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CLEVELAND, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of the core attitudes about work have shifted since 2020, despite having held steady for a decade or more before then. These move are small, but indicate a change in how at least some Americans view work and their work-life balance:
- Fewer people admit to working most weekends, which could be due in part to the closures of retail stores and foodservice entities where workers routinely work during weekend hours.
- Fewer people say they would continue working if they won the lottery, which is possibly linked to a shift in priorities during the pandemic, as they realized that life is short and time is valuable.
- Fewer people say that juggling family and work demand is very stressful. Remote work has, for many families, allowed a level of flexibility that could make family care easier. Children returning to in-person schooling in 2021 also helped as remote schooling would have made even working from home more stressful for people with family responsibilities.
Attitudes about work vary by generation:
- Commitment to work drops off as people age, which is likely linked to older respondent groups including retired or semi-retired people. Additionally, older people are more likely to be working in jobs that were intended as supplementary income or as something to keep busy, so the growth and reward associated with career-oriented work are not there.
- The view that juggling work and family is very stressful declines with age. This is likely because respondents in Gen Z, Millennial, and Gen X groups are more likely to have children still living at home. Still, older respondents in the Baby Boomer and Older group also include people who care for grandchildren or have other family care responsibilities such as an ailing or disabled family member.
- Younger respondents are most likely to say they will continue working even if they won the lottery. These workers are less likely to have any other significant savings set aside in retirement funds. They are also more likely to have a longer expected lifespan, and either expect to keep working for personal growth, to stay busy, or to supplement their winnings in order to maintain their lifestyle for their remaining years.
- Interest in working as a team is highest among younger respondents, probably due to the fact that they are more recently removed from school, where they likely worked on group projects.
- Working on weekends is highest among younger respondents. They are not only more likely to be trying to establish themselves in their careers by putting in longer hours to reflect their commitment, but they are also more likely to be working in foodservice, retail, and other industries where weekend hours are the norm.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a highly-efficient valve system for vehicle engines to increase power and reduce fuel consumption," said an inventor, from Montgomery, Minn., "so I invented the IMPROVED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. My design could make the vehicle more responsive, efficient and fun to drive."
The patent-pending invention provides a new vehicle engine with improved valves. In doing so, it improves fuel economy and it enhances performance and power. It also reduces wear and the number of components required for operation. The invention features an efficient design that is simple to operate so it is ideal for vehicle owners and manufacturers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-JMT-185, 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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Chief Medical Officer Provides Overview of Preclinical Data Recently Presented at the 2023 American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting
Video Highlights Validation of the ONCOPREX® Nanoparticle Delivery System with a Second Tumor Suppressor Gene
AUSTIN, Texas, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genprex, Inc. ("Genprex" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes, today released a new video where the company's Chief Medical Officer, Mark Berger, MD, discusses the recently presented positive preclinical data for the NPRL2 gene by Genprex's research collaborators. The data were presented at the 2023 American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.
The studies used the Company's non-viral ONCOPREX® Nanoparticle Delivery System in KRAS/STK11 mutant anti-PD1 resistant metastatic human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) humanized mouse models. These positive data support the therapeutic potential of the Company's non-viral delivery system, which is being used in its current REQORSA® clinical oncology programs. REQORSA immunogene therapy is the Company's lead drug candidate for lung cancer. The preclinical data also provide further evidence that the ONCOPREX Nanoparticle Delivery System has the ability to be successful using tumor suppressor genes other than the TUSC2 gene that is already in use in clinical trials with REQORSA. Lastly, the data suggest that targeting NSCLC with the NPRL2 gene, potentially in combination with anti-PD1 treatment as well, may provide therapeutic potential for lung cancer patients progressing on anti-PD1 treatment.
"The study utilized the same delivery platform that Genprex uses with our REQORSA product candidate but with a different tumor suppressor gene," said Mark Berger, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Genprex. "The whole point of our oncology program is to identify tumor suppressor genes, which are systematically deleted during cancer development, and then re-express the tumor suppressor genes in cancers. This process has shown preclinically that it can achieve strong efficacy and is currently being evaluated in Phase 1/2 clinical trials of REQORSA. Now researchers have replicated that process in in vitro studies with the NPRL2 gene, which we believe is validation that ONCOPREX as a platform may be used with multiple tumor suppressor genes to address multiple types of cancer."
The abstract entitled, "NPRL2 gene therapy induces effective antitumor immunity in KRAS/STK11 mutant anti-PD1 resistant metastatic human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a humanized mouse model," has been made available on Genprex's website here.
To watch the video, please visit Genprex's website at https://www.genprex.com/videos/.
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Genprex, Inc. is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes. Genprex's technologies are designed to administer disease-fighting genes to provide new therapies for large patient populations with cancer and diabetes who currently have limited treatment options. Genprex works with world-class institutions and collaborators to develop drug candidates to further its pipeline of gene therapies in order to provide novel treatment approaches. Genprex's oncology program utilizes its proprietary, non-viral ONCOPREX® Nanoparticle Delivery System which encapsulates the gene-expressing plasmids using lipid nanoparticles. The resultant product is administered intravenously, where it is taken up by tumor cells that then express tumor suppressor proteins that were deficient in the tumor.The Company's lead product candidate, REQORSA® (quaratusugene ozeplasmid), is being evaluated in three clinical trials as a treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Both NSCLC clinical programs received a Fast Track Designation from the Food and Drug Administration. Genprex's diabetes gene therapy approach is comprised of a novel infusion process that uses an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector to deliver Pdx1 and MafA genes directly to the pancreas. In models of Type 1 diabetes, GPX-002 transforms alpha cells in the pancreas into functional beta-like cells, which can produce insulin but are distinct enough from beta cells to evade the body's immune system. In a similar approach, GPX-003 for Type 2 diabetes, where autoimmunity is not at play, is believed to rejuvenate and replenish exhausted beta cells.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts are benching starting quarterback Matt Ryan in favor of second-year quarterback Sam Ehlinger for Sunday’s game against the Washington Commanders.
Coach Frank Reich made the announcement Monday after Ryan threw two more interceptions in Sunday’s 19-10 loss at Tennessee. Reich said Ryan suffered a separated throwing shoulder in the game, but that the decision to make a change was not injury related.
Ryan leads the NFL with nine interceptions and has fumbled 11 times this season. The 37-year-old Ryan has been sacked 24 times, taken 59 hits and ranks second in pass attempts with 297, largely because the Colts (3-3-1) have been unable to get their ground game churning.
Ehlinger was a sixth-round pick in 2021, but has taken a rapid ascent to his first NFL start. He started his rookie season on injured reserve, but joined the active roster in October. A strong preseason in 2022 put him in the conversation to supplant Super Bowl 52 MVP Nick Foles as No. 2 on the depth chart, a move Reich made before Indy’s Week 6 game.
Ehlinger has appeared in three NFL games, but has never thrown a pass.
Reich said he was even more impressed with Ehlinger’s practice leading up to the Tennessee game and now he’s moved past Ryan, who ranks among the NFL’s top 10 in career yards passing and career completions.
Ehlinger will be the seventh different starting quarterback Reich has used in his five-year tenure with the Colts.
Indy is 1 1/2 games behind Tennessee in the AFC South.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — Check your pantries: Animal cookies sold at Target are being recalled because they may be contaminated with metal.
D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Company, Inc. is recalling its 44-ounce Market Pantry White Fudge Animal Cookies. The cookies, seen below, are white, covered in sprinkles and sold in a bear-shaped plastic jug at Target stores.
The recall was ordered after a piece of metal wire was found inside “a portion of the cookies,” which could cause injury to people’s mouths or gastrointestinal systems if ingested, the Food and Drug Administration said.
The recalled cookies were sold at Target stores nationwide. The affected cookies weren’t sent to any other distributors, the FDA said.
The recall affects only the following best-by date, lot numbers, and time stamps, printed on the back side of the container’s product label, below the nutritional panel:
Anyone with the recalled animal cookies should stop eating them and return them to Target for a full refund, the FDA said. Anyone with questions can call D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Co., Inc. at 888-480-1988. | 2022-08-28T17:49:00+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/animal-cookies-recalled-after-metal-found-inside/ |
Just a few years ago, when Burna Boy would perform in D.C. he'd attract a solid crowd of about 2,000. Earlier this month when he came to town, it was for a sold out arena of more than 20,000 screaming fans.
At Capital One Arena, fans told NPR why seeing a Nigerian artist recognized on this global level was so important to them, and about how great of a performer he is.
"Whatever you hear tonight, you're going to be like, 'Damn. This guy — he's got it. He's him. He's that guy,'" said Dayo Ajanaku.
Burna Boy has broken records all over the world. He was the first Nigerian artist to sell out Wembley Arena in London and Madison Square Garden in New York. His latest album, "Love, Damini," named after his birth name, is the highest-charting Nigerian album in history.
He also recently produced The Black River: Whiskey Documentary, a short film about his hometown of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and the environmental issues there.
Burna Boy spoke with NPR about his connection to his fans, his home, and the ways he makes sense of who he is as a person and who he is as a performer.
This has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Interview highlights
On his relationship between Burna Boy and Damini
I mean, for a long time, I thought they were different people, but I realized that they are the same person. Me realizing they're the same person, it helped me to be able to use it to its full potential, you know?
On what it's like to get personal and vulnerable with his music, and what he hopes his fans will take away from it
For me, it's very — how do you say? You know when you get weight off yourself, like the weight's taken off your shoulders? I don't know the word to describe it, but that's how I feel. It feels like I feel lighter every time I perform that to people ... I want them to know that, man, they're not perfect, and neither am I. And that's OK. And another thing I want them to take away is the sense of self, you understand? Like, a sense of pride of self.
On the pressures of representing something greater for his fans, as a Nigerian artist who has made it to this level, and whether this can feel like a burden
I mean, yes, sometimes it can feel like that. But when I think about it deeply, it's something I thank God for, you know? Something I'm happy about and I thank God for, because that's really the essence of who I am. That's who I started doing this for in the first place. So I feel a sense of the mission being accomplished. And I always wanted to be, like — everyone that heard my music or came to my shows or anything to resonate with what they see and hear, you know? I wanted to feel like they see and hear their own selves, their own souls. I just want them to see that it's not me doing it, you understand? It's them. It's something that belongs to them.
On whether there's a track on "Love, Damini" that speaks to his heart
If you ever heard my voice on it, then you're hearing my heart. I don't make that type of music that you can pick a favorite. You know, 'This is the one. Oh, this is the..." No, everything is a part of my soul and a part of my being and a part of my experiences in life.
On his documentary, and meeting the residents of Port Harcourt
The people who have the worst end of the stick — you know, people who have basically been forgotten by everyone and by the government and by the powers that be and, you know, just forgotten — to me, that's the part that really breaks me the most, to see that there's actually people that have been forgotten.
It's almost like my people are superhuman, man. Like, no matter what happens, we still find a way to put smiles on our faces, man, even when we should be crying all day long.
On whether he's afraid of losing fans when he writes about social or environmental issues, like the pollution in Port Harcourt
I have no problem losing fans because of that. Anybody who's not comfortable with hearing the reality — my reality — has no business being my fan.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-01-05T08:08:40+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/music/music/2022-12-29/the-burna-boy-philosophy-anybody-not-comfortable-with-my-reality-is-not-my-fan |
NPR's Asma Khalid talks to former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, who helped navigate debt-ceiling crises during the Obama administration, about lessons he learned during those past showdowns.
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NPR's Asma Khalid talks to former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, who helped navigate debt-ceiling crises during the Obama administration, about lessons he learned during those past showdowns.
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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It’s an age-old debate around the dining room table each Thankgiving — is it dressing or is it stuffing?
WGNO sports reporter Jack Culotta asked the question at Saints camp on Thursday. Saints co-defensive coordinator Kris Richard had a very detailed answer.
Jack Culotta, WGNO Reporter: “What’s your go-to Thanksgiving meal, and do you call it stuffing or dressing?”
Kris Richard, Saints Co-Defensive Coordinator: “It is stuffing. I can’t put it on my salad, so I can’t call it dressing. You could, you could, but I can’t. I’ll say honey-baked ham, macaroni and cheese, candied yams.”
Anonymous reporter: “So you’re ham over turkey?”
Kris Richard: “I am ham over turkey.”
On another uplifting note, Coach Richard took time on Thursday to illustrate the trust he has in rookie cornerback Alontae Taylor.
“There are guys that we’ve counted on for years that are not around. So, you throw a new guy out there. And it’s ‘is it an enigma?’ Right, Alontae Taylor. Do we know? Well, now we do know. He’s a helluva player, really confident, challenges a lot of people…then Lattimore and Roby are able to come back and we know what they’re all about.” | 2022-11-26T02:22:08+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/sports/geaux-black-and-gold/stuffing-or-dressing-saints-coach-settles-the-debate/ |
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America today announced that U.S. Marine Corps. veteran and Florida native Charles Brown will remain its national president – the nonprofit's highest elected office. Brown was re-elected to serve a second term by PVA's Board of Directors on May 20. Brown, along with PVA's executive committee, will begin a new term on July 1.
"It is an honor and a privilege to continue my role as national president of PVA – the organization that saved my life some 37 years ago. To once again have the opportunity to work alongside our 33 PVA Chapters across the U.S. and national office, to testify before Congress on vital reforms, and to share PVA's voice with government leaders, reporters, and corporate partners on critical issues affecting today's veterans is truly a dream come true and one I never thought possible."
A native of Missouri, Brown joined the military in 1985 and was trained in aviation ordnance. Just one year later, he sustained a spinal cord injury during a diving accident while serving in Cherry Point, NC. During his rehabilitation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center in Augusta, GA, Brown became a member of PVA's Southeastern Chapter and has remained active with the veteran service organization ever since.
Since his injury, Brown has gone on to work with PVA at both the local and national levels. Among the positions he has held are PVA Gateway Chapter's Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, advocacy director, treasurer, and vice president; PVA Florida Chapter's hospital committee chair, secretary, hospital liaison, national director, and president; and PVA executive committee's national vice president and senior national vice president. He has also served on numerous PVA national committees, including strategic planning, planned giving, and resolution.
"PVA gave me my life back and as their national president, I will use this life to serve, uplift, and empower more veterans just like me. I remain steadfast in my efforts to lead this organization to the best of my ability and help it grow, expand its programming, and become better everyday."
Brown continues working with PVA's newly re-elected Executive Committee for FY22, to include:
- U.S. Army veteran Robert Thomas, national senior vice president
- U.S. Air Force veteran Marcus Murray, national secretary
- U.S. Navy veteran Tom Wheaton, national treasurer
- U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hack Albertson, national vice president
- U.S. Air Force veteran Josue Cordova, national vice president
- U.S. Air Force veteran Tammy Jones, national vice president
- U.S. Army veteran Michael Negrete, national vice president
U.S. Air Force veteran David Zurfluh will continue to serve as PVA's immediate past president.
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or diseases. The organization ensures veterans receive the benefits earned through service to our nation; monitors their care in VA spinal cord injury units; and funds research and education in the search for a cure and improved care for individuals with paralysis.
As a life-long partner and advocate for veterans and all people with disabilities, PVA also develops training and career services, works to ensure accessibility in public buildings and spaces, and provides health and rehabilitation opportunities through sports and recreation. With more than 70 offices and 33 chapters, Paralyzed Veterans of America serves veterans, their families, and their caregivers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Learn more at PVA.org.
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Compliancy Group selected by ADA Member Advantage as exclusive OSHA compliance management solution recommended for all association members.
Through the partnership, ADA Members will be provided with a simplified OSHA compliance management and tracking solution at a special members-only rate.
Certain hazard exposures and standards are of particular concern in the dental space. That's why Compliancy Group created an OSHA program specifically for dental practices.
While OSHA has hundreds of standards, Compliancy Group's OSHA product covers those for dentist offices, including:
"We worked closely with the ADA when developing our OSHA dental product to ensure the material covers hazards specific to dental. With OSHA having hundreds of standards, it can be difficult to determine which apply to your practice. This is why we prioritized making our product as simple and easy to understand as possible." - Kelly Anne Koch, Director of Dental Relations, Compliancy Group.
"We are really pleased to offer this new solution from Compliancy Group. We believe that it addresses a pain point for the ADA's member dentists as managing the technical aspects of OSHA compliance is time-consuming and can be confusing. Compliancy Group has been a great company to work with, and we have received a lot of positive member feedback regarding their responsiveness and customer service," stated Bill Bulman, Chair of the ADA Member Advantage Board of Directors.
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A Florida amusement park ride will be torn down following the death of a teenager.
Tyre Sampson fell from the 430-foot-tall FreeFall ride in Orlando in March. He reportedly slipped out of his seat about halfway down the ride.
Sampson's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The ride's operator said they are taking the ride down after listening to the wishes of Tyre's family.
“Tyre’s death is a tragedy that we will never forget. As the landlord, ICON Park welcomes and appreciates Orlando Slingshot’s decision to take down the ride,” said ICON Park, where the ride is located.
The amusement park called the 430-foot ride "the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower." It opened in 2022.
In addition to tearing down the ride, the operator said it will also create a scholarship in Tyre's name. | 2022-10-06T17:35:13+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/orlando-ride-to-be-torn-down-months-after-teens-death |
WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 1, 2022
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1116 AM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties:
Northern New Haven, Northern Middlesex, and Southern Fairfield.
until 11 PM EDT this evening.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the
region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional
information, please visit the Connecticut Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection Web site at http://www.ct.gov/deep/aqi
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WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — A West Seneca man was arrested on May 18 after he was found in possession of a weapon on school grounds.
The man, 57-year-old Darren E. McCormick Jr., was arrested after a complainant reported that McCormick was in possession of a gun at Ledgeview Elementary School in Clarence.
McCormick was at the school delivering flowers from a flower shop where he works.
McCormick was issued an appearance ticket returnable to the town of Clarence court for June 8. | 2023-05-25T13:48:16+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/west-seneca-man-arrested-for-criminal-possession-of-a-weapon-on-school-grounds |
Guitar legend Carlos Santana collapses during outdoor performance
Published: Jul. 6, 2022 at 7:46 AM EDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
(CNN) - Legendary musician Carlos Santana suffered a medical emergency Tuesday night during a performance in Michigan.
Santana was reportedly “overtaken by heat exhaustion and dehydration” while performing at an outdoor amphitheater in Clarkston, about 40 miles outside of Detroit.
Temperatures reached up to 90 degrees Tuesday, nearly 10 degrees above average.
The 74-year-old musician was hospitalized and is expected to be OK.
Santana posted on Facebook following the incident, thanking his fans for their “precious prayers.”
The musician was set to perform with Earth, Wind and Fire on Wednesday night in Pennsylvania, but that concert has been postponed.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began.
The report was issued at the behest of Congress, which in March passed a bill giving U.S. intelligence 90 days to declassify intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Intelligence officials under President Joe Biden have been pushed by lawmakers to release more material about the origins of COVID-19. But they have repeatedly argued China’s official obstruction of independent reviews has made it perhaps impossible to determine how the pandemic began.
The newest report angered some Republicans who have argued the administration is wrongly withholding classified information and researchers who accuse the U.S. of not being forthcoming.
John Ratcliffe, who served as U.S. director of national intelligence under former President Donald Trump, accused the Biden administration of “continued obfuscation.”
“The lab leak is the only theory supported by science, intelligence, and common sense,” Ratcliffe said in a statement.
There was newfound interest from researchers following the revelation earlier this year that the Department of Energy’s intelligence arm had issued a report arguing for a lab-related incident.
But Friday’s report said the intelligence community has not gone further. Four agencies still believe the virus was transferred from animals to humans, and two agencies — the Energy Department and the FBI — believe the virus leaked from a lab. The CIA and another agency have not made an assessment.
Located in the city where the pandemic is believed to have began, the Wuhan Institute of Virology has faced intense scrutiny for its previous research into bat coronaviruses and its reported security lapses.
The lab genetically engineered viruses as part of its research, the report said, including efforts to combine different viruses.
But the report says U.S. intelligence “has no information, however, indicating that any WIV genetic engineering work has involved SARS-CoV-2, a close progenitor, or a backbone virus that is closely-related enough to have been the source of the pandemic.”
And reports of several lab researchers falling ill with respiratory symptoms in fall 2019 are also inconclusive, the report argues.
U.S. intelligence, the report said, “continues to assess that this information neither supports nor refutes either hypothesis of the pandemic’s origins because the researchers’ symptoms could have been caused by a number of diseases and some of the symptoms were not consistent with COVID-19.”
Responding to the report, the Republican chairs of the House Intelligence Committee and a select subcommittee on the pandemic jointly said they had gathered information in favor of the lab leak hypothesis. Reps. Mike Turner and Brad Wenstrup, both of Ohio, credited the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence for taking a “promising step toward transparency.”
“While we appreciate the report from ODNI, the corroboration of all available evidence along with further investigation into the origins of COVID-19 must continue,” Turner and Wenstrup said.
But Alina Chan, a molecular biologist who has long argued the virus may have originated in the Wuhan lab, noted the public version of the report did not include the names of researchers who fell sick or other details mandated by Congress.
The bill requiring the review allowed intelligence officials to redact information publicly to protect agency sources and methods.
“It’s getting very difficult to believe that the government is not trying to hide what they know about #OriginOfCovid when you see a report like this that contains none of the requested info,” Chan tweeted. | 2023-06-24T09:54:45+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/health/ap-health/us-intelligence-report-on-covid-19-origins-rejects-some-points-raised-by-lab-leak-theory-proponents/ |
DOVER, Del., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At their meeting held today, the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.535 per share on the Company's common stock. The $0.535 per share dividend will be paid on April 5, 2023 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2023.
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CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines canceled about 18 flights this week when it realized that some of its Boeing 777-200 planes had not undergone required inspections of the front edges of the wings.
The airline canceled flights Monday night and Tuesday morning, and said it’s trying to rebook stranded passengers.
The Federal Aviation Administration said United grounded 25 of the jets after discovering it had failed to inspect slats on the wing edges that are used during takeoffs and landings.
The FAA said United reported the issue, and the FAA is reviewing circumstances that led to the missed inspections.
United said late Tuesday afternoon that it had inspected 10 of the planes and was working with the FAA to return the others to flying in the next two weeks without causing additional flight cancellations.
The matter was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
United’s Boeing 777-200s had been grounded until earlier this year by the failure of a Pratt & Whitney engine on one that caused parts of the housing to fall on the Denver area.
The planes seat between 276 and 364 passengers, according to United’s website, and are mostly used on long international flights. | 2022-09-21T06:15:46+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-united-airlines-grounds-25-planes-after-missed-inspections/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell Wednesday at a hotel and was hospitalized, a spokesman for the senator said.
McConnell, 81, was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres said.
In 2019, the GOP leader, a survivor of childhood polio, tripped and fell at his home in Kentucky, suffering a shoulder fracture. At the time, he underwent surgery to repair the fracture in his shoulder. The Senate had just started a summer recess and he worked from home for some weeks as he recovered.
The taciturn McConnell is often reluctant to discuss his private life. But at the start of the COVID-19 crisis he opened up about his early childhood experience fighting polio. He described how his mother insisted that he stay off his feet as a toddler and worked with him through a determined physical therapy regime. He has acknowledged some difficulty in adulthood climbing stairs.
First elected in 1984, McConnell in January became the longest-serving Senate leader when the new Congress convened, breaking the previous record of 16 years.
The Senate, where the average age is 65, has been without several members recently due to illness.
The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., 90, said she was hospitalized last week to be treated for shingles.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., 53, who suffered a stroke during his campaign last year, was expected to remain out for some weeks as he received care for clinical depression.
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MacKenzie Scott’s big gifts have been a boon to the charities who received them, and widespread fears in the nonprofit world that her gifts would lead other donors to pull back their support or that small groups wouldn’t be able to handle them were largely unfounded.
That’s according to a study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy, which surveyed more than 700 nonprofits that Scott identified as grant recipients in 2020 and 2021. The center received responses from 277 nonprofits.
Among the findings:
• Nearly 90% of respondents said the gift from Scott was the largest unrestricted donation their organization had ever received.
• Almost all of the nonprofits — 98% — said they were directing the funds toward improving their existing programs and starting new ones.
• Almost three-quarters — 73% — said they were hiring more staff or consultants to take on that new work.
• More than 90% said they were using the donation to improve their charity’s financial stability.
Susan Goodell, chief executive of El Pasoans Fighting Hunger, a food bank that received $9 million from Scott in December 2020, said the money came at a pivotal time. It shored up her group’s financial health after soaring food-assistance needs forced the charity to expand faster than it could handle. The organization had taken out a loan to buy a building it could turn into a food-storage warehouse.
“Looking toward 2021, we were terribly afraid we were going to have to scale back when need was still incredibly high,” Goodell says.
Instead of scaling back in 2021 as Goodell feared, Scott’s $9 million infusion in late 2020 meant Goodell was able to pay off roughly $2.6 million in debt the food bank had taken on and buy more food to meet the growing needs in El Paso.
“It was really a shot in the arm at a time when this organization was in incredible need,” Goodell says. “Frankly, I don’t know what we would have done without this gift.”
Most of the respondents said foundations and individual donors didn’t change their support because of the Scott donation, something many nonprofits and philanthropy experts had worried about. Slightly more than half of the respondents in the study — 52% — said receiving a donation from Scott made their fundraising efforts easier, and 35% said it had no effect at all on their fundraising.
The possibility that other donors might rethink their support was on the mind of Akil Vohra, executive director of Asian American Youth LEAD, which received $2 million from Scott in 2021. So far, however, his organization hasn’t experienced a decrease in support from other donors or foundations.
“It’s still a concern for me about what that (gift) means for new funders moving forward,” he says. “But I think that’s kind of my responsibility to continue to talk about the work we’re doing and what impact it’s having and the need in the AAPI community.”
Vohra’s group provides after-school academic programs, leadership development, mentoring, and summer programs to underserved Asian-American and Pacific Islander youths in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.
“Her investment put a spotlight on a community that is often seen as this model minority but that in truth has great needs,” says Vohra, who points out that the majority of the youths his group serves are on free or reduced-cost school meals, and many are recent immigrants.
Like nearly 60% of survey respondents, Vohra says Scott’s gift gave the charity a boost to improve its infrastructure. In his group’s case, that has meant purchasing new and better laptops, phones, and development technology. He was also able to give employees significant raises, something 62% of respondents said Scott’s support made possible.
Scott’s gift also enabled Asian American Youth LEAD to expand its programs. As a result, the charity now serves 30% more youths.
About 75% of respondents said receiving a donation from Scott changed their approach to fundraising because it bolstered their confidence when asking foundations or individuals for support. Some said Scott’s gift made them feel confident enough to ask foundations for larger grants than they had in the past, or it gave them greater courage to ask for larger annual gifts from donors.
Scott started giving big in the summer of 2020 when she announced her first round of unrestricted, mostly one-time donations to hundreds of charities. For many organizations, the seven- and eight-figure gifts were the largest they had ever received, and her subsequent giving has continued to follow that model.
Scott has supported a number of large, well-known charities like Easterseals, Goodwill, and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. But she has also given significant sums to historically Black colleges and universities; nonprofits led by people of color, women, and those who identify as LGBTQ; and other overlooked charities that help underserved populations.
To date, she has given more than $13 billion to charity. Nearly $8.6 billion of that went out in her first three rounds of giving, on which the study, Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits, is focused.
Advancing racial, gender, and other types of equity is an important part of the missions of many organizations that received Scott gifts.
• Nearly 70% of survey respondents said Scott’s gift allowed their organization to advance racial equity more effectively, and nearly two-thirds said they were better able to further economic mobility.
• 65% of the survey’s respondents identify as women and 40% as people of color. Among the latter, many said that receiving a donation from Scott was especially galvanizing.
Kathleen Enright, CEO of the Council on Foundations and former head of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, says Scott’s funding choices are especially important because they go against a historical trend.
“She is prioritizing nonprofits led by women and people of color for enormous unrestricted grants, whereas historically, nonprofits led particularly by people of color and sometimes also women are required to go over a higher bar of proof and oftentimes receive smaller grants,” Enright says. “So that is a positive move.”
Nonprofits in the study received donations from Scott of $1 million to $250 million. The study puts the significant size of those gifts into context. The median grant from Scott was $8 million, a monumental sum when compared with $100,000, the median grant most staffed foundations give to nonprofits, according to the study.
“This is an order of magnitude different. Even big foundations that make big grants, at the median give around $500,000, maybe $1 million at the outside,” says Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy. “These are $8 million gifts, so I don’t think the scale of these gifts relative both to the size of the organizations and to what is typical of other major donors can be overstated.”
