turbulence of his native country being attacked by Russia. At one point, Usyk momentarily joined the active Ukrainian defense forces.
Usyk began his professional career in the cruiserweight division, so unlike Joshua, he is not a natural heavyweight. The Briton - well-known for his imposing, chiseled physique - did not capitalize on his height, reach or all-around physical advantages in the first fight. But while some might look at Joshua’s height and length and think he should try to control the rematch from the outside, we frankly don’t think Joshua has the stamina - let alone the discipline - to lean so heavily on his jab for 12 rounds.
There were plenty of periods against Usyk where Joshua had success. While Usyk uses angles well offensively, he’s far from a defensive mastermind. Joshua was able to time and hit with power shots throughout the first bout. “AJ” would be well-served to follow-up on any stunning strikes and swing for the fences the second time around.
While we expect a change of tactics from Joshua, we don’t expect a radically different result. Usyk’s stamina wasn’t the only thing that was superior in the second half of the first fight - he was mentally and physically sharper, too. Even if Joshua is able to get on the inside, Usyk is too slick to stay smothered for significant stretches. In fact, we think the strategy backfires on Joshua and he’ll once again find himself gassed in the second half of the fight. That’s when Usyk will again start hurting Joshua - this time sustaining it and scoring the stoppage.
Usyk vs. Joshua 2 best bet: Usyk by KO,TKO or DQ (+175) at BetMGM Sportsbook
We think this will be a competitive and entertaining fight, but we think it will end even more decisively than the first. Our expert pick is for Olyksander Usyk to have a successful first title defense by stopping his challenger.
Pick: Usyk by KO,TKO or DQ (+175) at BetMGM Sportsbook
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Woman dealing with rare eye infection; doctors say contacts could be to blame
GRETNA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - A brain-eating amoeba killed a young boy last month in Nebraska, and now a woman says the same type of microorganism is in her eye.
Tiffani Zeleny said she receives several deliveries of medicine for the bug that got in her eye.
“Acanthamoeba keratitis is a horrible infection,” she said. “We are very optimistic that a miracle can happen, and my eye can be saved.”
But that involves a constant regimen of drugs she carefully administers herself. She said she has to use about 60 eye drops a day.
“Eighty-five percent of acanthamoeba infections are associated with contact lenses,” said Dr. Ron Krueger, director of Truhlsen Eye Institute of Nebraska Medicine.
Having worn soft contacts since the third grade, Zeleny said she wore her contacts while riding an inner tube this summer at a lake.
“I didn’t put my head underwater, but I may have been splashed,” she said.
Zeleny said she also did some yardwork that could have caused the infection.
“I helped tear down an old fence and cut some trees without any safety glasses,” she said.
Dr. Mike Feilmeier, a corneal surgeon at Midwest Eye Care, said those who wear soft contacts should clean them properly, not sleep in them and try to avoid wearing them when swimming.
“I would say over the past 15 years, maybe, I’ve seen five or six cases this severe,” Feilmeier said.
With her sister-in-law driving, Zeleny has been traveling four hours about once a week to the University of Iowa, where a prognosis of a corneal transplant is a possibility.
“If I get to save my eye, I’d like to wear contacts again. I’ll just be much more careful,” Zeleny said.
And to fight the amoeba that infected her eye, Zeleny said she needs seven different formulas of eye drops. A GoFundMe has been set up to help pay the costs, which she said are out of pocket.
Copyright 2022 WOWT via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-02T01:33:30+00:00 | wfsb.com | https://www.wfsb.com/2022/09/02/woman-dealing-with-rare-eye-infection-doctors-say-contacts-could-be-blame/ |
ZEELAND, Mich., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MillerKnoll, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLKN) will announce its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2023 on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 after the stock market closes. The same day, the Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss its results at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Participants may access the conference call live via webcast on the Company's investor relations website at https://www.millerknoll.com/investor-relations, or participate via telephone by dialing (800) 715-9871 and entering the conference identification number 5627660.
An online archive of the webcast will also be available on the Company's investor relations website. Additional links to materials supporting the release will also be available at https://www.millerknoll.com/investor-relations.
About MillerKnoll
MillerKnoll is a collective of dynamic brands that comes together to design the world we live in. The MillerKnoll brand portfolio includes Herman Miller, Knoll, Colebrook Bosson Saunders, DatesWeiser, Design Within Reach, Edelman Leather, Geiger, HAY, Holly Hunt, KnollTextiles, Maars Living Walls, Maharam, Muuto, NaughtOne, and Spinneybeck|FilzFelt. MillerKnoll is an unparalleled platform that redefines modern for the 21st century by building a more sustainable, equitable and beautiful future for all.
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Terraform Labs founder pleads not guilty in Montenegro forged documents case
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A trial opened in Montenegro on Thursday against Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon and another citizen of South Korea who are charged in the Balkan country with using forged identification documents, state-owned media reported.
The two have pleaded not guilty and offered 400,000 euros ($437,000) each to be released on bail, the RTCG television report said. The court in Podgorica, Montenegro’s capital, hasn’t yet decided on the motion.
Do Kwon was arrested in Montenegro in March on an international arrest warrant in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world. Both South Korea and the United States have requested his extradition from Montenegro.
South Korea asked Interpol in September to circulate a “red notice” asking the agency’s 195 member nations to find and apprehend the 31-year-old Kwon. He and the other man were arrested at Montenegro’s Podgorica Airport on March 23 while trying to depart for Dubai using fake Costa Rican passports, authorities have said.
If convicted in Montenegro for using forged documents, the two could face up to five years in prison. That means they could only be extradited after having served the sentence in Montenegro.
The two are believed to had been hiding in Serbia but moved to Montenegro after South Korean investigators tracked their whereabouts and asked Serbian authorities to detain them, the South Korean Justice Ministry said when the arrests were made.
Kwon and five others connected to Terraform are wanted because of allegations of fraud and financial crimes in relation to the implosion of its digital currencies in May 2022.
TerraUSD was designed as a “stablecoin,” a currency which is pegged to stable assets like the U.S. dollar to prevent drastic fluctuations in prices. However, around $40 billion in market value was erased for the holders of TerraUSD and its floating sister currency, Luna, after the stablecoin plunged far below its $1 peg in May.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-05-11T14:39:54+00:00 | kaaltv.com | https://www.kaaltv.com/news/business-news/terraform-labs-founder-pleads-not-guilty-in-montenegro-forged-documents-case/ |
No matter how old you are, or how much junk food you consume, it’s never too late to start undoing the damage caused by a poor diet.
That's the message from scientists who study how our food choices affect our life spans and our risk of developing diseases. They have found that people can gain sizable health benefits at any age by cutting back on highly processed foods loaded with salt, sugar and other additives and replacing them with more nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, lentils, seafood and whole grains.
The earlier you start, the better. Following a healthy diet from a young age leads to the greatest gains in life expectancy. But even people who wait until middle age or later to improve their eating habits still can add years to their lives.
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The research is empowering for several reasons. It shows that you don't necessarily have to transform your diet to gain benefits. Even small changes, like adding a handful of nuts to your daily diet as a midday snack and cutting back on processed meats like ham and hot dogs can potentially add years to your life. And it suggests that even if you're in your 60s or older, making these relatively small changes to your diet could still lead to major benefits.
In a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists followed roughly 74,000 people between the ages of 30 and 75 for over two decades. During that time, they analyzed their diets and lifestyle habits and tracked changes in what they ate. The researchers used several scoring systems to assess the quality of their diets, including the Alternate Healthy Eating Index, which was developed by nutrition experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The index gives low scores to unhealthy foods and higher scores to healthier foods. Among the foods that received high scores were fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, whole grains and foods rich in unsaturated fats and heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, like fish, avocados and olive oil. Some of the unhealthy foods that received lower scores were things like red and processed meats and foods high in sodium and added sugars, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, pizza, potato chips and other junk foods.
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The more nutritious foods people ate, and the fewer junk foods they consumed, the higher their diet scores. The researchers found that people who had consistently high diet scores were up to 14 percent less likely to die of any cause during the study period compared to people who had consistently poor diets.
But perhaps most important: People who improved their eating habits saw big benefits. The researchers found that people who increased their diet scores by just 20 percent during the study had at least an 8 percent reduction in mortality during the study period and a 7 to 15 percent drop in their likelihood of dying from heart disease, specifically. Achieving a 20 percent increase in your diet score could be as simple as replacing the sugary drinks in your diet with sparkling water and eating at least one handful of nuts or one serving of beans or lentils daily, said Mercedes Sotos-Pieto, the lead author of the study.
She pointed out that most of the participants in the study were over 60 years old, demonstrating that it's never too late to benefit from an improvement in your eating habits. The reductions in mortality among people who improved their eating habits largely stemmed from a decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease, which is strongly influenced by diet. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.
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Sotos-Pieto noted that eating a more nutritious diet by making small and gradual improvements in your food choices over time can help you lose weight and lower your cholesterol levels, blood pressure, blood sugar and inflammation - all of which can improve your cardiovascular health and reduce your likelihood of having a heart attack or stroke.
"It's not necessary to dramatically change your lifestyle," said Sotos-Pieto, an assistant professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid and an adjunct professor at Harvard's School of Public Health. "Choose small goals that you can achieve and sustain over time."
In another study published earlier this year in PLOS Medicine, scientists analyzed large amounts of data on the impact that different foods have on the risk of premature death. Then they used that data, along with other research on deaths and chronic disease rates, to estimate how changes in a person's diet might influence their life expectancy at different ages.
The researchers found that a 20-year-old who switched from the typical Western diet to an optimal Mediterranean-style diet (and stuck with it) could add on average 11 to 13 years to his or her life expectancy. But even seniors could benefit: A 60-year-old who made this switch could boost their life expectancy by up to nine years, and an 80-year-old could gain about three-and-a-half years.
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The study found that the biggest gains in life expectancy stemmed from eating more legumes such as beans, peas, lentils and peanuts. If overhauling your diet seems like a daunting task, then start small by adding a few particularly important foods to your diet.
- Eat a handful of nuts every day.
- Add a few servings of whole grains to your diet. Switch to brown rice instead of white rice.
- Eat at least one cup of beans, lentils or peas daily. Add chickpeas to a salad; eat a burrito bowl with black or pinto beans.
- Add nut butters (peanut butter or almond butter) to toast, oatmeal or yogurt for breakfast.
The outsize health benefits you gain from eating more legumes, nuts and whole grains stems from their metabolic profile, said Lars Fadnes, the lead author of the PLOS Medicine study and a professor at the University of Bergen in Norway. These foods are nutrient-dense, containing large amounts of fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Legumes for example are high in protein and they contain several B vitamins, iron, copper, magnesium, manganese, zinc and phosphorous, he said. These foods have also been shown in clinical trials to reduce inflammation and improve cholesterol levels and other metabolic markers that affect your life span.
Fadnes emphasized that if you eat a lot of junk food, the earlier you change your eating habits the better. Even for people who are overweight, older and in poor metabolic health, the benefits you can gain from eating more nutritious foods, he said, “are likely to be substantial.” | 2022-10-18T14:23:35+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/18/lifestyle/soda-chips-hot-dogs-etc-they-can-take-years-off-your-life-scientists-say/ |
(NewsNation) — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) says it added thousands of seasonal hires, hundreds of new package processing machines and even leased extra space to handle a significant increase in packages this holiday season.
“For the last couple of years, we had the pandemic, so a lot of folks had been shopping online. So this year, we have those folks shopping online, plus we have customers who are coming into retail stores and shipping with us,” Debbie Fetterly of the USPS said on NewsNation’s “Rush Hour” on Monday.
It adds up to 60 million packages able to be shipped out each day.
Other companies are also working to keep up with increased holiday demand. In New York, FedEx rolled out electric carts, allowing sleek, four-wheeled electric carts to drop off packages instead of delivery trucks sitting idly along a curb.
According to the company, the innovation makes deliveries more efficient and saves the general public time in traffic.
The technology is just in time too, as holiday shipping has not slowed down due to a steady pace in holiday shopping.
According to the National Retail Federation Forecast, sales between November and December would go up between 6% to 8% from last year.
“This has been the best year for discounts in many years,” Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst at Bankrate.com said Monday on “Rush Hour.” “This has been the best year for discounts in many years. People are definitely looking for value this year.”
Time is running out for those who have not shipped out their packages yet. Monday is the last day for USPS’s priority mail service, and Friday is the last day for priority mail express.
That may be affected by a winter storm headed to parts of the country later this week. The USPS told “Rush Hour” that bad weather could lead to some shipping delays.
Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for much of the nation as an arctic air mass blows into the already-frigid southern United States.
The incoming arctic air arrives as an earlier storm system in the northeastern U.S. gradually winds down after burying parts of the region under 2 feet of snow.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-12-20T21:24:34+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/usps-delivery-influx-storm-could-lead-to-shipping-delays/ |
Lebanon Central Bank chief questioned by European lawyers
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s embattled Central Bank chief has appeared for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor. Several European countries are investigating Riad Salameh, who in recent years has been charged with a handful of corruption-related crimes. Salameh has been Lebanon’s Central Bank governor since 1993. The questioning was originally scheduled for Wednesday when Salameh did not show up. , Judicial officials say he was charged with corruption alongside his brother, Raja, and associate Marianne Hoayak. The European delegation is investigating the laundering of some $330 million. Judicial officials said the questioning was expected to last for hours on Thursday. | 2023-03-16T13:20:41+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/03/16/lebanon-central-bank-chief-questioned-by-european-lawyers/ |
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Federal officials have confirmed that Wednesday’s fatal rollover crash in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, involved human smuggling.
The crash killed two occupants of an SUV and sent 10 others to the hospital.
The Mexican consulate in El Paso said nine of the injured passengers were Mexican citizens. The Mexican Foreign Ministry is confirming that the two dead also were Mexican.
Sunland Park, N.M., police and fire departments assisted at the scene. The New Mexico State Police took charge of the crash investigation.
The state police and the Sunland Park Fire Department told reporters a pursuit took place prior to the crash but declined to say which law enforcement agency was involved in the pursuit. The Sunland Park-Santa Teresa area is known as one of the busiest migrant-smuggling corridors in the El Paso Sector.
On Friday, Homeland Security Investigations said it is also involved in the case.
“HSI El Paso is investigating the smuggling event. It’s an ongoing investigation and no further details are available at this time,” the agency said in an email to Border Report.
The New Mexico State Police did not immediately return a pair of telephone calls seeking an update on the investigation. | 2022-07-29T21:29:54+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/border-report-tour/feds-fatal-rollover-crash-of-packed-suv-near-border-was-smuggling-event/ |
Tropical Storm Danielle strengthens into hurricane
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Danielle strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning — the first of an unusually quiet storm season.
The storm is not currently a threat to any land.
The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 75 mph (120 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
The storm is centered about 885 miles (1,425 kilometers) west of the Azores and is drifting west at about 1 mph (about 2 kph). The hurricane center said the storm is expected to meander in the Atlantic over the next few days.
The tropical storm comes amid what had been a calm hurricane season. It is the first time since 1941 that the Atlantic has gone from July 3 to the end of August with no named storm, Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach had told The Associated Press earlier.
There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
In the north Pacific, Tropical Storm Javier formed overnight. Forecasters said that late Thursday it was 210 miles (338 kilometers) southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph).
Javier is moving northwest at 9 mph (about 14 kph).
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-02T15:30:27+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2022/09/02/tropical-storm-danielle-strengthens-into-hurricane/ |
FDA approves first ever pill for fecal transplants
U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.