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Maria Di Mento is a senior reporter at the Chronicle. Email: maria.dimento@philanthropy.com. The AP and the Chronicle receive support from the Lilly Endowment for coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits. The AP and the Chronicle are solely responsible for all content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy. | 2022-11-15T20:29:00+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-mackenzie-scott-donations-avoided-feared-pitfalls-new-study/ |
1. San Antonio Spurs — Victor Wembanyama (Metropolitans 92)
For the first time in 17 years, the first pick of the NBA draft goes to a player who wasn't among the U.S. college ranks. Wembanyama stands at 7-feet-4-inches tall with a wingspan close to 8 feet. The 19-year-old French phenom is what many scouts are calling a generational talent unlike anything they've seen before. One analyst said if he had to choose between him or LeBron James at age 18, it'd be a tough decision. The center spent last season with the Metropolitans 92 of the French Betclic Elite league and averaged 21.6 points and 10.4 rebounds in just 34 games.
2. Charlotte Hornets — Brandon Miller (Alabama)
As a National Freshman of the Year award winner in his lone season with the Crimson Tide, Miller joins NBA stars John Wall, Zion Williamson, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis, who have also won the award. The 6-foot-9-inch forward is a lock-down defender who brings both size and length to the Hornets. Miller averaged 18.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game last season.
3. Portland Trail Blazers — Scoot Henderson (G League Ignite)
Had it not been for Wembanyama, many scouts said 19-year-old Henderson had the potential to go first overall in this year's draft. After spending two seasons in the NBA's G League, he showed explosiveness with the ball and pristine mid-range shooting. The 6-foot-2-inch guard averaged 17.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season.
4. Houston Rockets — Amen Thompson (Overtime Elite)
One half of the Thompson twins drafted in the top five, Amen has towering size for someone so skilled with the ball. The 6-foot-7-inch guard has stellar court vision, averaging around six assists and 16 points per game last season.
5. Detroit Pistons — Ausar Thompson (Overtime Elite)
The second half of the Thompson twins also has outstanding size for a guard, standing at 6-feet-7-inches. He can do everything you ask of him on the court and finished as a two-time Overtime Elite Finals MVP. Sharing a similar stat line as his brother, Ausar averaged 16.3 points and 6.1 assists per game last season.
6. Orlando Magic — Anthony Black (Arkansas)
Black is a big point guard towering at 6-feet-7-inches and has the vision and intelligence of a true floor general. His durability shouldn't be a concern, as he averaged nearly 35 minutes per game with the Razorbacks. Black added 12.8 points per game last season and shot 45% from the field.
7. Indiana Pacers — Bilal Coulibaly (Metropolitans 92) — Traded to Wizards
As Wembanyama's teammate in France, Coulibaly had the pleasure of playing in front of many scouts in the stands. While the 6-foot-7-inch forward only averaged 5 points in 18 minutes per game, many scouts saw huge improvements last season and believe he has the potential to develop into a star.
8. Washington Wizards — Jarace Walker (Houston) — Traded to Pacers
Walker is what many basketball traditionalists adore. Standing at 6-feet-8-inches tall and weighing in at 240 pounds, Walker is a lock-down defender with a massive wingspan who can also knock down jump shots. He averaged just over 11 points and seven rebounds in 36 games last season. He's also the first top-10 pick out of Houston since NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwan was taken first overall back in 1984.
9. Utah Jazz — Taylor Hendricks (Central Florida)
Some analysts believe Hendricks is one of the most underrated prospects in this year's draft and has the potential to make a run for Rookie of the Year. While he still needs to develop his size to match up against big NBA veterans, Hendricks led UCF last season in both scoring (15.1 points per game) and rebounding (seven rebounds per game). He also shot an impressive 39.4% from beyond the arc.
10. Dallas Mavericks — Cason Wallace (Kentucky) — Traded to Thunder
After just one season with the Wildcats, Wallace proved he has the talent to fit right in at the NBA level, sinking 34% of his 3-point shots last season. The 6-foot-4-inch guard also possesses solid defensive skills and is comfortable taking over an offense when called upon.
Other notable first round picks
11. Orlando Magic — Jett Howard (Michigan)
2022-23 All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman. Guard averaged 14.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2 assists per game last season.
12. Oklahoma Thunder — Dereck Lively II (Duke) — Traded to Mavericks
2023 All-ACC Tourney, ACC All-Defense and ACC All-Freshman. Center averaged 5.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game last season.
13. Toronto Raptors — Gradey Dick (Kansas)
2022-23 All-Big 12 and Big 12 All-Freshman. Guard averaged 14.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and shot 40.3% from beyond the arc last season.
14. New Orleans Pelicans — Jordan Hawkins (Connecticut)
NCAA Champion, NCAA All-Tourney, NCAA All-Region, 2022-23 All-Big East and Big East All-Freshman. Guard averaged 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and sunk 40.9% of his shots last season.
15. Atlanta Hawks — Kobe Bufkin (Michigan)
2022-23 All-Big Ten. Guard averaged 14 points, 4.5 rebounds and made 48.2% of his shots last season.
16. Utah Jazz — Keyonte George (Baylor)
2022-23 All-Big 12, Big 12 All-Freshman and 2022-23 Big 12 Rookie of the Year. Guard averaged 15.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game last season.
17. Los Angeles Lakers — Jalen Hood-Schifino (Indiana)
2022-23 All-Big Ten, Big Ten All-Freshman and 2022-23 Big Ten Rookie of the Year. Guard averaged 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game last season.
18. Miami Heat — Jaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA)
NCAA All-Region, 2022-23 Pac-12 Player of the Year, three-time All-Pac-12, two-time All-Pac-12 Tourney and two-time Pac-12 All-Defense. Guard averaged 17.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and sank 48.1% of his shots last season.
19. Golden State Warriors — Brandin Podziemski (Santa Clara)
2022-23 WCC Player of the Year and 2022-23 All-WCC. Guard averaged 19.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game last season.
20. Houston Rockets — Cam Whitmore (Alabama)
Big East All-Freshman and 2022-23 Big East Rookie of the Year. Forward averaged 12.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and sank 47.8% of his shots last season.
21. Brooklyn Nets — Noah Clowney (Alabama)
SEC All-Freshman. Forward averaged 9.8 points, 7.9 rebounds and shot 48.6% from the field last season.
22. Brooklyn Nets — Dariq Whitehead (Duke)
Forward averaged 8.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and shot 42.9% from beyond the arc last season.
23. Portland Trail Blazers — Kris Murray (Iowa)
2022-23 All-Big Ten. Forward averaged 20.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and shot 47.6% from the field last season.
24. Sacramento Kings — Olivier-Maxence Prosper (Marquette) — Reportedly traded to Mavericks
Guard averaged 12.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and sank 51.2% of his shots last season.
25. Memphis Grizzlies — Marcus Sasser (Houston) — Traded to Pistons
NCAA All-Region, 2022-23 AAC Player of the Year, two-time All-AAC and AAC All-Freshman. Guard averaged 16.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists last season.
26. Indiana Pacers — Ben Sheppard (Belmont)
2022-23 All-MVC, 2021-22 All-OVC and MVC All-Defense. Guard averaged 18.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and shot 47.5% from the field last season.
27. Charlotte Hornets — Nick Smith Jr. (Arkansas)
Guard averaged 12.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists last season.
28. Utah Jazz — Brice Sensabaugh (Ohio State)
Big Ten All-Freshman. Forward averaged 16.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and sank 40.5% of his 3-pointers last season.
29. Indiana Pacers — Julian Strawther (Gonzaga) — Traded to Nuggets
NCAA All-Region, 2022-23 All-WCC and 2023 All-WCC Tourney. Guard averaged 15.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and shot 40.8% from beyond the arc last season.
30. Los Angeles Clippers — Kobe Brown (Missouri)
2021-22 All-SEC. Forward averaged 15.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and made 45.5% of his 3-pointers last season.
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Alice Cooper, Flavor Flav pilot the Zamboni in arena video
We learned something a few weeks ago after Alice Cooper drove a Zamboni across The Dollar Loan Center ice rink.
The surprise wasn’t that the rock legend knows how to drive a Zamboni. Cooper can do it all — he’s about a scratch golfer, from what I understand. But Cooper refers to his dark-theater stage persona, “Alice,” in the third person.
As in, “Several years ago Alice played what was then the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, and I’m driving down the Strip and the marquees showed ‘Sinatra!’ and ‘Dean Martin!’ and then, ‘Alice!’ Just giant, on the marquee. I was like, ‘I hope Sinatra doesn’t see that and get mad.’”
Why Cooper was in full-Alice regalia and driving a Zamboni bears explanation. Cooper was among a couple dozen Vegas celebs and personalities taking part in a two-day video shoot, April 25-26, at The Dollar Loan Center in Henderson (of course!).
The campaign centers on the company’s Loan Approval Machine. The stars in the series press an “Apply Now” button on the Zamboni, then drive it across the ice until they are approved.
The series opened Monday with Mötley Crüe front man Vince Neil in the driver’s seat. The ads are running in select states, and will eventually appear across the country, and also in the arena.
Story behind this coming soon … #AliceCooper #RJNow @reviewjournal pic.twitter.com/UenkW6BHU3
— John Katsilometes (@johnnykats) May 17, 2022
Dollar Loan Center founder Chuck Brennan has established relationships over a long career combining his passion for music and his business interests. He started managing bands at 18, running clubs at 21 (such as the biggest club in the Midwest in the early 1990s, The Blitz in Pipestone, Minn.), then moving on as a top concert promoter. That’s how he got to know Cooper, for starters, whom Brennan says “is like a second father to me.”
That bio means that when The Dollar Loan Center’s money man calls, his friends are ready. Even if it means driving a Zamboni for the first time, which was the case for most of those taking part.
The stream of famous folk climbing onto the ice-smoothing machine (outfitted with a spoiler and painted with flames) included Cooper; Neil; the esteemed Public Enemy co-founder and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Flavor Flav; Vegas Golden Knights and Vegas Knight Hawks owner Bill Foley; Sebastian Bach, formerly of Skid Row; Stephen Pearcy of Ratt; Danny Coker of “Counting Cars” TV series and Count’s Vamp’d Rock Bar & Grille; Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars”; Laugh Factory at the Trop headliner Murray Sawchuck and his wife, former “Crazy Girls” and “Jubilee” showgirl Dani Elizabeth; Harrah’s headliner Tape Face; Flamingo headliner Piff the Magic Dragon; Vegas pop artist Michael Godard; VGK’s T-Mobile Arena “Igniter” Cameron Hughes; and national-anthem fave Carnell “Golden Pipes” Johnson.
Cooper is in play as an upcoming Dollar Loan Center headliner, too, set to appear Oct. 8 with ex-Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley. Flav was also among the more eye-catching stars to appear. He showed up in his rhineston-encrusted shades; blue-and-gold checked suit and matching NBA cap; and his ubiquitous, bedazzled necklace clock (the time randomly set at 6:20).
Story behind this coming soon … #FlavorFlav #RJNow @reviewjournal pic.twitter.com/CFRmBz4gjt
— John Katsilometes (@johnnykats) May 17, 2022
Flav had some news, saying after his jaunt across the ice he’s recording an album titled, “It’s About Time.” As he says, “Time is the most important element in life.”
The release should drop this year.
“Hopefully, we’ll have the whole album out by September,” Flav said. “Right now I’m getting ready to put out the singles, by the end of May or early June.”
Flav also, and again, brought up a variety show he’s developing for residency at the Plaza. “I’m working on it with my boy, Jonathan Jossel,” Flav said. “We’re working on closing it now.” Flav refers to the hotel’s CEO. (We’re eager to have confirmation from the hotel about Flav’s project. Nothing yet.)
Since the video shoot, Dollar Loan Center — home of the Indoor Football League’s Knight Hawks — has secured the IFL Championship Game for the next three years.
”When we put together the deal for the arena, in our partnership with the Foley (Entertainment) Group, we had been in business for 22 years,” Brennan said. “We wanted to re-brand everything Dollar Loan Center. We kind of look at this as our halfway point. We are halfway there.” Which means it’s time to resurface the ice.
John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. His “PodKats!” podcast can be found at reviewjournal.com/podcasts. Contact him at jkatsilometes@reviewjournal.com. Follow @johnnykats on Twitter, @JohnnyKats1 on Instagram. | 2022-05-17T01:36:13+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/alice-cooper-flavor-flav-pilot-the-zamboni-in-arena-video-2577550/ |
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THORNDALE, Texas (KXAN) — One Central Texas school district will require students to lock up their phones during the school day in a “magnetically sealed pouch,” its superintendent wrote in a letter to parents.
Thorndale ISD, which is located in Milam County, will start the policy in the next school year at Thorndale middle and high schools. The district has about 600 students, according to state data.
The program, called Yondr, requires students to secure their phones in a personal pouch that they will keep with them during the day. Students must bring the pouch to and from school daily. When students leave school, they tap the pouch to an unlocking base to access their phones, smart watches and wireless earbuds.
In the letter, Superintendent Adam Ivy wrote district staff members visited another ISD to see how it used the Yondr program. They spoke with teachers who said engagement is better, distractions are fewer and cyberbullying and cyber safety issues were “almost…non-existent,” the letter said.
When it comes to lockdowns, parent-student communication and other scenarios, Ivy wrote the Texas district said, “that they had found no credible reason not to implement the program and that the benefits have completely outweighed any growing pains.”
The letter’s frequently asked questions section said law enforcement believes it safer for students to refrain from using devices in emergency situations. But the district is working on a plan for when devices are necessary for lockdown situations.
Students who do not follow school rules will face $15 fines on each offense and suspension days based on the number of offenses.
“We have spent a lot of time discussing this and trying to play devil’s advocate to look for holes in the system,” Ivy wrote. “After much thought, prayer and discussion we believe that this will absolutely be in the best interest of our students’ education, health and safety, which is the litmus test we use for all such decisions.”
The letter also said elementary students will not use the Yondr program but instead use a different, unnamed system.
Thorndale ISD students go back to school Aug. 17. | 2022-07-24T17:39:19+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/texas-school-district-requiring-students-to-lock-phones-in-pouches-during-class/ |
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – Christmas arrived a bit early in Garfield Heights, thanks to students from Independence Primary School who stuffed the bus to help needy families in the Garfield Heights City School district.
The bus full of toys, games, books and clothing – as well as fourth-grade student council members, Principal T.J. Ebert and school resource officer Kevin Repicky – visited Garfield Heights High School Friday, Dec. 16. The group filled several tables with presents that will help ensure a merry Christmas for countless needy children in the district. Although the recipients of Independence Primary School’s largesse benefited materially, the young Blue Devils also gained from the experience.
“It’s going to make them lifelong charitable givers,” explained Amanda Jaronowski, head of career development for Independence Local Schools. “The goal is that they see charitable giving as part of their everyday lives.”
A pre-Thanksgiving trip to Cleveland’s Hunger Network helped to reinforce the idea that not everyone is equally well off while also highlighting the need for financially secure people to give generously. In addition, Jaronowski used the outing to teach about the significant role nonprofits play in Greater Cleveland and beyond.
Jaronowski and Principal T.J. Ebert came up with the stuff the bus initiative last year and plan to continue the philanthropic effort for years to come.
“It will live on and hopefully it is going to live on much longer than I am going to be there,” said Jaronowski.
Although the two districts are geographically separated by little more than a handful of mile markers on I-77, the economic realities are vastly different.
“Garfield Heights is literally 12 minutes up the road from Independence, but it is another world,” said Jaronowski, whose husband graduated from Garfield Heights High School, following last year’s philanthropic venture.
Jaronowski credited Katie Hill, Independence Primary School PTO president, for organizing and facilitating this year’s effort and she also praised the many Independence families who once again stepped up to donate a new, unwrapped present to those less fortunate. | 2022-12-24T16:10:22+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/12/independence-primary-school-stuffs-the-bus-to-help-those-less-fortunate.html |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Harris, in partnership with the Real Estate business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, unveiled plans today for 600 South Tryon, the fourth office building at the 10-acre Legacy Union mixed-use development in the heart of Uptown Charlotte.
Construction is underway on the 24-story, 415,000-square-foot building, with completion expected in the fourth quarter of 2024. In addition to the Class-A office space, 600 South Tryon will feature approximately 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and podium parking, along with conference, co-working and fitness spaces all offering terraces with outdoor access.
Law firm Robinson Bradshaw has signed a lease for approximately 102,000 square feet of space on the top four floors of the building.
"In just a few short years, Legacy Union has helped create a dynamic gateway for Uptown Charlotte," said Johno Harris, president of Charlotte-based Lincoln Harris. "The building and the overall vision of Legacy Union is a tribute to the city of Charlotte – combining a great location and incredible partnerships in a thriving region."
Lincoln Harris is partnering again with Goldman Sachs Asset Management in developing the tower, just as it did with the previous three office buildings at Legacy Union which now total more than 1.5 million square feet of space. LS3P will again provide architectural services, and Gilbane will reprise its role overseeing construction of the building at the northeast corner of the property bounded by Brooklyn Village Avenue and South Tryon Street.
Design is a distinctive feature of the Legacy Union development, and 600 South Tryon will be no exception. The building is envisioned as the "Big Sister" of the existing 650 South Tryon tower, with a contemporary architecture that serves as a visual counterpoint to the more traditional design of the 33-story Bank of America Tower.
Above its two-story base, 600 South Tryon will rise as an all-glass tower, its south façade arcing away from Bank of America Tower just as the 650 façade does on the opposite side. The building's façade gives a nod to Tryon Street with its cantilevered design, creating a dynamic entrance to the Plaza.
To create more visual interest, the 600 tower will step back from its parking podium at the ninth floor, providing terraces overlooking the Plaza and Brooklyn Village Avenue . The building's arcing and sloping penthouse screen caps the tower above 650, completing the overall composition of the Tryon Street block that is Legacy Union.
The building design will include ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) elements that are an ever-growing focus for investors, tenants and developers. From LEED Certification, water and energy efficiencies, air filtration, and touchless building entry to integrated public spaces and a comprehensive amenity center with co-working, meeting and fitness components.
Leasing of the new building is being handled by Ridr Knowlton and Campbell Walker of Lincoln Harris.
About Lincoln Harris:
Lincoln Harris, together with Lincoln Property Company, provides clients with a national platform and unparalleled institutional resources, including commercial real estate development, investment and property management. Based in Charlotte, Lincoln Harris takes great pride in its reputation as one of the region's most accomplished full-service commercial real estate companies. Lincoln Harris' multi-disciplinary team has a long history of working through complex transactions and adopting innovative approaches to real estate problems. We develop and implement comprehensive national real estate programs for our clients and cultivate a sense of trust in the communities we serve and the individual transactions we service. To learn more about Lincoln Harris properties and services, please visit www.lincolnharris.com.
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Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the primary investing area within Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), we deliver investment and advisory services for the world's leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals, drawing from our deeply connected global network and tailored expert insights, across every region and market—overseeing more than $2 trillion in assets under supervision worldwide as of March 31, 2022. Driven by a passion for our clients' performance, we seek to build long-term relationships based on conviction, sustainable outcomes, and shared success over time. Goldman Sachs Asset Management invests in the full spectrum of alternatives, including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure. Established in 1991, the Real Estate business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the largest investors in real estate with over $50 billion in assets invested since 2012 across the spectrum of investment strategies from core to opportunistic. Our global team invests across all sectors with deep expertise across the capital structure, in assets ranging from single properties to large portfolios, through senior mortgages, mezzanine debt and equity. Follow us on LinkedIn.
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Lionel Messi breaks Cristiano Ronaldo record as PSG wins historic Ligue 1 title
By Issy Ronald, CNN
(CNN) — There was another landmark in the long rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday.
As Paris Saint-Germain sealed an 11th Ligue 1 title, Messi scored his 496th goal in Europe’s top five leagues, surpassing Ronaldo’s previous record of 495 goals.
The Argentine latched onto Kylian Mbappé’s perfectly weighted cross and found the back of the net to give PSG a 1-0 lead in the 59th minute against Strasbourg.
Kevin Gameiro equalized for Strasbourg twenty minutes later, but PSG still coasted to the league title despite the match ended in a draw.
It was a record-breaking day for PSG as well as Messi, as the club overtook Saint-Etienne’s haul of 10 Ligue 1 trophies to claim the outright record.
Victory also marked the first time in league history that PSG has sat at the top of the table from the first round of matches until the last, a run that stretches back to the third round of the 2021/22 season and 73 consecutive matches.
But this latest triumph masks an increasingly fractious relationship between PSG and Messi, who received a club-imposed suspension earlier this month for taking an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia, resulting in a missed training session.
The World Cup-winning forward has since apologized to PSG and his teammates, saying he “sincerely thought” that he had a free day. Some of his own fans booed him on his return to the side and, along with Neymar, he was also booed by a significant section of PSG fans in March.
Messi’s representatives rubbished rumors earlier this month that he has agreed to join a club in Saudi Arabia after his contract at PSG ends on June 30.
It has been a difficult season for manager Christophe Galtier, too, as PSG once again failed to make inroads in the Champions League after falling to Bayern Munich in the last 16.
“This afternoon I watched the last day of the season in the Bundesliga and you can see that it is very difficult to win the league, any league,” Galtier said afterwards, according to the BBC.
“The reigning champions in all European leagues have often had problems this season, so we appreciate what this means. It is a title and we must not believe it is normal to win, even if we are Paris Saint-Germain.”
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CNN’s Aimee Lewis contributed to this report. | 2023-05-28T15:44:29+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/sports/cnn-sports/2023/05/28/lionel-messi-breaks-cristiano-ronaldo-record-as-psg-wins-historic-ligue-1-title/ |
The regular season is about half-way over and many teams have five games under their belts.
There’s plenty of players putting up huge stats in August and September and we’ve got the list for you below.
The regular season is about half-way over and many teams have five games under their belts.
There’s plenty of players putting up huge stats in August and September and we’ve got the list for you below.
Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. | 2022-09-28T21:19:25+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/09/hs-football-stats-leaders-in-every-conference-after-week-4.html |
BEIJING, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Changzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province occupies a leading position in the development of new energy industry, according to a report released Saturday by China Economic Information Service (CEIS), a subsidiary of Xinhua News Agency.
Based on years of tracking research on Changzhou, CEIS analyzes Changzhou's industrial history, competitive advantages, industrial ecosphere and other aspects in the report.
According to the report, Changzhou has five main advantages in building itself into a leading city in new energy sector. As one of important birthplaces of modern national industry and commerce in China, Changzhou has accumulated rich industrial experience and foundations and timely seized the opportunity to deepen the layout in multiple fields of new energy industry.
In addition, Changzhou has steadily improved the production and innovation ability led by local key enterprises and institutions, persisted in attracting and cultivating innovative talents to build an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem of new energy industry and also promoted the city's comprehensive green transformation.
In recent years, Changzhou's new energy industry has witnessed strong growth, with the industrial agglomeration level ranking fifth in China and the investment heat evaluation ranking first in China, said Chen Jinhu, Secretary of the CPC Changzhou Municipal Committee, during a conference on local new energy industry development recently held in Changzhou.
In 2022, nine enterprises in Changzhou have been listed in Top 500 Chinese Private Enterprises, four listed in the Global Unicorn List, and eight industrial enterprises with annual output value of more than 10 billion yuan were added in the city, according to Chen.
Changzhou continues to promote the development of local new energy industry, aiming to build itself into a leading city in new energy sector that leads the Yangtze River Delta region, radiates to the whole country and also has global influence.
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Gordon Murray Automotive’s first product, the T.50 supercar, is now in production, roughly two and half years after it was first shown.
Production is handled at GMA’s facility in Dunsfold, U.K., close to Dunsfold Aerodrome, the site of the “Top Gear” Test Track.
Just 100 examples will be built, together with 25 examples of the track-focused T.50s Niki Lauda, and all build slots for both cars are gone. GMA has already revealed a follow-up in the form of the T.33 supercar, and all 100 build slots for that car are also gone.
To mark the start of production of the T.50, Gordon Murray, the car’s designer and the founder of GMA’s Gordon Murray Group parent company, signed the carbon-fiber monocoque chassis used for the first build. Also present was Gordon Murray Group CEO Phillip Lee.
“Designing and engineering the T.50 has been an incredible journey with much of the initial work completed during lockdown, so to witness the engineering art of the first customer car’s carbon-fiber monocoque ready for assembly, less than two-and-a-half years since reveal, is quite magical,” Murray said in a statement.
That monocoque was key in getting the curb weight of the T.50 down to a claimed 2,174 pounds, or around two-thirds the weight of rival supercars. That’s impressive as the T.50 seats three (with the driver in the center) and still has some space for some luggage, despite the footprint of the car also being similar to that of a Porsche 718.
Power in the car comes from a Cosworth-developed 3.9-liter V-12 that boasts a 12,100-rpm redline, claimed by GMA to be the highest redline of any production car. Working with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, peak output is 654 hp and 344 lb-ft of torque. Those numbers aren’t world-beating for a supercar these days, but GMA’s mission was to deliver the ultimate driving experience, as opposed to headline numbers.
To support its customers, GMA will create service centers and smaller service support centers around the globe. Five of the service centers are already established; they are located in the U.K., Japan, Abu Dhabi, and the U.S. (one each on the East and West coasts). The service support centers are planned for Australia, Bahrain, China, Germany, Singapore, Spain, and Saudi Arabia, as well as six U.S. states.
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- Mitsubishi teases multiple EVs, including pickup truck | 2023-03-15T20:48:16+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/automotive/internet-brands/v-12-powered-gma-t-50-supercar-enters-production/ |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Conservatives in the house are calling on the Senate to pass legislation that would ban trans athletes from participating in school sports.
The national effort targeting trans kids is prompting LGBTQ+ advocates to declare a state of emergency. Republicans are demanding a national ban on trans athletes in school sports.
“I’m horrified,” said Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller. “Our girls deserve safe locker rooms and fair opportunities in athletics.”
The group was joined by women athletes, who say they were wronged after being forced to compete against trans women. Taylor Silverman, a competitive skateboarder, said Congress must act to protect women.
“I was bumped from first place to second, and it was a different male each time,” said Silverman. “Going through this was mentally tormenting.”
Although house Republicans already passed the bill in April, it stands little chance in the Democrat-led Senate. But that’s not stopping Republicans in state legislatures across the country from enacting their own set of bans.
“We’re really reaching a crisis point,” said Cathryn Oakley with the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights group.
The group calls the campaign against trans athletes, especially trans kids, disingenuous.
“This is so much fear and misinformation about issues that are invented in order to drive wedges between folks and make people afraid,” said Oakley.
She said this year alone, states passed more than 70 laws targeting LGBTQ+ Americans. It’s why her organization declared a state of emergency Tuesday.
“It’s really scary for folks,” Oakley said.
In April, the Biden administration proposed a rule that would restrict schools and colleges from enacting bans of transgender athletes. However, that proposal is currently under review. | 2023-06-07T23:01:50+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/conservatives-call-on-senate-to-pass-trans-athlete-ban/ |
*** Alert Day Friday***
Mostly cloudy skies and a light wind in from the northeast, held temperatures in the 30s for much of the day Thursday. Some breaks in the clouds are expected overnight, and lows early Friday morning will range from the lower, to middle 20s.
Some of us may see a hint of sunshine early Friday morning, and the morning drive will be just fine. As we work our way toward midday, a winter storm will make a move toward lower Michigan from the south. As the storm moves in, a heavy, wet snow will be likely, rapid accumulation of the snow will be possible, and wind speeds will increase. Road conditions for the evening drive will be poor in many areas, and will remain so through Saturday morning.
Right now, it looks like the bulk of the snow will fall from the Great Lakes Bay Region, southward through southeastern Michigan. By early Saturday morning, we will be left with just some lingering flurries. We still have plenty of time to update potential snow amounts on ABC12 News before the storm begins, but some spots will end up with 6-inches or more.
Behind the storm, the trend for Saturday afternoon will be for the clouds to break up a bit. Sunday will be partly sunny at times as high temperatures sneak back through the lower 40s. We may have another bit of a mess on our hands for Monday as another wintry mix looks to be headed our way for the start of the week. - JR | 2023-03-03T04:24:02+00:00 | abc12.com | https://www.abc12.com/weather/forecast/a-winter-storm-moves-in-friday-afternoon/article_4ecda7e0-b976-11ed-a407-f36db5e545af.html |
Oil company pleads guilty in Southern California spill
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An oil company pleaded guilty Thursday to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year, a federal official said.
Houston-based Amplify Energy and two of its subsidiaries each pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in federal court on Thursday, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles.
The companies are expected to be sentenced later in the day, he said.
The plea comes after the companies agreed with federal prosecutors to pay a $7 million fine and nearly $6 million in expenses incurred by agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard after Amplify’s pipeline broke off the Orange County coast, spilling about 25,000 gallons (94,600 liters) of oil into the Pacific Ocean. The rupture shuttered beaches for a week and fisheries for more than a month, oiled birds and threatened local wetlands.
In the plea agreement, Amplify also agreed to install a new leak detection system for the pipeline that ferried crude from offshore platforms to the coast. They also said they’d train employees to identify and respond to potential leaks. Federal authorities said the company and its subsidiaries failed to respond to eight leak detection alarms over a 13-hour period that should have alerted workers to the October 2021 spill.
Amplify contends that two ships dragged their anchors across the pipeline and damaged it during a January 2021 storm, but the company wasn’t notified about the dragging until after the spill. Without this damage, Amplify has argued that the spill would not have happened. | 2022-09-08T22:24:58+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/09/08/oil-company-pleads-guilty-in-southern-california-spill/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s State Board of Elections will not fight a recent decision by the state rules panel blocking its proposed restrictions on party-appointed poll watchers this fall. But the board pledged Friday to do all it can to help county elections officials maintain a safe and orderly voting environment and to deter any voter intimidation.
The state’s Rules Review Commission — a 10-member panel appointed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly — shot down two temporary rule changes last week that would have more clearly outlined the code of conduct for partisan election observers. The elections board said more than a dozen reported conduct violations during the May primaries prompted the proposed changes.
Comprised of three Democrats and two Republicans, the board had unanimously approved the temporary rule changes — one prohibiting poll watchers from standing too close to voting machines or pollbooks where they could view marked ballots, and another granting elections officials the authority to remove disruptive observers who try to enter restricted areas or harass voters.
Although the state elections board could have appealed the commission’s decision in court or resubmitted a revised proposal, Chairman Damon Circosta said Friday it will instead offer guidance to county boards of elections and county poll workers to ensure they understand their authority.
Seventy days out from Election Day in a narrowly divided state, Circosta said the board does not “have the luxury of time to go back and forth with the commission or the courts to ensure that our reasonable rules are put in place before voting begins.”
“The Rules Review Commission lacks the expertise and the authority to determine how to best maintain order at the polls,” Circosta said. “It is our duty to the voting public to protect their right to vote, and it will be protected.”
The board’s decision comes as North Carolina is gearing up for several tight races, including a high-profile U.S. Senate contest, two state supreme court races and several crucial state legislative elections that will determine whether Republicans gain the few seats they need to override the Democratic governor’s veto.
State law allows political parties to appoint precinct-specific and at-large poll watchers to monitor election proceedings from designated areas inside the voting facility on Election Day and during one-stop early voting. Observers can report concerns to a precinct manager but are prohibited from interacting with voters, distributing information or interfering with the duties of poll workers.
North Carolina Republicans, including some with close ties to former President Donald Trump, have been leaders in opposing the proposed rule changes since July, arguing that tighter restrictions for poll watchers could undermine the integrity of elections in a crucial swing state. The Republican National Committee and the North Carolina Republican Party also wrote to the rules commission urging it to reject the changes.
Trump’s debunked claims that the 2020 presidential election results were fraudulent have prompted thousands of his supporters to scrutinize elections operations nationwide, popularizing the poll-watching practice and leading several states to reevaluate their existing rules.
Paul Cox, associate legal counsel to the elections board, said the state’s existing guidelines for election observers “are not models of clarity,” which had motivated the board’s bipartisan collaboration.
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Hannah Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow her on Twitter @H_Schoenbaum. | 2022-09-03T01:15:37+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/nc-elections-board-wont-fight-for-checks-on-poll-watchers/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
4-0-9, SB: 4
(four, zero, nine; SB: four)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
4-0-9, SB: 4
(four, zero, nine; SB: four) | 2022-08-26T18:59:54+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Three-Midday-game-17400490.php |
Democrats vote to make South Carolina, not Iowa, leadoff presidential nominating state
Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed by President Joe Biden to better reflect the party’s deeply diverse electorate.
The Democratic National Committee's rule-making arm made the move to strip Iowa from the position it has held for five decades after technical meltdowns sparked chaos and marred results of the state's 2020 caucus. The change also comes after a long push by some of the party's top leaders to start choosing a president in states that are less white, especially given the importance of Black voters as Democrats' most loyal electoral base.
Discussion on prioritizing diversity drew such impassioned reaction at the committee gathering in Washington that DNC chair Jaime Harrison wiped away tears as committee member Donna Brazile suggested that Democrats had spent years failing to fight for Black voters: “Do you know what it’s like to live on a dirt road? Do you know what it’s like to try to find running water that is clean?”
“Do you know what it’s like to wait and see if the storm is going to pass you by and your roof is still intact?” Brazile asked. “That’s what this is about.”
The committee approved moving South Carolina's primary to Feb. 3 and having Nevada and New Hampshire vote three days later. Georgia would go the following week and Michigan two weeks after that.
The move marks a dramatic shift from the current calendar, which has had Iowa holding the first-in-the-nation caucuses since 1972, followed by New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary since 1920. Nevada and South Carolina have gone next since the 2008 presidential election, when Democrats last did a major overhaul of their primary calendar.
The changes will still have to be approved by the full DNC in a vote likely early next year, but it will almost certainly follow the rule-making committee’s lead.
The revamped schedule could largely be moot for 2024 if Biden opts to seek a second term, but may remake Democratic presidential cycles after that. The president has said for months that he intends to run again, and White House aides have begun making staffing discussions for his likely reelection campaign, even though no final decision has been made.
The DNC also plans to revisit the primary calendar again before 2028 — meaning more changes could be coming before then.
Biden wrote in a letter to rules committee members on Thursday that the party should scrap “restrictive” caucuses altogether because their rules on in-person participation can sometimes exclude working-class and other voters. He told also told party leaders privately that he'd like to see South Carolina go first to better ensure that voters of color aren't marginalized as Democrats choose a presidential nominee.
Four of the five states now poised to start the party's primary are presidential battlegrounds, meaning the eventual Democratic winner would be able to lay groundwork in important general election locales. That's especially true for Michigan and Georgia, which both voted for Donald Trump in 2016 before flipping to Biden in 2020. The exception is South Carolina, which hasn't gone Democratic in a presidential race since 1976.
The first five voting states would be positioned to cast ballots before Super Tuesday, the day when much of the rest of the country holds primaries. That gives the early states outsize influence since White House hopefuls struggling to raise money or gain political traction often drop out before visiting much of the rest of the country.
Scott Brennan, a rules committee member from Iowa, said “small, rural states” like his “must have a voice in the presidential nominating process.”
“Democrats cannot forget about entire groups of voters in the heart of the Midwest without doing significant damage to the party in newer generations," Brennan said.
Video below: Iowans react to prediction of losing DNC first-in-the-nation status
The Republican National Committee has already decided to keep Iowa’s caucus as the first contest in its 2024 presidential primary, ensuring that GOP White House hopefuls — which include Trump — have continued to frequently campaign there.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, South Carolina’s lone congressional Democrat and one of Biden’s top supporters in Congress, said the president called him Thursday to inform him of his push to move his state up.
“I didn’t ask to be first," Clyburn said. "It was his idea to be first.”
Clyburn's endorsement of Biden in 2020 boosted the candidate's flagging presidential campaign just ahead of South Carolina’s primary, which he won big. That helped Biden shake off early losses in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada and eventually take the White House.
“He knows what South Carolina did for him, and he’s demonstrated that time and time again, by giving respect to South Carolina,” Clyburn said.
Still, the vote by the rules committee has faced serious pushback, with some states vowing to ignore the changes altogether. That's despite the panel approving language saying states could lose all of their delegates to the party's national convention if they attempt to violate new rules.
Iowa and New Hampshire have said laws in their states mandate them going before others, and they intend to abide by those, not DNC decrees. Only committee members from Iowa and New Hampshire objected to the proposal that passed Friday, with everyone else supporting it.
Nevada, with its heavily Hispanic population, initially balked at sharing the second-place slot with New Hampshire, a state 2,500 miles away. Nevada committee member Artie Blanco’s voice cracked as she argued against the change.
“If we want to build a strong relationship with Latinos,” Blanco said, “then Nevada must stand alone on a date and not have to share that date.”
After more discussion, Blanco said later that she would support the new calendar. It was “not ideal” for her state to go the same day as another, she said, but “we accept what the will of the president is.”
Harrison said the new slate of five early voting states will need to show they are working toward moving their primaries to those dates by early next year or risk losing their place. Some state legislatures set primary dates; others have their secretaries of state or the directors of their state parties do it.
The DNC chair choked up after the vote as he talked about South Carolina once having been the site of the first attack of the Civil War and now being in line to lead off his party’s primary.
“This proposal reflects the best of our party as a whole, and it will continue to make our party and our country stronger,” Harrison said.
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Associated Press writer Meg Kinnard contributed from Columbia, S.C. | 2022-12-02T21:45:29+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/south-carolina-not-iowa-leadoff-presidential-nominating-state/42137038 |
RED BANK, N.J., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Provention Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRVB), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to intercepting and preventing immune-mediated disease, today announced that it will report its third quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, November 3, 2022, before the opening of the U.S. financial markets. The company will host a conference call at 8:00am E.T. to discuss its financial results and provide a company update.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Shoulder to shoulder, friends and family comforted each other at the JoVonté Barber memorial. Barber died last weekend after being shot near his car.
The student union at Southern University was full of emotions as they released their balloons for Mrs. Barber’s only son at his memorial and balloon service.
Barber was 22 years old in his senior year of college with a major in finances. Close friends and roommate of Barber, Keon Veal, said he was an outstanding student and loyal friend.
“He was a great man, down to earth. I am talking about he got along with everybody. He would give the shirt off his back.”
His friends say there was never a dull moment. Javonte’s memory will live on forever in them.
“We have a lot of great memories. I could talk all day about memories,” said Veal.
Investigators believe that Barber was a victim of a possible carjacking when he was shot at his apartment complex. Barber was rushed to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
“The shots [are] what woke me up. I heard it and I woke up and I texted him. I said, ‘You head that? Somebody shooting,’ and he never replied,” continued Veal.
Investigators have two juveniles in custody they believe are connected to Barber’s death. They could be charged with first-degree murder.
Veal said he wish they had just one more moment with Barber.
“Living with someone every day since 2017 to just gone in an instant,” said Veal. “I saw him 10 minutes before it happened. He walk outside and he [was] just gone just like that.” | 2022-10-14T21:33:24+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/health-2/southern-university-holds-memorial-for-student-killed-saturday/ |
Tropical Storm Karl heads back at Mexico’s south Gulf coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Karl’s forward movement has stalled off Mexico’s southern Gulf coast, though forecasters say the halt should be brief and expect it to begin moving southward toward land early Thursday.
The storm had been heading slowly to the north before weather conditions steered it around Wednesday night.
It is expected to be nearing the coasts of Veracruz or Tabasco states by late Friday without strengthening into a hurricane.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Karl had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph late Wednesday. It was stationary, still centered about 255 miles north-northeast of the port city of Veracruz.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from Karl’s center.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-13T05:43:14+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/2022/10/13/tropical-storm-karl-heads-back-mexicos-south-gulf-coast/ |
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping traffickers send 122 Indonesians to a hospital in Cambodia to sell their kidneys, police said Tuesday.
Indonesian authorities arrested 12 people, including a police officer and an immigration officer, on July 19, and police will continue to crack down on human smuggling syndicates conducting the illegal trade of human organs, said Hengki Haryadi, the Jakarta police director for general crimes.
He said all 122 victims, including factory workers, teachers and executives, had returned to Indonesia, and police were still searching a number of other victims whose testimony would be required by investigators.
“Most of the victims lost their jobs during the pandemic and they agreed to sell their organs because they needed money,” Haryadi said, adding that six of the victims are still under observation of doctors.
Nine of the suspects were former organ trade victims who were accused of luring people from across Indonesia through social media into having their kidneys removed in Cambodia, Haryadi said. A 10th suspect was accused of sending them to Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, for kidney transplant surgery.
He said the turnover of the illegal trade in human organs since 2019 by the group of suspects totaled about 24.4 billion rupiah ($1.6 million), while each victim was promised 135 million rupiah ($9,000) .
A low-ranking police officer in Bekasi, an immigration officer in Bali and 10 traffickers, three of whom were arrested in Cambodia, are part of a human trafficking ring that prey on vulnerable job seekers, Haryadi said.
The immigration officer from Bali was accused of abusing his power and falsifying documents for victims to travel overseas and received at least 3 million rupiah ($200) for each person he smuggled to Cambodia.
The suspects were charged with violating Indonesia’s human trafficking law and face a maximum 15 years in prison and a fine of up to 600 million rupiah ($39,000).
The police officer from Bekasi city police, identified only with the initial M., allegedly received 612 million rupiah ($40,000) for helping the traffickers move from place to place to avoid police investigation, and he is also accused of obstructing the investigation. Under the 2007 Human Trafficking Law, the two officers face penalties of up to five years in prison if found guilty.
Police paraded the 12 suspects at a news conference on July 20.
“There have been kidney trafficking transactions at the Cambodia’s state-run Preah Ket Mealea Hospital,” said Krishna Murti, the National Police head of international relations division. “We have been communicating and closely cooperating with the Cambodian police.”
The World Health Organization first prohibited payments for organs in 1987 and many countries subsequently codified the prohibition into their national laws. WHO estimated in 2008 that 5% of all transplants performed worldwide were illegal, and living donor kidneys is the most commonly reported form of organ trade.
Aside illegal trade in human organs, cybercrime, human trafficking and labor abuse still abounds in Southeast Asia. Most recently, authorities in the Philippines staged a major raid last month and rescued more than 2,700 workers from China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and more than a dozen other countries who were allegedly swindled into working for fraudulent online gaming sites and other cybercrime groups.
The leaders of Association of Southeast Asia Nations in a summit at Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo in May agreed to increase cooperation in border management, investigation, law enforcement and prosecution, and repatriation of victims. They also urged that national prevention efforts be improved, including better public awareness campaigns and increased use of advanced technology. | 2023-07-25T16:37:39+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/health/ap-indonesian-police-crack-down-on-traffickers-who-sent-122-people-to-sell-their-kidneys-in-cambodia/ |
Updated January 23, 2023 at 10:10 PM ET
A man killed seven people at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco, on Monday, law enforcement said.
The shooter was believed to be a worker at the farm, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.
An eighth person was at Stanford Medical Center in critical condition, she said.
The suspect was identified as Chunli Zhao, a 67-year-old Half Moon Bay resident, the sheriff's office said. He is in custody and cooperating.
The two locations are about a mile away from each other. Law enforcement does not have a motive for the shooting.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-01-24T03:28:17+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/2023-01-23/7-people-have-been-killed-in-2-related-shootings-in-half-moon-bay-california |
Biselli joins team dedicated to empowering health systems to embrace an on-demand workforce model that meets the needs of both providers and hospital leadership
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ShiftMed, the first on-demand workforce marketplace that delivers scalable, cost-efficient, and sustainable labor to health systems, post-acute, and in-home healthcare facilities, announces today the addition of Mike Biselli, as the Executive Vice President of Partnerships, to its growing team. Biselli will aid in developing strategic partnerships with health systems offering acute and post-acute care as well as industry partners to support its success.
Biselli joins ShiftMed with over two decades of experience in the healthcare innovation space. Prior to joining ShiftMed, he served as the Senior Vice President and Evangelist for Olive, where he connected innovative companies with strategic healthcare executives for the benefit of our nation's patients. Through countless conversations with industry leaders while at Olive and on his nationally-ranked healthcare and innovation podcast, Passionate Pioneers, Biselli repeatedly heard that workforce challenges are some of the biggest issues plaguing the healthcare industry. While the future is promising for nascent and emerging technologies, Biselli is shifting focus to more immediate ways technology can alleviate healthcare's most dire issues.
"The healthcare industry cannot keep up with the staffing shortages that it is experiencing. Traditional staffing solutions, like travel nurses and forced overtime, are no longer a viable option. Health system leaders are searching for a new way to meet the demands of their workforce that can still be seamlessly implemented by approaching the workforce challenge holistically," said Biselli. "New and emerging technologies hold exciting potential for healthcare, but the fire burning in the industry right now that needs to be addressed is the workforce and staffing crisis."
ShiftMed helps hospital systems strike a balance of full-time and flexible labor to create a sustainable, engaging, and cost-effective workforce model. The company's unique approach to on-demand workforce focuses on recruiting, retaining, reducing costs, and rebalancing how a system's workforce is deployed. ShiftMed is the only solution to skip the 1099 independent contractor model that creates risk for healthcare facilities by hiring all providers as W-2 employees. With adoption across acute and post-acute sectors as a true workforce partner, ShiftMed also helps organizations build an internal staffing agency capability without an agency through a white-labeled health system "powered by ShiftMed" partnership. The model balances flexible employees and local float pools for quick, easy shift fulfillment — customized to each system to maintain optimum staffing levels.
"ShiftMed's workforce approach has proven invaluable in a variety of care settings. With a deep understanding of tackling challenges in healthcare with technology, Mike is essential to the quick and efficient adoption for our health system partners that are looking for the right solution to solve their workforce staffing challenges " said Todd Walrath, CEO of ShiftMed.
To learn more about ShiftMed, visit: https://www.shiftmed.com.
ShiftMed is a next-generation workforce management platform that connects hospitals and skilled nursing facilities to the highest quantity and quality of allied healthcare professionals (CNAs, LPNs, RNs, PTs, and Community Health Workers). As the #1 nursing jobs mobile app on the App Store, ShiftMed serves more than 1,500 enterprise health care partners in 110 markets across the country by offering software tools and direct access to labor for shift scheduling. As featured on the TODAY show, ShiftMed's on-demand platform dramatically streamlines the delivery of care services and supplies healthcare providers with compliant, credentialed workers to fulfill their staffing needs faster than any other solution. For more information, visit http://www.ShiftMed.com.
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Dan-O's Seasoning, one of the fastest growing seasoning brands, surpasses and exceeds initial retail projections!
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dan-O's Seasoning is a Dan-tastic diet-friendly blend of low-sodium, all-natural, sugar-free, and non-GMO herbs and spices that enhance the flavor of any recipe. The company announced today is set to enter into an agreement with Tops Friendly Markets across the nation as well as Wegmans, Weis Markets, Stop & Shop, and Price Chopper in the northeast, pushing the brand into over 10,000 retail stores. Dan-O's Seasoning has experienced many achievements to celebrate in 2022; becoming available in stores in all 50 states, exceeding revenue projections, and expanding its headquarters, but this new milestone is a monumental one.
In the past year, Dan-O's Seasoning has experienced a 734% increase in retail revenue growth with a large part of that success coming from Dan-O's Original and Spicy blends being introduced into Walmart and Kroger's family of stores across the country. Additionally, Dan-O's Seasoning is available in Dollar Tree, BJ's Wholesale, and will be available at Lowes Hardware stores at the end of Q4.
Dan-O's Seasoning has taken the country by storm, large in part to its ever-growing social media presence. With over 1.8 billion views in 2022 alone across the company's social media channels, Dan-O's is a popular feature in many's social feeds, but now Dan-O's Seasoning is achieving a new goal: retail shelf space.
"I always knew Dan-O's would be a hit, but I could have never imagined how fast it took off. We've experienced a great deal of growth in the recent year, and it shows no signs of slowing down" Dan Oliver, the founder of Dan-O's Seasoning shared in a recent interview "I take great pride in the work we've done, and I couldn't have done this without the hard work of my team. Can't wait to grow from 10,000 stores to 20,000 and beyond."
Dan-O's Seasoning proudly holds the top spot on Nielsen's Brand Ranking report for 2022 year to date. In a banner year, growing from 150 to 10,000 retail doors, the company has also seen that 4 out of 5 customers are making repeat purchases within a year. While much of their explosive growth can be attributed to leveraging social media and early adopter retail partnerships, the product itself is a healthier alternative to much of what is available on the shelves next to it.
As the company continues to expand its retail footprint, product development is at the forefront while the two newest blends available include Chipotle and Everything Bagel. From flea markets to national distribution, Dan-O's Seasoning continues to tell its underdog story through growth and product education.
Dan-O's Seasoning was founded in 2017 by Louisville, KY native Dan Oliver. Our mission is to change the world one table at a time by offering the best all-natural, sugar-free, low-sodium seasoning products on the market. Our goal is to provide you with real flavors to make healthier food choices without ever sacrificing taste. Dan-O's all-purpose seasoning blends can be found nationwide in over 8,000 retailers including Kroger, Walmart, Food City, Rouses, Hy-vee, Dollar Tree, and more. Additionally, all products are available online through Amazon or on our website at danosseasoning.com. To learn more, follow Dan-O's Seasoning on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
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War crimes meeting held at Hague over Russia-Ukraine war
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Representatives of a group of nations working together to investigate war crimes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are meeting in The Hague amid ongoing calls for those responsible for atrocities to be brought to justice.
Tuesday’s coordination meeting at the European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, of members of a Joint Investigation Team and International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian towns.
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has been widely condemned as an illegal act of aggression. Russian forces have been accused of killing civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and of repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure including hospitals and a theater in the besieged city of Mariupol that was being used as a shelter by hundreds of civilians. An investigation by The Associated Press found evidence that the March 16 bombing killed close to 600 people inside and outside the building.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the AP and PBS series Frontline have verified 273 potential war crimes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denounced killings of civilians as “genocide” and “war crimes,” while U.S. President Joe Biden has called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” who should be brought to trial.
The joint investigation team, made up of Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, that is meeting Tuesday in The Hague was established in late March, a few weeks after the ICC opened an investigation in Ukraine, after dozens of the court’s member states threw their weight behind an inquiry. Khan has visited Ukraine, including Bucha, and has a team of investigators in the country gathering evidence.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, will be among those at the meeting. Her office has already opened more than 8,000 criminal investigations related to the war and identified over 500 suspects, including Russian ministers, military commanders and propagandists.
Last week, in the first case of its kind linked to the war, a Ukrainian court sentenced a captured Russian soldier to the maximum penalty of life in prison for killing a civilian. On Tuesday, a court in Ukraine convicted two Russian soldiers of war crimes for the shelling of civilian buildings and sentenced both to 11 1/2 years in prison.
Russia staunchly denies its troops are responsible for atrocities. The Defense Ministry said earlier this month that “not a single civilian has faced any violent action by the Russian military.”
Analysts warn that the process of meting out justice will be long and complex as investigators piece together forensic and other evidence and seek to establish who ordered or knew about atrocities and failed to act to prevent or punish them.
The meeting in The Hague isn’t the only place accountability is being sought.
Prosecutors in Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Slovakia, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland have opened investigations of their own. And there have been growing calls to set up a special tribunal to try Russia for the crime of aggression in Ukraine. The ICC can’t prosecute the crime of aggression because neither Russia nor Ukraine are members of the court.
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Maine Woman Critically Injured When Car Collides With Wrecker in Woodstock
A 22-year-old Newry woman was critically injured in a two-vehicle collision on Thursday in the western Maine town of Woodstock.
The crash happened shortly before noon near South Main Street and Andrews Road.
According to the Oxford County Sheriff's Office, the driver of a Honda Civic was attempting to make a left turn and drove into the path of a flatbed wrecker. The wrecker hit the passenger’s side of the car.
The driver of the Honda, 22-year-old Kaiya Corriveau Edwards of Newry, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and then flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Maine Medical Center. Police said her injuries are considered life-threatening.
Family members said Edwards, who was just recently married, was undergoing surgery at the Portland hospital. There's no word on her condition today.
The driver of the wrecker, 47-year-old Jonathan Merchant of Rumford, sustained minor injuries in the crash and was treated and released from the Rumford hospital, police said.
The car was demolished. The Dodge Ram flatbed wrecker, owned by Adley's Wrecker Service out of Rumford, had significant front end damage.
The crash remains under investigation. | 2022-06-29T13:46:33+00:00 | q961.com | https://q961.com/woodstock-maine-woman-critically-injured-when-car-collides-with-wrecker/ |
FULTON, Mo. (AP) — At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” … “GREAT PAY & BENEFITS.”
No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed.
Though the assertion of “great pay” for prison guards would have seemed dubious in the past, a series of state pay raises prompted by widespread vacancies has finally made a difference. The Missouri Department of Corrections set a record for new applicants last month.
“After we got our raise, we started seeing people come out of the woodwork, people that hadn’t worked in a while,” said Maj. Albin Narvaez, chief of custody at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center, where new prisoners are housed and evaluated.
Public employers across the U.S. have faced similar struggles to fill jobs, leading to one of the largest surges in state government pay raises in 15 years. Many cities, counties and school districts also are hiking wages to try to retain and attract workers amid aggressive competition from private sector employers.
The wage war comes as governments and taxpayers feel the consequences of empty positions.
In Kansas City, Missouri, a shortage of 911 operators doubled the average hold times for people calling in emergencies. In one Florida county, some schoolchildren frequently arrived late as a lack of bus drivers delayed routes. In Arkansas, abused and neglected kids remained longer in foster care because of a caseworker shortage. In various cities and states, vacancies on road crews meant cracks and potholes took longer to fix than many motorists might like.
“A lot of the jobs we’re talking about are hard jobs,” said Leslie Scott Parker, executive director of the National Association of State Personnel Executives.
Lingering vacancies “eventually affects service to the public or response times to needs,” she added.
Workforce shortages worsened across all sorts of jobs due to a wave of retirements and resignations that began during the pandemic. Many businesses, from restaurants to hospitals, responded nimbly with higher wages and incentives to attract employees. But governments by nature are slower to act, requiring pay raises to go through a legislative process that can take months to complete — and then can take months more to kick in.
Meanwhile, vacancies mounted.
In Georgia, state employee turnover hit a high of 25% in 2022. Thousands of workers left the Department of Corrections, pushing its vacancy rate to around 50%. The state began a series of pay raises. This year, all state employees and teachers got at least a $2,000 raise, with corrections officers getting $4,000 and state troopers $6,000.
The Georgia Department of Corrections used an ad agency to bolster recruitment and held an average of 125 job fairs a month. It’s starting to pay off. In the first week of July, the department received 318 correctional officer applications — nearly double the weekly norm, said department Public Affairs Director Joan Heath.
Almost 1 in 4 positions — more than 2,500 jobs — were empty in the Missouri Department of Corrections late last year, which was twice the pre-pandemic vacancy rate in 2019.
Missouri gave state workers a 7.5% pay raise in 2022. This spring, Gov. Mike Parson signed an emergency spending bill with an additional 8.7% raise, plus an extra $2 an hour for people working evening and night shifts at prisons, mental health facilities and other institutions. The vacancy rate for entry level corrections officers now is declining, and the average number of applications for all state positions is up 18% since the start of last year.
At the Fulton prison, where staff shortages have led to a standard 52-hour work week, newly hired employees can earn around $60,000 annually — an amount roughly equal to the state’s median household income. The prison also is proposing to provide free child care to correctional officers willing to work nights.
If prison staffing is too low, “it can get dangerous” for both inmates and guards, Narvaez said.
Public safety concerns also have arisen in Kansas City, where a country music fan attacked before a concert last month waited four minutes for a 911 call to be answered and an hour for an ambulance to arrive. About one-quarter of 911 call center positions are vacant — “a huge factor” in the longer wait times to answer calls, said Tamara Bazzle, assistant manager of the communications unit for the Kansas City Police Department.
In Biddeford, Maine, a 15-person roster of 911 dispatchers dipped to just eight employees in July as people quit a “pressure cooker job” for less stress or better pay elsewhere, Police Chief JoAnne Fisk said. The city is now offering fully certified dispatchers $41 an hour to help plug the gaps on a part-time basis — $10 an hour more than comparable new workers normally would earn.
This month, Biddeford also launched a $2,000 bonus for city employees who refer others who get jobs. That comes a year after Biddeford adopted a four-day work week with paid lunch periods to try to make jobs more appealing, said City Manager Jim Bennett.
To attract workers, other governments have dropped college degree requirements and spiced up drab job descriptions.
Nationally, the turnover rate in state and local governments is twice the average of the previous two decades, according federal labor statistics.
Uncompetitive wages were the most common reason for leaving cited in exit interviews, according to a survey of 249 state and local government human resource managers conducted by MissionSquare Research Institute, a Washington, D.C. -based nonprofit. The hardest positions to fill included police and corrections officers, doctors, nurses, engineers and jobs requiring commercial driver’s licenses.
Along Florida’s east coast, the Brevard County transit system and school district have been competing for bus drivers. On days when drivers are lacking, the transit system has cut the frequency of bus stops on some routes. The school system, meanwhile, has asked some bus drivers to run a second route after dropping children off at school, often resulting in the second busload arriving late.
Since 2022, the county has twice raised bus driver wages to a current rate of $17.47 an hour. The school board recently countered with a $5 increase to a minimum $20 an hour for the upcoming school year. The goal is to hire enough drivers to regularly get kids to class on time, said school system communications director Russell Bruhn.
In Arkansas, the goal is to get foster kids into permanent homes in less than a year. But during the first three months of this year, the state met that target for just 32% of foster children — well below the national standard of over 40%. More than one-fifth of the roughly 1,400 positions in the Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services are vacant.
Many new employees leave in less than two years because of heavy caseloads and the “very difficult, emotionally tolling work,” Mischa Martin, the Department of Human Services’ deputy secretary of youth and families, told lawmakers last month.