The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help patients.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the capsules for adults 18 and older who face risks from repeat infections with Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that can cause severe nausea, cramping and diarrhea.
C. diff is particularly dangerous when it reoccurs, leading to between 15,000 and 30,000 deaths per year. It can be killed with antibiotics but they also destroy good bacteria that live in the gut, leaving it more susceptible to future infections. The new capsules are approved for patients who have already received antibiotic treatment.
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More than 10 years ago, some doctors began reporting success with fecal transplants — using stool from a healthy donor — to restore the gut’s healthy balance and prevent reinfections.
The FDA approved the first pharmaceutical-grade version of the treatment last year from a rival drugmaker, Ferring Pharmaceuticals. But that company's product — like most of the original procedures — must be delivered via the rectum.
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Cambridge Massachusetts-based Seres will market its drug as a less invasive option. The treatment will be sold under the brand name Vowst and comes as a regimen of four daily capsules taken for three consecutive days.
Both of the recent FDA approvals are the product of years of pharmaceutical industry research into the microbiome, the community of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the gut.
Currently most fecal transplants are provided by a network of stool banks that have popped up at medical institutions and hospitals across the country.
Dr. Barry Schneider, a gastroenterologist at Carolinas Medical Center-University, makes his way to the lab prior to a fecal transplant procedure at CMC-University, February 8, 2013. (Todd Sumlin/Charlotte Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Image
While the availability of new FDA-approved options is expected to decrease demand for donations from stool banks, some plan to stay open.
OpenBiome, the largest stool bank in the U.S., said it will keep serving patients who aren't eligible for the FDA-approved products, such as children and adults with treatment-resistant cases. It has supplied more than 65,000 stool samples for C. diff patients since 2013.
"OpenBiome is committed to maintaining safe access to ‘fecal transplantation’ for these patients as a vital last line of defense," said Dr. Majdi Osman, the group's medical chief.
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OpenBiome's standard stool treatment costs less than $1,700 and is typically delivered as a frozen solution within days of ordering. Seres did not disclose the price it will charge for its capsules in a statement Wednesday evening.
"We want to make the commercial experience for physicians and patients as easy as possible," said Eric Shaff, the company’s chief executive officer, in an interview ahead of the announcement. "Ease of administration — in our view — is one of the aspects of the value we’re delivering."
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Seres will co-market the treatment with Swiss food giant Nestle, which will also split the profits. Seres will receive a $125 million milestone payment from Nestle in connection with the FDA approval.
Overseeing the fledgling industry of U.S. stool banks has created regulatory headaches for the FDA, which doesn’t traditionally police homemade products and procedures used in doctor's offices. In the early days of the trend, the FDA warned consumers about the risks of potential infections from the fecal transplants, as some people sought out questionable "do it yourself" methods from videos and websites.
Seres executives say their manufacturing process relies on the same techniques and equipment used to purify blood products and other biologic therapies.
The company starts with stool provided by a small group of donors who are screened for various health risks and conditions. Their stool is likewise tested for dozens of potential viruses, infections and parasites.
The company then processes the samples to remove the waste, isolate the healthy bacteria and kill any other lingering organisms. Thousands of capsules can be made from each stool sample, making it a more efficient process than current fecal transplants, according to the company.
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The FDA warned in its approval announcement that the drug "may carry a risk of transmitting infectious agents. It is also possible for Vowst to contain food allergens," the agency noted.
The FDA approved the treatment based on a 180-patient study in which nearly 88% of patients taking the capsules did not experience reinfection after 8 weeks, compared with 60% of those who received dummy pills.
Common side effects included abdominal swelling, constipation and diarrhea. | 2023-04-27T17:22:24+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/fda-approves-first-ever-pill-for-fecal-transplants |
A panel on Tuesday called for changes at the federal agency that oversees most of the nation’s food supply, saying revamped leadership, a clear mission and more urgency are needed to prevent illness outbreaks and to promote good health.
But the report stopped short of recommending specific steps to take, instead offering several scenarios such as creating a separate food agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; putting the Food and Drug Administration commissioner directly in charge of the foods program; or creating a deputy commissioner for foods.
Leadership and culture must also be restructured to better respond to food safety crises and chronic public health problems, according to the 51-page report by the Reagan-Udall Foundation, a group separate from but closely tied to the FDA.
The “lack of a single, clearly identified person” to lead the foods program has led to a culture of “constant turmoil” at the agency, the report found.
The FDA oversees human and veterinary drugs and medical devices. along with much of the U.S. food supply. The Agriculture Department also oversees some food products.
Experts called the report a strong “first step” to addressing longstanding internal issues that have contributed to problems such as the deadly contaminated infant formula crisis that led to a national shortage this year.
“It’s essentially acknowledging that there needs to be a cultural change,” said Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports.
But others said the agency should have indicated which restructuring option would be best.
“They lay out all the options,” said Bill Marler, a food safety lawyer who testified to the panel that conducted the review. “I kind of wish they would have picked one.”
FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said he would consider which changes to make after reviewing the report and consulting with experts inside and outside the agency.
In the meantime, Califf said he would closely oversee the foods program himself until changes are made.
“I will be fully engaged to ensure that the program comes out of this transition,” he said in a statement.
Califf called for the review of the food side of FDA in July, giving the panel 60 working days to come up with recommendations for the foods program. The request did not ask for evaluation of the Center for Veterinary Medicine or the programs that oversee cosmetics and dietary supplements.
From the start, critics were concerned that the time frame was too short, that leaving the veterinary center out of the review was a mistake and that the foundation – whose mission is to support FDA – might not be the right entity to conduct an impartial evaluation.
The FDA will provide public updates early next year, Califf said.
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The "Red Baron" artist Tyler James Hoare has died at 82. For decades, he placed whimsical sculptures of biplanes, submarines and pirate ships on pier posts in the San Francisco Bay.
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No. 21 Michigan Wolverines at CU Buffs women’s lacrosse
GAME TIME: Friday, 3 p.m., Kittredge Field.
RECORDS: Michigan 3-3; Colorado 0-3.
KEY PLAYERS: Michigan — M Jill Smith, So. (23 goals, on assist); A Kaylee Dyer, So. (seven goals, six assists); M Julia Schwabe, So. (five goals, eight assists); GK Maya Santa-Maria, Jr. (.473 save percentage; 11.27 goals-against average). Colorado — A Charlie Rudy, Gr. (11 goals, three assists); A Morgan Pence, Jr. (four goals, three assists); A Sam McGee, Gr. (five goals, one assist); GK Grace Donnelly, xx. (.535 save percentage, 11.47 goals against average).
NOTES: CU is off to the first 0-3 start in the program’s 10-season history, though two of the Buffaloes’ losses were by a single goal. … Michigan went 1-2 in a season-opening run of three consecutive games against ranked foes on the road, winning at Jacksonville before losing at Florida and Stony Brook. … CU is 3-2 all-time against Michigan but lost its only home game against the Wolverines in 2019. … The Wolverines then posted home wins against Harvard and Central Michigan before suffering a 7-5 loss at No. 9 Denver on Wednesday. Smith scored four of Michigan’s five goals at DU. …. The Buffs’ next game will be March 12 at Ohio State. | 2023-03-03T01:55:38+00:00 | dailycamera.com | https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/03/02/cu-buffs-womens-lacrosse-preview-no-21-michigan-wolverines/ |
Oath Keepers lawyer’s trial delayed for competency treatment
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge says the trial of a lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group will be delayed so she can get treatment to be mentally competent to stand trial. Kellye SoRelle is charged with conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. Experts for the prosecution and defense agreed she is not competent for a trial scheduled in July but estimate that with several months of treatment she could proceed. Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes has been convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges. He was sentenced last month to 18 years in prison, the longest term yet in the riot. | 2023-06-16T22:47:35+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/16/oath-keepers-lawyers-trial-delayed-for-competency-treatment/ |
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading provider of Genomic services in the UK and Ireland, Source BioScience ("Source"), a part of SourceBio International plc, is now bringing decades of expertise and customer satisfaction in Genomic services to the USA.
Source is able to immediately serve biotechnology, pharmaceutical and research organisations in California and neighboring states with plans to expand its reach further across the US in the coming months. With further plans for rapid growth in the Genomics space, Source will also soon be offering plasmid extraction and Next Generation Sequencing services as part of its portfolio.
Source has already established close relationships with pharmaceutical and life science companies through its dedicated Stability Storage service. A growing Genomic services portfolio will enable partnered research organizations to gain further value and accelerate their discoveries and contributions to furthering health innovation.
Sanger Sequencing services are available via the Source BioScience website (us.sourcebioscience.com), providing access to top quality genomic services with publication-ready data at unrivalled turnaround times.
In reflecting on the success of Source BioScience Sanger Sequencing Service in the UK, a customer from a leading research organization commented: "I started using Source BioScience after a recommendation and I am so pleased I switched. The onsite collection service is so easy to use and I have good quality sequencing data in my inbox by the time I come in the next day. This speed has made a huge difference to efficiency while the onsite collection has taken the stress out of submitting samples. I thoroughly recommend Source BioScience."
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Foster Loyer scored 38 points, including 11 in the overtime, as Davidson took down Wright State 102-97 on Wednesday night.
Loyer added 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Wildcats (2-0). Sam Mennenga added 16 points while going 6 of 12 from the floor and 3 of 7 from the free-throw line, and he also had seven rebounds. Connor Kochera was 6-of-11 shooting, including 2 for 5 from distance, and went 1 for 3 from the line to finish with 15 points.
Trey Calvin led the way for the Raiders (0-1) with 37 points, four assists and three steals. Wright State also got 17 points and 13 rebounds from Amari Davis. AJ Braun had 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
Davidson entered halftime down 52-36. Desmond Watson paced the team in scoring in the first half with eight points. Loyer led Davidson with 16 second-half points as the teams ended regulation tied 79-79. Loyer scored his 11 overtime points while going 4 of 4 (3 for 3 from distance).
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Milton Jones has fought to prove his innocence since 1976, when a jury relied on flimsy evidence to convict him of second-degree murder in the robbery of a Roxbury bar.
He served more than 15 years in prison, won parole in 1990, and has since turned his misfortune into a force for good, working with men freshly released from prison.
Now, 70-year-old Jones is gray, standing on the precipice of his nearly half-century quest for justice. Earlier this month Judge Michael D. Ricciuti threw out Jones’ conviction largely because of problematic eyewitness testimony.
“A part of me was obviously elated,” Jones said in an interview. “And then I realized how long it’s been. You want to say, ‘I told you I didn’t do this in the first place.’”
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In a ruling Nov. 10, the judge granted Jones a new trial and noted that prosecutors have made it clear that they intend to dismiss the case. Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In his push for justice, Jones worked with the Boston College Innocence Program, led by attorneys Sharon Beckman and Charlotte Whitmore.
“We are thrilled that Mr. Jones finally has the long-awaited justice that he deserves,” Whitmore said in a press release.
Beckman added that as Jones endured 45 years of injustice, he supported families recovering from trauma and loss. “With his wrongful convictions vacated, now his own healing process can begin,” Beckman said.
Since his 1990 release, Jones has lived with the fear of being sent back to prison. He has a life sentence, but has been free on parole, which for the rest of his life required him to check in regularly with a parole officer, ask permission to leave the state, pay an $80-a-month fee, agree to random alcohol and drug testing, and more.
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“It’s quite demeaning,” Jones said, “to have someone come into your house and send you in your own bathroom with a cup that they brought with them.”
As Jones described being ”traumatized for so many years” during his time in prison and decades on parole, he acknowledged that his joy at the judge’s ruling was tinged with anger.
“This shouldn’t have happened,” Jones said. “Fortunately, I’m able to let that [anger] go because you can’t stay there. You gotta get in with the joy.”
The crime reaches back more than a generation. On Aug. 30, 1975, two men — one with a gun, one without a gun — burst into a Roxbury bar named the Golden Cafe and announced a robbery. They jumped behind the bar and shot and killed the owner, Albert Dunn.
Three women were in the bar during the killing, but only one — Rita McLellan — was initially able to describe the culprits. At first, McLellan told a police officer that the gunman was 5 feet 6 inches tall.
A Boston police detective then interviewed all three women together, a tactic the judge described in his ruling as problematic. Witnesses are interviewed individually because they can influence each others’ recollections. As the women talked, McLellan “changed her mind” about the height of the gunman, according to court records.
The height of the gunman mattered. Jones is over 6 feet tall — not 5 foot 6 inches.
Police arrested Jones on Sept. 23, 1975, and he immediately professed his innocence. He was the only person ever charged with the crime. There was no physical evidence tying Jones to the killing and the case against him was based entirely on witness testimony.
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Almost three weeks after the crime, McLellan picked Jones out of an array of photographs, but she didn’t identify him in person until Jones was alone in court and she had been told that police had arrested one of the culprits, according to court records.
The second witness, McLellan’s daughter, didn’t identify Jones until after she saw her mother pick him out in court. The same was true for the third witness.
In his ruling vacating Jones’ conviction, Judge Ricciuti described the eyewitness procedures as “plainly suggestive.”
One of Jones’ attorneys noted in an interview that the scientific understanding of memory and eyewitness identification has advanced tremendously over the past decades. If Jones’s jury in 1976 had access to modern research, they would have had ample reason to determine that the witnesses’ testimony was not credible, the lawyer said.
In a court filing in April 2021, former Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins’s office argued that Jones’ conviction should be vacated because the “thin evidence at trial was exacerbated” by prosecutors’ failure to turn over material to Jones’s defense. Rollins’s office discovered grand jury testimony and other evidence that showed the witnesses heard the shooter refer to the man without the gun as “Larry,” not Milton.
Rollins’s office wrote that the “flawed and weak identifications” by the witnesses in combination with the reference to Larry, “cast real doubt on the defendant’s convictions.” During Rollins’s tenure, her administration helped unearth a number of decades-old wrongful convictions.
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The final decision in Jones’s case will now rest with Hayden, who succeeded Rollins earlier this year as Suffolk County District Attorney. It was unclear when Hayden will take action.
After his release, Jones rebuilt his life.
For the past 15 years, he has worked as director of reentry services at the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, which works with families and communities that have lost loved ones to violence. Jones assists men coming home from prison, some of whom have committed violent crimes.
“Milt deals with them very well because he is a humble, fair, respectful person,” said Kamal Oliver, who works for Jones at the institute. “He’s able to show up and be there for guys because he’s been in their shoes.”
Andrew Ryan can be reached at andrew.ryan@globe.com Follow him on Twitter @globeandrewryan. | 2022-11-28T15:46:56+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/28/metro/nearly-50-years-later-his-murder-conviction-was-overturned-now-milton-jones-wants-his-name-cleared/ |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — About 2,000 protesters upset with the government’s pandemic response converged Tuesday on New Zealand’s Parliament — but there was no repeat of the occupation six months ago in which protesters camped on Parliament grounds for more than three weeks.
Many of the protesters said they had no intention of trying to stay. And police ensured a repeat was unlikely by closing streets, erecting barricades and banning protesters from bringing structures onto Parliament’s grounds.
The previous protest created significant disruptions in the capital and ended in chaos as retreating protesters set fire to tents and hurled rocks at police.
This time there was also a counter-protest, with several hundred people gathering in front of Parliament as the main march entered the grounds. The two sides shouted insults but a line of police officers kept them physically separated.
The earlier protest had been more sharply focused on opposition to COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
New Zealand’s government initially required that health workers, teachers, police, firefighters and soldiers get vaccinated. But it has since removed most of those mandates, with the exception of health workers and some others. It has also removed requirements that people be vaccinated to visit stores and bars.
Tuesday’s protest was as much about lingering discontentment over the government’s handling of the crisis as it was about current rules, including a requirement that people wear masks in stores.
Protester Carmen Page said people who hadn’t been vaccinated face ongoing discrimination and people lost their jobs and homes as a result of the mandates, which she said amounted to government overreach.
“We’re not here to be controlled,” Page said. “We just want to live our lives freely. We want to work where we want to work, without discrimination.”
At the counter-protest, Lynne Maugham said she and her husband had extended a stay in the capital to attend.
“I’ve got nothing but respect for the mandates, for the vaccinations, for the way the health providers have handled the whole thing,” she said.
Maugham said the government hadn’t done everything perfectly but had done a good job overall. “There’s no blueprint for handling a pandemic,” she said.
Like many of the protesters opposing mandates and other government’s actions, Mania Hungahunga was part of a group called The Freedom & Rights Coalition and a member of the Christian fundamentalist Destiny Church.
Hungahunga said every New Zealander had been negatively impacted by the mandates. He said he’d traveled from Auckland to protest but wasn’t planning an occupation.
“We’re just here for the day, a peaceful day, just to get our message through to the public and the people of Wellington,” he said.
Many of the protesters said they were hoping that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would get voted out in next year’s election. Protest leader Brian Tamaki told the crowd he was starting a new political party to contest the election.
Tamaki and his wife, Hannah Tamaki, founded the Destiny Church, which they say is the largest Māori and Pacific Island church movement in New Zealand.
Ardern was first elected prime minister in 2017 and her initial pandemic response proved enormously popular. Her liberal Labour Party won re-election in 2020 in a landslide of historic proportions.
But as the pandemic dragged on and the country faced new problems, including inflation, Ardern’s popularity has waned. Recent opinion polls have put the conservative opposition National Party ahead of Labour.
Authorities said there were no initial reports of violence or other problems at the protests. | 2022-08-23T12:43:03+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/anti-mandate-protesters-converge-on-new-zealand-parliament/ |
Total healthcare costs for an average person reach $6,859
SEATTLE, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the 2022 Milliman Medical Index (MMI), which measures healthcare costs for individuals and families receiving coverage from an employer-sponsored preferred provider plan (PPO).
"After years of trending in a constantly upward direction, healthcare costs took a detour from the norm in 2020 and 2021," said Dave Liner, co-author of the Milliman Medical Index. "After declining for the first time in 2020, and then climbing by an unprecedented 13% in 2021, healthcare trends this year have stabilized at 4.6%."
"Most years, healthcare costs climb faster than any other costs affecting families," said Mike Gaal, co-author of the Milliman Medical Index. "In 2022, for the first time in the 17-year history of our study, the healthcare trend is less than the overall inflation rate."
In 2022, healthcare costs for our hypothetical family of four reached $30,260 while costs for the average person reached $6,859. While these are averages, the MMI allows for greater specificity thanks to an interactive tool that allows people to calculate costs for themselves or their own family. To use the interactive tool, go to http://us.milliman.com/MMIfamilies/.
"The MMI is unique in its ability to assess current year costs and trends, and because it reconciles to the most comprehensive dataset available as experience becomes available," said Doug Norris, co-author of the Milliman Medical Index. "In spring of 2020 we correctly recognized rapidly declining utilization of healthcare services. As time has gone on, we have gotten a better understanding of the volatility at play as the pandemic took hold—and then again as utilization and costs shot upward in 2021."
One of the things that makes the MMI unique is that it calculates both employer and employee contributions to healthcare costs, including out-of-pocket costs incurred at the point of care.
"As healthcare costs go up this year, employees and employers are shouldering a fairly event split of the increase," said Paul Houchens, co-author of the MMI. "Employee costs are up 4.7% and employer costs are up 5.3%."
"It's been a wild ride these last few years but in 2021 the MMI finally surpasses $30,000 for a hypothetical American family," said Annie Mann, co-author of the MMI. "It was only ten years ago that the MMI surpassed $20,000."
To view the complete MMI, go to http://us.milliman.com/MMI/.
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Iowa (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) at No. 2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0), Saturday, noon ET (FOX)
Line: Ohio State by 28 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Series record: Ohio State leads 46-15-3.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Both teams are coming off a bye week. Ohio State steamrolled its first three Big Ten opponents and seems to be on the march to another College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are heavy favorites and over the Hawkeyes, who have had trouble generating much offense. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is among the most prolific passers in the nation. Star receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba could be back after missing most of the season with a hamstring injury and running backs TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Williams could both be ready to go also.
KEY MATCHUP
Iowa RG Beau Stephens vs. Ohio State DT Michael Hall. The Hawkeyes’ offense is struggling mightily and it’s doubtful things will get better this week. But for the Hawkeyes to have any chance, Stephens must elevate his game. He’s allowed four sacks. Hall has been dominant, recording 2 ½ sacks against Michigan State and 4 ½ for the season.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Iowa: LB Jack Campbell. Iowa needs its best defensive player to be at his very best. The 2021 national tackles leader and AP preseason All-American is averaging double-digit stops again and will be kept busy against the Buckeyes.
Ohio State: WR Marvin Harrison Jr. has stepped up with Smith-Njigba sidelined. Harrison has 31 receptions for 536 yards and a team-leading nine touchdown grabs.
FACTS & FIGURES
Iowa ruined Ohio State's march to the postseason with a 55-24 upset on Nov. 4, 2017. ... The Hawkeyes play a No. 2-ranked opponent for the second straight season (Michigan, 2021 Big Ten Championship). ... The Iowa defense has allowed 10 points or fewer in five of the team’s first six games – a first for the program since 1933. ... The Hawkeyes have two senior linebackers that each have more than 200 career tackles, Jack Campbell (239) and Seth Benson (214). ... Iowa is one of the least penalized teams in the nation, ranking ninth in fewest penalty yards (241) and 15th in fewest penalties (30). ... Ohio State is second in the nation in total yards, averaging 543.7 per game, behind Tennessee (551). ... The Buckeyes are first in the nation with 25 passing touchdowns, 41 total TDs and an average of 48.8 points per game.
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix common stock or call options, or sold put options, between October 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Netflix, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Netflix, Inc. you have until July 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Netflix, Inc. securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
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Guardians first. Steven Kwan flies out to left field to Jake Cave. Amed Rosario strikes out swinging. Jose Ramirez homers to right field. Josh Naylor grounds out to second base, Carlos Correa to Jose Miranda.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Guardians 1, Twins 0.
Guardians third. Myles Straw walks. Steven Kwan singles to second base. Myles Straw to third. Throwing error by Nick Gordon. Amed Rosario singles to right field. Steven Kwan to second. Myles Straw scores. Jose Ramirez grounds out to first base. Amed Rosario out at second. Steven Kwan to third. Josh Naylor strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Guardians 2, Twins 0.
Guardians fourth. Oscar Gonzalez singles to center field. Andres Gimenez doubles to deep left center field. Oscar Gonzalez to third. Owen Miller singles to center field. Andres Gimenez scores. Oscar Gonzalez scores. Austin Hedges strikes out swinging. Myles Straw lines out to center field to Mark Contreras. Steven Kwan grounds out to second base, Nick Gordon to Jose Miranda.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Guardians 4, Twins 0.
Guardians sixth. Austin Hedges grounds out to shortstop, Nick Gordon to Jose Miranda. Myles Straw singles to left field. Steven Kwan singles to center field. Myles Straw to second. Amed Rosario singles to right center field, advances to 2nd. Steven Kwan to third. Myles Straw scores. Fielding error by Mark Contreras. Jose Ramirez pops out to shallow infield to Carlos Correa. Josh Naylor grounds out to shallow infield, Aaron Sanchez to Gio Urshela to Jose Miranda.
1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Guardians 5, Twins 0.
Twins eighth. Jake Cave grounds out to second base, Amed Rosario to Owen Miller. Matt Wallner homers to center field. Mark Contreras strikes out swinging. Gary Sanchez pinch-hitting for Sandy Leon. Gary Sanchez grounds out to shallow infield, Andres Gimenez to Owen Miller.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Guardians 5, Twins 1. | 2022-09-17T21:18:11+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Minnesota-Cleveland-Runs-17448847.php |
Crews battle fire at abandoned hotel in Buena Vista Township
Published: Jan. 7, 2023 at 7:17 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
BUENA VISTA TWP., Mich. (WNEM) - Firefighters are working to end a fire at an abandoned hotel in Buena Vista Township.
The fire is at the old Welcome Inn and Suites on M-46 near I-75. Saginaw and Buena Vista Township Fire Departments are on scene.
In October, Buena Vista Township officials announced funding to demolish the building.
Stay with TV5 for updates.
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UK gives Northern Ireland more time to form a new government
By DANICA KIRKA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. is giving Northern Ireland more time to form a new power-sharing government, eliminating the threat of elections that could derail efforts to renegotiate a post-Brexit trade deal for the region. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris on Thursday introduced legislation extending the deadline for forming a new government by up to a year. Without the move, elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly would have been required by mid-April after the previous deadline passed on Jan. 19. | 2023-02-09T15:18:51+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/02/09/uk-gives-northern-ireland-more-time-to-form-a-new-government/ |
Flu cases surge across the country, prompting advisories
(CNN) - The United States is seeing a surge in flu activity after Thanksgiving.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than a third of all flu hospitalizations and deaths this season happened in just the past week.
Flu activity remains high across the country at this time.
The CDC reported at least 13 million people have been sick so far due to flue, with 120,000 people hospitalized.
There have been about 7,300 reported deaths. Twenty-one of those reported deaths have been in children, according to the CDC.
All but seven states are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory virus activity.
In New York City, health officials have issued an advisory saying that everyone should wear masks when indoors in public, even if you’ve gotten your flu shot or had flu before.
The advisory also lists other prevention measures like washing your hands frequently, staying home when sick and of course, getting up to date on your vaccinations back to you.
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Twitter saw a fresh exodus of employees on Thursday as the company hit a deadline set by billionaire owner Elon Musk for remaining staff to commit to being "extremely hardcore" or leave the company.
Departing employees posted on Twitter under the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked, announcing it was their last day at the social network. Twitter has been convulsed with chaos since Musk finalized his $44 billion purchase in late October. Many accompanied their posts with a saluting emoji, which has become a symbol inside Twitter of respect for those who are leaving.
Musk already laid off half the company's 7,500 full-time employees on November 4, reportedly cut thousands of contractors last weekend, and fired several employees who had criticized him publicly.
On Wednesday, in an email to staff entitled "A Fork in the Road," Musk said Twitter would "need to be extremely hardcore" to succeed. Those who chose to stay should expect long, intense hours of work. Those who left would receive three months' severance pay, he wrote. Employees were required to choose by Thursday afternoon.
The new wave of departures is adding to fears that Twitter is losing critical expertise in everything from how the site and its servers are run to how it keeps user data safe and complies with regulations to how it handles toxic and illegal content.
Earlier on Thursday, a group of Democratic senators sent an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging an investigation of Twitter. They said they were concerned the company may be violating the terms of a settlement with the agency stemming from past privacy violations.
Musk "has taken alarming steps that have undermined the integrity and safety of the platform," the senators wrote.
Former worker warns cuts will have consequences
When Musk laid off half of Twitter's employees just days before the midterm elections, Melissa Ingle was left in limbo.
She was a data scientist on Twitter's civic integrity team, monitoring the platform for tweets that might break its rules against misleading election claims. But she was a contractor, not a Twitter employee. When the cuts happened, she didn't even know who was left to sign her time sheet.
"My boss was laid off, and my boss's boss — the head of the department — quit. So I did not know who my boss was. I didn't know what new assignment I had," she said.
With the end of voting quickly approaching, Ingle and her team worked overtime to flag falsehoods and violating tweets. She says she thinks they did a good job, given the circumstances.
"But at the same time, we're not really sure if the work we're doing matters to the new ownership."
On Saturday, she got an answer: she no longer had a job at Twitter.
"I only found out that I was fired [because] I happened to be looking at my phone at about 5:30 [P.M.], and I got a little pop up that said you've been logged out of one or more systems," Ingle recalled.
Rapid changes disrupt Twitter's business
Ingle and others warn, Musk's rapid changes risk compromising Twitter's ability to deal with toxic content and are already disrupting its business, as chaos spilling over onto the platform threatens its advertising revenue.
"There is a short-sighted view of platforms that can look at trust and safety work and integrity work as a bit of a cost center, and as the people that are trying to drag the company down rather than actually trying to help the company grow for the long term," said Jeff Allen, a former data scientist at Facebook who co-founded the Integrity Institute, a group focused on online trust and safety.
At Twitter, like other mainstream social media companies, this work relies heavily on people.
There are the staffers who set policies, workers like Ingle who develop automated systems to analyze the 37.5 million tweets posted every hour, and most crucially, a large group of content moderators who constantly review posts. They are almost entirely contractors.
Many of these workers have now been laid off or resigned. The first round of cuts slashed 15% of Twitter's trust and safety employees, according to Yoel Roth, who led the division. Two days after the election, Roth quit.
The initial round of layoffs also eliminated Twitter's entire curation team of about 150 people. They played an important role adding context and descriptions to news and events trending on the platform, and curating collections of tweets from authoritative sources to help address misleading or false claims.
It's unclear how many of the contractors eliminated last weekend were content moderators. Twitter didn't respond to questions about details of the job cuts.
But losing even a portion of that workforce would be a blow. Ingle said their work is critical to improving the algorithms she wrote, and to understanding things computers can't, like sarcasm and parody.
Automated systems "need constant input and updating and testing and tweaking, just like any other computer script would need...If there's not enough people to update the algorithms, they become more and more porous," she said. "Automation is a lofty goal, and it's a great goal. But we're just not there yet."
Global implications
Cutting back on content moderation could also land Musk in hot water with European regulators. German law, for example, requires social networks to quickly remove illegal content or face fines.
"Either you have content moderation, or you don't have it," said Sarah Roberts, an information studies professor at UCLA who briefly worked at Twitter earlier this year. "You don't just kind of have content moderation. Removing child sexual exploitation material is content moderation."
Ingle is also worried about the worldwide implications as big events loom, from the World Cup, which starts on Saturday, to elections around the globe.
"We get hyper fixated in the U.S. on the U.S. elections, but we dealt with the recent Brazilian elections and we dealt with elections all over the world: Japan, India, the E.U., U.K.," she said. "If this global decline in Twitter happens, it's definitely going to affect democracies around the world."
The upheaval since Musk took over is already evident on Twitter.
Musk himself tweeted a conspiracy theory. Hate speech surged in the days after the deal closed. Accounts that repeatedly share false claims are getting more engagement, according to NewsGuard, which rates the reliability of online news sources.
Its analysis found while those accounts tweeted just 6% more in the week after Musk took control, they experienced a 57% increase in likes and retweets over the same period.
"The kinds of content they were spreading had disproportionately more misinformation than they usually had, and that is what leads to engagement," said NewsGuard co-CEO Gordon Crovitz.
Musk's first big product change — letting users buy so-called blue checks, which previously indicated that high-profile users were who they claimed to be — unleashed a flood of accounts impersonating companies, celebrities and politicians.