“If we had a knowledgeable, experienced workforce,” she said, “they would be able to work cases in a better way to get kids home quicker.” | 2023-07-28T15:09:40+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-mounting-job-vacancies-push-state-and-local-governments-into-a-wage-war-for-workers/ |
Company ramps up next phase of growth in 2023 after record breaking year
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Health, creators of the leading digital treatments for mental health, has appointed five executives to its senior leadership team as the company enters the next phase in the growth of its business. This follows the company's CEO transition in August 2022 to Arun Gupta, who was previously on the Big Health Board and continues to serve as Executive Chairman, and the appointment of Peter Hames, Co-Founder, as President of Big Health.
New executive leaders include:
- Vanessa Rollings, Chief Financial Officer, who previously served as CFO of Tempus Labs and CFO/Managing Director of Sandbox Industries.
- Henrik Berggren, VP Product, former CEO and founder of Steady Health (acquired by Carbon Health) and previous product leader at Dropbox.
- LaRae Holliday Williams, VP People, former Chief Talent and Inclusion Officer EVERFI and previously held positions at Palantir Technologies.
- Timothy Johnson, VP Sales, former National Vice President of Sales at Optum, having also held positions at Willis Towers Watson and Sharecare.
- Gabriel Paine, VP Marketing, former SVP of Enterprise Marketing at Sharecare.
These appointments come on the heels of the most successful year for Big Health since its founding, as the company drives forward with its mission to help millions back to good mental health by providing safe and effective non-drug treatments for the most common mental health conditions including insomnia and anxiety.
"As we level up our efforts to deliver clinical grade, patient-preferred mental health treatments, I'm excited to see this exceptional leadership team take shape. Arun is a world-class executive, and he has assembled a highly talented group of diverse leaders to take the company through this next chapter of growth," said Mr. Hames.
Big Health has charted the future of digital therapeutics by combining leading clinical insight with the best in design and technology to provide a scalable approach that is accessible to all—including communities traditionally underserved by mental health care. Underlying the company's products is an industry-leading body of peer-reviewed research and randomized controlled trials. Based on the proven efficacy of its products, Big Health has also been approved for reimbursement by numerous employers, PBMs, and payers.
"I am proud of the diverse and talented team coming together behind Big Health's mission. We are relentless in serving patients and leading the industry towards ubiquitously available and reimbursed digital therapeutics that are safe, effective, scalable evidence-based mental health treatments," said Mr. Gupta.
Key 2022 business milestones:
- Closed Series C Funding round for $75 million with SoftBank
- Entered into strategic partnership with major payer for medication targeting
- Daylight and Sleepio added to second national digital formulary, expanding coverage
- Received National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approval of Sleepio as first line treatment for Insomnia ahead of medication
- Achieved milestone of 300,000th patient enrolling in treatment
"Big Health believes deeply in the promise of fundamentally changing treatment options in the mental health arena," said Dr. Colin Espie, Big Health Co-Founder and Chief Scientist. "Our focus in 2023 is to expand access to our products among more people and continue to advocate for new approaches to mental health treatment," added Dr. Espie.
About Big Health
Big Health's mission is to help millions back to good mental health by providing safe and effective non-drug alternatives for the most common mental health conditions including insomnia and anxiety. Designed by leading clinical experts, Big Health's digital therapeutics expand access to gold standard care, including behavioral medicine, and are backed by industry-leading research and randomized controlled trials. By seamlessly integrating across the care pathway, from member engagement to billing via pharmacy benefit managers, Big Health simplifies adoption for both payers and patients, providing an inclusive, scalable, and affordable approach without serious side effects. For more information, please visit www.bighealth.com or follow Big Health on LinkedIn and Twitter.
In accordance with FDA's Current Enforcement Discretion Policy for Digital Health Devices for Psychiatric Disorders, for patients aged 18 years and older, who are followed by and diagnosed with Insomnia Disorder or Generalized Anxiety Disorder by a medical provider, Sleepio and Daylight can be made available as an adjunct to their usual medical care for Insomnia Disorder or Generalized Anxiety Disorder, respectively. Sleepio and Daylight do not replace the care of a medical provider or the patient's medication. Sleepio and Daylight have not been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for these indications.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police arrested a man who they say punched a toddler on Sunday.
A mother called the police and said an unknown man punched her 1-year-old child on Sunday around 11:41 a.m. near the intersection of W Summit Avenue and S Tryon Street. The 1-year-old was punched in the face, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Officers took Rico Limon Williams, 26, into custody after identifying him as the suspect in the incident. Williams is charged with assault on a child under the age of 12.
Police say the 1-year-old was taken to a local hospital for treatment and later released.
Williams is currently being held in Mecklenburg County jail.
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Liftr Insights shows that AWS breaks trend by delivering after other top cloud providers.
AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, sees that of the top four (4) cloud service providers ("CSPs"), the latest generation processors have been deployed by all–all except for AWS.
"This is inconsistent for AWS (and an interesting signal)," says Tab Schadt, CEO of Liftr Insights. "To lag behind its peers is far from normal for AWS."
Generation 9 is the latest processor architectural generation which includes Intel's Sapphire Rapids, AMD's Genoa, and Aliyun's T-Head Yitian processors. This processor generation, built on the latest manufacturing nodes, includes support for DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, and also CXL 1.1, which enables new expansion and accelerator capabilities.
Liftr Insights tracks data on the top six (6) CSPs, which represent over 75% of public cloud and a notable percentage of all cloud providers. Of those providers, Aliyun Cloud was the first to deploy Generation 9 processors, followed by Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. AWS is the only one of the top four (4) which has yet to deploy these latest generation chips.
Liftr historical data, from over 4 years of data, show that AWS was the first to deploy Generation 6 and second to deploy Generation 8. AWS has consistently been a leader in deploying the latest versions of CPU and Accelerator instances, including being the first CSP to design their own chips.
AWS never deployed Generation 7 processors, but they will provide Generation 9 processors. In November 2022, AWS announced its new R7iz instance type based on the Generation 9 Intel Sapphire Rapids processor.
"AWS has been a trendsetter in the public cloud space since it first launched," says Schadt. "Not being among the first is not everything, but this is certainly off-brand for AWS."
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CINCINNATI — Kings Island and its sister parks might have to give out partial refunds for the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season if attorneys win a class action lawsuit against its parent company.
A pandemic-related lawsuit against Cedar Fair will be allowed to move forward, according to a US District Court Judge in Ohio who refused to throw out the case this week.
The Toledo suit argues that people who bought season passes to Cedar Fair theme parks in 2020 should have been given the option to get at least some of their money back.
The class-action suit, filed on behalf of a California guest with a Knott's Berry Farm pass, would affect almost a dozen Cedar Fair parks.
What lawsuit is demanding
The suit claims that season pass holders, the tens of thousands of people who have Gold and Platinum cards, should have been offered the option of refunds for the shortened 2020 pandemic season.
Instead, Kings Island and the other parks extended those passes for another year. We reached out to both Kings Island and Cedar Fair corporate headquarters in Sandusky, but neither would comment on the case, saying they do not comment on litigation.
Cedar Fair had asked a federal judge in Toledo to throw out the case, arguing that the parks gave 2020 pass holders a free season pass for 2021. Attorneys for the plaintiff say that was not enough, saying many people still did not want to go to the parks in 2021, since the pandemic was still raging.
With the judge's ruling, the case can now proceed.
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DEKALB, Ill. (WGN) — A 90-year-old great-grandmother became a college graduate on Sunday.
Walking across the stage to receive her college degree from Northern Illinois University was a moment 70 years in the making for Joyce DeFauw.
She is one of the oldest Huskies to ever graduate from the university.
“There’s so much going on that I can hardly fathom everything and take it in,” DeFauw said. “It’s fantastic.”
She first enrolled in what was then Northern Illinois State Teachers College in 1951.
DeFauw started out as an early elementary major, then home economics and then took German, typing and bookkeeping.
“But my goodness sake. At my church, there was this young man that certainly was attractive,” she said. “And apparently it was reciprocal because we decided to get together and then I decided to leave school.”
Her husband died, and she remarried. In all, she had nine children.
As life happened, she never forgot about school.
“Apparently the children said that I wish I had told them. I wish I had finished,” DeFauw said. “And they thought, ‘Well, why don’t you go now? You have nothing to do, nothing better to do.’ I think you’re right. So I decided to go back. But I needed a computer.”
They got her one, and in 2019, she reenrolled at NIU.
She completed her classes online from the retirement community where she lives in Geneseo, Illinois.
“Well, I was assigned classes, but there were times when I wanted to quit,” DeFauw said. “But I was, um, ‘Now, don’t quit now you’re so near. Don’t give up now.’ And I’m very thankful that I didn’t, and I had guidance and encouragement.”
She was granted a scholarship to cross the finish line, and faculty and staff call her an inspiration, saying they learned as much from her as she learned from them.
At 90 years old, DeFauw is receiving her bachelor’s degree in general studies. She said you’re never too old to finish what you started.
“There’s so much to learn, and life is so exciting, and we’re all given different talents,” she said. “We’re all here for a reason. And so just keep going.” | 2022-12-12T20:54:41+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/dont-quit-90-year-old-woman-graduates-college-70-years-after-first-enrolling/ |
Trump lawyers blast election probe after grand juror speaks
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers in Georgia are criticizing the Fulton County investigation into potential illegal election meddling after the foreperson of the special grand jury seated to help the probe went public this week.
Emily Kohrs first spoke out in an interview published Tuesday by The Associated Press, a story that was followed by interviews in other print and television news outlets. She described some of what happened behind the closed doors of the jury room — including how some witnesses behaved, how prosecutors interacted with witnesses and how some witnesses invoked their rights not to answer certain questions.
Trump attorneys Drew Findling and Jennifer Little said that despite having concerns about the panel’s proceedings from the start, they kept quiet out of respect for the grand jury process. But they said revelations offered by Kohrs this week compelled them to speak up.
“The end product is the reliability of anything that has taken place in there is completely tainted and called into question,” Findling said in an interview with the AP on Wednesday evening. He said he held “no chagrin for a 30-year-old foreperson” who was part of “a failed system.”
“She’s a product of a circus that cloaked itself as a special purpose grand jury,” he said.
The special grand jury was impaneled at the request of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is investigating whether Trump and his Republican allies committed any crimes as they tried to overturn his narrow 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in Georgia. The panel did not have the power to indict but instead could offer recommendations for Willis, a Democrat who will ultimately decide whether to seek indictments from a regular grand jury.
Findling and Little expressed concern that the special grand jury, which they said should be basing its recommendations to the district attorney on evidence and testimony presented in the jury room, was allowed to watch and read news coverage of the case and was aware of some witnesses’ efforts not to testify. Kohrs said prosecutors told the jurors they could read and watch the news but urged them to keep an open mind.
Kohrs also shared numerous anecdotes from the proceedings that she found amusing and was very expressive in television interviews, sometimes laughing or making faces.
Findling and Little said the district attorney’s office, which was advising the special grand jury, should have done a better job of educating the grand jurors about the solemnity of the process and the rules and limitations.
“It’s not a joking matter,” Findling said. “It’s not a matter for giggles. It’s not a matter for smiles.”
Willis’ office has declined to comment on Kohrs’ media appearances.
The Trump lawyers also said that this situation could have been avoided if the judge had instructed special grand jury members not to speak to news outlets until after the panel’s full final report is made public. Several parts of the report were released last week, but Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said any section that recommended specific charges for specific people would remain secret for now.
In the federal system, grand jurors are prohibited from talking about what witnesses said or anything that happened in the room. But the oath taken by grand jurors in Georgia only says they cannot talk about their deliberations.
The grand jury was dissolved on Jan. 9, and McBurney told the AP that he later met with grand jurors to discuss where things stood. He said he provided them a “road map” of what they were legally allowed and not allowed to discuss publicly.
He said they could discuss what witnesses said and what is in the report but could not talk about deliberations because that’s what their oath said.
Willis has said since the beginning of the investigation two years ago that she was interested in a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which Trump suggested to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, that he could “find” the votes needed to overturn Trump’s loss to Biden in the state.
“All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” Trump said during that call.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-23T14:05:43+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/02/23/trump-lawyers-blast-election-probe-after-grand-juror-speaks/ |
Reid leading race for Clark County office marred by turmoil
Updated November 8, 2022 - 11:21 pm
Assistant Public Administrator Rita Reid is leading in the race to become the newly elected Clark County Public Adminstrator, preliminary election results show.
Reid, a Democrat, currently has about 51.3 percent of the vote, just over 5 percent more votes than Republican Patsy Brown, a Las Vegas lawyer and businesswoman. A third candidate, nonpartisan Tabatha Al-Dabbagh, has so far received 2.6 percent of votes. Reid has been the top supervisor in the office for the past 15 years.
The most recent results were posted on the Clark County website at 10:59 p.m. Tuesday and indicated voter turnout at nearly 40 percent, with 53 percent of the vote centers reporting.
Brown, who runs a consulting business, ran unsuccessfully for the Las Vegas City Council in 2019 and the Clark County Commission in 202o. She is not a licensed member of the State Bar of Nevada, but said she served as a managing partner of a law firm in the Los Angeles area before coming to Las Vegas. She is a former restaurateur who has been active in community affairs, especially veterans issues. Brown was arrested and charged with suspicion of impaired driving on Sept. 1.
The public administrator’s office, which oversees the estates of people who have died without a will, was marred by turmoil during the latter half of Telles’ four-year term and was the subject of stories by Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, who was murdered on Sept. 2.
The 46-year-old Telles was removed from his position Oct. 5 following his September arrest in connection with the slaying of German. Prosecutors have accused Telles of “lying in wait” to kill German because of articles he had written.
German, 69, was found dead with stab wounds outside his Las Vegas home on Sept. 3, the day after Telles allegedly walked onto German’s property and attacked him.
The longtime reporter had written four stories critical of Telles’ handling of the office, quoting current and former employees who told him of retaliation, favoritism and bullying from Telles and a subordinate for more than two years. Telles lost the June primary after the stories were published.
Commission chair Jim Gibson told the Review-Journal on Oct. 18 the county would revisit discussions of a possible appointment of a replacement for Telles after the election. The new official takes office in January.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Contact Briana Erickson at berickson@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5244. Follow @ByBrianaE on Twitter.
Editor’s note: Slain reporter Jeff German contributed to this story. | 2022-11-09T08:12:37+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/clark-county/reid-leading-race-for-clark-county-office-marred-by-turmoil-2672899/ |
Aaron Rodgers was sitting alone in the dark two months ago, pondering his future while many speculated about his next move.
Now, the New York Jets quarterback is the toast of his new town, bonding with the Big Apple and his excited teammates.
“That’s a legend right there, that’s a Hall of Fame player,” wide receiver Garrett Wilson said Wednesday during a video call. “This is something 20 years from now, 30 years from now, I can tell my kids, ‘You know, I played with Aaron Rodgers.’ I try not to think about it too much at this point, you know, just because we’re going to work and he’s my teammate and that’s got to be the mindset.
“But the reality of it is it’s awesome, man.”
After an offseason that included Rodgers going on an isolation retreat in Oregon and deciding to continue his playing career — and with the Jets — the four-time NFL MVP was formally introduced by New York last Wednesday after acquiring him from Green Bay. The deal brought one of the league’s greatest players to a franchise frustrated by 12 straight seasons without a playoff appearance and hungry for a winner.
And Rodgers is already making an impact.
“We know that all of the sudden, all eyes are on us,” Wilson said. “We’ve got to back it up every time we take the field, you know, practice or game.”
Rodgers is also enjoying his turn as New York’s newest celebrity while taking in Knicks and Rangers games at Madison Square Garden.
“I met Spike Lee, Martha Stewart and Patrick Ewing,” Rodgers said Tuesday on “The Pat McAfee Show” on YouTube and SiriusXM. “I’m sitting next to Jack Harlow. So much fun. Just having a ball.”
He was there with former Packers teammate Allen Lazard and running back Breece Hall for the Rangers’ 5-2 win over the Devils in Game 6 last Saturday. Rodgers and Lazard were back the next day for the Knicks’ playoff loss to Miami in Game 1. On Tuesday night, Rodgers and cornerback Sauce Gardner sat courtside next to actor Jerry Ferrara and former Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist for the Knicks’ victory in Game 2.
“It was great being around a veteran guy like him, a down to earth guy who — I didn’t know he was that funny,” Gardner said.
“Everybody knew who he was and I was able to just be in his shadow a little bit.”
Rodgers, who’s 39, teased the 22-year-old Gardner about his age at times during their night out on the town — which started with the QB picking up the tab for dinner at Carbone restaurant.
“We were getting seated (at the Garden) and he was like, ‘We’re about to sit by Jessica Alba,’” said Gardner, last season’s AP Defensive Rookie of the Year. “I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know who that is.’ He looked at me like I’m crazy.”
Rodgers probably would’ve had a similar look a few months ago if someone had told him he’d be calling the New York/New Jersey area home — as a member of the Jets.
“I’m just pinching myself a lot of days,” Rodgers said. “I can’t believe it’s real sometimes. It’s been a dream, for sure, just to be here.”
Rodgers is participating in offseason workouts, something he hadn’t done the past couple of seasons in Green Bay while he feuded with the Packers’ front office. A slow-motion video posted Monday by the Jets of Rodgers throwing a pass to Wilson, last season’s AP Offensive Rookie of the Year, has gotten more than 9.6 million views.
“I ain’t gonna lie to you, I was kind of starstruck at first,” linebacker Quincy Williams said with a smile. “I was like, ‘Hold on, coach, let me just take a little minute to just take this in,’ just to watch a few throws and seeing him in the green.
“And it was like, all right, let’s get to work so we can give him more opportunities to throw the ball.”
The Jets are counting on Rodgers doing that and jumpstarting an offense that ranked near the bottom of the league in several categories the past two years with Zach Wilson struggling in then-coordinator Mike LaFleur’s system. Rodgers is reunited with Nathaniel Hackett, his offensive coordinator for three years in Green Bay, including the last two of his four MVP awards in 2020 and 2021.
Hackett isn’t the only former Packers teammate joining Rodgers in New York. The Jets signed Lazard, backup quarterback Tim Boyle and offensive lineman Billy Turner in free agency. They also already had wide receiver Malik Turner and offensive lineman Adam Pankey.
The Jets also signed wide receiver Randall Cobb on Wednesday night. Cobb had two stints as Rodgers’ teammate in Green Bay and walked off the field with the quarterback after the Packers’ season-ending loss to Detroit at Lambeau.
“It’s like the first day of school every single day,” Rodgers said on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “Everything’s new and exciting and fun.”
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2023-05-04T04:58:07+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/rodgers-bonding-with-jets-teammates-in-big-apple-spotlight/ |
By SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out Monday from the port of Odesa under an internationally brokered deal to unblock the embattled country’s agricultural exports and ease the growing global food crisis.
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni sounded its horn as it slowly departed with over 26,000 tons of corn destined for Lebanon.
“The first grain ship since Russian aggression has left port,” Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov declared on Twitter.
Russia and Ukraine signed agreements in Istanbul with Turkey and the U.N. on July 22, clearing the way for Ukraine to export 22 million tons of grain and other agricultural products that have been stuck in Black Sea ports because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than five months ago. The deals also allow Russia to export grain and fertilizer.
As part of the agreements, safe corridors through the mined waters outside Ukraine’s ports were established.
Ukraine and Russia are major global suppliers of wheat, barley, corn and sunflower oil, with the fertile Black Sea region long known as the breadbasket of Europe. The holdup of food shipments because of the war has worsened rising food prices worldwide and threatened hunger and political instability in developing nations.
“Today Ukraine, together with partners, takes another step to prevent world hunger,” Kubrakov said.
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov hailed the ship’s departure as “very positive,” saying it would help test the “efficiency of the mechanisms that were agreed to during the talks in Istanbul.”
Under the agreements, ships going in and out of Ukrainian ports will be subject to inspection to make sure that incoming vessels are not carrying weapons and that outgoing ones are bearing only grain, fertilizer or related food items, not any other commodities.
The Razoni was expected to dock Tuesday afternoon in Istanbul, where teams of Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and U.N. officials were set to board it for inspection.
More ships are expected to leave from Ukraine’s ports through the safe corridors. At Odesa, 16 more vessels, all blocked since Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, were waiting their turn, with others to follow, Ukrainian authorities said.
But some shipping companies are not yet rushing to export food across the Black Sea as they assess the danger of mines and the risk of Russian rockets hitting grain warehouses and ports.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who proposed the grain deal in April, said the Razoni was “loaded with two commodities in short supply: corn and hope.”
“Hope for millions of people around the world who depend on the smooth running of Ukraine’s ports to feed their families,” he said.
In an interview with Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar warned that the global food crisis threatens to trigger “a serious wave of migration from Africa to Europe and to Turkey.”
Lebanon, the corn’s destination, is in the grip of a severe financial crisis. A 2020 explosion at its main port in Beirut shattered its capital city and destroyed grain silos. Lebanon mostly imports wheat from Ukraine but also buys its corn to make cooking oil and produce animal feed.
Kubrakov said the shipments will also help Ukraine’s war-shattered economy.
“Unlocking ports will provide at least $1 billion in foreign exchange revenue to the economy and an opportunity for the agricultural sector to plan for next year,” he said.
Hearing the ship sound its horn as it left port delighted Olena Vitalievna, an Odesa resident.
“Finally, life begins to move forward and there are some changes in a positive direction,” she said. “In general, the port should live its own life because Odesa is a port city. We live here. We want everything to work for us, everything to bustle.”
Yet the resumption of the grain shipments came as fighting raged elsewhere in Ukraine, with Russia pressing its offensive in the east while Ukraine tries to retake territory in the Russian-occupied south.
Ukraine’s presidential office said at least three civilians were killed and 16 wounded by Russian shelling in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours.
Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko repeated a call for all residents to evacuate, emphasizing the need to remove about 52,000 children still in the region.
In Kharkiv, two people were wounded by a Russian strike in the morning. One was struck while waiting for a bus, the other when a Russian shell exploded near an apartment building.
The southern city of Mykolaiv also faced shelling that ruined a building at a hospital and damaged ambulances, according to regional Gov. Vitaliy Kim. Three civilians were wounded elsewhere in the city, he said.
Soon after the grain shipment deal was signed, a Russian missile targeted Odesa. Analysts warned that the continuing fighting could still upend the grain deal.
“The departure of the first vessel doesn’t solve the food crisis; it’s just the first step that could also be the last if Russia decides to continue attacks in the south,” said Volodymyr Sidenko, an expert with the Kyiv-based Razumkov Center think tank.
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Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Jon Gambrell in Dubai contributed.
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Louisiana Supreme Court upholds firing of current Orleans asst. sheriff by Inspector General
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Louisiana Supreme Court has refused to overturn the suspension and firing of a former New Orleans Inspector General’s office investigator -- now a high-ranking Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy -- for policy violations that included giving away a city-owned cellphone.
Court documents show Kristen Morales was fired by Inspector General Ed Michel’s office in January 2021, after investigators determined she had given a cellphone meant for OIG employees to a cafeteria worker in the building who was not an agency employee. Morales told investigators she had the permission of a former supervisor to give away the city-owned phone, but was unable to provide documentation verifying that claim.
Former Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux flatly denied ever authorizing Morales -- or any OIG employee -- to give away an agency cellphone to a private individual, and characterized any such transaction as theft, the court records show. Michel “also concluded that Ms. Morales had been evasive and lacked candor during the investigation,” the documents show.
Despite the circumstances of her termination, Morales landed a job last year as one of the top lieutenants to incoming Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who appointed her assistant sheriff and put her in charge of OPSO investigations and internal affairs.
The sheriff’s office appears unfazed by the Supreme Court decision upholding Morales’ firing. A spokesperson for Hutson told Fox 8 in a statement Wednesday, “This is a personal matter that does not affect Asst. Sheriff Morales’ role at the office.”
Morales did not respond to a request for comment made through the OPSO.
In the Fourth Circuit decision that the Supreme Court has let stand, Judge Rosemary Ledet wrote, “The OIG met its burden of proving that Ms. Morales acted with a lack of candor in attempting to conceal her wrongful act. Further, we find that the OIG met its burden of proving that Ms. Morales’ wrongdoing impaired the efficiency of the OIG and that termination was justified.”
Morales’ suspension and termination by the OIG’s office previously was upheld by the New Orleans’ Civil Service Commission and a Civil Service appeals panel. Next, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal and a Fourth Circuit panel review concurred, without a single judge dissenting in Morales’ favor. In denying a writ request last Wednesday to take up the case, the state’s seven Supreme Court justices unanimously agreed to put Morales’ appeal to rest in state courts.
Morales, however, also has challenged her firing with a federal lawsuit which currently awaits a Feb. 14 status conference before U.S. Judge Eldon E. Fallon.
Michel said in a statement, “While the Office of Inspector General cannot comment on the substance of pending litigation, we refer you to the unanimous Civil Service Commission decision and the unanimous decision of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal as well as the unanimous decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court which was issued on Jan. 25. All of these decisions are publicly available and affirmed the termination for cause of Kristen Morales as an investigator with the Office of Inspector General.”
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rescue efforts were underway after flooding and landslides brought on by torrential overnight rains in eastern Congo’s South Kivu province killed more than a dozen people, a local official said Friday.
Delphin Birimbi, a community leader in Kalehe in South Kivu, said that there were 15 dead in his village and that more than 30 people are missing in the nearby localities of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. He fears that the death toll will rise significantly as more bodies are recovered.
Two rivers broke their banks after the heavy rains which began on Thursday evening and there have been multiple landslides with scores of homes destroyed, Birimbi said.
Rescuers are working to find and save anyone who may be trapped under the rubble of their homes.
In a statement published Friday, the provincial government of South Kivu offered its sympathies to the families affected and said it was sending a delegation to the scene.
Heavy rains have brought misery to thousands in East Africa, with parts of Uganda and Kenya also seeing heavy rainfall.
Flooding and landslides in Rwanda, which borders Congo, left 129 people dead earlier this week. | 2023-05-05T17:01:58+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national/ap-international/15-killed-in-congo-flooding-with-toll-expected-to-rise/ |
If someone told me four years ago that Gov. Mark Gordon would have the best job security in Wyoming, I’d have called them crazy.
The governor’s popularity, always a bit suspect after he won the Republican primary in 2018 with only one-third of the total vote, had taken a nosedive by January 2021. At a COVID-19 protest organized by state lawmakers in his own party, Gordon was jeered by several hundred protesters in front of the Capitol.
Then-Rep. Scott Clem, R-Gillette, blasted Gordon for ordering a mask mandate, closing certain businesses and limiting the number of people at outdoor events.
“We are here because we love our freedom and because the man in this building is a tyrant,” said Clem, who some at the rally touted as a possible challenger to Gordon.
Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, called Gordon “a criminal” for not authorizing alternative drugs to combat the deadly virus – an act that’s beyond the governor’s authority. One protester held a “Knucklehead Gordon” sign, a reference to the governor’s description of those who refused to abide by the state’s health orders.
Party officials did not deem Gordon, the former state treasurer, a “true conservative.” Much more to their liking were fellow gubernatorial candidates Foster Friess and Harriet Hageman, who combined won 47% of the vote, but finished second and third, respectively.
Shortly into his term, a global pandemic threw the state, and world, into disorder. Gordon’s COVID response was tepid at best, as he waited for months to finally issue a mask order. But some residents were so outraged they started a petition to remove him from office.
Gordon’s three GOP opponents this year are far to his right politically, but none has even a glimmer of hope to win. It’s safe to say no Republican leaders encouraged Rex Rammell, Brent Bien or James Scott Quick to enter the race.
Only Rammell and Bien attended a recent Worland debate. Quick had a work conflict, and Gordon’s spokesman said his boss had a previous commitment.
Onstage, Bien and Rammell battled to prove they should be the conservatives’ choice, but did little to set themselves apart. Both are anti-abortion and said they want to see exceptions repealed for rape and incest, or if the mother’s life is endangered.
Quick, in a Facebook podcast, expressed the same opinion. Debating Friess and Hageman four years ago, Gordon supported banning abortion, but approved of the existing exceptions.
Both Bien and Rammell want stricter voter ID laws, school choice and more pregnancy resource centers. They oppose vaccine mandates, Medicaid expansion, stricter regulations for buying firearms and want the federal government to stop meddling in Wyoming.
All of Gordon’s opponents are against “crossover” voting, which would keep registered voters from changing party affiliation to vote in another party’s primary. Gordon, much to his chagrin, is well acquainted with the issue.
Even before Gordon was inaugurated in 2019, Sen. Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester, filed a bill backed by Republicans to ban party registration changes after May 1. GOP officials blamed Democrats who registered as Republicans for electing the moderate Gordon, since Friess and Hageman split the conservative vote.