White nationalists and far-right extremists also signed up for the checks, according to a review of accounts by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Twitter's trust and safety team had warned about the potential for the feature to be abused ahead of its rollout in an internal document first reported by Platformer and seen by NPR.
That included "impersonation of world leaders, advertisers, brand partners, election officials and other high profile individuals." The document warned that "motivated scammers/bad actors" would likely be willing to pay for the increased visibility offered by the blue checks.
The team recommended ways to mitigate risk, most of which were not adopted, according to notes on the document.
The blue check debacle exacerbated Twitter's business woes, as more advertisers halted spending. Roberts says it's no wonder big brands are wary — and not just of their messages appearing next to toxic tweets.
"They are concerned about being associated with Twitter itself as a brand," she said.
Amid the chaos, Twitter paused the paid blue check rollout. Musk said it will relaunch after Thanksgiving, with some guardrails.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-18T12:17:20+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-11-17/twitter-employees-quit-in-droves-after-elon-musks-ultimatum-passes |
On this date in 1965, tornadoes swept through northern and north-central Indiana claiming 137 lives. Several years ago, FOX59 Chief Meteorologist Brian Wilkes visited the site of the infamous twin tornadoes that ravaged the Midway Trailer Park.
IMPORTANT DATE: April 11, 1965 – It was 58 years ago today that the deadliest tornado outbreak in state history occurred.
Over 130 Hoosiers died as 10 tornadoes across 18 counties in only a matter of a few hours.
More than 35 tornadoes would touch down in six states that day, killing 258 and injuring 3,000 more. The historical image of the twin F4 tornadoes that struck the Midway Trailer Park near Dunlap, Indiana, was photographed by Elkhart Truth photographer Paul Huffman.
An 800-yard-wide tornado would kill 25 people near Kokomo. 84 people would die in Elkhart County alone.
Weather radar was sparse in 1965 and the then U.S. Weather Bureau relied on information from Chicago and its radar. The tornado reports were so numerous that for the first and only time in U.S. history, a blanket tornado warning was issued.
Following that deadly tornado outbreak, the National Weather Service underwent changes to improve severe weather forecasts and warnings, including establishing the Watch and Warning Program that exists today and the weather spotter program, SKYWARN.
Brian Wilkes said he was honored to return to Elkhart, Dunlap and Goshen in 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of those dreadful tornadoes. So many Hoosier families were affected and he said he had a chance to hear more of their stories and recount not only the night but the events after the storms.
The Elkhart County Historical Museum has an exhibit of photos documenting the day – which Brian said is a must-see.
He also said it was a pleasure and honor meeting Betty Huffman – wife of over 65 years to the late photographer of the Elkhart Truth – Paul Huffman.
Huffman was the man who snapped the most infamous photo taken of the twin F4 tornadoes near Dunlap that now hangs in the Smithsonian.
So much work went into the dedication that Sunday, Brian said. He wants to give a huge THANK YOU to all, especially Debbie Forsythe Watters whose home was destroyed and where the location of the Palm Sunday memorial has been erected.
Brian encourages people to visit the Palm Sunday Facebook page for more 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Memorial. | 2023-04-12T00:16:49+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/weather/on-this-date-the-deadliest-indiana-tornado-outbreak-on-record/ |
LOS ANGELES, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ispire Technology Inc. ("Ispire" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: ISPR), a leader in vapor technology, providing high-quality, innovative products with first-class performance, announced today that it will unveil its most recent technology advancement for the cannabis industry, the Ispire ONE™, at the Champs Trade Show, a premier business to business trade expo, in Las Vegas, on July 19 - 22, 2023. The show attracts a diverse range of industry professionals, including smoke and vape shops, dispensaries, glass blowers, online marketers, and cultivation product and service providers worldwide.
At the Champs Show, Ispire will introduce its proprietary and transformative Ispire ONE™ technology and products. Designed to
1. eliminate capping issues in the manufacturing/co-packing process,
2. increase consistency and quality of the filled devices,
3. eliminate leaking, spitting, or overheating for cartridges, disposables, and PODs,
4. improve consumer safety, as the devices are sealed in a sterilized factory environment to eliminate risk of contamination during filling process by Ispire's customers,
Ispire ONE™ is intended to provide cannabis and CBD brands and copackers with significantly enhanced operating efficiency which could improve gross margin and elevate consumer safety.
Further details about the Ispire ONE™ technology can be found at the Ispire booth during the Champs Trade Show.
"We're very proud to debut Ispire ONE™ at the Champs Trade Show. This pivotal advancement underscores our commitment to delivering top-tier products in the fast-growing CBD and cannabis vaping market. Designed with an unwavering focus on enhancing operational efficiency and product safety, we believe that this technology will provide a tangible competitive advantage for brands and manufacturers in these rapidly evolving sectors. As we continue to innovate, our commitment to delivering top-notch products at competitive pricing, and adding value for our shareholders remains steadfast," said Michael Wang, CFO of Ispire.
About Ispire Technology Inc.
Ispire is engaged in the R&D, design, commercialization, sales, marketing and distribution of branded e-cigarettes and cannabis vaping products. The Company has or licenses from a related party more than 200 invention/design patents received or filed globally. Ispire's tobacco products are marketed under the Aspire brand name and are sold worldwide (except in the PRC and Russia) primarily through our distribution network. Ispire's cannabis products are marketed under the Ispire brand name primarily on an original design manufacturer (ODM) basis to other cannabis vapor companies. Ispire currently sells its cannabis vaping hardware only in the United States, and it recently commenced marketing activities in Canada and Europe, primarily in the European Union.
Please visit www.ispiretechnology.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, Pinterest, and YouTube. Any information contained on, or that can be accessed through, the Company's website, any other website or any social media, is not a part of this press release.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the company's future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "seek," "intend," "plan," "goal," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "strategy," "future," "likely" or other comparable terms, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release regarding the company's strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause the Company's actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties including those regarding: the Company's business strategies, the ability of the Company to market to the Ispire ONE, Ispire ONE's success if meeting its goals, the ability of its customers to derive the anticipated benefits of the Ispire ONE and the success of their products on the markets; the Ispire ONE proving to be safe, and the risk and uncertainties described in "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and the additional risk described in Ispire's prospectus dated April 3, 2023 and in "Management's Discussion of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's Form 10-Q quarterly report for the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2023. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The forward-looking statements made in the press release relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in the press release. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by law. You should read this press release with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart's plan for a deep running back corps was based on more than making it through a 12-game regular season.
Smart wanted his backs to be fresh for the College Football Playoff. The No. 1 Bulldogs will take a group of four running backs, led by Kenny McIntosh, into the Peach Bowl semifinal against No. 4 Ohio State on Saturday.
McIntosh has started 12 games for Georgia (13-0) and leads the Bulldogs with 709 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. At times, however, it's difficult to distinguish the senior's hold on the No. 1 role because Daijun Edwards is a close second, with 681 yards and eight touchdowns.
Kendall Milton and Branson Robinson have combined for more than 800 rushing yards and eight scores. That depth gives the defending national champion Bulldogs a strong running complement to quarterback Stetson Bennett's passing game.
The depth and balance at running back and other skill positions is Georgia's answer to Ohio State's high-scoring offense led by quarterback C.J. Stroud.
Smart says his plan at running back is about “health and necessity” and is based on an examination of Southeastern Conference offenses.
“Throughout our conference we’ve done studies, and very few backs have made it through the entire year with a large burden,” Smart said. “They tend to get injured. ... We try to build it where three to four backs can contribute and play.”
Georgia's best chance at making a run for another national title may be provided by its depth at running back and other skill positions.
“We don’t want to get into this part of the season and not have depth,” Smart said. “That’s what the rotation provides us.”
Ohio State linebacker Tommy Eichenberg said the Georgia running backs boast similar skills and strengths.
“Some are faster than others, but I’d say overall they’re all great running backs,” Eichenberg said.
Georgia has taken a similar approach at other skill positions.
Starters also are bracketed with “OR” designations on Georgia's depth chart at wide receiver and even at tight end, where starter Brock Bowers was the John Mackey Award winner as the nation's top player at the position. Massive Darnell Washington (6-7, 265) and freshman Oscar Delp provide good reason to consider two-tight end sets.
“Kind of a friendly competition,” Bowers said when asked about the depth at the position.
Bowers then paused.
“I don’t know about friendly, but it’s a mutual competition between everyone competing for spots,” he said. “Extra competition just makes everyone better. It definitely helps out on the practice field, too.”
Ohio State coach Ryan Day says Georgia's depth, especially after losing a record 15 NFL draft picks from last year's national championship team, is proof that Smart and his staff “have done a great job recruiting.”
“There’s guys who roll in the front, there’s guys who roll in the back end, multiple running backs, multiple wide receivers,” Day said. “So when you’re playing against a really good team who plays with a lot of depth and has recruited really well, that’s one of the things you have to prepare for. What does that mean? Well, you just have to know that you’re not going to just hone in on one or two guys. You’ve got to be aware of more than one of those guys, and that’s the sign of a good team.”
Ohio State also has utilized a committee approach at running back.
“Most of it’s been by originally by design, but then with the injuries that we’ve had a couple times with those guys, they’ve all practiced well,” offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said.
The Buckeyes lost their second-leading rusher, TreVeyon Henderson, to foot surgery. Leading rusher Miyan Williams has been slowed by a leg injury, but “had a really good go” in Monday's practice, Wilson said.
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Kennard-Dale boys, Dallastown girls celebrate returns to York-Adams soccer finals
The York-Adams League soccer playoffs present most teams with exactly what they crave: new competition. That was certainly the case Thursday evening, as a pair of Division I vs. Division II clashes took place at York Catholic High School.
After the grind of a regular season in which teams saw other divisional opponents twice, the league semifinals presented a good bit of intrigue. First up was a clash of contenders in the boys’ soccer ranks — Dallastown and Kennard-Dale. The nightcap featured a battle between Dallastown's girls and West York.
Hopefully, Thursday’s taste was sufficient for the K-D boys and Dallastown girls. After pulling out victories — the Rams scored a 1-0 win over the Wildcats in overtime while the Dallastown girls claimed a 3-0 triumph over the Bulldogs — Saturday’s league finals will be anything but new.
The Division II champions from Kennard-Dale will see rival York Suburban for a third time this season at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Northeastern High School, while the Division I champion Wildcats will similarly have to do battle with rival South Western in clash No. 3.
Boys: Kennard-Dale 1, Dallastown 0
The opener at York Catholic featured a pair of talented teams that had trouble finding the net. Neither side was able to score through the first 80 minutes of action, forcing the contest into. But with time winding down towards six minutes left in the first extra session, the Rams (16-1-1) were finally able to break through as senior Zach Orwig got his foot on a deflection off a corner kick, driving the ball into the back of the net for the thrilling game-winner.
“Jason (Blough) played a great ball in and I think it hit off of Micah (Smith) and I just saw it right there and hit it,” Orwig said. “I was ready for it to come to me if it did, and it did so I just finished it.”
Related: High school roundup: Central York girls' volleyball secures division title
Orwig’s tally ended an epic clash that seemed destined for penalty kicks. Both sides had their fair share of chances in regulation and overtime, but each and every time, those shots either sailed wide, missed high or were snuffed out by the goalies.
One of just five seniors on the Rams roster, Orwig wanted no part in a second overtime. To be the one to prevent that while sending his team to the finals with a chance for the program’s first-ever York-Adams title could be summed up in one word for Orwig — satisfying.
“Yeah, it felt great,” Orwig said. “It felt SO good.”
The fact that Orwig was at the right place at the right time was anything but a surprise to Rams coach Matt Logue.
“He’s been huge for us all year,” Logue said. “He leads our team in scoring this year and he’s a great kid.”
Getting to the final was only part of the equation for a Kennard-Dale side that won its first Division II title since 2004 this season. Winning the league championship is the ultimate goal, and Orwig and his teammates will get their chance to accomplish that goal Saturday.
“This is our first time getting this far,” Logue said. “A lot of them have been playing together in travel (soccer) for a long time. We knew had something special with this group of kids that we had this year. They’re a special group of kids and they don’t quit. They’ve come a long way.”
Getting this far and falling short would be bitterly disappointing, but Logue has confidence. The Rams beat York Suburban (14-3-1) both times during the regular season, and while beating a good team three times is very tough, Logue and the Rams know they can do it.
“The guys came into the season with three goals — to win the division, make districts and win counties,” Logue said. “Now we’re just one win away from getting there.”
Girls: Dallastown 3, West York 0
The nightcap of the boys/girls doubleheader had the feel of the first match early, as neither side could find the net through the first 39 minutes of play. That all changed when Annabelle Wunderlich was awarded a penalty kick with 7.6 seconds left in the first half.
Wunderlich blasted her PK past the West York goalie to break the deadlock, giving the Wildcats (16-3-1) energy and momentum heading into the second half.
“Yeah, just scoring that I felt just gave us a bunch more energy,” Wunderlich said. “We were in their half a good bit, but we just couldn’t really find it, but I felt that once I scored we just kind of picked it all back up.”
The Wildcats scored again early in the second half on a tally by Maggie Groh before Kiara McNealy made it 3-0 midway through the second half to finish the scoring.
“(Annabelle’s) goal definitely helped with our energy,” Groh said. “But we want it so bad. We’ve been doing this for a few years now and could never seem to make it past this point.”
Despite claiming Division I crowns this year as well as in 2021 and 2016, the Wildcats' last York-Adams title was back in 2015. It’s hard to forget that, as Dallastown coach Scott Austin continues to wear his team jacket commemorating that squad like he did Thursday.
Archrival Central has won the last four titles — there were no league playoffs in 2020 due to the pandemic — since the Wildcats last hoisted the league trophy.
The good news for the Wildcats is that the Panthers' reign was ended by South Western in the other semifinal. The bad news is that beating the Mustangs (17-2-1) for a third time will be anything but easy. The Wildcats, who are 16-1-1 over their last 18 games, defeated South Western, who are unbeaten over their last nine games, by identical 1-0 margins in both regular-season clashes, with the first victory coming in overtime.
“We definitely can’t go into it thinking it’s going to be an easy game,” Groh said. “We need to keep it going.” | 2022-10-21T03:50:53+00:00 | yorkdispatch.com | https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/sports/high-school/soccer/2022/10/21/kennard-dale-boys-dallastown-girls-celebrate-returns-to-york-adams-soccer-finals/69579199007/ |
LONDON (AP) — Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scotland’s independence on Oct. 19, 2023.
Sturgeon said the question to be asked will be the same as that in Scotland’s first independence vote in 2014: “Should Scotland be an independent country?”
Scottish voters rejected independence in 2014, with 55% saying they wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom.
But Sturgeon, who leads the Scottish National Party and the devolved government in Scotland, says it’s time to revisit the matter because of changes brought about by Britain’s exit from the European Union — a move opposed by a majority of Scots.
“My determination is to secure a process that allows the people of Scotland, whether yes, no or yet to be decided, to express their views in a legal, constitutional referendum so the majority view can be established fairly and democratically,” she said Tuesday.
The U.K.-wide government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson opposes a new referendum and has repeatedly said the issue was settled in 2014. Any independence vote will not be legally binding without approval from Johnson’s government.
Sturgeon said Scotland’s top law official will ask the U.K. Supreme Court on Tuesday if the Scottish Parliament has the power to legislate for a consultative referendum on independence.
She added that she would be writing to Johnson to inform him of her plans and make clear that she is “ready and willing” to negotiate the terms of how Scotland’s devolved government will have the power to hold a legal referendum.
Even if the referendum does go ahead, a majority vote will not by itself make Scotland independent from the rest of the U.K.
“For Scotland to become independent following a yes vote, legislation would have to be passed by the U.K. and Scottish Parliaments,” Sturgeon stressed.
Sturgeon maintains that her party’s success in local elections last year gives her a mandate for a fresh referendum. While the Scottish National Party did not win overall control in the Scottish Parliament, the election of a record number of Scottish Green lawmakers means there is a majority for a new independence vote.
Sturgeon said that if there was no lawful way for the Scottish government to hold a referendum, and if Johnson’s government refused to grant permission for such a vote, she would fight the next U.K. general election on the single issue of independence.
Opposition parties have criticized Sturgeon for her “obsession” with holding a new independence vote and say she should instead be focused on more practical matters such as tackling the soaring cost of living.
Like Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland has its own parliament and devolved government and makes its own policies on public health, education and other matters. But the U.K.-wide government in London controls matters such as defense and fiscal policy. | 2022-06-28T14:52:51+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/scottish-leader-calls-for-new-independence-vote-next-year/ |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge this week to bar Idaho from enforcing its near-total abortion ban while a lawsuit pitting federal health care law against state anti-abortion legislation is underway.
Meanwhile, the Republican-led Idaho Legislature is asking for permission to intervene in the federal case, just as it has done in three other abortion-related lawsuits filed in state courts.
The complex legal maneuvering playing out in Idaho is becoming increasingly common in red states as the American landscape of reproductive care continues to feel the aftershocks from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning decades of abortion rights rulings. Judges in the neighboring states of Montana and Wyoming were weighing similar requests, with the Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday keeping three abortion laws on pause and the Wyoming judge expected to issue a ruling soon.
“If allowed to go into effect, the Idaho law will cause significant irreparable harm, including to the public health of patients across Idaho,” Justice Department attorney Lisa Newman wrote in court documents filed Monday.
The Justice Department sued Idaho last week over the state’s strict abortion ban, saying it would force doctors to violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a federal law that requires anyone coming to a medical facility for emergency treatment to be stabilized and treated.
The law enacted in 2020 and set up as a “trigger law” automatically takes effect on Aug. 25 now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned its landmark abortion rights ruling nearly a half-century after Roe v. Wade.
The law criminalizes all abortions, and anyone who performs, attempts or assists with abortions can face two to five years in prison in addition to losing their health care license. However, physicians who perform abortions to save a patient’s life, or in cases of rape or incest, can use that information as a legal defense during the criminal trial.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act requires hospitals that receive federal Medicare funds to provide stabilizing medical treatment to patients experiencing medical emergencies. Some of those patients are pregnant, the Justice Department said, and in some situations that emergency stabilizing treatment involves terminating a pregnancy.
Idaho has 52 Medicare-certified hospitals that together received approximately $3.4 billion in Medicare funds during the 2018, 2019 and 2020 budget years, according to the lawsuit, including about $74 million that was attributed to the hospitals’ emergency departments.
Idaho’s law is “far narrower” than the federal law, the Justice Department contends, and and puts physicians in impossible positions when they have patients with ectopic pregnancies, dangerously high blood pressure, serious infections and other life-threatening conditions.
“Even in cases where termination of the pregnancy is necessary to prevent the patient’s death, the Idaho law requires a physician to risk arrest and prosecution for each abortion performed because the law affords only an ‘affirmative defense’ that the physician must prove at trial,” Newman wrote for the federal government. “By threatening physicians with criminal prosecution — even when they provide treatment in emergency, life-threatening situations as federal law requires — Idaho’s law penalizes and discourages such treatment, and thereby conflicts directly with federal law.”
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s office has not yet responded to the lawsuit in legal filings, but Wasden issued a statement last week calling the lawsuit “politically motivated” and criticizing the Justice Department for not first seeking a “meaningful dialogue” with state officials on the issue.
The Idaho Legislature asked permission to formally intervene in the case on Monday.
“The Legislature has unique understandings and insights into Idaho emergency room abortions (the only type of abortions at issue here) that will also assist this court in the just resolution of this civil action,” the legislature’s privately hired attorneys, Daniel Bower and Monte Neil Stewart, wrote.
Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill did not say in court documents when he would make a ruling on the Justice Department request to put the abortion ban on hold, but did set out a timeline requiring that “friend of the court” briefs like those from the Legislature be filed by Aug. 19 in the case.
The state of Idaho is also fighting three other abortion-related lawsuits in the Idaho Supreme Court. Those lawsuits, filed by a regional Planned Parenthood affiliate and a family doctor, take aim at the state’s near-total abortion ban, another abortion ban that begins after six weeks of pregnancy, and a law allowing potential relatives of an embryo or fetus to sue abortion providers for at least $20,000.
Those cases are still pending in court.
In Wyoming, attorneys argued Tuesday over whether Wyoming’s abortion ban should continue to be suspended amid a lawsuit contesting the new law.
Four women, including two obstetricians, and two nonprofits, including one that planned to open a Casper women’s health and abortion clinic that was firebombed in May, filed the Wyoming lawsuit. Wyoming’s law would allow abortions in cases of rape, incest and serious medical complications but the ban would force pregnant women in such circumstances and their doctors to grapple with the risk of prosecution, they argue.
Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens, in Jackson, showed sympathy with those arguments in temporarily suspending Wyoming’s abortion ban hours after it took effect July 27. After hearing similar arguments again Tuesday, Owens plans to rule no later than Wednesday on whether to continue to suspend the law.
Meanwhile in Montana, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a temporary injunction blocking three abortion laws passed by the 2021 Legislature from taking effect while a legal challenge plays out.
The challenged laws would have banned abortions passed 20 weeks, eliminated tele-health services for medication abortions and require abortion providers to offer patients the opportunity to listen to the fetal heart tone or view an ultrasound before performing an abortion.
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Associated Press writers Amy Beth Hanson in Helena, Montana and Mead Gruver in Cheyenne, Wyoming, contributed. | 2022-08-10T14:09:53+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/justice-department-asks-judge-to-pause-idaho-abortion-ban/ |
Damar Hamlin appears during Super Bowl event to receive award
PHOENIX (AP) — Damar Hamlin made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the NFLPA’s Alan Page Community Award.
The Buffalo Bills safety received the award at the Phoenix Convention Center on Wednesday, a little over a month after he went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field in Cincinnati.
“One of my favorite quotes: it’s a blessing to be a blessing,” Hamlin said, reading from a brief statement with his parents on stage with him. “With that being said, I plan to never take this position for granted and always have an urgent approach to making a difference in the community where I come from and also communities across the world.”
Hamlin was one of five finalists for the Alan Page Award, which annually recognizes one player who goes above and beyond to perform community service in his team city and/or hometown.
Hamlin’s toy drive fundraiser received unexpected GoFundMe donations in the days and weeks after he collapsed. Chasing M’s has since raised more than $9 million.
“Giving back to my community has always been a part of who I am,” Hamlin said. “I’m thankful for my father, who’s right here behind me, growing up watching him doing community days in our community. I always was waiting on my time when it came.”
Hamlin collapsed on the field after a collision with a Cincinnati Bengals player and had to be resuscitated before being taken away by ambulance. He was released from a Buffalo hospital on Jan. 11 and started visiting the Bills facility.
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OTSEGO, MI – With only one senior in its top seven runners, Otsego capped an undefeated girls cross country season with a Division 2 state championship over the weekend.
The Bulldogs will be the overwhelming favorite to defend their title in 2023, but the scary part for the rest of the Division 2 field is that three or four championships aren’t out of the question for this young and confident Otsego squad. | 2022-11-09T18:15:29+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/11/state-title-is-just-the-beginning-for-otsegos-rising-girls-cross-country-team.html |
Robert De Niro, at 79, becomes a father for the 7th time
((AP) - Robert De Niro has welcomed another child. The 79-year-old is now the father of seven.
A representative for De Niro confirmed the birth to The Associated Press on Tuesday but said no other details or statement were expected.
The Oscar winner is also a parent to Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46, from his first marriage; and twins, Julian and Aaron, 27; Elliot, 24; and Helen Grace, 11, from his second marriage.
De Niro is currently promoting the new comedy “About My Father,” which opens on May 26.
De Niro is a two-time Oscar winner for his supporting role in “The Godfather: Part II” and best actor in “Raging Bull.” In 2011, he was also honored with the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award for his impact on the world of entertainment and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom five years later.
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Robb Scott and Dylan Zamacona bought the property at 206 Beacon Street, Boston, from Michael Daley and Alanna T Daley on April 20, 2023. The $2,425,000 purchase price works out to $1,208 per square foot. The property features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage as well as one parking space. The unit and sits on a 2,007 square-foot lot.
These nearby units have also recently changed hands:
- A 620-square-foot unit at 127 Marlborough Street in Boston sold in November 2022, for $769,000, a price per square foot of $1,240.
- In November 2022, a 975-square-foot unit on Marlborough Street in Boston sold for $1,075,000, a price per square foot of $1,103.
- On Marlborough Street, Boston, in February 2023, a 727-square-foot unit was sold for $805,000, a price per square foot of $1,107.
Real Estate Newswire is a service provided by United Robots, which uses machine learning to generate analysis of data from Propmix, an aggregator of national real-estate data. | 2023-05-08T13:18:40+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/realestate-news/2023/05/sale-closed-in-boston-2-4-million-for-a-condominium.html |
The Carolina Hurricanes will look to keep the lead against the New York Islanders in game 2 of the first round of the NHL Playoffs on Wednesday, April 19.
The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN. Viewers looking to stream the game can do so by using FuboTV, DirecTV and Sling. Both FuboTV and DirecTV offer free trials for new users and Sling offers 50% off your first month.
The Hurricanes lead the series 1-0 after defeating the Islanders 2-1 on Monday. Sebastian Aho and Stefan Noesen scored power-play goals to help Carolina with the win. Noesen’s tip on Brent Burns’ shot from up top proved to be the winner at 2:27 of the second period. Antti Raanta finished with 25 saves for the Hurricanes. Ryan Pulock scored in the second for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin finished with 35 saves.
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New York Islanders (42-31-9, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (52-21-9, first in the Metropolitan Division)
Raleigh, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Hurricanes -176, Islanders +148; over/under is 5
NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Hurricanes lead series 1-0
BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes host the New York Islanders in the first round of the NHL Playoffs with a 1-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Friday for the sixth time this season. The Islanders won the previous matchup 6-2.
Carolina is 52-21-9 overall with a 20-6-1 record against the Metropolitan Division. The Hurricanes have conceded 210 goals while scoring 262 for a +52 scoring differential.
New York has a 16-9-2 record in Metropolitan Division games and a 42-31-9 record overall. The Islanders have allowed 217 goals while scoring 242 for a +25 scoring differential.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sebastian Aho has 36 goals and 32 assists for the Hurricanes. Brent Burns has scored five goals and added four assists over the past 10 games.
Brock Nelson has scored 36 goals with 39 assists for the Islanders. Kyle Palmieri has three goals and two assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Hurricanes: 6-4-0, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.4 assists, 3.3 penalties and 6.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game.
Islanders: 5-5-0, averaging 2.4 goals, 3.9 assists, 2.3 penalties and 5.4 penalty minutes while giving up 1.8 goals per game.
INJURIES: Hurricanes: Ondrej Kase: out (concussion), Jake Gardiner: out (hip/back), Max Pacioretty: out (achilles), Andrei Svechnikov: out for season (knee).
Islanders: Alexander Romanov: day to day (upper body), Oliver Wahlstrom: out for season (lower body).
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MONETT, Mo., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY) today announced its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.49 per share. The cash dividend on its common stock, par value $.01 per share, is payable on June 14, 2022, to stockholders of record as of May 27, 2022. At May 11, 2022, there were 72,864,173 shares of the common stock outstanding.
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NEW YORK – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley repeated her call Thursday to rewrite the rules of global development banks to relieve the debts of middle and lower income countries and increase funding for climate adaptation.
“It cannot be easier for a young person to get a 30 year mortgage than for our country to get development funds to save the people and to save the planet,” said Mottley, who has championed an agenda to reform the global banks that have provided funding to less wealthy countries since the end of World War II.
The actor Hugh Jackman joined her and the cofounder and CEO of the nonprofit Global Citizen, Hugh Evans, at the opening of the Global Citizen NOW summit in New York, which brings together politicians, business and philanthropic leaders and celebrities to try to channel the support of individuals from around the world toward change.
“There is a $16 billion funding gap that the world’s wealthiest nations promised to the world’s poorest nations but haven’t delivered,” said Evans. “That creates a trust deficit. If you don’t have trust you don’t make progress.”
He was referring to a 2009 pledge to provide $100 billion in financing by 2020 to help developing countries adapt to global warming and mitigate further rises in temperature. In 2023, those wealthiest nations have still not delivered the full amount.
Global Citizen's new campaign, Power Our Planet, essentially backs Mottley’s proposal in a move seeking to bring the reform of global banks and climate financing to the broadest audience, asking individuals to sign onto their call.
“We call on world leaders and financial institutions to prioritize the urgent need for global financial reform to power our planet and create a more just, equitable, and sustainable world,” the petition reads.
Mottley's plan, which has been endorsed by French President Emmanuel Macron, seeks to lower the interest rates for loans provided to countries and increase the amount of funds available to invest in climate adaption initiatives and the transition to cleaner energy sources.
“There’s no one else who created a technical consensus about how to reform the Bretton Woods institutions to generate hundreds of millions of dollars of public finance for these countries at a time when it’s desperately needed,” Dr. Rajiv Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, who is championing Mottley's efforts, told The Associated Press.
Global Citizen is the organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty best known for its star-studded concerts in Central Park and last year in Accra, Ghana. It urges individuals from around the world to engage with its concerts, events and mobile application and seeks to channel that participation to pressure politician leaders to end poverty, respond to climate change and other issues around inequality.
On Global Citizen's mobile app, people can take quizzes, sign petitions or send out social media posts.
Dr. Dan Stein, founder of Giving Green, which publishes research and recommendations about climate change projects, said he supports the goals of Global Citizen's campaign but had reservations about its potential effectiveness.
“I would challenge people to go further than tweeting, emailing and petitioning,” he said, adding that his organization's research, “supports the idea that one of the most powerful levers that individuals can pull is to contribute to advocacy organizations.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada also appeared at the summit to champion an announcement from his government Thursday of renewed funding for grassroots organizations that advocate and promote gender equality around the world.
Erin Kiley, Oxfam Canada’s Director of International Programming and Development, welcomed the Canadian government's pledge of $195 million over five years in multiyear, unrestricted funding for grassroots organizations.
“This is particularly important at a time when we are seeing women’s rights and activists being targeted,” she said.
Speaking of challenges to abortion access in the United States, Trudeau said that advocates cannot take access to reproductive health care for granted and said men must participate more, urging fathers to speak with their sons.
“Having those difficult conversations now about women’s rights, about equality..." Trudeau said. “This is something that men have to be better about.”
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$25,000 reward offered in Jodi Huisentruit case
MASON CITY, Iowa (KTTC) – A $25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the recovery of the remains of former Mason City morning television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit.
Huisentruit disappeared in the early the morning of June 27, 1995, on her way to work at KIMT-TV in Mason City.
The reward offer is being made by licensed private investigator Steve Ridge as a private citizen. According to Ridge, the reward offer has the blessing of Huisentruit’s sister, JoAnn Nathe.
“I speak with JoAnn on a regular basis, and we have decided the timing is right to seek information on where Jodi’s body was discarded,” Ridge said in a news release.