Not enough Democrats changed parties to make a difference in the governor’s primary, but Republican leaders still contend it’s what put Gordon in office. I guess it’s easier for party insiders to ignore the arithmetic than to accept that the electorate didn’t agree with their choice of candidate.
Biteman and others have sponsored crossover voting bans in each of the past four sessions since Gordon was elected. None have gone to the governor to sign, though Trump backed the most recent effort.
What surprises me is after all the anger the state GOP showed over Gordon’s first victory, it didn’t successfully recruit a “real” conservative to take him on.
Republicans have apparently made peace with Gordon and effectively rubber-stamped his nomination. The bitter feelings some felt over Gordon’s COVID restrictions seem to have eased. Maybe the GOP’s officers decided they had enough on their plate getting rid of Cheney to please Trump.
Bien has hitched his star to Hageman’s high-profile congressional run. His yard signs and fliers can be found next to hers everywhere you look. We don’t usually think of the gubernatorial contest as a “down-ballot” race, but these are anything but usual times in Wyoming politics. Bien’s strategy may well win him votes from folks simply voting what they think of as the “team Hageman” line.
The trio was asked at a Casper forum if any would drop out of the race to let the strongest candidate take on the governor one-on-one. Bien and Rammell said they would, but Quick vowed he’s in it to win it, so they’ll all fight until the bitter end.
About the sharpest critique I’ve heard from Gordon’s opponents is Rammell calling him a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” That’s a far cry from protesters shouting that he’s a traitor, or Clem saying someone should call the office of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a vehement anti-masker, to see if she could “give one of her testicles to our governor.”
Gov. Gordon, count your blessings. | 2022-07-23T11:35:52+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/guest_column/state-gop-bosses-give-gordon-free-pass-to-primary-win/article_c5798923-6a56-526f-981d-e294e65cb452.html |
(NEXSTAR) – There’s a “greater than 90% chance” the El Niño, which developed unusually early this year, will last through winter in early 2024, National Weather Service forecasters said Thursday.
El Niño is expected to continue strengthening until it reaches its peak sometime in winter. That’s when the climate pattern can have the biggest effects on weather around the country.
El Niño has different impacts depending on where you live. The southern third to half of the United States, including California, is likely to be wetter this winter. (Exactly where that dividing line falls varies from year to year.)
Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest and parts of the Ohio Valley tend to be dry and warm.
Hawaii also often sees below-average rain during an El Niño fall, winter, and spring season.
How noticeable the impacts will be this year largely depends on how strong this “young El Niño” grows. On Thursday, the Climate Prediction Center said there’s an 81% chance of “moderate-to-strong intensity.”
A “historically strong” El Niño is possible – but less likely at this point. There’s about a 1 in 5 chance we see an El Niño like the extra-strong winters of 1997-1998 or 2015-2016, forecasters said.
Whether we’re in a La Niña year, El Niño year, or neither is determined by sea surface temperatures near the equator over the Pacific Ocean. The temperature of the water and air above it can shift the position of the jet stream, which in turn impacts the types of weather observed on land. | 2023-07-13T19:01:16+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/weather/historically-strong-el-nino-possible-what-it-means-for-winter/ |
- The three-day event will help consumers save money and get exclusive deals on the products they have been dreaming of
- The announcement comes as Klarna celebrates 150 million consumers and 400 thousand merchants
- The Dream Deal Days event will take place globally from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th May 2022 with select Klarna merchants including Crocs, Farfetch & Pandora
NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Klarna, the leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, today announces the launch of Dream Deal Days, a three-day event offering consumers exclusive deals and exciting product drops with some of the world's biggest retail brands.
The event marks Klarna reaching the milestone of 150 million users and 400 thousand merchant partners. As a thank you to Klarna's consumers, the Dream Deal Days event will take place across 19 markets1 globally between Friday, May 27th and Sunday, May 29th, offering shoppers the opportunity to benefit from exclusive deals and discounts at some of the most desirable brands in the world.
A global survey* involving more than 19,000 consumers from 19 countries reveals that approximately half (46%) of shoppers across the world currently have an item they would describe as "their ideal dream purchase", while almost as many (43%) are planning to make a dream purchase for someone other than themselves. And even though more than one third (37%) argue that it's impossible to put a price tag on what should be considered an ideal dream purchase, the top reason it has not yet been bought is because it's considered too expensive (62%).
Partnering with some of the best known retailers from fashion, electronics, beauty and homeware the event will help consumers save money and get great deals on dream purchases found on wishlists all over the world, including the millions that have been saved on Klarna's in-app wishlists. The deals will be available through Klarna.com, the Klarna App and participating merchant's websites2.
In addition, there is also the opportunity to win prizes by entering into a competition3 organised by Klarna to celebrate some of the milestones from its 17 year history. Prizes include exciting global live experiences featuring familiar famous faces from previous Klarna campaigns. The competition entry form will be discoverable on Klarna.com from Friday, May 20 - Sunday, May 29.
David Sandström, Chief Marketing Officer of Klarna, said: "17 years ago, Klarna set out on a journey to achieve one mission; to make payments simple, safe and smoooth for millions of people across the globe. To have reached 150 million Klarna consumers is an amazing achievement and there is no better way to mark this than the launch of Dream Deal Days. This event is Klarna's opportunity to give back to our community, presenting our users with the chance to purchase exclusive deals at great prices whilst paying the way they want. Klarna has come a long way since we started out but we remain customer-obsessed and this is a further chance to repay our customers by helping them get closer to their dreams."
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Timing – The Competition commences on May 20th 2022 at 00:01 BST, and the closing date is May 29th 2022 23:59 BST (the Competition Period).
Eligibility – The Competition is open globally, to entrants aged 18 years and over at the time of entry. Entrants must ensure that their participation (including acceptance of any prize) is lawful in accordance with the laws of their country of residence. This promotion is void where void under local national laws. The Promoter will not be taken to make any representations, express or implied, as to the lawfulness of any individual's participation, or as to any other aspect of any Promotion.
Prize - The winner will be selected no later than June 10th 2022 (the Selection Date). The Prize Winner will be notified via email within ten (10) working days of the Selection Date. The email will contain instructions on how to claim the Prize.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday in an election to decide if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office.
With 99.6% of he votes tallied, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had 48.3% support and President Jair Bolsonaro had 43.3%. Nine other candidates were also competing, but their support pales to that for Bolsonaro and da Silva, who is commonly known as Lula.
The tightness of the result came as a surprise, since pre-election polls had given da Silva a commanding lead. The last Datafolha survey published Saturday had found a 50% to 36% advantage for da Silva. It interviewed 12,800 people, with a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
“This tight difference between Lula and Bolsonaro wasn’t predicted,” said Nara Pavão, who teaches political science at the Federal University of Pernambuco.
Speaking at a post-vote press conference, da Silva referred to the scheduled Oct. 30 runoff vote against Bolsonaro as “extra time” in a soccer game.
An electoral worker installs an electronic voting machine during the assembly of a polling station at a school in preparation for the general election, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Brazilians head to polls on Oct. 2 to elect a president, vice president, governors and senators. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Reflected on a security guardhouse mirror, an electoral worker delivers electronic voting machines to a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Brazilians head to polls on Oct. 2 to elect a president, vice president, governors and senators. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president, shakes hands with a supporter as he campaigns a day ahead of the country's general election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro who is running for re-election, leads a caravan of motorcycle enthusiasts with Sao Paulo governor's candidate Tarcisio de Freitas, riding on the backseat, during a campaign event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, October 1, 2022. Brazilians head to the polls to elect a president on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wait for him to arrive in a motorcycle rally as part of his campaign for a second term, in Pocos de Caldas, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Brazil's general elections are scheduled for Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Supporters of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president, attend a campaign rally a day ahead of the country's general election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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People wait to watch the presidential debate, near a cutout of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running for president, in the Saude neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Brazil's general elections are scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Supporters of Brazil's former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, dance and sing Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at a public bar at the Lapa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, one day before Brazilians go to the polls in a general election. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Supporters of Brazil's former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, dance and sing at a public bar Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in the Lapa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, one day before Brazilians go to the polls in a general election. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A couple kisses outside a bar at the Lapa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, one day before Brazil goes to the polls in a general election. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Voters line up at a polling station in the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Voters line up during general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Voters line up during general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Voters arrive to a polling station during general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Voters line up at a polling station during general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, talks to press as he arrives to a polling station to vote in the general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, gives a thumbs after voting in general election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, kisses his ballot after voting in general elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, arrives to a polling station to vote in the general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Voters line up at a polling post in the Mare neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, waves as he drives away from a polling station after voting in general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, greets supporters after he voted in the general election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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A supporter kisses former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, after he voted in general elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, looks at electoral officials before voting in the general election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (Andre Coelho/Pool via AP))
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Voters line up outside a polling station during general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Voters arrive to a polling station during general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, waves upon his arrival to a polling station to vote in the general election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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A girl sits on the sidewalk amidst electoral fliers as voters line up outside a polling station during general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Voters choose their candidates during general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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A man chooses his candidates during general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A woman holding a baby votes during general elections in Acegua, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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Voters line up at a polling station in the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A voter displays a flag of the Workers Party of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, before voting in the general election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, waves to supporters after voting in the general election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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The Sugar loaf and Guanabara bay are seen behind the Christ the Redeemer statue before the opening of the polls for general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A man sells flags during general elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. For sale are Brazil national flags and of Presidential candidates, the incumbent Jair Bolsoaro and former president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da silva, (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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A man sells bikinis at Copacabana Beach during general elections, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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A Brazlian flag waves in the breeze on Copacabana Beach during general elections, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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A man wearing a Brazil jersey with a sticker of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president, poses for a photo during general elections, in Acegua, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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People line up to vote during general election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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A man sells balls on Copacabana Beach during general elections, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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A woman holding a baby votes during general elections, in Acegua, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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A man holding a baby votes during general elections, in Acegua, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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A family wearing Brazilian jerseys arrives at a polling station to vote during general elections, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president, arrives at a polling station to vote in the general election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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A man walks his dog, with a Brazilian national flag draped over his shoulders during general elections, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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A man waits to vote during general elections, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A follower of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, celebrates partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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A woman holds a Brazilian flag and another with the image of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, after general election polls closed in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ton Molina)
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A follower of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is again running for president, celebrates partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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A woman holds a Brazilian flag with the image of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, after general election polls closed in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ton Molina)
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A woman walks at Ipanema Beach after general election polls closed during general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, celebrate partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, celebrate partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, celebrate partial results after general election polls closed outside his family home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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Women supporters of Brazilian incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing shirts with the president´s likeness, wait for results after general election polls closed in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ton Molina)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, celebrate partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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A follower of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, celebrates the partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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A driver drives over a banner of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, as followers of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro cheer him after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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A follower of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is again running for president, celebrates as she listens to the partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, react to partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, ride a motorcycle after the general election polls closed in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ton Molina)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, listen to the partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, pray as they listen to the partial results after general election polls closed in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ton Molina)
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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, pray as they listen to the partial results after general election polls closed in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ton Molina)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, react as they listen to the partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, react as they listen to the partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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A follower of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, listens to the partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, speaks to supporters after general election polls closed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.(AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, right, and his wife Rosangela Silva celebrate after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, speaks to supporters after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, speaks to supporters after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, who is running for president again, holds hands with supporters after general election polls closed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.(AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, speaks to supporters after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, speaks to supporters after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Followers of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, who is running for president again, listen to the partial results after general election polls closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, kisses his wife Rosangela Silva after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, kisses his wife Rosangela Silva after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, who is running for president again, embraces his running mate Geraldo Alckmin after general election polls closed in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Bolsonaro outperformed expectations in Brazil’s southeast region, which includes populous Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states, according to Rafael Cortez, who oversees political risk at consultancy Tendencias Consultoria.
“The polls didn’t capture that growth,” Cortez said.
Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo, said: “It is too soon to go too deep, but this election shows Bolsonaro’s victory in 2018 was not a hiccup.”
Bolsonaro’s administration has been marked by incendiary speech, his testing of democratic institutions, his widely criticized handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 15 years.
But he has built a devoted base by defending conservative values, rebuffing political correctness and presenting himself as protecting the nation from leftist policies that he says infringe on personal liberties and produce economic turmoil.
While voting earlier Sunday, Marley Melo, a 53-year-old trader in capital Brasilia, sported the yellow of the Brazilian flag, which Bolsonaro and his supporters have coopted for demonstrations. Melo said he is once again voting for Bolsonaro, who met his expectations, and he doesn’t believe the surveys that show him trailing.
“Polls can be manipulated. They all belong to companies with interests,” he said.
A slow economic recovery has yet to reach the poor, with 33 million Brazilians going hungry despite higher welfare payments. Like several of its Latin American neighbors coping with high inflation and a vast number of people excluded from formal employment, Brazil is considering a shift to the political left.
Bolsonaro has repeatedly questioned the reliability not just of opinion polls, but also of Brazil’s electronic voting machines. Analysts fear he has laid the groundwork to reject results.
At one point, Bolsonaro claimed to possess evidence of fraud, but never presented any, even after the electoral authority set a deadline to do so. He said as recently as Sept. 18 that if he doesn’t win in the first round, something must be “abnormal.”
Da Silva, 76, was once a metalworker who rose from poverty to the presidency and is credited with building an extensive social welfare program during his 2003-2010 tenure that helped lift tens of millions into the middle class.
But he is also remembered for his administration’s involvement in vast corruption scandals that entangled politicians and business executives.
Da Silva’s own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months imprisonment, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro. The Supreme Court later annulled da Silva’s convictions on grounds that the judge was biased and colluded with prosecutors.
Social worker Nadja Oliveira, 59, said she voted for da Silva and even attended his rallies, but since 2018 votes for Bolsonaro.
“Unfortunately the Workers’ Party disappointed us. It promised to be different,” she said in Brasilia.
Others, like Marialva Pereira, are more forgiving. She said she would vote for the former president for the first time since 2002.
“I didn’t like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers’ Party again. Now I will, because I think he was unjustly jailed and because Bolsonaro is such a bad president that it makes everyone else look better,” said Pereira, 47.
Speaking after casting his ballot in Sao Bernardo do Campo, the manufacturing hub in Sao Paulo state where he was a union leader, da Silva recalled that four years ago he was imprisoned and unable to vote.
Bolsonaro grew up in a lower-middle-class family before joining the army. He turned to politics after being forced out of the military for openly pushing to raise servicemen’s pay. During his seven terms as a fringe lawmaker in Congress’ lower house, he regularly expressed nostalgia for the country’s two-decade military dictatorship.
His overtures to the armed forces have raised concern that his possible rejection of election results could be backed by top brass.
On Saturday, Bolsonaro shared social media posts by right-leaning foreign politicians, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, who called on Brazilians to vote for him. Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed gratitude for stronger bilateral relations and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also praised him.
After voting Sunday morning, Bolsonaro told journalists that “clean elections must be respected” and that the first round would be decisive. Asked if he would respect results, he gave a thumbs up and walked away.
Leda Wasem, 68, had no doubt Bolsonaro will not just be reelected. Wearing a jersey of the national soccer squad at a polling place in downtown Curitiba, the real estate agent said an eventual da Silva victory could have only one explanation: fraud.
“I wouldn’t believe it. Where I work, where I go every day, I don’t see a single person who supports Lula,” she said.
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Savarese reported from Sao Bernardo do Campo. AP writers Daniel Politi and Carla Bridi reported from Curitiba and Brasilia.
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100 Gbps and Higher-Speed Ports to Account for 44 Percent of Shipments
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, we predict the Ethernet Controller and Adapter market to reach $5 Billion in 2026, with Smart NICs contributing significantly to the growth. Server network connectivity will transition to higher speeds, with 100 Gbps and higher-speed ports accounting for 44 percent of the shipments in five years.
"We predict Smart NICs will account for 38 percent of the total Ethernet Controller and Adapter market by 2026," said Baron Fung, Research Director at Dell'Oro Group. "Smart NICs will displace traditional NICs for most of the hyperscale cloud infrastructure for general-purpose and high-end workloads such as accelerated computing. There are also opportunities for Smart NICs in the Tier 2 Cloud, Enterprise and Telco segments, with compelling use cases such as network protocol offloads, distributed storage, and virtualized network security applications. However, vendors would first need to address cost-of-ownership and implementation challenges before we see broader Smart NIC adoption outside of the hyperscale cloud market," added Fung.
Additional highlights from the July 2022 Ethernet Adapter and Smart NIC 5-Year Forecast report include:
- Total Ethernet Controller and Adapter market revenue is forecast to grow 10 percent by 2026.
- 100 and 200 Gbps will be the dominant server port speeds for the Top 4 US Cloud SPs—Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft—over the next five years.
- Smart NIC revenues are projected to grow at a 21 percent compound annual growth rate over five years, compared to 5 percent growth for traditional NICs.
The Dell'Oro Group Ethernet Adapter & Smart NIC 5-Year Forecast report provides a complete, in-depth analysis of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue; average selling prices; and unit and port shipments by speed (1/10/25/40/50/100/200 Gbps) for Ethernet controllers and adapters. The report also covers Smart NIC controllers and adapters. To purchase this report, please contact us at dgsales@delloro.com.
Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications and enterprise networks, data center infrastructure, and network security markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.delloro.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curbee, a mobile car-repair company redefining the convenience and transparency of traditional car maintenance, has won the 2022 MOTOR Top 20 Award for their Signature Health Check, a complimentary service conducted by mechanics at each Curbee appointment, designed to give consumers visibility into upcoming service and maintenance needs. MOTOR's Top 20 Awards recognizes an innovation, new process or solution that benefited an industry stakeholder, employee or community.
Over time and with continued use, car parts inevitably become worn: belts and brake pads wear down, fluids run low, and issues start to develop under the surface. With Curbee's multi-point Signature Health Check, qualified mechanics thoroughly inspect the condition of major car components to identify issues that require urgent attention as well as maintenance updates that might be needed in the coming months.
The Signature Health Check is completed with each car service conducted by Curbee, making car care one less chore customers have to worry about. The Signature Health Check looks at:
- Engine bay - including air filter, brake fluid, cooling system hoses, and belts
- Tires and brakes - including tread and brake pad depth, calipers, rotors, and brake lines
- Suspension parts - including CV boots, struts and shocks
- Dashboard warning lights
- Lights, both interior and exterior
"We are thrilled to be recognized for this award and truly believe that our Signature Health Check is transforming the traditional car care industry by bringing technology and human-centered experience to the forefront," said Denise Leleux, CEO of Curbee. "With the details, data, and transparency of the Signature Health Check, car owners know exactly how their car is doing and what care their car needs."
Curbee's complimentary Signature Health Check is available to consumers in the Bay Area with the purchase of any Curbee service. Consumers simply book an appointment at www.curbee.com or by calling 1-866-CURBEE1.
Founded in 2020 by leaders and builders of Tesla and Lyft's mobile car care services, Curbee is a human-centered, mobile car care experience for busy people and businesses that want hassle-free car care. Curbee saves car owners time caring for their cars, eliminates friction in scheduling car care, and keeps them informed with transparent pricing and services. To learn more about Curbee's mobile car care service, visit www.curbee.com.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A crazy game had an even crazier finish.
Grand Rapids Christian big man Jaylan Ouwinga scored with 0.3 seconds left in double overtime on a controversial call as the Eagles came out on top with a 55-53 win over Warren Michigan Collegiate in the 2K23 Showcase at Aquinas College on Saturday. | 2023-02-05T05:09:45+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/grand-rapids-christian-edges-michigan-collegiate-in-wild-boys-hoops-finish.html |
AP source: Ben Simmons, 76ers settle his grievance over salary
PHILADELPHIA - Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers have settled the grievance he filed to recoup a portion of last season's salary, a person with knowledge of the details said Monday.
Simmons was seeking a portion of the nearly $20 million that was withheld after he refused to suit up for the 76ers last season. He was eventually traded to the Brooklyn Nets in February for a package headlined by James Harden.
The person confirmed the settlement to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because terms were to remain confidential. The agreement was first reported by ESPN.
Simmons was the No. 1 pick by the 76ers in 2016 and became an All-Star. But he was heavily criticized after he struggled when the top-seeded 76ers were upset by Atlanta in the 2021 Eastern Conference semifinals.
Simmons then cited mental health concerns for not playing last season. He then had back problems in Brooklyn and ended up missing the entire season. | 2022-08-16T12:42:46+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/sports/ben-simmons-76ers-settle-grievance-over-salary |
LawnMeister H1 is the first plug and play robotic lawnmower providing multiple lawn care features including autonomous mowing, edge trimming, leaf blowing and more
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heisenberg Robotics, designer and manufacturer of smart lawn and garden robots with advanced AI, made its debut at CES and showcased the LawnMeister lawn care robot to the audience and media. This new robotic mower features the Heisenberg Pilot System (HPS), which uses robotic vision and AI to achieve automatic mapping, route planning and object avoidance for all types of lawns. LawnMeister's unique modular design makes it the first robotic mower that can perform autonomous mowing, edge trimming, leaf blowing and fertilizing, all with a simple press of a button in the smartphone app.
LawnMeister provides consumers with beautifully manicured lawns without the hassle of weekly yard work. Compared to earlier generation robotic mowers, LawnMeister does not require complicated installation of perimeter cables or base stations. It memorizes and creates a 3D map of the lawn after a single walkthrough, sets virtual boundaries, and arranges optimal work schedules on its own. It can even automatically adjust cutting height and frequency based on grass type, the season and the weather.
"When it comes to robotic lawn mowers, we have yet to see a simple to use product that offers a complete lawn care solution," said Ethan Qian, CMO of Heisenberg Robotics. "LawnMeister is designed to be intelligent, reliable, and most importantly, ready to use out of the box. It's a product for anyone looking for smarter lawn care, whether you are a lawn care enthusiast or someone who just wants to spend more time with friends and family. With LawnMeister, mowing has never been so easy."
LawnMeister is also designed with safety in mind. Strategically positioned blades and active obstacle avoidance enable the robot to safely navigate around people and animals. Its motor control system and drivetrain integrate with multiple sensors to navigate all kinds of terrains, including complex multi-zones and steep slopes.
About Heisenberg Robotics
Heisenberg Robotics' mission is to advance automation and sustainability in lawn care by bringing user friendly lawn and garden robots to market. The company designs and develops autonomous robots with advanced AI for consumer and commercial applications. With expertise in developing Level 3 to Level 4 autonomous driving systems, Heisenberg Robotics is bringing cutting edge innovations to lawns and communities around the world.
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Five winners to each receive $10,000 grand prize, selected by fan votes and notable judges across culinary, visual arts, music, dance and fashion industries
EL PASO, Texas, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jarritos, the authentic and flavorful Mexican soda brand, today announced the launch of the JarriTODOS Artist Grant Contest to champion diverse artists and creatives with the chance to win a $10,000 grant to help them pursue their artistic passions.
Jarritos invites ALL aspiring artists who are residents of the United States, ages 18 and older, to participate in the JarriTODOS Artist Grant Contest. The contest will set out to discover the best up-and-coming talent across five industries including visual art, dance, fashion, food and music, awarding five (5) grand prize winners each with a $10,000 grant.
"Jarritos champions all things culture, and we're committed to celebrating the artists who influence our communities and culture with their work," said Eric Delamare, director of marketing for Jarritos. "We're thrilled to launch this new initiative and connect with the next generation of talent across the country."
A judging panel consisting of five notable arts and entertainment professionals (Courtney Plummer, Contemporary Art Dealer, Karla Martinez de Salas, editor of Vogue Mexico/Latin America, JoJo Gomez, professional dancer/choreographer, Pati Jinich, celebrity chef and host of La Frontera, and Javier Farfan, music, entertainment, and cultural marketing consultant, will judge talent based on talent and creativity (50%), self expression (30%), and presentation (20%).
From July 11, 2022 through August 6, 2022, interested applicants may submit for the JarriTODOS Artist Grant Contest at https://app.wyng.com/JarritodosContest. To enter the contest, talent must submit a 2:30-3:00 minute video essay showcasing their art (visual art, fashion, dance, food, or music) and sharing why they deserve to win one of the five grand prizes. In addition to the video submission, applicants must complete a short online form to confirm eligibility and provide their contact information and a mailing address. Submissions must be received by August 6 at 11:59:59 p.m. PST to be eligible for fan voting August 10, 2022 - August 20, 2022, where semi-finalists will be shared on the Jarritos website and social channels to encourage fans to vote for their favorite artists in each category. Judge deliberation and finalist selection will begin August 23, 2022 - September 2, 2022 and the five (5) grand prize winners from each category will be announced September 9, 2022.
The timeline for the contest is as follows:
- ENTRY DATES: July 11 - August 6, 2022
- OPEN FAN VOTING PERIOD: August 10 - August 20, 2022
- JUDGE FINALIST SELECTION: August 23 - September 2, 2022
- WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED: September 9, 2022
All entries must be submitted during the entry period by 11:59:59 p.m. PST on August 6, 2022 to be eligible for fan voting and judge finalist selection. For submissions, official rules and entry requirements, please visit: https://app.wyng.com/JarritodosContest
Created in 1950, Jarritos are delicious fruit-flavored sodas from Mexico. Sold in iconic glass bottles throughout the U.S., the brand offers 13 unique flavors, all made with natural flavors and real sugar. Jarritos flavors are mandarin, tamarind, pineapple, fruit-punch, lime, grapefruit, strawberry, mango, guava, hibiscus, passion fruit, cola and watermelon. Each unique flavor represents a delicious slice of the brand's Mexican heritage. Jarritos is now distributed in 41 countries around the world. Find out more at www.Jarritos.com.
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SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — Old age comes with complications - a reality Nat Bradford knows well.
His family has been producing specialty Bradford-breed watermelons since the 1850s, known for their sweet, dark-green skin.
"The Bradford Watermelon always has some challenges, 'cause it's an old watermelon variety," Bradford said. "This year, there were challenges that kind of caught us out of left field."
He pointed toward an image on his phone.
"This is late afternoon, the sun's going down and you're just seeing all that vibrant, young, new growth," Bradford said. "That was just before we started to getting all that heavy rain."
And, just like that, a new challenge emerged - disease and lack of pollination.
"We had about 12 to 14 days of rain and cloudy weather," Bradford said. "Monitoring the crop and hoping that they could rebound.... I kind of made a decision yesterday.... We just didn't have the numbers."
The loss was worth over $20,000, Bradford said.
He posted the news to Facebook, offering a refund, but commenters replied back with support.
Many were in love with the history of Bradford's - a story Clay Hill, who preordered this year, knows well.
"People would get in like gun fights trying to steal watermelons out of patches and this watermelon was just lost to history until Nat reached out to this professor," Hill said.
The watermelon was a lost family heirloom that was rediscovered Nat Bradford. The product has since gained national attention after falling out of commercial production in the 1900s as the market sought hard, thick skinned melons that are more easily shipped.
"I appreciate what he does and, you know, I know he's going to land on his feet again," Hill said.
Bradford found the words encouraging, adding one piece of advice for other farmers.
"Don't grow just watermelons, Bradford said. "While we're sad about this crop, we're hopeful about this one," Bradford said.
Those interested in supporting the family can do so by buying other crops like collards, corn and okra. To learn more, visit their Facebook or website. | 2022-08-11T15:11:32+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/sumter-bradford-watermelon-crop-wiped-out-by-heavy-rain/101-b89d5fb6-28c2-48b0-ba1d-386e9836d2ea |
Utah teenager Payton Butler came out as transgender early on in high school after years of struggling with his gender identity.
Life felt “easier” when he started taking testosterone during his sophomore year, he says. But now, transgender kids in Utah are banned from receiving the same care. Utah became the first state this year to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors when Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill into law at the end of January. The law restricts puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries.
Payton Butler, an 18-year-old high schooler in South Jordan, Utah, received hormones, surgery and other gender-affirming care throughout high school. He says it was essential to his mental and physical well-being. (Courtesy of Payton Butler)
Growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Butler says his family considered him a tomboy. Every Sunday, he felt uncomfortable wearing dresses to church until his mom let him start wearing pants at age 8. The family left the church that same year — and not long after, Butler started going through puberty.
“[Puberty] felt like the end of the world. I remember my mom, she talked to me about how puberty was going to happen, like the changes my body was gonna go through, and I just started bawling,” he says. “I knew that that wasn’t right. I just didn’t have the language to kind of explain how I was feeling.”
As he started crushing on girls around his pre-teen years, Butler identified as a lesbian. But as high school started, Butler concluded that he didn’t feel like a girl. He told his mom, who took him to get a haircut and different clothes.
“Just from those changes, my life got just infinitely better. It was so much easier to just wake up in the morning and look at myself in the mirror,” the 18-year-old high school senior says. “And I felt more me, like a ninth grader should.”
Butler has received hormone therapy and top surgery — the very care that minors are now banned from accessing in his state. He knew what he needed at age 14, he says, and believes high school would have been even harder for him if he didn’t receive gender-affirming care.
“It’s really not easy being trans,” he says, “especially in Utah.”