Ridge has been actively investigating the case going on three years, since leaving his former media consulting firm which provided on-air coaching for Huisentruit early in her career.
Ridge has asked that any information in the case be directed to the Mason City Police Department at 641-421-3636.
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6-year-old killed after driver runs over him 3 times, authorities say
HOUSTON (KHOU) – A little boy on the way to the store with his family in Texas was violently killed over the weekend when a man ran him over three times, according to authorities.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said the man was charged with murder after he reportedly ran the 6-year-old over Saturday.
An unnamed witness said the driver tried to flee the scene, but people who were in the area stopped him and held him until police arrived.
Another man, who asked to be kept unidentified, works at a business near the laundromat where the accident took place.
“The grandfather, out of panic, he kept saying, ‘My grandson, my grandson,’ and then the driver was not in his senses, so he backs up on him (the boy) again,” the unnamed man said. “He ran over once and back on to him.”
Sean Teare, with the Harris County’s Vehicular Crimes Division, said the suspect is a repeat offender.
Court documents identified the suspect as 52-year-old Pedro Alberto Hernandez and showed he has prior DWI offenses in three different counties dating back to July 2015.
If convicted, Hernandez could face life in prison.
Teare said the Harris County District Attorney’s Office was one of the first in the state to attach a felony charge to a DWI offense. That’s one of the ways they are trying to crack down on the issue.
“What we are doing as an office and with our law enforcement partners is we charge those cases differently,” Teare said.
According to court documents, Hernandez admitted to drinking four 16-ounce beers before the incident.
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Volkswagen is recalling nearly 42,000 Beetles in the U.S. and Canada because they have potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.
The recall covers Beetles from the 2015 and 2016 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Friday that the inflators can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel.
Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate air bags in a crash. But the chemical can deteriorate over time when exposed to high temperatures and humidity.
Since 2009, the exploding air bags have killed at least 33 people worldwide, including 24 in the United States.
Dealers will replace the driver's air bag in the Beetles. Owners will be notified by letter starting Feb. 17.
The Beetle air bags have a moisture-absorbing chemical that can slow the ammonium nitrate deterioration. But VW and the U.S. government reached an agreement to recall them in 2020. | 2022-12-30T15:10:46+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Volkswagen-recalls-Beetles-to-replace-Takata-air-17685194.php |
Adam Frisch, the Democrat who came close to beating Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in last year’s midterms, has raised more than $2.6 million in the second fundraising quarter as he runs again to challenge the Colorado Republican, his campaign said.
Frisch’s campaign said the $2.6 million raised in the second-quarter FEC filing breaks the record “for the largest quarterly fundraising for a U.S. House challenger in the year before an election, excluding special elections and self-funded campaigns.”
Frisch lost his challenge against Boebert in the midterms by just 546 votes, triggering an automatic recount due to the difference of less than half a percentage point, though he conceded to Boebert before the recount was finished.
The Democrat launched a 2024 bid for Colorado’s third congressional district against Boebert in February.
“Boebert continues to vote against the interests of her constituents while devoting her time to ‘angertainment’ antics that do nothing to help CO-3. We can do better than Boebert, and thanks to our generous supporters, we will defeat her in 2024,” Frisch said in a release.
According to Frisch’s campaign, the average donation for the quarter was roughly $32, coming from more than 81,000 individual donations, and donations have come from all 50 states as well as all counties in the district.
Frisch had about $1.75 million at the end of the first quarter, according to FEC receipts. The filing deadline for the second quarter is July 15.
“These numbers far exceed expectations for a congressional candidate this early in the 2024 election cycle. Since launching his campaign in February, Frisch has raised a total of $4.4 million from nearly 85,000 different individuals,” the Colorado businessman’s campaign said.
Frisch has pitched himself as a moderate alternative to Boebert, a conservative Trump ally. Polling in recent months has indicated that the possible rematch could be another tight race. | 2023-07-06T18:05:35+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/hill-politics/democrat-challenging-lauren-boebert-raises-2-6m-in-second-quarter/ |
International doctors are sounding the alarm that America is gambling with children's futures by pushing transgender medical procedures while downplaying their consequences.
America has become the outlier on the world stage as medical groups push trans treatment for children, even as countries in Western Europe advise caution or distance themselves from such practices.
Doctors from France, the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, South Africa, and the United States signed a joint letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal Friday warning that American medical leaders, such as Endocrine Society president Stephen Hammes, are dangerously cavalier on this issue.
The doctors were responding to a letter in the WSJ from Hammes and disputed his claim that 2,000 studies confirm "gender-affirming care improves the well-being of transgender and gender-diverse people and reduces the risk of suicide."
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Far from there being a consensus in favor of widespread gender-altering procedures for minors, the doctors declared that "every systematic review of evidence to date" has "found the evidence for mental-health benefits of hormonal interventions for minors to be of low or very low certainty."
They also shredded the idea that such procedures are as harmless or easily reversible as claimed, noting the risks of transgender medical treatments include "sterility, lifelong dependence on medication and the anguish of regret."
The doctors also emphasized that America an anomaly on this issue, as "more and more European countries and international professional organizations now recommend psychotherapy rather than hormones and surgeries as the first line of treatment for gender-dysphoric youth."
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The letter went on quote the past work of the Endocrine Society itself, observing that it contradicted Hammes’ current assertions in concluding, "We could not draw any conclusions about death by suicide." The doctors warned, "There is no reliable evidence to suggest that hormonal transition is an effective suicide-prevention measure."
The signatories suggested that in order to end confusion over the best form of care for those with gender dysphoria, medical societies must "align their recommendations with the best available evidence—rather than exaggerating the benefits and minimizing the risks."
Florida-based endocrinologist Jesus L. Penabad, M.D., penned an additional letter responding to Hammes, where he noted that America in particular has "politicized" transgender issues to the point where "there are those who will justify any hormonal-replacement intervention for any young person who may have been identified as possibly having gender dysphoria."
While Dr. Penabad did not condemn gender operations per se, noting that "both sides" politicize transgender issues, he warned, "The point isn’t to open the floodgates and offer an often-irreversible treatment to all people who may have issues with their sexuality, but to determine who would truly benefit from it." | 2023-07-18T13:16:50+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/doctors-from-9-countries-warn-us-leaders-exaggerate-benefits-minimize-risks-of-youth-gender-transition/article_4ec2e255-f509-5baa-acd1-551685cc8487.html |
The American Farm Bureau Federation and CNH Industrial brands, Case IH and New Holland, signed a memorandum of understanding March 9 they say provides farmers and ranchers the right to repair their own farm equipment.
“Our members urged us to find a private sector-solution that gives them access to repair their own equipment, and I’m pleased months of discussions have again paid off,” said Zippy Duvall, Farm Bureau president in announcing the agreement.
“Farmers and ranchers are more dependent on technology than ever before, so it’s critical they have access to the tools to keep things running on the farm so the food supply chain keeps running, too.”
The MOU follows a similar agreement between Farm Bureau and John Deere — which represents more than half of the farm market share in the U.S. — earlier in January, said Sam Kieffer, vice president of public policy for Farm Bureau.
The agreements focus on making sure individuals have the right to repair their equipment or have an independent repair shop make the repairs for them, he said.
As the conversations continue, Farm Bureau will be interacting on behalf of its members with the manufacturers. The agreement indicates at least biannual meetings to discuss how it's going and the experiences of Farm Bureau members, he said.
“And as technology emerges and there's new capabilities and challenges, we'll be discussing those and identifying if we need to improve, tweak, specific items within the MOU. And we will continue to engage in conversations with other manufacturers on behalf of our members,” he said.
CNH Industrial owns CASE IH and New Holland.
“This agreement underscores CNH Industrial’s commitment to empowering our customers by providing them with resources and tools that allow them to safely self-repair their equipment in a timely matter,” said Kurt Coffey, vice president of Case IH North America, a farmer and a Farm Bureau member.
Others, however, doubt the viability of the MOUs.
Under this agreement, farmers that still cannot fix their stuff can only complain to themselves or Farm Bureau, said Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of The Repair Association.
“AFBF doesn't have any ability to enforce anything — and that’s why it’s not worth the ink to print. AFBF can sign 50 of these and have no functional impact,” she said.
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have made nearly identical empty promises for years and failed to deliver. Legislation under consideration in multiple states makes the same requirements as in the MOU, so the concepts don't appear to be the hold up, she said.
“The hold up is that legislation has teeth and OEMs want the ability to renege on their promises without consequences. Right to repair is not going away precisely because these empty promises are still empty,” she said.
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By ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a frequent emissary in hostage negotiations, said Tuesday he was hopeful about the chances of a two-for-two prisoner swap that could result in Russia’s release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan.
In cases like this, Richardson said in an interview with The Associated Press, “it’s proportional — two-for two.”
Richardson, who traveled to Russia in advance of the release by Moscow of Marine veteran Trevor Reed in an April prisoner swap, declined to discuss the current status of negotiations with Russia over Griner or Whelan or to explain what role he may be playing in the talks.
But he said he felt “relatively positive” for several reasons. For one, the conclusion of the criminal case against Griner last week — she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison on drug charges — provides an opening for diplomatic negotiations to begin in earnest. Plus, he said, the U.S. and Russia have already shown a willingness to carry out prisoner swaps, as evidenced by the Reed exchange. And Griner’s strategy of expressing contrition before a Russian court was important.
“And that is why I think a two-for-two deal is hopefully a likely outcome,” Richardson said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the unusual step of revealing publicly last month that the U.S. in June made a “substantial proposal” to get Griner and Whelan home. He did not elaborate, but the AP and other news organizations have reported that the U.S. has offered to free Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. and once earned the nickname the “Merchant of Death.”
Russia made a counteroffer that the U.S. did not regard as serious, the White House has said.
It is not clear which other Russian could be included in a two-for-two deal, assuming it happens.
Griner, the most prominent American jailed by a foreign government, has acknowledged there were vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage when she was arrested at a Moscow airport in February. But she insisted that she had no criminal intent and that the canisters ended up in her luggage because she was packing hastily. Griner played for a Russian women’s basketball team in the WNBA off-season.
Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, was sentenced in 2020 to 16 years in prison on espionage-related charges he and his family say are manufactured. The U.S. government regards both him and Griner as wrongful detainees.
Though Richardson said he was cautiously optimistic, and even though there is recent precedent for prisoner swaps, such deals aren’t easy.
“The relationship between the United States and Russia is quite toxic,” he said. “The geopolitical differences many times override the humanitarian issues that we need to deal with.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman left a hospital in Washington after a two-day stay, his office said Friday, following a spell of lightheadedness that prompted the visit as he recovers from a stroke he suffered last year on the campaign trail.
In a statement, Fetterman's office said he was discharged from George Washington University Hospital after tests found no evidence of a new stroke or a seizure.
“In addition to the CT, CTA, and MRI tests ruling out a stroke, his EEG test results came back normal, with no evidence of seizures. John is looking forward to spending some time with his family and returning to the Senate on Monday,” Fetterman’s communications director Joe Calvello said in the statement.
Fetterman checked himself in on Wednesday after feeling lightheaded during a Senate Democratic retreat.
He continues to suffer the aftereffects of the stroke, in particular auditory processing disorder, which can render someone unable to speak fluidly and quickly process spoken conversation into meaning.
In November, Fetterman, 53, won the seat held by now-retired Republican Pat Toomey, spending the last five months of the campaign recovering from the stroke even as he waged a hard-fought contest against GOP nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Fetterman, who was Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, defeated the celebrity heart surgeon by 5 percentage points, flipping a seat that was key to Democrats holding the Senate majority. More than $300 million was spent during the campaign, making it the most expensive Senate race in 2022.
Fetterman is an outsized presence on Capitol Hill, standing 6-foot-8 with a clean-shaven head and a goatee, and is a rising star in progressive politics.
His campaign was temporarily derailed on May 13, just days before the Democratic primary, when he suffered a stroke that he said nearly killed him.
He underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator to manage two heart conditions, atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy, and spent much of the summer recovering and off the campaign trail.
He refused to release his medical records or allow his doctors to answer reporters’ questions, as Oz made an issue of whether his opponent was honest about the effects of the stroke and whether Fetterman was fit to serve. The Democrat insisted his doctors said he could have a full recovery.
The effects of the stroke were apparent in Fetterman’s uneven performance during the fall campaign’s only debate when he struggled to complete sentences and jumbled words.
On election night, he told cheering supporters he ran for “anyone that ever got knocked down that got back up.” | 2023-02-11T00:15:48+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/politics/article/tests-negative-sen-john-fetterman-leaves-17777636.php |
(NEXSTAR) – Why so shocked, Pat? We were all thinking it.
Pat Sajak was briefly left speechless during a recent episode of “Wheel of Fortune” after a contestant made a silly, yet completely logical remark after failing to solve the bonus-round puzzle.
The category was “What are you doing?” and the contestant, Kate Mock Elliot from Cincinnati, was given 10 seconds to uncover a three-word phrase.
Her guesses included “Moving a leaf” and “Raking a leaf,” but time ran out before she was able to come up with the correct phrase: “Fixing a leak.”
After the buzzer rang, Mock Elliott told Sajak she had considered the last word could be “leak,” but ruled it out.
“I kept thinking of doing something else with a leak, and I didn’t think that was it,” Mock Elliott politely explained.
Sajak, looking slightly shocked, stared into the camera as the studio audience began to giggle. He then dropped the prize card he was holding in his hand.
“Excuse me,” he said as he bent down to pick up the card. “These get heavy sometimes.”
The clip has since been viewed more than half a million times on social media, with many viewers praising her appearance and empathizing with her plight.
“We all thought it, Kate!” one viewer replied.
“Wish she won but that was a very funny moment,” another said.
Mock Elliott, too, seems to be taking her loss in stride.
“If you can’t win the Bonus Round, at least make Pat Sajak do a double-take,” she wrote on Facebook over the weekend. | 2022-12-16T18:34:10+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/pat-sajak-briefly-stunned-by-wheel-of-fortune-contestants-leak-remark-during-bonus-round/ |
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Carl Ashley will become Chief Judge of the First Judicial Administrative District, Wisconsin's court system announced Thursday. That district encompasses Milwaukee County.
According to a statement on Thursday, Ashley starts the new job on April 15.
This comes after current Milwaukee County Circuit Court Chief Judge Mary Triggiano decided she is resigning from the position.
Ashley was first elected to the bench in 1999, according to the statement. Ashley currently serves in family court, a position he has been elected to four times. He's also served in Misdemeanor, Felony, Family Court, Large Claims Civil, and Children's Court.
Before working as a judge, Ashley worked in private practice, as an administrative law judge and as a public defender.
Triggiano served on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court since 2004. She was elected First District Chief Judge in 2020. Triggiano now becomes the director of the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice at Marquette University Law School.
Judge Mary Triggiano joining Marquette, leaving hole in backlogged Milwaukee Co. Court
Judge Mary Triggiano, the chief judge for Milwaukee County Circuit court, has been named the director of Marquette Law School's Andrew Center for Restorative Justice.
Triggiano will step down from the bench and start her new role on a date that's expected to be announced in 2023.
While good for Marquette, the already back-logged court system will be down yet another experienced judge. The court system in the past has brought in retired judges where they need them. TMJ4's Mary Jo Ola will be reporting on this story Wednesday evening.
“Mary’s commitment to trauma-informed care in the justice system and her advocacy to support victims and communities in healing from the effects of crime are impressive and transformational," said Marquette University President Michael Lovell. "She is a respected leader whose talents and personal values align precisely with the mission of the Andrew Center, continuing the Hon. Janine Geske’s work to foster restorative justice in our communities.”
Triggiano was appointed to serve as chief judge in February of 2020 by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She has been responsible for the judicial administrative district and supervised personnel and fiscal management.
Triggiano will lead the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice, which was established in 2021 thanks to the support of a $5 million endowment gift from alumni Louis and Suzanne Bouquet Andrew. The center encompasses a number of approaches where judges and lawyers help support victims and communities during the healing process following crimes.
“Serving as a judge has been an extraordinary privilege, and I consider the opportunity to lead the new Andrew Center for Restorative Justice to be an incredible honor,” Triggiano said. “The mission of the Andrew Center presents a unique opportunity for me to use my passion for restorative justice to build upon the work of Justice Geske and to support the growth of this extraordinary program at Marquette Law School. I cannot think of another position for which I would be willing to leave the bench.”
Marquette said the center, "characteristically uses professionally guided civil dialogue, and its means for addressing conflict, promoting healing, and facilitating problem-solving can proceed in conjunction with, or apart from, the more formal processes associated with the traditional legal system."
In addition to criminal settings, there has been increasing interest in using restorative justice practices following conflicts in schools, communities, and organizations.
Triggiano's appointment comes about two weeks after Marquette University announced its appointment of Judge Derek Mosley to director of the law school's Lubar Center.
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LONDON (AP) — Voters went to the polls Thursday in three electoral districts of England, with the governing Conservative Party braced for a drubbing over a cost-of-living crisis and a morale-sapping string of political scandals.
The elections for House of Commons seats are being closely watched because they let voters in three distinct areas of England — a small town in the north, the rural southwest, and the London suburbs — deliver a verdict on the party that has governed Britain since 2010, ahead of a national election due next year.
Three opinion polls this week gave the left-of-center Labour Party a lead of at least 15 points over the Conservatives nationwide.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Conservative lawmakers the three by-elections would be a “tough battle,” but said he still thought the party could win the next general election.
“I promise you we can do this, but we can only do it together as one team,” he told the fractious Conservative caucus on Wednesday evening.
The special elections are part of the still-rippling shockwaves from the turbulent term of ex-leader Boris Johnson. He quit as a lawmaker last month, almost a year after resigning as prime minister, when a standards watchdog concluded he’d lied to Parliament about lawbreaking parties in his office during the coronavirus pandemic.
An ally followed Johnson out the door, and another lawmaker has resigned amid sex and drugs allegations, triggering the three by-elections.
Labour hopes to win Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in suburban London, as well as the mixed urban-rural Selby and Ainsty constituency vacated by Johnson ally Nigel Adams in northern England. The centrist Liberal Democrats are favored to win in southwest England’s Somerton and Frome, whose Conservative legislator, David Warburton, quit over allegations of cocaine use and sexual misconduct.
Labour leader Keir Starmer will face pressure of his own if the party doesn’t win Johnson’s old seat, where the Conservatives are focusing on a divisive local issue – a pollution-cutting levy on older gas-powered and diesel vehicles introduced by London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
A trio of Conservative defeats would increase grumbles that Sunak is failing to turn the party’s fortunes around after the mayhem caused by the scandal-plagued Johnson. The last time a governing party lost three by-elections in one day was in 1968 under Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Sunak became prime minister after being selected leader of the governing party in October. He inherited an economy reeling from the brief term of ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss, who quit after six weeks in office when her tax-cutting economic plans drove up the cost of government borrowing and hammered the pound.
That worsened a cost-of-living crisis that has seen the Bank of England hike its central interest rate at 13 consecutive meetings, to 5%, in a bid to tame inflation that is falling but remained at a still-high 7.9% in the year to June. Four in 10 renters say they are struggling to pay the rent and millions of homeowners face steep increases in their mortgage payments.
The soaring cost of living has driven hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, including doctors and nurses, out on strike, worsening pressure on the overstretched public health care system.
Bad results in Thursday’s voting could prompt Sunak to shake up his government with a Cabinet shuffle – currently penciled in for September – as early as Friday.
Polls in the three areas close at 10 p.m. (2100GMT), with results expected early Friday. | 2023-07-20T18:41:13+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/world-news/ap-the-uks-governing-conservatives-are-braced-for-a-drubbing-from-voters-in-3-special-elections/ |
56% of survey respondents agree the passing of video game enjoyment from older to younger generations is a great tradition
SEATTLE, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The holiday season is a time filled with togetherness, joy and gift-giving, and this year, you can add gaming to that list! A new global survey, conducted by YouGov and commissioned by Xbox, suggests that families are using video games to better connect during the holidays – across the globe and across generations. Among survey respondents who said they plan to play video games during the holidays, 38% ranked video games as one of their top five family activities.
Not just a pastime for teens anymore, family-friendly games like Minecraft and Forza Horizon 5 accounted for more than 50% of games played during the holidays in 2021, an increase over the last 2 years [Internal Xbox Live data from November 2020 – January 2022].
The research also suggests gaming is helping create more intergenerational connections during the holiday season, for example:
- Of the survey respondents who say they plan to play video games with family members during the holidays, 40% plan to game with their kids, 21% plan to game with their parents, 5% plan to game with their grandparents and 10% plan to game with their in-laws
- 56% of survey respondents agreed that the passing of video game enjoyment from older to younger generations is a great tradition
In addition to bringing people together during the holidays, survey findings suggest gaming's fantastical virtual worlds provide a much-needed escape from real-world pressures to help people relax. Of the survey respondents who play video games 54% turn to video games to relieve stress, compared to other activities such as social media scrolling (46%), reading a book (45%) exercising (42%) and self-care activities (33%).
This embrace of gaming among families during the holidays also represents a new era of gift-giving. Among the survey respondents who say they are planning to celebrate the holidays and give gifts, 30% say they prefer to give gifts the whole family can enjoy. Jimmy O. Yang, actor, comedian and frequent gamer is partnering with Xbox this holiday season to help amplify great holiday games and deals the whole family can enjoy, including our exclusive Xbox Series S Gilded Hunter bundle. "I grew up playing video games with my family, so I was excited to partner with Xbox this holiday season," said Yang. "I love keeping up with my friends and family across the world by playing video games, especially while I'm on tour and during the busy holidays. Plus, it keeps me humble to know that my nephew can probably crush me at Fortnite!"
Gaming is a gift that can be shared between generations. With 71% of survey respondents agreeing that the variety of video games available means that everyone in the family – from kids to grandparents – can play, Xbox is thrilled to be celebrating milestone game anniversaries this holiday season, such as Microsoft Flight Simulator (40-year franchise), Age of Empires (25-year franchise), Forza Horizon (10 year franchise) and more celebratory anniversaries. Offering these games, and many more on Xbox Game Pass is a meaningful way to instill nostalgia and shared memories into family gatherings this holiday season.
As families and young people continue to reinvent what the holidays look like for them, Xbox is proud to be a part of it. For more information on the best products and services to celebrate the holidays this year, be sure to check out Microsoft Store's holiday gift guide and top Black Friday and Cyber Week savings. Shoppers can also browse current PC gaming deals here or visit our Black Friday Hub. For a more seamless experience, gift-givers can also set up a free online appointment with a Microsoft product expert to learn how to set up a new device like an Xbox Series S or subscription like Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass so it's ready to play from the start.
To learn more about the how Xbox connect families during the holiday season, visit Xbox Wire. [https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/11/17/new-global-survey-families-connect-through-gaming-this-holiday/].
Microsoft commissioned YouGov to conduct a nationally representative survey of the age 13+ online population in each of 6 markets: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Germany, and Mexico. The survey focused on understanding consumer behaviors and perceptions around video gaming as it relates to other activities and traditions around the holidays. Final sample sizes were: n=1,404 in the United States, n=1,336 in the United Kingdom, n=1,254 in Australia, n=1,256 in Brazil, n=1,254 in Germany, and n=1,267 in Mexico.
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OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – Vintage Theatre has set its 2023 lineup of two plays.
Some theater groups put on only one or two productions a season. In Northeastern Wisconsin, they include such groups as Calvary Players in Green Bay, St. John’s Players in Manitowoc, Riverside Players in Neenah… and Vintage Theatre (vintagetheatre.net).
Michael J. Laskowski is artistic director of Vintage Theater, which he started in 2013. In addition to his theater, Laskowski is active as an actor and director in other groups in the region.
The Vintage Theatre season, in Laskowski’s description:
“Our first production is ‘Jake’s Women’ by America’s most well-known playwright, Neil Simon.
“Jake, a novelist who is more successful in fiction than in real life, is in a marital crisis. He daydreams of the past and present women in his life. The comic and touching flashbacks are occasionally interrupted by women of the real world.”
Performances are at 7 p.m. March 30-April 1.
“The second production is a mystery drama by Jeffery Hatcher called ‘Scotland Road.’
“Set in 1999, a young woman is found floating on an iceberg and dressed in early 20th century clothing. When asked who she is, she only says one word: ‘Titanic’. While at a hospital, she is questioned and studied by a psychiatrist and a historian who is a descendant of John Jacob Astor to determine if she is insane or simply a fraud.”
Performances are at 7 p.m. Sept. 28-30.
Laskowski explains the company: “We only do two shows per season, and one of the things we do to set ourselves apart from other theatre companies is we pride ourselves on offering variety to our audiences. Like we will do one classical and one contemporary, or a comedy and a drama, or something unknown to Wisconsin audiences and then one mainstream. We never want to be the competition with other theater companies because art is built on collaboration, we simply want to be another option.” | 2022-12-24T14:57:19+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/critic-at-large/valley-theater-plans-small-ambitious-season/ |
- Code compliant to the new NEC 2020 standards, Schneider Electric continues to meet evolving coding regulations while remaining focused on safe solutions for contractors and meeting the changing needs of homeowners
- Ahead of its official launch later this year, Schneider Electric previews innovative new CSED design for attending electricians, contractors and installers
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today offered a sneak peak of the new Square D™ Combination Service Entrance Device (CSED) during the NECA 2022 Convention & Trade Show at booth #2502. Developed with the electrical professionals in mind, this product is code compliant to the new NEC 2020 standards, offers new safety features, and provides updated, compact design elements for easy installation.
Schneider Electric designed the new CSED to address evolving code requirements and prioritize homeowner safety, combining the meter socket and service disconnect into one enclosure. The new CSED, scheduled to be launched later this year, offers innovative safety and design features, including:
- Outdoor disconnect, surge and GFI protection required by NEC 2020
- Plug-on Neutral interior seamlessly accommodates existing Plug-on Neutral breakers and surge protection devices
- Standardized solar-ready capability for customers seeking a more environmental approach
- Newly added four space/eight circuit option
- Compact footprint that demands less space, creating a seamless and cleaner install
- Three inch (3") service feed conduit to allow for more wiring maneuverability (as required by select utilities)
"Electric codes change, but safety remains paramount for us in the products we offer and for electrical contractors in the products they install," said Richard Korthauer, Senior Vice President, Schneider Electric Home & Distribution US. "By bringing this cutting-edge Combination Service Entrance Device to market, we are supporting electrical contractors by simplifying NEC 2020 compliance and by streamlining solar installation in preparation for the expected increase in demand resulting from the Inflation Reduction Act."
The new CSED is solar-ready and designed to accommodate Wiser™ Energy technology, giving homeowners more control of their evolving energy needs. With Wiser Energy, customers are afforded the opportunity to monitor how their energy is being used down to the device level. Providing real-time energy usage insight allows homeowners to easily spot inefficiencies, set energy goals, reduce waste, and track savings—ultimately maximizing their electrical needs and desires.
To get a first look at the new product, please visit booth #2502 at the NECA 2022 Convention & Trade Show. The new CSED will be available in December 2022. For more information about Schneider Electric, please visit se.com.
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Executive director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, Colin Young, talks about a new report warning that the climate may breach 1.5 degrees of warming in 5 years.
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Executive director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, Colin Young, talks about a new report warning that the climate may breach 1.5 degrees of warming in 5 years.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-05-17T21:03:59+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2023-05-17/a-new-report-says-the-climate-may-breach-1-5-degrees-of-warming-in-5-years |
Biden plan would open leases to conservation land, not just oil and grazing
BILLINGS, Mont. - The Biden administration wants to put conserving vast government-owned lands on equal footing with oil drilling, livestock grazing and other interests, according to a top administration official who defended the idea against criticism that it could sideline industry.
The proposal would allow conservationists and others to lease federally owned land to restore it, much the same way oil companies buy leases to drill and ranchers pay to graze cattle. Companies could also buy conservation leases, such as oil drillers who want to offset damage to public land by restoring acreage elsewhere.
Tracy Stone-Manning, director of the Bureau of Land Management, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the proposed changes would address rising pressure from climate change and development. While the bureau previously issued leases for conservation in limited cases, it has never had a dedicated program for it, she said.
"It makes conservation an equal among the multiple uses that we manage for," Stone-Manning said. "There are rules around how we do solar development. There are rules around how we do oil and gas. There have not been rules around how we deliver on the portions of (federal law) that say, ‘Manage for fish and wildlife habitat, manage for clean water.’"
But more than a century after the U.S. started selling oil and gas leases, the conservation idea is stirring debate over the best use of government-owned land, primarily in the West. Opponents including Republican lawmakers are blasting it as a backdoor way to exclude mining, energy development and agriculture.
The bureau has a history of industry-friendly policies for the 380,000 square miles (990,000 square kilometers) it oversees, an area more than twice the size of California. It also regulates publicly owned underground minerals, including oil, coal and lithium for renewable energy across more than 1 million square miles.
Those holdings put the agency at the center of arguments over how much development should be allowed.
On Monday night, senior agency officials were scheduled to host the first virtual public meeting about the conservation proposal. Another virtual event is slated for June 5 and public meetings are planned for May 25 in Denver; May 30 in Reno, Nevada; and June 1 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican who tried to block Stone-Manning’s 2021 Senate confirmation, says the proposed rule is illegal.
Earlier this month he berated Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over it during an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, saying she was "giving radicals a new tool to shut out the public."
"The secretary wants to make non-use a use," said Barrasso, the ranking Republican on the committee. "She is ... turning federal law on its head."
Stone-Manning said critics are misreading the rule, and that conservation leases would not usurp existing ones. If grazing is now permitted on a parcel, it could continue. And people could still hunt on the leased property or use it for recreation, she said.
Former President Donald Trump tried to ramp up fossil fuel development on bureau lands, but President Joe Biden suspended new oil and gas leasing when he entered office. Biden later revived the deals to win West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's support for last year's climate law.
Biden remains under intense pressure from Manchin and many Republicans to allow more drilling. Such companies currently hold leases across some 37,500 square miles (97,000 square kilomteters) of bureau land.
The pending rule also would promote establishing more areas of "critical environmental concern" due to their historic or cultural significance, or their importance for wildlife conservation. More than 1,000 such sites covering about 33,000 square miles (85,000 square kilometers) have been designated previously.
By comparison, about 242,00 square miles of bureau land are open to grazing livestock.
Environmentalists have largely embraced the changes, characterizing the proposal as long overdue.
Joel Webster with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, a coalition of conservation groups and hunting and fishing organizations, said the administration's plan would set up a process to ensure landscapes are considered for conservation without forcing restrictions.