When he started taking testosterone at 14, Butler says he looked younger than his cisgender male peers and had a higher voice, which made him a target for bullying. Everyone experiences insecurities in high school, he says, but trans teens who are denied gender-affirming care fall far behind their classmates and struggle to fit in.
“No one knows you better than you know yourself,” Butler says. “I think politicians and people who don’t completely agree with allowing a 14-year-old to transition don’t fully understand what it’s like to be trans. And so they can’t really understand what it’s like.”
If Utah’s ban went into effect a few years ago, Butler says he wouldn’t know what his life would look like today. Butler spoke to Gov. Cox and state Sen. Mike Kennedy, who sponsored the bill, but felt like the lawmakers couldn’t hear him.
“Caring for our children doesn’t mean riding the latest radical wave,” Kennedy said last month. “When the discussion centers around surgical procedures and administering drugs to children, the potential long term negative outcomes cannot be ignored.”
Kennedy’s focus on the negative side of transitioning frustrates Butler. When Butler met Kennedy, the senator pointed out that males live for a shorter time on average than females and asked if Butler accepted this as part of transitioning.
“I think when [Kennedy] talks about all of these negative outcomes, he’s not really focusing on the lives he’s saving,” Butler says, “because, yeah, I could not transition and maybe live a couple of years longer because I stayed female. But I’m not really living. I’m just kind of going through life unhappy with who I am.”
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah and the National Center for Lesbian Rights vow to sue Utah over the law. Meanwhile, a handful of other states already have restrictions, and more than a dozen others are considering them.
To young people in Utah and other states with similar bans, Butler says to keep holding on — though the wait may be “excruciating.”
“It might feel like the end of the world,” he says. “But once you’re able to start taking those hormones, once you get that surgery, once you can change your name, it just gets so much easier. You can actually live. You can step outside and take a deep breath for the first time.”
James Perkins-Mastromarino and Katherine Swartz produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Jill Ryan. Allison Hagan adapted it for the web.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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BURLINGTON, Mass. and FRISCO, Texas and AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NASDAQ: KDP) and Nutrabolt today announced a strategic partnership, including a definitive agreement for a long-term sales and distribution arrangement that leverages KDP's powerful go-to-market capabilities and a significant equity investment that enables KDP to participate in the value creation upside expected to be created through the strategic partnership. The equity investment is expected to close by year-end.
Nutrabolt is a rapidly growing, global active health and wellness company with a portfolio of brands, including C4® Energy, one of the fastest-growing performance energy drink brands in the U.S.; C4® Pre-Workout, the leading pre-workout brand globally; and XTEND®, the #1 post-workout recovery brand in the U.S.
Under the long-term sales and distribution agreement, KDP will sell and distribute C4® Energy in the vast majority of KDP's company-owned direct store distribution territories, which is expected to meaningfully increase retail availability and household penetration for the brand. Nutrabolt will continue to distribute C4® Energy directly or through its existing distribution network to the specialty, health club and fitness channels and will continue to work with some of its existing beverage distributors in certain markets.
KDP will make a cash investment in Nutrabolt of $863 million, or approximately $740 million net of anticipated cash tax benefits, in exchange for preferred equity with a 5% annual coupon paid in cash or in-kind. The investment provides KDP with an ownership stake of approximately 30%, making KDP the largest investor in Nutrabolt behind its Founder, Chairman and CEO, Doss Cunningham. Net of the anticipated cash tax benefits, the investment represents a multiple below 4x estimated 2023 net sales, which are expected to be above $650 million. KDP also has the opportunity to earn additional equity tied to in-market execution and will have representation on the Nutrabolt board. In addition, the partnership provides KDP with rights to further increase its ownership stake under various capital raising scenarios.
Commenting on the announcement, Chairman and CEO Bob Gamgort stated, "This partnership represents a win-win transaction between our two companies. KDP gains significant presence in the rapidly growing performance energy drink market and Nutrabolt gains access to a strategic investor with extensive sales and distribution capabilities to further accelerate its growth. We believe that bringing together the resources, talent and expertise of both companies will accelerate innovation and growth and drive significant value creation over time."
Cunningham said, "We are extremely proud of this business and the team members who built it from the ground up and, with the assets and experience that KDP brings to the table, we are more confident than ever about the direction of the company and our vision for the future. This strategic partnership will supercharge C4 Energy's current growth trajectory by accelerating household penetration, enhancing distribution and strengthening our overall commercial capabilities. We will also be partnering with a talented and ambitious leadership team who shares our values, our competitive spirit and has a similar philosophy of disciplined growth and maximizing overall value creation."
"Over the past 20 years, Nutrabolt has grown from a bootstrap startup to become one of the fastest growing global active health and wellness companies in the world," Cunningham continued. "This is an amazing moment for our company, and it is because of the incredible contributions of our team members, commercial partners and those who have financially backed us over the years, namely MidOcean Partners, and CPG veterans and equity investors Brian Goldberg and Clayton Christopher."
The transition of C4® Energy distribution to KDP will occur during 2023, which is expected to be a transition and investment year, with limited impact on KDP financial results until 2024, when KDP expects the strategic partnership to become accretive to its financial results.
More information regarding the partnership will be discussed at KDP's previously announced fireside chat on Dec. 15, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. (ET), hosted by Equity Analyst Bryan Spillane with BofA Securities.
Advisors on the deal for KDP included Evercore Group LLC, Skadden, Arps, Slate and Meagher & Flom LLP. Jefferies LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co LLC served as financial advisors to Nutrabolt with Goodwin Procter LLP, Giannuzzi Lewendon LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP serving as legal advisors.
KDP Contacts
Steve Alexander (Investors)
T: 972-673-6769 / steve.alexander@kdrp.com
Chethan Mallela (Investors)
T: 646-620-8761 / chethan.mallela@kdrp.com
Katie Gilroy (Media)
T: 781-418-3345 / katie.gilroy@kdrp.com
Nutrabolt Contacts
Brittany Cullison
bcullison@nutrabolt.com
About Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with annual revenue approaching $13 billion and approximately 27,000 employees. KDP holds leadership positions in soft drinks, specialty coffee and tea, water, juice and juice drinks and mixers, and markets the #1 single serve coffee brewing system in the U.S. and Canada. The Company's portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partner brands is designed to satisfy virtually any consumer need, any time, and includes Keurig®, Dr Pepper®, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters®, Canada Dry®, Snapple®, Bai®, Mott's®, CORE® and The Original Donut Shop®. Through its powerful sales and distribution network, KDP can deliver its portfolio of hot and cold beverages to nearly every point of purchase for consumers. The Company is committed to sourcing, producing and distributing its beverages responsibly through its Drink Well. Do Good. corporate responsibility platform, including efforts around circular packaging, efficient natural resource use and supply chain sustainability. For more information, visit www.keurigdrpepper.com.
About Nutrabolt
Nutrabolt is a fast-growing, global active health and wellness company with a portfolio of market leading performance-oriented brands that energize and fuel active lifestyles. The company's disruptive and innovative products compete in the Functional Beverage and Active Nutrition segments, under three consumer-loved brands: C4® (one of the fastest-growing energy drink brands in the United States and the #1 selling global pre-workout brand), XTEND® (the #1 post-workout recovery brand in the United States), and Cellucor® (an award-winning sports nutrition brand created in 2002).
Since its founding 20 years ago, Nutrabolt has set out to meet the discerning needs of performance athletes and fitness enthusiasts, while appealing beyond this core group to include consumers around the globe who are making healthy, active living a daily priority.
Nutrabolt's portfolio, which is distributed in over 125 countries, is sold through company-owned DTC platforms, Amazon, and other third-party e-commerce marketplaces, and is available at leading retailers across the U.S., including Walmart, Target, 7-Eleven, Walgreens, Kroger, H-E-B, Wawa, Publix, GNC, and the Vitamin Shoppe. For more information about Nutrabolt, please visit www.nutrabolt.com.
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PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved apron with a larger surface area to protect clothing and keep the wearer dry while preparing food, grilling or washing dishes," said an inventor, from Warner Robbins, Ga., "so I invented the ARMSTRONG APRON. My design would offer an alternative to traditional aprons."
The patent-pending invention enables the wearer to cover a larger surface area when wearing an apron. In doing so, it increases coverage and protection. As a result, it helps to keep the wearer dry and comfortable and it could increase efficiency in the workplace. The invention features a durable design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for chefs, food service workers, dish washers, butchers, grocery store workers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AAT-4693, 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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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, J.D. Martinez also homered to back Michael Wacha’s strong start for Boston and the Red Sox held on to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday night.
Bogaerts and Martinez went deep during a five-run third inning against Minnesota starter Joe Ryan. Bogaerts added an RBI double in the sixth as Boston snapped a three-game losing streak.
Wacha (10-1) won his seventh straight decision, yielding two runs on four hits in six innings and striking out seven. Garrett Whitlock surrendered three runs in two relief innings. Matt Barnes allowed the first two batters in the ninth to reach but finished out his fourth save.
Ryan (10-7) gave up five runs on eight hits in five innings. He had allowed just four runs over his previous three starts, spanning 17 2/3 innings.
The Twins lost for the first time in six games but didn’t lose any ground in the AL Central. Cleveland, which lost 4-0 to Baltimore, leads the division by 1 1/2 games.
Bogaerts and Wacha have tried to keep Boston in playoff contention, but the Red Sox had lost seven of nine coming into Wednesday. They are eight games back of Toronto for the final wild card spot.
Bogaerts has multiple hits in six of his last seven games and is 11-for-24 over that stretch, improving his batting average to .308.
His sixth career grand slam was a liner to left that just snuck over the plants lining the outfield fence. It was the second straight game with a grand slam in the series; Nick Gordon hit one for the Twins on Tuesday night.
Two batters later, Martinez hit his 11th homer of the season.
Wacha has been Boston’s most consistent starter. He’s allowed two earned runs or fewer in five of his last seven outings.
The Twins had scored 14 runs over the first two games of the series, but Wacha held them hitless until Sandy León singled with two outs in the third. Luis Arraez followed with a two-run homer, his eighth of the year.
Gordon had a two-run double in the eighth but was thrown out trying to reach third to end the inning.
SWITCHING SIDES
Minnesota claimed LHP Austin Davis off waivers from Boston before the game. Davis was 2-1 with a 5.47 ERA in 50 games for the Red Sox this season and was designated for assignment on Monday. Davis will likely join the Twins’ active roster on Thursday.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (right shoulder inflammation) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Friday.
Twins: 2B Jorge Polanco missed his fourth straight game. Polanco is dealing with an unspecified knee injury. Manager Rocco Baldelli said Polanco could have been available to pinch-hit if needed.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: Returning home for a four-game series against Texas, Boston will have LHP Rich Hill (6-5, 4.32 ERA) on the mound. The Rangers will start RHP Glenn Otto (6-8, 4.79). Hill is coming off seven scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts in his last start against Tampa Bay.
Twins: Minnesota starts a road swing on Friday with the first of three against the White Sox. RHP Sonny Gray (7-4, 3.04) will start Friday’s game and Chicago counters with RHP Davis Martin (2-4, 4.62). Gray has surrendered two runs or fewer in six of his last seven starts.
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LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing precision therapies for genetically-defined cancers with alterations in mTOR pathway genes, today announced that it will present three posters at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting (AACR) 2023, taking place April 14-19, 2023, in Orlando, FL.
The details of the poster presentations are below:
Title: "Phase 2, multicenter, open-label basket trial of nab-sirolimus for patients with inactivating alterations in TSC1 or TSC2 (PRECISION I)"
Date and Time: Monday, April 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Title: Phase II and Phase III Clinical Trials in Progress
Presentation Number: CT057
Title: "Synergistic anti-tumor activity of nab-sirolimus in combination with KRAS inhibitors (KRASis) sotorasib and adagrasib in KRAS G12C NSCLC and bladder cancer xenografts"
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 1:30 - 5:00 PM
Session Category: Clinical Research Excluding Trials
Session Title: Poster Combination Therapies for Cancer
Presentation Number: 5484
Title: "Biomarker analysis from AMPECT correlating response to nab-sirolimus with TSC1 and TSC2 inactivating alterations"
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Category: Clinical Research Excluding Trials
Session Title: Late-Breaking Research: Clinical Research 3
Presentation Number: LB288
Full session and meeting details are available through the AACR Annual Meeting planner: AACR Annual Meeting 2023 | Meetings | AACR. Following Aadi's presentation at AACR, the posters will be made available on the investor relations page of the Aadi website at www.aadibio.com
About Aadi Bioscience, Inc.
Aadi is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision therapies for genetically defined cancers to bring transformational therapies to cancer patients with mTOR pathway driver alterations. Aadi received FDA approval and has commercialized FYARRO® for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa).
Aadi has also initiated PRECISION 1, a Phase 2 tumor-agnostic registration-intended trial in mTOR inhibitor-naïve malignant solid tumors harboring TSC1 or TSC2 inactivating alterations. More information on the Company's development pipeline is available on the Aadi website at www.aadibio.com and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements regarding the business of Aadi Biosciences that are not a description of historical facts within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's current beliefs and expectations; anticipated future growth; the potential commercialization of FYARRO in the tumor agnostic oncology market; expectations regarding management performance following the leadership transition; and the Company's potential as a commercial precision oncology company. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, those associated with uncertainties associated with the clinical development and regulatory approval of FYARRO in additional indications, including potential delays in the commencement, enrollment and completion of clinical trials for additional indications; the risk that unforeseen adverse reactions or side effects may occur in the course of commercializing, developing and testing FYARRO; and risks related to collaborations with third-parties.
Additional risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements are included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, including under the caption "Item 1A. Risk Factors," anticipated to be filed on or about the date hereof, and elsewhere in Aadi's reports and other documents that Aadi has filed, or will file, with the SEC from time to time and available at www.sec.gov.
All forward-looking statements in this press release are current only as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable law, Aadi undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Contact:
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IR@aadibio.com
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Coach John Harbaugh said there aren’t “any feelings” when it comes to the Ravens and Bengals playing once again, this time in the playoffs. But Sunday’s game belied that sentiment.
The Ravens were short-handed during their regular-season finale in Cincinnati as several starters rested ahead of the playoffs, but the game wasn’t any less competitive or chippy because of it.
A seldom-used Bengals lineman sparked a sideline confrontation between the teams, two Ravens rookies exchanged heated words with the opponents and the Bengals utilized choreographed celebrations as Cincinnati topped Baltimore, 27-16, on Sunday.
The matchup’s outcome was mostly decided after the Bengals jumped out to an early lead, but still, the game featured some animosity, and there could be more in next week’s installment of Bengals vs. Ravens, Part Three.
The Ravens could have played all of their starters Sunday in an attempt to earn home-field advantage in the AFC wild-card round (if they’d won and then won a coin toss), but Harbaugh ultimately decided not to. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey likened Sunday’s game to a “scrimmage,” since the all-important matchup comes next week, but it still had the feel of a passionate prelude.
Next week will mark the third time the rivals have played this season and the first time they’ve ever faced one another in the playoffs.
“I don’t have any feelings about it,” Harbaugh said of playing the Bengals again. “There are no feelings. There is just preparation and getting ready to go compete.”
But the game had fiery moments. The teams nearly got into a shoving match when Bengals lineman Jackson Carman blocked outside linebacker Tyus Bowser into the Ravens’ sideline in the second half, prompting Ravens players to swarm Carman and other Bengals to rush over.
“He just wanted to make an impression for his guys,” outside linebacker Justin Houston said of Carman, a backup. “If he was out there the whole game, he definitely wouldn’t have done that. He ain’t got the energy to do it.”
The Bengals, who have won eight straight games, celebrated a pair of interceptions with a coordinated routine and Joe Mixon made fun of the NFL’s playoff scenario decision-making by pulling a coin out of his glove, flipping it and kicking it alongside teammates to celebrate the Bengals’ first touchdown.
Just before halftime, Ravens rookie center Tyler Linderbaum and safety Kyle Hamilton had what appeared to be a lively discussion with Cincinnati players.
The game’s contentiousness only added to the drama that’s set for next week, as two rivals face off in a postseason matchup.
“It was just the nature of the game. Both teams [were] playing hard, so it was nothing personal, but we’ll be ready to go next week, and so will they,” Linderbaum said.
The Ravens won the squads’ Week 5 matchup and the teams are 1-1 heading into next week’s rubber match, with the winner advancing to the divisional round. Humphrey called it “kind of exciting” to play them once again.
“We kind of just studied them, so as [safety] Chuck [Clark] said, ‘We just had a scrimmage.’ It was a scrimmage we wish we would have won, obviously, but to play them again, they’re pretty familiar with us, [and] we’re pretty familiar with them,” he said. “So, it’s just going to be who’s a better team. I think when you play a team three times, the better team should usually show.”
When asked about the game’s intensity level, inside linebacker Roquan Smith said “it was very high.”
“We came up short, but, hey I’m looking forward to next week, seeing these guys again,” Smith said with a smile. “I think it’ll be even sweeter then, for all the marbles.”
Defensive end Calais Campbell, who nearly notched his 100th career sack in the game, but came up short, said afterwards that the Cincinnati crowd was “talking a little trash.” Within a matter of days, the Ravens will be back at Paycor Stadium, in front of that same crowd, playing the same team — this time, in a game with substantially more meaning.
“It’s a division opponent that we know very well, they know us very well,” he said. “There’s a lot of passion behind the ballgame. That’s what it’s all about. It’s win or go home.”
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- Totality of Evidence from the Phase 3 Clinical Program Demonstrates Ampreloxetine was Effective in Treating Symptoms and Improving Activities of Daily Living in MSA Patients with Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension
- Safety Profile of Ampreloxetine was Similar to that of Placebo
DUBLIN, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Theravance Biopharma, Inc. ("Theravance Biopharma" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TBPH) today will present new ampreloxetine data in neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH) from the Company's Phase 3 program at the 33rd International Symposium on the Autonomic Nervous System, a meeting of the American Autonomic Society (AAS). Ampreloxetine is an investigational, once-daily norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor in development for the treatment of symptomatic nOH in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA).
"These ampreloxetine data are encouraging for patients with MSA suffering with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension. There is an urgency to treat MSA patients with nOH due to the impact on quality of life and the extreme caregiver burden. Ampreloxetine appears to broadly impact a critical group of symptoms related to blood pressure control and may represent a potential therapy for MSA patients," said Roy Freeman, MBChB, Professor of Neurology, Director, Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who assisted in the design and interpretation of the ampreloxetine Phase 3 program and is an author on all three abstracts presented at the AAS meeting.
Disclosure: Dr. Freeman is a consultant serving as an advisor for drug development and clinical trial design for Theravance Biopharma.
Study results presented at the 2022 AAS meeting, session 1 include:
Clinical Effectiveness of Ampreloxetine
- Clinically meaningful and nominal statistically significant (p < 0.05) differences relative to placebo in MSA patients on the following endpoints in Study 0170:
- Symptomatic improvement in patients with MSA was broadly demonstrated on the individual components of the OHSA composite in Study 0170 including:
- Durability of clinical effect was demonstrated by ampreloxetine in MSA patients as reflected in the reduction of the OHSA composite score and OHDAS item 1 over the course of 20 weeks (5 months) across the Phase 3 program (studies 0169 and 0170 open-label period).
Blood Pressure and Pharmacodynamics
- Standing systolic blood pressure across all studied patients (including MSA, Parkinson's disease and Pure Autonomic Failure) with nOH was maintained by ampreloxetine and worsened after withdrawal to placebo [treatment difference: 8.6 mm Hg; p<0.05] during the randomized withdrawal phase of study 0170. The benefit was most pronounced in patients with MSA [treatment difference: 15.7 mm Hg; p < 0.05].
- Ampreloxetine increased levels of plasma norepinephrine (NE) [47%; p< 0.05] and decreased levels of dihydroxyphenyl glycol (DHPG) [-22%; p < 0.05] over the course of 4 weeks in patients with nOH, consistent with its mechanism of action. The increase in NE [57%; p< 0.05] was especially notable in the sub-group of patients with MSA.
Safety and Tolerability
- Ampreloxetine was generally well-tolerated in patients with nOH, including in the sub-group of MSA patients. Treatment-emergent adverse events were similar between the placebo and ampreloxetine groups with no clinically significant differences in laboratory parameters, ECG changes, ambulatory BP monitoring, and vital signs.
- No adverse events of supine hypertension were observed in the Phase 3 randomized withdrawal period (Study 0170).
Theravance Biopharma is focused on beginning the registrational Phase 3 Study in MSA patients with nOH: Study 0197, CYPRESS, a 12-week open-label, 8-week double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal study with a primary endpoint of change in OHSA composite score. Theravance Biopharma aims to start Study 0197 in the first quarter of 2023, moving the trial forward as expeditiously as possible building on the insights, experience and relationships gained from the ampreloxetine clinical trials already completed.
About Ampreloxetine
Ampreloxetine (TD-9855) is an investigational, once-daily norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor in development for the treatment of symptomatic nOH in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA). Phase 3 results (Study 0170) showed a benefit to MSA patients in the study that was observed in multiple endpoints including Orthostatic Hypotension Symptom Assessment (OHSA) composite, Orthostatic Hypotension Daily Activities Scale (OHDAS) composite, Orthostatic Hypotension Questionnaire (OHQ) composite and OHSA #1. The Company held a Type C meeting with the FDA in June 2022 and agreed on a path to NDA filing with one new Phase 3 clinical study in MSA patients with symptomatic nOH. The Company plans to start the new Phase 3 study in early 2023, with a primary endpoint of Change in OHSA Composite Score.
Patients with MSA may benefit from ampreloxetine treatment due to the presence of central autonomic pathway degeneration and intact peripheral postganglionic fibers that is specific to MSA. As a NET re-uptake inhibitor, ampreloxetine may enhance the function of the residual sympathetic nerves resulting in increases in norepinephrine levels, standing BP, and reduction in symptoms of nOH in patients with MSA.
About Study 0170, a Phase 3 Study
Study 0170 (NCT03829657) was a 22-week Phase 3 study comprised of a 16-week open-label period and a 6-week double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal period. The primary endpoint of treatment failure at week 6 was defined as a worsening of both Orthostatic Hypotension Symptom Assessment Scale (OHSA) question #1 and Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S) scores by 1.0 point. After Study 0169 did not meet its primary endpoint, the Company took actions to close out the ongoing clinical program including Study 0170. The study was more than 80% enrolled (n=128/154 planned) despite stopping early. The primary endpoint was not statistically significant for the overall population of patients, which included patients with Parkinson's disease, pure autonomic failure and MSA (odds ratio=0.6; p-value=0.196). The pre-specified subgroup analysis by disease type suggests the benefit seen in patients receiving ampreloxetine was largely driven by MSA patients (n=40). An odds ratio of 0.28 (95% CI: 0.05, 1.22) was observed in MSA patients indicating a 72% reduction in the odds of treatment failure with ampreloxetine compared to placebo (read more about the data here).
About Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and Symptomatic Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension (nOH)
MSA is a progressive brain disorder that affects movement and balance and disrupts the function of the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system controls body functions that are mostly involuntary. One of the most frequent autonomic symptoms associated with MSA is a sudden drop in blood pressure upon standing (nOH).1 There are approximately 50,000 MSA patients in the US2 and 70-90% of MSA patients experience nOH symptoms.3 Despite available therapies, many MSA patients remain symptomatic with nOH.
Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH) is a rare disorder defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure of >20 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of >10 mm Hg, within 3 minutes of standing. Severely affected patients are unable to stand for more than a few seconds because of their decrease in blood pressure, leading to cerebral hypoperfusion and syncope. A debilitating condition, nOH results in a range of symptoms including dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, fatigue, blurry vision, weakness, trouble concentrating, and head and neck pain.
About Theravance Biopharma
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.'s overarching purpose and goal as a biopharmaceutical company is focused on delivering Medicines that Make a Difference® in people's lives. In pursuit of its purpose, Theravance Biopharma leverages decades of expertise, which has led to the development of FDA-approved YUPELRI® (revefenacin) inhalation solution indicated for the maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Its pipeline of internally discovered programs is targeted to address significant unmet patient needs.
For more information, please visit www.theravance.com.
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA®, THERAVANCE®, and the Cross/Star logo are registered trademarks of the Theravance Biopharma group of companies (in the U.S. and certain other countries).
YUPELRI® is a registered trademark of Mylan Specialty L.P., a Viatris Company. Trademarks, trade names or service marks of other companies appearing on this press release are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding, among other things, statements relating to goals, plans, objectives, expectations and future events. Theravance Biopharma intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of such statements include statements relating to: the Company's goals, designs, strategies, plans and objectives, the ability to provide value to shareholders, the Company's regulatory strategies and timing of clinical studies (including the data therefrom), the potential characteristics, benefits and mechanisms of action of the Company's product and product candidates, the market for products being commercialized, potential regulatory actions and commercialization (including differentiation from other products or potential products and addressable market), and product sales or profit share revenue. These statements are based on the current estimates and assumptions of the management of Theravance Biopharma as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results of Theravance Biopharma to be materially different from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, risks related to the satisfaction of the conditions to the Offer, volatility and fluctuations in the trading price and volume of the Shares, and general economic and market conditions. Other risks affecting Theravance Biopharma are in the Company's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 8, 2022, and other periodic reports filed with the SEC. In addition to the risks described above and in Theravance Biopharma's filings with the SEC, other unknown or unpredictable factors also could affect Theravance Biopharma's results. No forward-looking statements can be guaranteed, and actual results may differ materially from such statements. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Theravance Biopharma assumes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements on account of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Contact: Andrew Hindman
Chief Financial Officer
investor.relations@theravance.com
650-808-4145
1 https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/multiple-system-atrophy/
2 2019 IQVIA Claims Analysis; NIH, UC San Diego Health Movement Disorder Center Multiple System Atrophy | UC San Diego Health (ucsd.edu)
3 Mathias CJ, et al. J Neurol 1999 Oct;246(10):893-8
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BCSO: Crime spree suspect apprehended following SWAT standoff
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — BCSO says deputies apprehended an alleged crime spree suspect after an hourslong SWAT standoff in northwest Albuquerque.
The standoff began in the 700 block of Candelaria Road, around 10:25 a.m., at the end of a police pursuit with a reportedly stolen, blue Hyundai.
The suspect, 37-year-old Tommy Trujillo, was reportedly armed and refused to exit the vehicle. This prompted SWAT to be called to the scene around 11:18 a.m.
Around 1:30 p.m., Trujillo reportedly exited the vehicle and tried to flee on foot. However, deputies apprehended him and took him into custody.
During the standoff, Candelaria Road was blocked off between 10th Street and 7th Street.
Trujillo is suspected of multiple other pursuits and vehicle thefts and an armed robbery of a business Monday morning.
One of the pursuits reportedly began around 8:30 a.m., in the area of Griegos and 2nd Street, then proceeded southbound to Candelaria.
A witness told KOB 4 that, in the area of one of the pursuits, multiple cars were damaged.
This is a developing story. Stay with KOB.com and KOB 4 Eyewitness News for more updates. | 2022-10-24T21:30:19+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/bcso-crime-spree-suspect-apprehended-following-swat-standoff/ |
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s former chief epidemiologist, considered the architect of the country’s unconventional response to the coronavirus pandemic, isn’t going to work for the World Health Organization after all.
Tegnell instead will return to the Swedish agency and be in charge of “international commitments.” He has been the country’s chief epidemiologist since 2014.
During the pandemic, Sweden intentionally held off imposing lockdowns and eventually tallied one of the world’s highest per capita COVID-19 death rates,
The Swedish Public Health Agency agency announced in February that Tegnell, 65, was going to work at WHO in Geneva. The focus of the new job was global coronavirus vaccination efforts and coordinating the activities of WHO, UNICEF and the public-private vaccine organization Gavi.
“Of course I am disappointed. We thought we had clear signs that this was going to happen,” Tegnell told Swedish tabloid Expressen.
Sweden stood out among European nations and much of the world for the way it responded to the pandemic. The government did not impose restrictions that closed down parts of the economy and instead relied on citizens’ sense of civic duty to protect the population.
Swedish authorities advised residents to practice social distancing, but schools, bars and restaurants remained open. | 2022-04-20T16:28:22+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/face-of-swedens-virus-strategy-doesnt-get-who-job/2022/04/20/cf47b660-c0b9-11ec-b5df-1fba61a66c75_story.html |
Contract Vote had 100 Percent Turnout by Local 332 Members
FLINT, Mich., May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With every worker participating in the ratification vote, Teamsters Local 332 members at Alro Steel have voted by a two-to-one margin to approve their most recent collective bargaining agreement. The Teamsters are responsible for processing and distributing industrial-grade steel.
"By securing the improvements included in this contract, we are ensuring a better future for our members and their families," said Dan Glass, Local 332 President. "As the 'right to work' repeal and industry-leading contracts negotiated by the Teamsters demonstrate, organized labor is still the muscle, heart, and soul of Michigan's workforce. I commend our negotiating team for their tireless efforts in reaching this agreement."
The four-year agreement contains significant improvements, including a 10 percent average wage increase in the first year of the contract, improved protections for mandatory overtime, and the maintenance of health care benefits. The workers also received ratification and attendance bonuses.
Founded in 1933, Teamsters Local 332 represents workers in industries including construction, health care, and manufacturing throughout Genesee County, Michigan. For more information, go to teamsters332.com.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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BIC Gifts Teachers Thousands of Pens and Pencils for the Upcoming Back-to-School Season
SHELTON, Conn., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIC, a world leader in stationery, is teaming up with Lisa Ann Walter, the beloved actor and comedian, and Kids In Need Foundation to gift teachers with free school supplies ahead of the new school year. As an overwhelming number of U.S. teachers continue to spend hundreds of their own dollars on school supplies*, like pens and pencils, BIC is excited to support classrooms and build on its ongoing commitment to education.
On Thursday, August 3 in New York City, BIC, and Lisa Ann Walter are inviting educators, families, and more to the BIC Supply Closet, an interactive, school-themed pop-up experience where visitors can check out the latest stationery innovations from BIC, write thank-you notes and record personalized video messages for their favorite educators, and help fulfill school supply wish lists. Teachers who show their school IDs will gain admission to a secret "teachers only" supply closet where they can choose from various BIC stationery products – free of charge – and stock their classrooms with writing tools.
"Teachers in New York City and around the country need basic supplies to ensure their classrooms promote creativity and learning," said Katty Pien, VP of Marketing for BIC North America. "They need pencils, pens, highlighters, and so much more to best set up our kids for success. Too many teachers are lacking essential quality supplies and BIC is here to help."
BIC has an exciting lineup of products perfect for back-to-school, including long-lasting 4-Color ball pens that offer black, blue, red, and green ink with just one click, mechanical pencils that are break-resistant, Gelocity Quick Dry gel pens that are smear resistant and the new BIC ECOlutions quick drying gel pens made from 78% recycled ocean-bound plastic, which is plastic material collected within 30 miles of a shore or waterway that leads to the ocean. With these tools in hand, students and teachers can focus on sparking creativity and inspiration all year long.
To reach teachers beyond NYC, BIC is extending its existing partnership with Kids In Need Foundation's Supply A Teacher program by helping fulfill teachers' wish lists in under-resourced communities. Consumers can support Kids In Need Foundation's mission both online starting July 28, 2023 at http://www.kinf.org/bicsupplycloset and at the BIC Supply Closet. Each teacher supported through the program will receive two boxes filled with a semester's worth of supplies for 24 students. Donors can fund a teacher, a school, or an entire district.
"I'm thrilled to partner with BIC for their back-to-school campaign, as supporting teachers is something that's near and dear to me," said Lisa Ann Walter. "Too many teachers are covering the cost of school supplies for their students and this initiative helps support our educators. Teachers if you're in or around New York City on August 3rd - my birthday! - I would love to give YOU some gifts. Come hang out with me and stock up on free school supplies!"
This collaborative pop-up and philanthropic initiative operates as an extension of BIC's long-standing commitment to give back to teachers and students via the BIC Corporate Foundation, a global organization that supports educational initiatives worldwide and promotes access to education.
BIC stationery products, including best-selling products like the Break-Resistant Mechanical Pencil and 4-Color Original Retractable Ball Pen, are available online and at office supply stores everywhere.
About BIC
A world leader in stationery, lighters, and shavers, BIC brings simplicity and joy to everyday life. For more than 75 years, the Company has honored the tradition of providing high-quality, affordable, essential products to consumers everywhere. Through this unwavering dedication, BIC has become one of the most recognized brands and is a trademark registered worldwide. Today, BIC products are sold in more than 160 countries around the world and feature iconic brands such as BIC Kids™, BIC Flex™, BodyMark by BIC™, Cello®, Djeep, Lucky Stationery, Rocketbook, Soleil®, Tipp-Ex®, Us.™, Wite-Out®, Inkbox and more. In 2022, BIC Net Sales were 2,233.9 million euros. The Company is listed on "Euronext Paris"," is part of the SBF120 and CAC Mid 60 indexes, and is recognized for its commitment to sustainable development and education. It received an A- Leadership score from CDP. For more, visit www.bic.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube.
About Kids in Need Foundation
Kids In Need Foundation helps create equitable learning spaces through the distribution of supplies and resources, investing in teachers and students in underserved schools. With the belief that every child in America should have equal opportunity and resources to engage in a quality education, Kids In Need Foundation focuses its programs and initiatives on teachers and students most under-resourced, those where 70 percent or more of the enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced-cost meals through the National School Lunch Program. In 2022, through its programs, National Network of Resource Centers, and coast-to-coast local partners, Kids In Need Foundation and our national network supported over 7.7 million students and 333,169 teachers in 17,472 under-resourced schools, with KINF distributing more than $143 million in free school supplies and classroom resources nationwide at no cost to schools or teachers. For more information, visit KINF.org, and join us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter: @KidsInNeed.
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Birmingham Police asking for public’s help to find suspect in June shooting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) -Birmingham Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the shooter in an incident that left one dead and one injured on June 6 of this year.
Michael Arrington and a female passenger were shot while sitting in his white van on the 1100 block of 40th Street in Ensley. Arrington was pronounced dead on the scene while the passenger was wounded and transported to UAB hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Detectives believe both victims were targeted.
While police have no one in custody related to the shooting, they are asking that anyone with information related to the shooting to contact the homicide division at (205) 254-1764 or make a report anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers at (205) 254-7777 and on the Birmingham Police Department’s mobile app.
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATIF Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: ATIF, the "Company," "ATIF" or "We"), a holding company providing business and financial consulting services in Asia and North America, is pleased to announce that the Company's IPO advisory services client and investment holding in Solarever Ltd.("Solarever"), a Mexican solar energy and electric vehicle company, has seen rapid growth in its recent electric vehicle orders. Based on the investment agreement between Solarever and the Company, ATIF holds a 5.25% equity stake in Solarever.
The high climb in global crude oil prices this year has led to a subsequent spike in the price of gas, creating a strong consumer interest in electric vehicles. According to the American Automobile Association ("AAA"), the state gas price averages in U.S. is $4.07/gallon on August 7, 2022, an increase of 27.6% from $3.19/gallon on the prior year's August 7, and regular gas prices in California and Hawaii are over $5.00/gallon. According to AAA's latest consumer survey revealed on July 13, 2022, one quarter of Americans say they are likely to buy an electric vehicle (powered entirely by electricity, i.e., not a hybrid) for their next vehicle purchase, with millennials leading the way (30%). The common factor among those who want to buy an electric vehicle is a strong desire to save on fuel costs, with 77 percent citing this as the top reason for interest.
Solarever is the leading designer and manufacturer of solar products in Mexico, including photovoltaics (PV) panels, energy storage systems, electric vehicles (EV), and other zero-emission solutions operating in solar and electric vehicle sectors. Solarever is the first and currently only domestic electric vehicle company in Mexico that has been granted electric vehicle safety certification and an EV dealer's license. Solarever launched its first EV, the SEV e-Wan in 2022 which has garnered sizable customer interest and purchase orders in Mexico. The SEV e-Wan starts at $14,500.
Jun Liu, President, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of ATIF, commented, "We highly believe in Solarever's growth potential, based on our strong view of the future of the sustainable energy industry. Solarever is one of the leading players in the solar PV industry and is also active in the electric vehicle industry, which has significant growth potential. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), EV makers plowed through rising prices and broken supply chains to sell 6.6 million electric vehicles in 2021, doubling global sales and tripling the EV market share in just two years. From what we understand, Solarever's recent electric vehicle sales have been brisk and purchase orders are growing rapidly! At the same time, Solarever's IPO process is steadily progressing and we are very excited to see the high returns that this investment will enable us and our shareholders to achieve in its future IPO."
About ATIF Holdings Limited
ATIF Holdings Limited ("ATIF") is a Los Angeles-based comprehensive financial group with wholly owned and operated subsidiaries: ATIF-1 hedge funds company, ATIF equity investing company, ATIF IPO advisory company, and the integrated financial services network platform www.IPOEX.com. ATIF is dedicated to providing international asset securitization services, as well as equity investment and asset management services to companies around the world. ATIF was awarded the "Top 10 Best Listed Companies 2019" from the "Golden Bauhinia Award," the highest award in Hong Kong's financial and securities industry. For more information, please visit https://ir.atifchina.com/.
To learn more about IPOEX, our financial services platform, please visit: https://www.ipoex.com/
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Fall starts at 9 p.m. Eastern Thursday, a day officially known as the autumn equinox.
Both equinoxes and solstices only happen twice a year — the first days of fall and spring are equinoxes, while the first days of summer and winter are solstices.
How are they different?
What is an equinox?
On the day of an equinox, the Earth is tilting neither toward or away from the sun, and therefore receives almost an equal amount of daylight and darkness, according to the National Weather Service.
At places along the equator, the sun is directly overhead at about noon on these days. Day and night appear to be equal due to the bending of the sun's rays, which makes the sun appear above the horizon when it is actually below it.
During an equinox, days are slightly longer in places with higher latitudes. At the equator, daylight may last for about 12 hours and seven minutes. But at a place with 60 degrees of latitude, such as the North Pole, a day is about 12 hours and 16 minutes.
What is a solstice?
On the day of a solstice, the Earth is at its maximum tilt, 23.5 degrees, either toward or away from the sun.
During a summer solstice, the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere and is tilting toward the sun, causing the longest day of the year. It is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, where the Earth is tilting away from the sun.
Likewise, a winter solstice happens in the Northern Hemisphere when the hemisphere is tilting away from the sun, making it the day with the least amount of sunlight. The sun is above the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere, making it summer there.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — “Imma get him. Dave Doeren and the rest.”
Raleigh police are saying that was a threat made Monday on Twitter toward N.C. State Football Head Coach Dave Doeren by former Wolfpack player Joseph Isaac Boletepeli.
In addition to making threats, Boletepeli is charged with stalking Doeren by sending the coach multiple text messages and showing up at his workplace, according to an arrest warrant.
Boletepeli, 22, of Raleigh, was arrested and charged Wednesday with communicating threats and stalking, according to the warrant.
According to ESPN, Boletepeli was a defensive lineman for N.C. State in 2018 and 2019. He then transferred and played at the University of Maryland in 2020, the university’s athletic website states. He played high school football at Heritage High School in Raleigh.
His next court date is on December 15 at 9 a.m. | 2022-11-18T22:24:18+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/imma-get-him-former-nc-state-player-threatened-stalked-wolfpack-head-coach-warrant-states/ |
Today in America, kids don’t have access to the basic oral care they need for a healthy smile, causing a smile gap. Crest & Oral-B believe every child has the right to a healthy smile and the opportunities it brings. Poor oral health is a real systemic issue for kids which can have a life-altering impact on their tomorrow. As part of their continued efforts to raise awareness of oral health inequities in the U.S., Crest and Oral-B will be releasing a new evocative creative campaign on Tuesday, November 1st – National Brush Day – that brings forward the harsh reality kids without access to oral health education, resources, products and services have to endure.
Crest and Oral-B’s new campaign zooms in on children utilizing their finger and water to brush their teeth, calling out that this is not how kids should have to brush their teeth, but for millions of kids in America today, this was their only option. This new creative highlights that kids are forced to use alternate methods, or simply go without brushing their teeth. The brands will continue to bring this issue to the forefront in hopes to empower Americans to join them in taking action to close the smile gap. That’s why this November, for each product purchased, Crest and Oral-B will donate to a child in need
Owner at Smile Design Dental Studio in Midtown Manhattan, Dr. Franklyn Aguebor joins us to talk about the issue and efforts of Crest and Oral-B. For more information, please visit www.crest.com | 2022-11-07T17:37:49+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/shows/the-morning-blend/national-brush-day |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes surged in February to the fastest pace in six months as homebuyers seized on a modest drop in mortgage rates. The nation’s median price also edged lower, its first annual drop since 2012.
Existing home sales jumped 14.5% last month from January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.58 million, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. That’s the strongest sales pace since September and it’s higher than the 4.2 million economists were expecting, according to FactSet.
The surge in sales — the biggest on records going back to 1999 — ended a 12-month slide that knocked the nation’s housing market into its deepest slump in nearly a decade and left sales in January at the slowest pace in more than a dozen years.
Still, sales sank 22.6% last month from February last year, a sign many would-be homebuyers remain priced out of the market following years of price increases and sharply higher mortgage rates than a year ago.
The average long-term rate on a 30-year mortgage reached a two-decade high of 7.08% in the fall. Rates eased in December and January, and slipped to just above 6% in early February.
“Conscious of changing mortgage rates, homebuyers are taking advantage of any rate declines,” said Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist. “Moreover, we’re seeing stronger sales gains in areas where home prices are decreasing and the local economies are adding jobs.”
The national median home price slipped 0.2% from February last year to $363,000, marking the first annual decline in 13 years, the NAR said.
Yun has forecast that U.S. home prices will fall 2% this year, but acknowledged they could just as easily end up falling or rising 5%, depending on what happens with mortgage rates.
“Home sales I think have already bottomed out; little unclear on the prices,” he said.
The slight dip in prices is a good sign for buyers as the spring homebuying season ramps up, though affordability remains a formidable hurdle after years of soaring home values. The median U.S. home price is still up roughly 45% since February 2019, according to FactSet.
First-time buyers accounted for 27% of the homes sold in last month, down from 31% in January.
“Anything under 30% is not good news,” Yun said.
Elevated mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of a dollars a month in costs for homebuyers, on top of already high home prices, have kept many would-be buyers on the sidelines.
The average rate on a 30-year home loan slipped to 6.60% last week, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. A year ago, the rate averaged 4.16%.
Stronger-than-expected reports on the economy this year have fueled expectations that the Federal Reserve may have to keep pushing up its key borrowing rate to tame inflation as soon as Wednesday, when the central bank is due to wrap up its latest policy meeting.
Investor expectations for future inflation, global demand for U.S. Treasurys and what the Fed does with interest rates can influence mortgage rates. Many economists expect at least three more increases before the end of the year, though some have dialed those expectations back due to the recently developing banking crisis.
While there are more homes on the market than last year, the supply remains near historic lows, which is helping prop up home prices. The inventory of homes for sale was unchanged from January but rose 15.3% from February last year. Some 980,000 homes were on the market by the end of the month. That amounts to a 2.6-month supply at the current sales pace. In a more balanced market between buyers and sellers, there is a 5- to 6-month supply.
One plus for homebuyers: Properties are staying on the market nearly twice as long as a year ago. On average, homes sold in 34 days of hitting the market in February. That’s up from 33 days in January and 18 days in February last year. Still, 57% of homes sold in February were on the market for less than a month, the NAR said. | 2023-03-21T22:10:20+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/us-home-sales-surged-in-february-as-mortgage-rates-dipped/ |
Congress is inching closer toward repealing two Iraq war authorizations decades after their enactment, with bipartisan support emerging to reassert congressional authority, protect against a potential misuse of military force and send a message of support to Iraq, now a strategic U.S. ally.
The Senate is considering legislation to repeal Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMFs) for the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq after a strong 68-27 bipartisan procedural vote on March 16 to advance the bill.
And House Republicans appear ready for a debate on the Iraq war authorizations, should similar legislation move to the floor in the lower chamber.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) signaled his support for repealing authorizations for both wars, saying he was “into it.”
“I don’t have a problem with that,” McCarthy said at a Republican retreat in Orlando, Fla., last week. “I was not here to vote on either of the creation of those, but you’re 20 years into this now.”
McCarthy emphasized he would not support a repeal of another AUMF passed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack to fight against global terrorism, which has been used to authorize a number of military actions across the world. The 2001 AUMF is not included in the House or Senate legislation.
The House Speaker is not the only Republican signaling support for the Iraq war repeals in the GOP-controlled House. Both Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas) are co-sponsors of the House legislation introduced this year to repeal the Iraq war AUMFs.
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he was seeing “positive” signals in the GOP conference for a discussion on the legislation.
“I believe it’s time for us to have the debate both in the House and Senate,” Bergman told The Hill. “Because you can have a debate, and then you could look at it and say, ‘Well, we’re not going to repeal it, but maybe we’re going to do something different.’
“You consider what kind of powers the president should have,” Bergman added, “which could mean repealing it.”
The 1991 Gulf War, supported by an AUMF passed that same year, involved a brief campaign as U.S. forces quickly and successfully repelled an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
An AUMF passed in 2002 supported an invasion of Iraq the following year.
Former President George W. Bush ordered military force after making the case Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hosting weapons of mass destruction and had supported Al-Qaeda. A United Nations task force later failed to find nuclear weapons in Iraq and no evidence ever emerged of Hussein’s ties with the terrorist group.
Hussein was ousted from power within two months after U.S. forces captured the capital of Baghdad. Bush quickly declared victory and said the major campaign was over.
U.S. troops remained in the country until 2011, when former President Obama pulled them out after years of fighting insurgent groups. American forces returned a few years later, at the request of the Iraqi government, with some 2,500 troops remaining there today.
Congress has tried for several years to repeal the AUMFs. This year’s effort comes as the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq passed on Monday, a day that was marked by the solemn remembrance of one of America’s most unpopular wars.
Khury Petersen-Smith, a Middle East fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a progressive think tank, said consideration of the repeals during the 20th anniversary of the war was fueling discourse and potentially setting the U.S. on the path to passage.
“The fact that is the context in which this vote is coming up lends itself to passing,” he said. “I think there is a very limited, but no less important, reflection on the 2003 invasion of Iraq that is if not critical, then a bit regretful.”
However, there remains some opposition to repealing the authorizations over concerns it would create a vacuum and give rise to U.S.-designated terrorist groups such as ISIS.
While a repeal would not force American soldiers to withdraw from Iraq, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on the Senate floor last week the U.S. needs the authorizations “to make sure ISIS doesn’t come back.”
“When they had a foothold in Iraq and Syria … all hell broke loose,” Graham said. “In 2023, Americans are serving in Iraq, and we owe it to them to make sure we can use whatever military force necessary to protect them.”
Petersen-Smith from IPS said there may also be opposition to repealing the wars because the 1991, 2001 and 2002 AUMFs have institutionalized open-ended wars.
He also argued that opponents may see a repeal of the Iraq AUMFs as “acknowledging the U.S. is guilty of horrendous human rights abuses.”
Leading the effort to repeal the AUMFs on Capitol Hill are Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), who have repeatedly warned that a sitting president can technically misuse the war authorizations if they remain on the books. Former President Trump justified a 2020 strike on Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad by citing the 2002 Iraq war AUMF.
The senators have also pushed for the AUMF repeals to relay a symbolic show of support to Iraq — a key partner for the U.S. in the Middle East — and to send a message to foreign adversaries that Washington can turn enemies into friends.
For veterans of the Iraq war, repealing the AUMFs would also serve as closure. The U.S. invasion cost the lives of more than 4,000 American troops.
Several organizations representing veterans and servicemembers have expressed clear support for the legislation, including the American Legion.
Sarah Streyder, the executive director of the Secure Families Initiative, a nonpartisan group that represents military spouses, family members and veterans, said she “strongly supports repealing the dangerous, outdated Iraq war authorizations.”
“Occasions like the recent 20th anniversary of the Iraq war are solemn reminders that we need so much more than casual platitudes from our non-military neighbors — we need tangible policy action,” Streyder said in a statement. “We need voters and policymakers to show that they’ve learned from the mistakes of the last 20 years to avoid suffering the same loss and sacrifice in the next 20.”
Veterans of the Iraq war who are now in Congress could be among those who move the legislation forward. In his comments last week, McCarthy said lawmakers who served deserved a chance to weigh in on the AUMFs.
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), an Army veteran who served for seven years in Iraq and was injured twice by explosive devices, said the AUMFs were “being purposely misused for what was not their intended purpose.”
“It is also a direct abdication of our roles and responsibilities,” Mills said, referring to Congress. “I can tell you right now that I’ll be happy” upon repeal.
Meanwhile, the Senate considered and proposed several amendments to the legislation.
Speaking on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said a final vote could come early this week and passage was a “matter of when, not if.”
“Americans want to see an end to endless Middle East wars,” Schumer said. “Passing this [bill] is a necessary step to putting these bitter conflicts squarely behind us.” | 2023-03-27T13:30:57+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/hill-politics/decades-later-congress-nears-repeal-of-both-iraq-war-authorizations/ |
3 Dutch soldiers shot outside hotel in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three Dutch soldiers were shot and wounded early Saturday in downtown Indianapolis following what police believe was a disturbance outside the hotel where they were staying. The shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m. EDT in Indianapolis’ entertainment district. Police found three men with gunshot wounds and they were taken to area hospitals. The Dutch defense ministry said one soldier was in critical condition and the two others were conscious, while Indianapolis police said two of the soldiers were in critical condition and the third was stable. The Dutch ministry said the soldiers were in Indiana for training. Police say they believe an altercation between the three victims and another person or people led to the shooting. | 2022-08-27T18:03:52+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/08/27/3-dutch-soldiers-shot-outside-hotel-in-indianapolis/ |
Whether it’s hobnobbing with actress Eva Longoria or talking business with her Cabinet secretaries at the Roundhouse, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham keeps a busy schedule.
Her office, however, doesn’t always do a good job keeping her weekly calendar updated online.
The practice of posting the governor’s schedule of meetings and appointments started in 2019 during Lujan Grisham’s first term — part of an effort to bring more transparency to the business dealings of the state’s chief executive.
It marked a major shift from the previous administration.
Former Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, offered the public a rough itinerary of her schedule with far fewer details.
While Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, provides more specifics on who she’s meeting with, consistency isn’t her office’s strong suit.
The Governor’s Office only recently posted a backlog of more than two months’ worth of calendar entries after an inquiry from The New Mexican.
“As the office works to get things accomplished and make life better for New Mexicans, updating the public calendar got behind,” Caroline Sweeney, the governor’s press secretary, wrote in an email.
“But as soon as [the newspaper] brought it to our attention it was rectified quickly,” Sweeney added.
It’s not the first time.
Last year, there were at least two lapses, including one for a month.
“Whoops!” Nora Meyers Sackett, the governor’s former press secretary, wrote in a November email after The New Mexican brought the delay to her attention. “Thank you for the heads up.”
In 2019, the Governor’s Office resumed publication of the calendar after The Associated Press noted a seven-week lapse. At the time, the governor’s spokesman called the delay an oversight.
Melanie Majors, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, said the governor’s calendar is important to state residents.
“She’s a public servant. We’d like to know what she’s doing and how she’s spending her time on behalf of the people of New Mexico,” Majors said. “If posting her schedule on a regular basis is how she does that, then she should stick to that schedule.”
The weekly schedule, which shows how Lujan Grisham spent the previous week, shines a light on who gets one-on-one time with the governor, though it doesn’t reveal the topic of conversation.
Since mid-April, the governor has met with a long list of familiar names in New Mexico politics, including former Gov. Bill Richardson, former House Speaker Brian Egolf, Attorney General Raúl Torrez and Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber.
The meeting with Richardson included philanthropist Steve Menzies and came about a month after the pair helped secure the release of a U.S. Navy veteran reportedly held in jail in Mexico for 13 years awaiting trial for a crime he didn’t commit.
The purpose of the meeting, though, was the redomiciliation — relocation — of Menzies’ California business to New Mexico, Sweeney wrote.
Richardson and Menzies got an hour with the governor, according to the calendar.
Others only get 15 or 30 minutes of Lujan Grisham’s time.
Egolf, for example, met with the governor for a half-hour. As is the case with most entries, the calendar doesn’t disclose the topic of their meeting.
Among the lawmakers whose names appear on the governor’s calendar are House Republican Leader Ryan Lane of Aztec, Rep. Patty Lundstrom, D-Gallup, and Rep. Joseph Sanchez, D-Alcalde, though the calendar identifies Sanchez as a senator.
Some meetings appear less formal.
On April 21, for example, the governor had dinner with Albuquerque attorney Sam Bregman, whom she had appointed to serve the two remaining years of Torrez’s term as the 2nd Judicial District attorney in Bernalillo County after Torrez was elected attorney general in November.
The governor also had dinner with Dr. Mike Richard, senior vice president for clinical affairs at the University of New Mexico, according to the calendar.
The calendar showed the governor had breakfast May 26 with lobbyists Dan Najjar and Dan Weaks.
Najjar, an attorney who has known the governor since their days growing up in Santa Fe and considers her a longtime friend, said he attended the meeting at her invitation.
“That meeting was strictly about soliciting any thoughts I had on health care legislation that had passed in the last session,” said Najjar, who has represented various aspects of the health care industry for the last decade or so.
Najjar described it as a “very general conversation” and said he missed a portion of the meeting.
“I had a client who was having an emergency that day, so I was out of the room for several minutes,” he said.
“And,” he added, “I did not eat breakfast at that meeting. I never eat breakfast — much to my doctor’s chagrin.”
Few people appeared twice in the governor’s calendar since April.
David Lamb is among the exceptions. He met with the governor twice, once for drinks May 4 and again at the governor’s mansion May 26.
“Lamb is a school psychologist/special education supervisor. They spoke about special education issues,” Sweeney wrote.
The meeting with Longoria, who directed the feature film Flamin’ Hot, which was produced in New Mexico, was listed as a dinner in the governor’s calendar. But it was actually a screening and reception attended by multiple people.
“We asked the governor to come and be a part of that because her voice has been important not just to this film but to the development of the industry in the state,” said Henry Muñoz III, a businessman and political activist who co-founded the Latino Victory Foundation alongside Longoria.
“She didn’t stay for the whole thing, but I think her presence was really important,” he said.
The calendar shows Lujan Grisham meets regularly with members of her Cabinet and holds senior staff meetings at the beginning of most weeks.
After an hourlong senior staff meeting May 15, for example, the governor met individually with Tourism Secretary Jen Schroer, Environment Secretary James Kenney, acting Human Services Secretary Kari Armijo and Aging and Long-Term Services Secretary Katrina Hotrum-Lopez.
Only the meeting with Armjio offers any insight into what was discussed. The calendar entry lists “Medicaid MCO,” or managed care organizations, next to Armijo’s name.
The state’s Medicaid program is in flux and has sparked criticism of the governor from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
At the beginning of the year, Lujan Grisham abruptly ordered the department to restart a request for proposals from health insurance companies to deliver services to the nearly 1 million New Mexicans on Medicaid. The governor’s order came just as the department was getting ready to announce which insurers had been selected to receive contracts worth billions of dollars to administer its Medicaid program. The department has since decided to extend the contracts with its existing providers, which were set to expire in December, for an additional six months to prevent an interruption in services.
The governor’s calendar for the first two weeks of June was largely blank. It identified the period between May 31 and June 16 as “personal.”
It was personal, indeed.
That’s when Lujan Grisham and her husband, Manny Cordova, were in the Virgin Islands to celebrate their honeymoon and first wedding anniversary.
But by June 20, Lujan Grisham was back to her busy schedule, starting her day with a two-hour senior staff meeting at 9 a.m. and ending it with drinks at 5:30 p.m. with David “Hossie” Sanchez and Paul Blanchard. Sanchez is a member of the New Mexico Racing Commission, and Blanchard is an owner of the Albuquerque Downs Racetrack & Casino. | 2023-07-10T00:38:14+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lujan-grishams-calendar-when-updated-shines-light-on-busy-schedule/article_92cf5df0-1b4e-11ee-8626-f74555ab8f5c.html |
Why a government default could be worse than a government shutdown
May 18, 2023, 10:41 AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — All the hand-wringing over a TSA agents and such — showed up, but most federal employees stayed home. Work piled up in offices, and litter piled up in untended national parks.
However, there’s a big difference between a government shutdown and a default on the nation’s debts.
America very well knows what happens in a shutdown — it’s had four of them in the past 30 years. There’s a lot more uncertainty about a default, which could well have more wide-ranging and devastating impacts, at home and around the world. There’s never been a default, and negotiators are trying to find a way to avoid one now.
A look at what is known — and not — about both:
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
A shutdown occurs when Congress doesn’t approve funding legislation so that the government can keep spending money to remain open.
When Congress hasn’t authorized or extended government funding, there is no authority to spend money. Essential work continues — the military remains on guard — but most federal workers are sent home, and activities cease until Congress acts.
It’s harmful to the economy, and can disrupt many lives, but it’s is far from catastrophic.
The U.S. has experienced four true government shutdowns where operations were impacted by more than one business day, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. That usually includes limitations on government services — like park maintenance and benefit checks — and non-essential federal employees are sent home.
“We know what a government shutdown looks like,” said Shai Akabas, director of economic policy at the nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center. “And everyone knows on which date that will occur.”
The White House keeps a long list of agency contingency plans in the event of a government shutdown. The country narrowly avoided one last December.