He cautioned, however, that administration officials must ensure a final rule doesn't have unintended consequences. | 2023-05-15T22:04:40+00:00 | fox13seattle.com | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/biden-plan-would-open-leases-to-conservation-lands-not-just-oil-and-grazing |
DENVER — For the first time in state history, the leaders of Colorado’s two tribal nations were invited to speak in front of a joint session of the legislature Wednesday.
The historic moment was made possible by legislation passed last year calling for a yearly address by the tribal nations.
“It's movement. It's been a long time coming for our past leaders that had probably always wanted to do this. And today, it was a great day,” said Melvin Baker, chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
In their speeches, chairmen from the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribes detailed a long list of issues they are facing and ways the state can help.
“You may not realize that your legislation may unintentionally appear to affect those living on tribal lands and impinge upon the tribe’s jurisdictions,” said Baker. “When legislation is enacted without considering the tribes, it can create unnecessary conflict.”
The list of tribal issues included everything from water rights and renewable energy, voting rights, education and more.
In regards to voting rights, Chairman Manuel Heart said the nations are working with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, but tribal IDs have not been fully accepted as forms of identification for voting, cashing checks and more.
On education, Heart called for more Native American history to be included in school curriculums
“It is important that future generations are provided with this history and knowledge. Now is the time to ensure that the oldest continuous residents of this country, their history be required into the curriculum and education public system,” he said.
Heart spoke at length about the charter school that was formed on tribal lands with a focus on Ute curriculum and language, as well as future plans to create a K-12 charter school and possibly a junior college or technical school for Indigenous students to attend.
On the reintroduction of gray wolves, tribal leaders said that while the animals are sacred, they are also a threat to their livestock. They called on the state to recognize tribal sovereignty if they choose to introduce their own wolf management plan separate from Colorado.
Both tribes spoke at length about the need to reform sports betting law in the state, saying they were not involved in the drafting of that legislation and have not been able to access it.
“The Ute Mountain Tribe is still not able to participate in online sports betting, like every other casino in the state. The regulatory structure imposed by the legislators does not fit well with the Ute tribes as a sovereign,” said Heart.
Sports betting was passed by voters in 2019 through Proposition DD after lawmakers passed a bill to get the question on the ballot. Since 2020, Coloradans have wagered more than $8 billion.
Recent data shows sports betting in November resulted in more than $37.6 million in gross gaming revenue for the state, the vast majority of which was made online.
While the tribes say they are allowed to participate in in-person sports betting, they want the right to be able to offer online sports betting like other casinos.
“This issue remains unresolved three years later. We are asking you to resolve it,” said Baker.
Because of federal laws, tribal gaming is not used for profit, but to provide resources for the benefit of residents. He said the additional revenue will help provide jobs, housing and infrastructure on the reservations.
Baker and Heart also took issue with the 10% tax on casino earnings from sports betting, saying that tribes are exempt from state taxation, so they should not face the tax. The 10% tax on casino earnings from sports is put towards the state's water plan. Instead, they want to see that revenue go to tribal water projects that are in the works separate from the state.
On water rights, Heart pointed out that some tribes still do not have their water allocation quantified, and while they are consulted, most tribes still are not invited to vote on water management plans in the state.
He also pointed out there is currently no delivery system in the state to get tribes' allocated water out to their reservations. So, as the water sits, it evaporates and cannot be used. The tribes said they could use some help from the state in developing systems to move the water to the reservations.
In the end, both tribes said the key to all of these issues is communication and a seat at the table, not only to discuss but also to take part in the creation of legislation that will affect them.
“There is an understanding that we can't always agree on every issue, but sometimes it's better to disagree and work together. It is the cooperation and willingness to work together that makes us all stronger,” Baker said. | 2023-01-12T17:35:48+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/ute-tribal-leaders-discuss-education-water-rights-in-historic-first-address-to-state-lawmakers |
One of the major storylines of the upcoming Celtics’ training camp will be the future of Grant Williams with the team. The fourth-year forward will be entering a contract year with Boston and has until the eve of opening night in October to come to terms on a potential rookie extension with Boston.
Talks between the two sides have been quiet on those fronts in recent weeks per league sources and that comes as no surprise with the league deadline more than a month away. Most rookie extensions are reached in the days before the deadline, such as Jaylen Brown’s in 2020. However, there has been one deal reached in recent days that could have an impact n those talks involving Mavs big man Maxi Kleber. The 30-year-old reached a three-year extension with Dallas worth $33 million in total.
Kleber had one year left on his deal and is set to earn $9 million this season. His new deal is fully guaranteed.
The scope of this deal should give a better sense of what Williams’ market will be for next offseason since he and Kleber perform a similar role as bigs who can stretch the floor with the 3. Williams has shown himself to be a more consistent 3-point shooter of late (37 percent in his career compared to 35 percent for Kleber) but the Mavs big man has a significant size advantage over Williams at 6-foot-10.
Williams averaged 7.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting 41 percent from 3-point range in a career year for Boston during his third season. He could be set for even more of a breakout year in the 2022-23 campaign with bigger opportunity opened up for him off the bench for minutes following an injury to Danilo Gallinari.
However, Williams’ camp will need to tread carefully in pinning his hopes on a bigger deal than Kleber in negotiations. The truth is that restricted free agency should limit his market next summer if he passes on a deal with Boston. Williams’ has bigger upside than Kleber due to his youth at age 25 but there has not been a history of role players like Williams landing big scores in restricted free agency. Teams don’t like to tie up big money in offer sheets and there are limited teams expected to have significant cap room in the summer of 2023.
For that reason, Williams aiming much higher than a Kleber deal in extension talks feels like a long shot. The Celtics know they have the leverage in this situation and they will use it in negotiations along with a fuller view of the potential market. There’s a price the Celtics would be happy to lock up Williams for over the long-term but it’s likely a lot smaller than the power forward had hoped for in the wake of this Kleber deal. | 2022-09-13T16:23:28+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/09/how-maxi-kleber-extension-impacts-grant-williams-contract-talks.html |
- Dance Theatre of Harlem
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STG Presents Dance Theatre of Harlem at The Paramount Saturday, November 5, 2022.
Now a singular presence in the ballet world, the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company tours nationally and internationally, presenting a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century. The 18-member, multi-ethnic company performs a forward-thinking repertoire that includes treasured classics, neoclassical works by George Balanchine and resident choreographer Robert Garland, as well as innovative contemporary works that use the language of ballet to celebrate Arthur Mitchell’s belief that ballet belongs to everyone. Through performances, community engagement and arts education, the Company carries forward Dance Theatre of Harlem’s message of empowerment through the arts for all.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the holiday season approaches, one local kid is bringing joy and cheer to the community by collecting Christmas lights for children at Oishei Children’s Hospital.
Riley Greene and his mom, Kellee Greene, joined News 4 Friday morning during our Hope Rises segment.
The full segment can be seen above. | 2022-12-02T16:38:02+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/wake-up/hope-rises-riley-greene/ |
Open Call: As DelShakes welcomes new life, Artistic Squad steps in with events, leadership
In December 2022, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world.
This was an absolutely incredible and joyous occurrence.
The challenge for Delaware Shakespeare, the Wilmington theater company I have served as producing artistic director since 2012, is that medium-sized non-profit arts organizations aren’t really set up to easily transition into paternity leave coverage.
Luckily, Del Shakes has the Artistic Squad, a four-member collective who help set the programmatic vision for the company. The Squad jumped in to help keep the artistic ship moving forward, implementing a series of events and planning our summer and fall productions.
One Squad member, Mariah Ghant, has been part of an amazing collaboration that will culminate in her playing Macbeth in our Summer Festival production of “Macbeth” in July at Rockwood Park.
Mariah is an absolute powerhouse. In 2021, she directed and hosted our summer event “Rosalind x 3,” which explored three different cultural interpretations of the lead character in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” Later that year, Mariah played Titania in the magical production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” offered for free by Del Shakes at Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington.
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During my paternity leave this spring, Mariah has stepped up her game even more — which I didn’t think was possible. She played The Soldier in our collaboration with Delaware Symphony Orchestra on Stravinsky’s musical drama “The Soldier’s Tale.” She directed and produced an evening of poetry readings at Lewes Public Library, featuring selections from Caroline Randall Williams “Lucy Negro, Redux,” which uses Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady” sonnets as a launching pad to explore issues around Black femininity. And then, just for fun, Mariah also produced our “ShakesBeer in Spring” event with Wilmington Brew Works and a Shakespeare Game Night at The Chancery Market.
But, as Shakespeare would say, what’s past is prologue. All of Mariah’s endeavors so far for Del Shakes are just setting the stage for her to take on the murderous Macbeth this summer.
Mariah’s casting as Macbeth was not a predestined artistic choice. Artistic Squad members commit to a two to three-year period of service to Del Shakes, contributing to artistic, management, fundraising and marketing efforts. In return, Del Shakes commits that each Squad member will be featured in at least one artistic project during that time, and 2023 was Mariah’s year.
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As the Squad was deciding how my duties would be divided up among them during my paternity leave, Mariah was assigned to work with director AZ Espinoza on casting “Macbeth.” AZ was informed that Del Shakes was committed to Mariah appearing in “Macbeth,” but the specific role would be up to their discretion.
AZ asked Mariah to record video auditions for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. As soon as AZ saw Mariah’s video for Macbeth, the casting search was over. AZ was ecstatic about the creative vision of Mariah in the central role of Macbeth, and a unique theatrical collaboration began.
Normally, actors are cast in roles but are not part of the process of building an ensemble for a production. In her Squad role, Mariah was tasked with assisting AZ cast the production. But she was now doing so from the perspective of the actor who would be playing Macbeth.
Mariah and AZ had many creative discussions about how different casting choices would impact the storytelling, and that evolved into discussions about what story this group of artists wanted to tell. Mariah was present for all auditions, and served as a key sounding board for AZ as they made their final decisions. This very rarely happens in theater processes, and I firmly believe it will set Mariah up to give a performance as Macbeth that is powerfully connected to a magical storytelling vision.
One of the aims of the Squad is to develop long-term relationships with artists, rather than the one-off projects which dominate the current American theater landscape. By embedding artists in the organization and the community over time, Squad members’ talents can unfold in a wide variety of ways and they can build unique relationships with audiences.
Many of the great things Del Shakes has done over the last few years have had Mariah Ghant at their center. I know “Macbeth” will be another thrilling evening of theater. We hope you’ll join us July 21 to Aug. 6 at Rockwood Park. More info can be found at delshakes.org.
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My paternity leave is over and I’m back at work now. But I’m looking forward to my son seeing Mariah play Macbeth as part of his first Shakespeare production. (To those of you questioning my parenting choices, I’m counting on his bedtime arriving before "Macbeth'' starts plotting violence to children. Witnessing Mariah strut and fret her hour upon the Rockwood stage will be worth it!)
David Stradley is the producing artistic director of Delaware Shakespeare, a Wilmington-based theater company celebrating its 21st season. Del Shakes brings people together from all walks of life to celebrate and explore their shared humanity through Shakespearean works. | 2023-06-25T11:22:52+00:00 | delawareonline.com | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2023/06/25/delshakes-greets-a-new-baby-and-a-season-where-artists-lead-the-way/70341913007/ |
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Patty Murray was first elected to the U.S. Senate from Washington state in 1992 during the “Year of the Woman,” motivated to run for higher office in part by the contentious Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
At that time, Murray was the self-professed “Mom in Tennis Shoes,” advocating for working families and outraged by the way an all-male Senate committee questioned Anita Hill when she said Thomas had sexually harassed her.
Now Murray, 71, is one of the Senate’s most powerful members and seeking a sixth term at another inflection point for women following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
“Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, people could make their own choices,” the Democrat told The Associated Press. “I want a country where everyone can make their own choices.”
Murray’s campaign has spent more than $1 million to run television ads since June blasting her Republican rival Tiffany Smiley for supporting Roe v. Wade’s reversal. Observers say the fact that the longtime incumbent is up so early with aggressive, negative messaging against Smiley shows Democrats’ concerns about the political environment for incumbents, even in a blue state like Washington that hasn’t elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate since 1994.
Murray and Smiley will appear on the same nonpartisan Aug. 2 primary ballot, where the top two vote-getters advance to the general election.
Cornell W. Clayton, a political scientist and director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at Washington State University, said Murray remains the favorite to win in November but faces challenges.
“In particular she has to worry about Biden’s negative approval ratings as a drag and the economy and inflation putting the electorate in a pretty sour mood,” Clayton said.
Smiley, 41, is a first-time political candidate and mother of three who has highlighted her past advocacy for her husband, a military veteran who was blinded in an explosion while serving in Iraq.
She has raised plenty of money for a newcomer. She recently announced her campaign had raised $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2022 and had $3.5 million in cash on hand. Murray reported raising $2.6 million in the same quarter, with about $6.6 million in the bank at the end of June.
Smiley, a former nurse from Pasco, Washington, said the Supreme Court’s decision leaves it to voters in each state to decide if they wanted to allow abortions. Smiley said she doesn’t support a nationwide ban on abortion, despite what Murray has contended in her ads.
“She’s resorting to misleading scare tactics. It shows desperation,” Smiley said. “There is one extreme politician in this race. It’s Patty Murray.”
Smiley, like many other Republican candidates looking toward a general election, has tried to downplay Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election while nodding toward the large group of GOP voters who fervently believe the former president’s false claims.
While acknowledging Democrat Joe Biden is the president, she says that the 2020 election “raised serious concerns for voters” and that “we need to ensure confidence in our elections” — despite the fact that numerous federal and local officials, a long list of courts, top former Trump campaign staffers and even Trump’s own attorney general have all said there is no evidence of the voter fraud he has alleged.
Clayton said Smiley’s strategy appears to be focusing less on policy and more on turning the race into a referendum on Democrats.
Smiley, said Clayton, “is a better, more likeable, less extreme candidate than some other GOP Senate nominees this cycle … so it will be harder to paint her as a radical MAGA-world Republican.”
Smiley said she hears about economic issues on the campaign trail more than she does about abortion.
“We face an inflation crisis, an energy crisis, a crime crisis and a baby formula crisis – and Patty Murray is missing in action,” Smiley said.
Murray, meanwhile, is also highlighting her efforts to help middle-class families, saying there should be more tax cuts for middle class people than for corporations. She has risen to chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and is a member of Democratic leadership.
In her sixth term, she wants to combat inflation, lower prices, provide child care and deal with supply chain issues, among other priorities.
“The last few years have been so tough on people,” Murray said, adding she wanted to use her “energy, expertise and power” to get positive results.
Early this month, Murray visited a Planned Parenthood clinic in Spokane to denounce the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe.
Murray noted that five times as many patients might soon seek care at clinics in eastern Washington after an abortion ban in neighboring Idaho goes into effect.
“The staff here is already seeing an uptick of patients,” Murray said. “And Republicans have made it abundantly clear they won’t stop here — they want a federal ban on abortion.”
Smiley worked as a triage nurse until her husband, Scotty, was permanently blinded in Iraq in 2005. She quit her job and flew to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to be by his side.
Smiley says she worked tirelessly to stop the Army from pushing her husband, a West Point graduate, into a medical retirement. Instead, he became the first blind active-duty officer in the Army, and is featured in her political ads.
Tiffany Smiley went on to become an author, speaker and consultant and contends it is time for a new senator.
“I was 11 when Patty Murray was first elected,” Smiley said. “Patty Murray has lost touch with Washington state families.” | 2022-07-21T18:32:29+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/sen-murray-seeks-6th-term-at-new-inflection-point-for-women/ |
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