GOVERNMENT DEFAULT
A default would occur if the government exceeds its legal borrowing limit and can no longer pay all its creditors or pay for existing programs.
The uncertainty about a default starts with when it actually occurs and in what order the government would pay its bills with whatever money it still has coming in.
A default “would be a very different situation” from a shutdown, said Akabas. “We don’t know what the effects would look like because it’s never happened in the history of our country.”
He added that there is “massive uncertainty” about when the U.S. would reach its X-date, the moment when it no longer can borrow money to pay bills.
Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute focusing on tax issues, said “there is no blueprint for how the government can manage a debt limit default,” and much of it would come down to how Treasury would pay or put off paying its bills.
President Joe Biden, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and countless economists have warned darkly about the “catastrophic” impacts of a default.
Yellen this week said it would destroy jobs and businesses, and leave millions of families who rely on federal government payments to “likely go unpaid,” including Social Security beneficiaries, veterans and military families.
“A default could cause widespread suffering as Americans lose the income that they need to get by,” she said. Disruptions to federal government operations would impact “air traffic control and law enforcement, border security and national defense, and food safety.”
WHO GETS PAID — AND WHO DOESN’T
Wendy Edelberg, an economist at the Brookings Institution, said that in the event of a default “it is widely assumed that Treasury would figure out how to make principle and interest payments until they had money to pay all non-interest payments.”
That means many programs could be up in the air until the U.S. raised enough money to pay for them, while debt holders like China would receive payments — in a scheme called “debt payment prioritization.”
So while Social Security recipients, for instance, continued to receive automated payments and scheduled checks during a shutdown, Akabas said, it’s not so clear that they would get paid in a default.
“Maybe workers will come into work,” maybe they won’t, Riedl said. “There is an assumption that federal workers would come into work and get paid eventually.”
“There’s no specific blueprint. It comes down to whether their agency gets funding,” he said. “If we do hit the debt limit, there’s going to be a lot of new court cases on who determines who gets paid and how.”
WHERE NEGOTATIONS STAND
Democratic and Republican leaders have said that a default will not occur, despite their standoff on raising the debt limit.
Before leaving Wednesday for a Group of Seven summit meeting in Japan, Biden said he was “confident” that the U.S. will be able to raise the debt ceiling.
Republicans are asking for steep spending cuts before they agree to raise the debt limit, and most recently the president has shown a willingness to discuss possible budget changes.
Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have named top negotiators to discuss the contours of a deal. | 2023-05-18T19:23:00+00:00 | mynorthwest.com | https://mynorthwest.com/3890545/why-a-government-default-could-be-worse-than-a-government-shutdown/ |
(The Hill) – President Biden’s approval rating hit 40 percent during the month of August in a new Quinnipiac University poll, a 9-point spike from just one month ago.
The new poll, published on Thursday, found that 40 percent of respondents approve of the job Biden is doing in the Oval Office, rising from the 31 percent low approval rating he received from Americans in the same poll in July.
Fifty-two percent of those surveyed said they disapprove of the job Biden is doing as president.
Along party lines, 83 percent of respondents who identified as Democrats said they approve of the job Biden is doing, an 11 point increase from last month’s poll.
Ninety-two percent of Republican respondents said they disapprove of the job Biden is doing, while 55 percent of Independent respondents also disapproved.
When asked about Biden’s handling of current issues, 50 percent of respondents approve of Biden’s approach toward the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44 percent of respondents approve of his approach toward climate change.
Twenty-seven percent of respondents approve of Biden’s approach to the situation at the Mexican border, the lowest reading he has received in the questionnaire, the poll said.
The poll comes as Biden and his administration have seen a slew of legislative victories in the past month which includes the passing of his climate, health care, and tax package and his announcement last week of his administration’s initiative to cancel student loan debt for millions of Americans.
Fifty-three percent of respondents approve of the administration’s plan to cancel some student loan debt for many Americans, while 43 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the new initiative.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted from August 25-29 with a total of 1,419 respondents. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. | 2022-09-01T14:51:21+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/biden-approval-rating-up-9-points-since-july/ |
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Israel and Lebanon have ended their longtime dispute over where to draw their border at sea. The U.S. mediated the deal between the two enemies. President Biden called it a historic breakthrough. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv on what prompted the deal.
DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: The U.S. says it's the first time Israel and Lebanon have ever mutually agreed on a border between them. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid echoed President Biden, calling it historic.
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PRIME MINISTER YAIR LAPID: (Non-English language spoken).
ESTRIN: He said Israel has been trying to reach this deal for more than 10 years and that it will strengthen the security of northern Israel. The matter in dispute was who gets natural gas fields off the Mediterranean coast. One is in disputed waters. Another is an Israeli waters where Lebanon laid a new claim two years ago. Israel recently made moves to extract gas there. And Lebanese militant group Hezbollah made threats of war. The details haven't been officially announced, but reportedly the two sides compromised on the border line. Israel will extract gas from one field, and Lebanon will explore for gas in the other potential field, with the U.S. and Israel saying Lebanon will share some of the revenues. Lebanon's chief negotiator, Elias Bou Saab, says the deal satisfies both sides.
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ELIAS BOU SAAB: (Non-English language spoken).
ESTRIN: He said it would provide economic stability and some hope to Lebanese with their economy in crisis and an electric grid that often provides just a couple hours of power a day.
RANDA SLIM: For Lebanon, it is a good deal.
ESTRIN: Lebanese American Randa Slim is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington.
SLIM: It removes a source of tension and it opens prospects for Lebanon economic prospects. And we don't know how much gas that is. But still, even if some gas gets out, it can be used in the Lebanese domestic market. And it can provide a source of revenue for the country whose economy is in major dire straits right now.
ESTRIN: She thinks it could pave the way for negotiations over their land border now. Former deputy Israeli navy chief Shaul Chorev also thinks it's a step forward.
SHAUL CHOREV: Once you have such an agreement, it is the beginning of normalization, the relationships between us and Lebanon.
ESTRIN: But former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the deal is a capitulation to Hezbollah. And with Israeli elections just three weeks away, he says he won't consider himself beholden to the deal if he's voted back into office. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2022-10-21T07:52:18+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/2022-10-11/israel-and-lebanon-settle-a-dispute-over-gas-drilling-rights-in-the-mediterranean-sea |
By JESSE BEDAYN
Associated Press/Report for America
DENVER (AP) — In a Colorado mountain town, Christine Collins injected herself with black tar heroin while hanging out with friends in a cozy basement a few days after her 30th birthday. Sitting beneath a “Happy Birthday” sign with hearts scrawled in colorful sharpies, she overdosed.
She awoke on the floor, her friends screaming as they fumbled to administer the overdose-reversing naloxone, which pulled Collins back from near death.
Collins, now 33 and clean from heroin, has seen dozens of friends wake up from overdoses, and known dozens more that never did.
“I don’t make friends anymore because I don’t want to see anyone else die,” she said.
Such scenes of terror have increasingly played out from Denver’s snow-filled streets to rural West Virginia, with drug overdoses killing over an estimated 100,000 people in 2021, according federal health official’s latest data. That’s roughly one overdose death every five minutes.
The snowballing death toll has pushed lawmakers in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada to consider joining New York and Rhode Island in allowing what are often called “safe injection sites.” Also called “overdose prevention centers,” these are places where people can use drugs under the supervision of trained staff who could reverse an overdose if necessary.
Democratic lawmakers in Colorado pushed the controversial bill forward in committee Wednesday. While Democrats control the state’s legislature, the measure faces steep odds amid broad backlash from police, Republicans, and lingering questions about whether the sites are even legal in the United States.
The idea of sanctioning the use of drugs including heroin and methamphetamine on these sites — an about-face from the long-waged war on drugs — has garnered stiff pushback.
“You’re basically sending a message that, ‘Hey, it’s OK to do this,’” said Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans, a Republican and former police officer. That not only imperils the health of drug users, Evans argued, but encourages dealers and invites crime that threatens nearby residents.
But proponents argue it’s an imperative first step to tackling drug use, with many repeating a one-argument refrain.
“You can’t enter treatment if you are dead,” said Dr. Joshua Barocas, an associate professor at the University of Colorado who studies substance use disorder. “All the data suggests that people are going to do drugs regardless. … All we are trying to do is reverse the harm that could come from what people are already doing.”
The trend is growing internationally with centers in Canada, Australia and Europe, but in the U.S. questions remain over whether the Department of Justice will permit such programs amid pushback that the sites merely enable illegal drug use and attract the ancillary crime.
Last year, the Justice Department told The Associated Press it was “evaluating” such facilities and talking to regulators about “appropriate guardrails.” The department did not immediately respond to requests for updated information from the AP this week.
Being open to evaluating the sites marks a shift from the Justice Department’s posture under former President Donald Trump, when the department fought against such a proposal in Pennsylvania, arguing that such facilities violate a 1980s-era law which bans operating a place for taking illegal drugs.
Data from sites both in and outside the U.S. found that they can prevent overdoses, with New York City’s centers stopping more than 150 in their tracks within three months of operating. The centers also typically include equipment, such as sterile syringes, and offer resources for drug users to find treatment.
Existing studies, such as a 2021 report from the Boston-based Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, show that sites are linked to fewer ambulance calls — potentially saving taxpayer dollars — and didn’t metastasize various crime rates in neighborhoods of operation.
In Wednesday’s hearing, Jason Dunn, a former U.S. attorney for Colorado, pushed back against the data. A life may be saved when an overdose is reversed, said Dunn, but that doesn’t mean “these facilities reduce the overdose death rate over the long term or even reduce drug usage over the long term.”
In Nevada’s Democratic-controlled Legislature a proposal to legalize safe injection sites is on the table but has yet to get a hearing, one year after a similar push failed. In New Mexico, a similar bill faces unknown prospects.
Even while a long list of health care organizations have signed on in support of Colorado’s bill — including the Colorado Nurses Association, Colorado Psychiatric Society and Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council — the legislation faces an uphill battle.
While Democrats in Colorado hold majorities in both chambers, Gov. Jared Polis has vocalized his concern over the proposal. The governor’s spokesperson, Conor Cahill, said in a statement Monday that the governor “would be deeply concerned with any approach that would contribute to more drug use and lawlessness.”
Colorado’s Democratic leadership in the legislature have signaled interested in the proposal, but they’ve stopped short of full-blown support.
State Sen. Kevin Priola, a former Republican who defected to the Democratic Party last year citing concerns over the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, is one of the bill’s sponsors. Priola said he’s felt the power of prescription painkillers first hand, having weaned himself early off the drugs following a ski accident that broke his leg.
“I could’ve been a statistic myself,” said Priola, who added that the opposition to such proposals stems from a deep-seated stigma. “People fear what they don’t understand, and they’ve never walked a mile in some of these folks’ shoes.”
Collins has watched the scourge of fentanyl rip through communities as she moved from Florida to Louisiana and finally Colorado and believes legalizing the centers is the bare minimum to keep people breathing.
“I know they say: ‘Oh, whatever, it just enables junkies,’” she said. “The fact of the matter is that we may be junkies, but we are somebody’s f—cking families.”
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AP writers Gabe Stern contributed from Carson City, Nevada, and Morgan Lee contributed from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jesse Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2023-03-02T23:12:26+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2023/03/01/states-consider-safe-injection-sites-to-prevent-overdoses/ |
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Always in control on the court, Sue Bird lasted about 10 minutes until the emotion of the moment and the finality of the decision got the best of her.
After 21 professional seasons, one of the greatest basketball careers ever is nearing its end.
“I feel like I’ve played as long as I can at a really high level both physically and mentally, and it’s just gotten harder,” Bird said, fighting through tears.
The Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist announced Thursday the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA.
The announcement by Bird, 41, ended any speculation about her future; she had acknowledged in February when she re-signed with Seattle that this would likely be her final season. She strongly considered retirement after last season before choosing to return for a 19th season as a player.
Bird’s announcement came a day before Seattle’s game at Connecticut, the state where she was a collegiate star and national player of the year. The Storm will close out their road trip on Sunday in New York, about 30 miles from where Bird grew up in Syosset, New York.
It’s Seattle’s only scheduled trip to New York this season, which helped prompt her announcement.
“Knowing it was going to be my last game in New York is really what started the thought process around announcing that this would be my last year,” Bird said. “So that’s kind of the how, and the when. That was the motivating factor on the timing. And I feel like for every athlete, sometimes it really just comes down to you know when you know. There isn’t necessarily a recipe for it. You just know when you know.”
Bird is a four-time WNBA champion, 12-time All-Star and the oldest player in the league. She has spent her entire WNBA career with Seattle since becoming the No. 1 draft pick in 2002 following her storied college career at UConn. This season is her 21st associated with the franchise although just her 19th playing after missing two seasons because of injuries.
Her resume is the envy of anyone in professional sports, let alone basketball. National championships at UConn in 2000 and 2002. WNBA titles with Seattle in 2004, 2008, 2018 and 2020, the last coming inside the WNBA “bubble” in Florida amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Bird hoisted five additional titles playing overseas in the EuroLeague. Last year, she added a fifth Olympic gold in Tokyo to go along with the ones the United States earned in 2004 in Athens, 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Bird was the AP national player of the year her final season at UConn. She is a five-time all-WNBA first-team selection, the league’s all-time leader in assists and the only player to appear in more than 500 games in league history.
She has been honored on every list imaginable as one of best and most influential players in the history of the league. And she’s the standard by which other point guards are judged.
Bird told her current teammates about her decision during a team dinner on Wednesday night and Seattle’s coaching staff Thursday morning. Bird also had a long list of former teammates, coaches, executives and friends she wanted to tell personally rather than hearing it through various channels. Among the most emotional was her talk with Karen Bryant, the general manager of the Storm when Bird was drafted in 2002.
Deep down, they all knew that the hints Bird gave over the past several months were leading to this announcement.
“Not a lot of people do something for their entire lives the way that athletes do. Don’t get me wrong, I know people are fulfilled in other ways. It’s not about a comparison. It’s just sports is different, I think,” Bird said. “I’ve been doing this since I was 5 or 6 years old. It’s really all I know. So of course, I’m sad. It’s a little bit of like a mourning knowing I’m going to miss it. But I mean, I’ve got no regrets. I feel wonderful about my career, the people I’ve met, the things we’ve all accomplished.”
Bird said she’s not really prepared for the farewell tour that’s likely to follow her every time she visits a WNBA road city for the last time.
“I feel like I don’t personally need that,” Bird said. “But I also understand that there are fan bases that that might want to, you know, take that moment. … But yeah, I’m not prepared for it.”
Bird turns 42 in October and was on the cusp of stepping away a year ago, and when the Storm were eliminated by the Phoenix Mercury in the playoffs, fans chanted “One more year! One more year!” as she did an on-court televised interview.
Those cheers were egged on by Phoenix’s longtime star Diana Taurasi, Bird’s former college teammate at UConn and part of all five of those Olympic gold-medal runs.
In the end, the fans — and Taurasi — got what they wanted. Bird came back, for exactly one more year.
“Sue Bird is Storm basketball,” her WNBA team tweeted moments after Bird made her decision known. “Every moment, every memory has one constant. No. 10. It’s time for the final chapter.”
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More AP women’s basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-16T22:26:13+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/wnba-star-sue-bird-says-2022-will-be-her-final-season/ |
Updated June 22, 2022 at 7:08 AM ET
When a wildfire forced Philip Connors to evacuate in a hurry a few weeks ago, he wasn't just any fire evacuee. He works for the U.S. Forest Service as a fire lookout, responsible for spotting wildfires early.
"The essence of the job is to stay awake and look out the window and alert the dispatch office at the first sign of smoke," he explained.
His usual perch is a small room at the top of a 35-foot tower in a remote corner of the Gila National Forest, about a 5 mile hike from the nearest dirt road. It's his home for about half the year.
But when the Black Fire crept too close, he packed up his belongings for a helicopter to ferry out, and hiked out with a colleague, his relief lookout who helped him pack.
"I'm not ashamed to admit I hugged a few trees before I left, some of my favorites," Conners said. He described how the mix of trees changes depending on elevation, from a mix of conifers intermingled with aspen at the highest elevations, to a belt of ponderosa and oak, then pinyon pine and juniper.
Connors, who is also a writer, deeply loves the forest he has watched over every summer for the past 20 years. But it was a different forest two decades ago, and will be even more changed once the flames die down.
At first, he thought of the lookout job as a paid writing retreat with good views. But over time he became a witness to the changes brought on by a warmer, drier climate.
"The place became my citadel and my solace. And it's given me so much joy and beauty over the years," he said. "Now it's almost like the tables are turned, like it is in need of solace because big chunks of it are being transformed and going away."
He notices the signs everywhere. At the highest elevations, the oldest conifers used to be snowed in through late March. Now there's less snow, and the soil is drier.
When he hiked up the mountain for the first time this spring to open the tower, "with every footstep I was sending up little puffs of powder from the soil," he said. "I had never seen that this time of year."
The Black Fire started on May 13, and Connors watched it grow into a megafire.
"It was kind of an exercise in psychic disturbance, to live in the presence of this thing that I felt certain would eventually force me to flee," he said. "Even at night, you start dreaming about it because it's just this presence lurking on your horizon. Then I would climb the tower after dark and have a look. Seven, 8, 9 miles of my northern horizon would be glowing with fire."
After his regular lookout was evacuated, he was moved to another where the fire had already burned over.
Connors said the spruce, pine and fir forests at high elevations are vanishing from his part of the world.
"My arrival in this part of the world coincided very neatly with the onset of the worst megadrought we've seen in more than a thousand years," he said.
The Gila Wilderness will never be the same for the Gila trout, salamanders, pocket gophers, tree frogs, elk, deer and black bears, or for Connors. But he'll observe the burn scars and how the forest heals. He says his responsibility is to "see what it wants to become next."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-06-24T04:41:04+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-06-20/a-new-mexico-firewatcher-describes-watching-his-world-burn |
Mega Millions continued its streak of drawings without a winner on Tuesday. No one matched 7-13-14-15-18 and a Mega Ball of 9 during Tuesday's drawing.
Mega Millions' jackpot for Friday is set for $1.35 billion as the multi-state lottery has failed to produce a winner in nearly three months. The last time a winning ticket was sold was Oct. 14, 2022. That drawing had two tickets match all six numbers, resulting in a split jackpot of $502 million.
The only other time the jackpot was this large was on Oct. 23, 2018, when a $1.537 billion ticket was sold in South Carolina.
The jackpot marks the third-largest in U.S. history for all lotteries, behind another Mega Millions drawing and a 2022 Powerball drawing. The Nov. 7, 2022, Powerball was the first in U.S. history to top $2 billion.
Although no one matched all six numbers, 6,154,167 won smaller prizes ranging from $2 all the way up to $3 million. Sixteen of the tickets matched all five white balls, resulting in a prize of at least $1 million.
Mega Millions is played in all states except Hawaii, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, and Alabama. The odds of drawing all six numbers in Mega Millions are 1 in nearly 302 million.
Friday’s drawing will be held at 11 p.m. ET | 2023-01-11T14:24:02+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/mega-millions-set-for-its-second-largest-drawing-ever |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tampa Bay placed shortstop Wander Franco on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a right quadriceps strain, the latest setback for the injury-plagued Rays.
Franco aggravated the injury running the bases in the ninth inning of Monday's 9-5 loss at the Texas Rangers. He was replaced by a pinch-runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag.
The right quad has been bothering the 21-year-old Franco for a couple of weeks, and he is now sidelined along with second baseman Brandon Lowe (lower back tightness). Lowe has been out since May 16.
“It's pretty obvious he's been playing through a lot as of late,” manager Kevin Cash said of Franco. “It probably makes the most sense to see if we can calm this down, get some treatment, get his legs underneath him and he'll be better for it.”
Franco, who's hitting .270, had his first three-hit game since May 9 in the series opener against the Rangers. In the 16 games between, he hit just .107 between those games and hasn't homered since hitting his fourth on April 26.
“It kind of scares me a little bit to go on the IL,” Franco said through an interpreter. “I think that’s maybe why I haven’t been playing as well as I have been because I’m scared to go on the IL.”
Besides missing their middle infielders, the Rays are without two key relievers in Pete Fairbanks (right lat strain) and closer Andrew Kittredge (lower back tightness). Starters Tyler Glasnow and Shane Baz are recovering from elbow surgery.
The Rays selected reliever Shawn Armstrong from Triple-A Durham, making room for the right-hander on the roster by designating left-hander Ben Bowden for assignment.
Armstrong appeared in 11 games for Tampa Bay last season and rejoined the organization on a minor league deal this month after getting released by Miami.
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ISLAMABAD – Censors are lifting a ban on Pakistan's Oscar entry, “Joyland," but some scenes would be cut before the movie opens across the country, an aide to the prime minister said Wednesday.
The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and was a prizewinner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
But it has caused controversy in Muslim-majority Pakistan and state censors last week banned its showings at movie theaters, reversing a previous all-clear for release.
Transgender people are considered outcasts by many in Pakistan, despite some progress with a law that protects their rights and a landmark Supreme Court ruling designating them as a third gender.
Salman Sufi, an aide to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, told The Associated Press that the decision to lift the ban was made by a committee that the premier had formed to evaluate the film. The board approved the film with minor cuts, he said.
“The decision is a simple yet powerful message that the government stands by freedom of speech and safeguards it, and cannot allow mere smear campaigns or disinformation to be used as choking creative freedom,” Sufi said.
He did not elaborate on which scenes would be cut.
“Transgender people are as much citizens of Pakistan as anyone else,” he said. "We have launched a hotline for their issues as well from the prime minister's office and the prime minister is fully committed to safeguarding their rights."
“Joyland” is scheduled for release in Pakistani cinemas on Friday. | 2022-11-16T22:19:13+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/entertainment/2022/11/16/aide-with-few-cuts-pakistan-lifts-ban-on-oscar-entry-movie/ |
SYDNEY (AP) — Defense chiefs from across the Indo-Pacific gathered this week to bolster their connections against a backdrop of China’s ongoing campaign to expand its influence and military presence in the region.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the military leaders meeting for three days in Sydney are focused on “the whole situation with the rise of China, a free and open Pacific” and ensuring a peaceful and stable Indo-Pacific region.
“It’s a big conference to coordinate our mutual security interests and discuss national security issues that apply to all of us,” said Milley.
Military leaders from 26 nations are participating in the conference, and most of those are chiefs of defense. China was invited but said it would be unable to attend.
During a press conference Wednesday, Milley said the chiefs of defense discussed how they can cooperate more and make their militaries more interoperable, including with advanced technologies. He added that they also talked about military exercises.
He and Gen. Angus Campbell, Australia’s chief of defense, didn’t go into details. But Milley expanded on comments he made late last week about China’s increasing aggressiveness in the region and the need for nations to ensure that the Pacific remains free and open to all.
Chinese intercepts of allied and partner aircraft in international airspace in the Pacific region have increased “several-fold” over the last five years, Milley said, calling Beijing’s behavior “much more confrontational” than five to 15 years ago.
China’s activity, he said, “seems to imply that they want to bully or dominate, as opposed to having a free and open” Pacific.
Asked whether the U.S. would increase its military presence in Australia or in other partner nations, Milley and Campbell said the discussions are ongoing and no decisions have been made. There are about 2,200 U.S. Marines in Darwin.
En route to the conference, Milley told reporters traveling that the Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous in recent years.
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, according to a U.S. official who declined to be identified ahead of the public announcement.
The U.S. is also grappling with reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering a trip to Taiwan — roiling China and setting off waves of worry in the Biden administration.
Asked about the potential Pelosi trip, Milley would only say that discussion of any specific travel is premature. But, he added, “if there’s a decision made that Speaker Pelosi or anyone else is going to travel and they asked for military support, we will do what is necessary to ensure a safe conduct of their visit. And I’ll just leave it at that.”
The conference also coincides with the massive Rim of the Pacific naval exercise going on near Hawaii. RIMPAC is the world’s largest maritime exercise and is hosted by the U.S. | 2022-07-27T16:30:09+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/politics/ap-politics/pacific-defense-chiefs-meet-against-backdrop-of-rising-china/ |
MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Friday, April 21
Looking for Friday's probable pitchers? Below, we list the expected starting pitchers for every game. Keep an eye out for one of the best matchups of the day, which features Julio Urias starting for the Dodgers, and Drew Smyly taking the ball for Cubs.
Keep scrolling to find the probable starters for every contest on the docket for April 21.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Dodgers at Cubs Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Dodgers will send Urias (3-2) to the mound as they face the Cubs, who will hand the ball to Smyly (2-1) for the game between the teams Friday.
Vegas Odds for Dodgers at Cubs
- LAD Odds to Win: -165
- CHC Odds to Win: +140
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Reds at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Graham Ashcraft (2-0) to the mound as they play the Pirates, who will give the start to Mitch Keller (1-0) for the game between the clubs Friday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Pirates
- PIT Odds to Win: -145
- CIN Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8.5 runs
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White Sox at Rays Probable Pitchers
The Chicago White Sox will send Michael Kopech (0-2) to the bump as they take on the Rays, who will give the start to Calvin Faucher (0-0) when the clubs play on Friday.
Vegas Odds for White Sox at Rays
- TB Odds to Win: -185
- CHW Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 9 runs
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Rockies at Phillies Probable Pitchers
The Colorado Rockies will send Noah Davis (0-0) to the mound as they take on the Phillies, who will look to Aaron Nola (1-2) when the teams face off Friday.
Vegas Odds for Rockies at Phillies
- PHI Odds to Win: -300
- COL Odds to Win: +250
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
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Tigers at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The Detroit Tigers will send Michael Lorenzen (0-0) to the mound as they play the Orioles, who will give the start to Tyler Wells (0-1) for the matchup between the teams Friday.
Vegas Odds for Tigers at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -190
- DET Odds to Win: +160
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
- Streaming: MASN2 (regional restrictions may apply)
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Blue Jays at Yankees Probable Pitchers
The Toronto Blue Jays will send Yusei Kikuchi (2-0) to the hill as they face the Yankees, who will hand the ball to Domingo German (1-1) when the teams play Friday.
Vegas Odds for Blue Jays at Yankees
- NYY Odds to Win: -135
- TOR Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Marlins at Guardians Probable Pitchers
The Miami Marlins will send Braxton Garrett (0-0) to the mound as they face the Guardians, who will look to Zach Plesac (1-0) for the game between the teams Friday.
Vegas Odds for Marlins at Guardians
- CLE Odds to Win: -135
- MIA Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 7.5 runs
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- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
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Astros at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Houston Astros will send Hunter Brown (2-0) to the bump as they take on the Braves, who will hand the ball to Bryce Elder (2-0) when the clubs face off Friday.
Vegas Odds for Astros at Braves
- ATL Odds to Win: -120
- HOU Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 9 runs
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Athletics at Rangers Probable Pitchers
The Oakland Athletics will send JP Sears (0-1) to the bump as they take on the Rangers, who will give the start to Jon Gray (1-1) for the matchup between the teams on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Athletics at Rangers
- TEX Odds to Win: -210
- OAK Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Red Sox at Brewers Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send Nick Pivetta (0-1) to the mound as they play the Brewers, who will give the start to Freddy Peralta (2-1) when the clubs face off on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Red Sox at Brewers
- MIL Odds to Win: -160
- BOS Odds to Win: +135
- Total: 8.5 runs
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- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
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Nationals at Twins Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Trevor Williams (1-1) to the hill as they face the Twins, who will hand the ball to Tyler Mahle (1-2) for the matchup between the clubs Friday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Twins
- MIN Odds to Win: -225
- WSH Odds to Win: +180
- Total: 7.5 runs
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- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
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Royals at Angels Probable Pitchers
The Kansas City Royals will send Taylor Clarke (1-0) to the mound as they play the Angels, who will give the start to Shohei Ohtani (2-0) when the teams meet on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Royals at Angels
- LAA Odds to Win: -300
- KC Odds to Win: +240
- Total: 8.5 runs
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- Game Time: 9:38 PM ET
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Padres at Diamondbacks Probable Pitchers
The San Diego Padres will send Seth Lugo (2-0) to the bump as they play the Diamondbacks, who will give the start to Zac Gallen (2-1) for the game between the clubs on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Padres at Diamondbacks
- SD Odds to Win: -115
- ARI Odds to Win: -105
- Total: 9.5 runs
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- Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
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Cardinals at Mariners Probable Pitchers
The St. Louis Cardinals will send Steven Matz (0-2) to the mound as they play the Mariners, who will look to George Kirby (1-1) for the game between the teams Friday.
Vegas Odds for Cardinals at Mariners
- SEA Odds to Win: -135
- STL Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 8 runs
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- Game Time: 10:10 PM ET
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Mets at Giants Probable Pitchers
The New York Mets will send Joey Lucchesi (0-0) to the mound as they face the Giants, who will hand the ball to Anthony DeSclafani (1-0) when the clubs face off on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Mets at Giants
- SF Odds to Win: -115
- NYM Odds to Win: -105
- Total: 9 runs
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