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Five people were hospitalized after a fire at a chemical plant near Houston on Thursday, officials said.
All personnel were accounted for after the fire, Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia said in a statement. Five workers were sent to the hospital for "precautionary reasons" because of the heat, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a tweet.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the fire broke out at a Shell facility in Deer Park, a suburb of Houston.
The fire sent up a plume of smoke that was briefly visible on weather radar, but there was little risk to anyone beyond the plant.
Gonzalez wrote that there was no explosion. He said a fire involving heavy gas oils had broken out and was briefly visible from the nearby freeway, but has since been contained.
Shell told the city of Deer Park it did not have reason to issue a shelter-in-place order at the time of the fire. People were told to avoid the immediate area.
The Harris County Fire Marshal's office and fire crews from the Shell plant and other nearby facilities were responding to the fire. Representatives from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said they were sending air monitoring assets to the scene.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-06T03:31:07+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/5-hospitalized-after-fire-at-texas-chemical-plant |
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - EB Research Partnership (EBRP) announces that Co-Founders, Alex and Jamie Silver, are shifting the focus of their efforts to later stage research specific to Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa and have stepped back from their active roles at EBRP. Since EBRP's inception and until July of 2022, Alex served as EBRP's Chairman & Executive Board Member, and Jamie has served as an Executive Board Member & Secretary until November 2022. "We are immensely proud of EBRP's accomplishments over the last 12 years, including over $55 million raised, 85 projects funded, and over 30 clinical trials supported. It has been an honor to lead and build this organization. We leave EBRP in a very strong state and are excited to see the research it has funded come to fruition. Our greatest hope is for the treatment and eventual cure for all forms of EB," said the Silvers.
Scott Didier, Executive Board Member and Founder of EBRP Australia said, "We are grateful to Jamie and Alex for their efforts and thank them for their extraordinarily hard work on behalf of and dedication to EBRP. We share the common goal of wanting to heal EB as soon as possible and are excited about the number of clinical trials that EBRP continues to advance."
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SOURCE EB Research Partnership | 2022-12-08T16:02:27+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/12/08/ebrp-announces-leadership-changes/ |
A Portland-area woman convicted of assaulting a Eugene cookie shop owner has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
Today, Lane County Circuit Court Judge Steven Morgan sentenced 46-year-old Amy Verlee Hall of Gresham to 46 months after a 12-member jury found her guilty of assault, criminal trespass, harassment, burglary, and disorderly conduct on Jan. 31.
On Nov. 3, 2021, Hall and an accomplice, Ricki Collin, confronted Deirdre Stirpe inside Crumb Together over her store’s pandemic face mask policy, which was in compliance with Oregon’s statewide directive at the time. Things turned violent, and after thrashing and screaming with the woman, Hall and Collin left the store with Stirpe’s bat. The pair were arrested shortly after showing their video of the incident to Eugene Police.
At today’s sentencing, Stirpe shared a brief statement on the long-term psychological trauma of having to relive the encounter through the video going viral on social media, and from local TV coverage. Stirpe said she had to regularly talk to concerned customers about the encounter, as well as take questions on what had become of Hall and Collin since. Stirpe said she often woke up in a sweat from the experience, and was grateful for her husband Tony’s comforting support.
“My dream became reality, and then my reality became a nightmare,” Stirpe said on her wish to run a cookie shop. She also said that justice had been only “half-served” as Hall’s partner, Collin, remains unaccounted for with warrants out for his arrest in Lane and Washington counties.
Clad in green Lane County Jail garb, Hall was allowed to make a statement, and in a roughly half-hour disputation, said she and Collin had entered Crumb Together peacefully and only meant to “empower” Stirpe in wake of the “COVID BS.” She frequently accused the court of unlawfulness, and said “I’m the only innocent one here in this room.”
In his sentencing, Judge Morgan admonished Hall, saying that it was disappointing that she leveled blame at everyone but herself, adding that “misunderstanding the law is not a defense.” He also told Hall that she had engaged in “bully conduct” at the Crumb Together store, and that her conviction by the jury was based on what was seen in the video as opposed to any manipulation of justice.
In addition to the 46 months in an Oregon DOC facility, Hall will be on three years post-prison supervision and was also ordered to pay $1,185 in restitution to Hall for medical expenses.
©2023, KLCC. | 2023-02-09T20:13:20+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/crime-law-justice/2023-02-09/crumb-together-assailant-sentenced-to-46-months |
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Local leaders and first responders are speaking out as a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue captain and Miami-Dade police sergeant remain stuck in Peru, along with about 200 other American citizens.
“The American government, the State Department, needs to assure that Americans are safe in Peru and also get them safely out of Peru,” U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., said. “So I’ll be talking to the State Department today, find out what steps they’re taking in order to ensure the safety of Americans in Peru and how to get them out safely, also.”
The ongoing protests there has the two South Floridians stuck in Peru worried they won’t be home in time for the holidays.
Miami-Dade police Sgt. Jessenia Munoz is stuck in Cusco.
NEW AT NOON: Also #StrandedinPeru - Miami-Dade Police Sgt. Jessenia Munoz. She tells me stuck in Cusco—the nearest airport is closed, protests growing more violent, road blocks prevalent. She says restaurant was in turned off lights to conceal from looters who started to descend. pic.twitter.com/QXoNwEKBHo
— Christina Boomer Vazquez, M.S. (@CBoomerVazquez) December 16, 2022
She told Local 10 News Friday that the nearest airport to her is closed, protests are growing more violent and road blocks are prevalent.
She said a restaurant she was in turned off the lights to conceal themselves from looters who started to descend.
“Most airports have been taken over, and the only airport that is open is Lima but there is no way of getting there,” Munoz said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Capt. Brian Vega is also stuck in Peru, in a town near Machu Picchu.
He told Local 10 News’ Christina Vazquez that there has been unrest there following the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo.
“I have two children, my wife, they are very worried, so our my parents.” Train service has been suspended — Peru declared a state of emergency Wednesday. Capt. Vega’s biggest concern is making it back home safely. More: https://t.co/E0LYg2kIX7 #Peru #StrandedinPeru pic.twitter.com/qPoJIRHHNB
— Christina Boomer Vazquez, M.S. (@CBoomerVazquez) December 16, 2022
Train service has been suspended and the country declared a state of emergency Wednesday as Castillo’s supporters have violently taken to the streets.
“From what I understand, the rest of the country is not doing too well,” Vega said. “They’re rioting, burning things down.”
Vega said local authorities don’t even know if they can get him out before Christmas. He has a wife and two young children at home.
“The only way into this town is via train and from what I understand, they’ve disassembled train tracks and protestors are also blocking the train line,” he said.
Vega said his biggest concern is “just being able to make it out safely.”
“Not just myself, but everyone that’s visiting from other places that need to get back home,” he said.
“We are aware of the reports,” a spokesperson for the National Security Council told Local 10 News. “U.S. Embassy Peru has continually evaluated the security situation in Peru and will keep providing updates and assistance to U.S. citizens as appropriate.”
Politicians from South Florida also said they are doing everything they can to bring all Floridians stuck in Peru home.
“Senator Rubio’s office is in touch with multiple Floridians stranded in Peru and is working with the State Department to help bring them home safely,” a spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said.
“It saddens me to learn of the struggles occurring in Peru and making it difficult for our U.S. citizens to return home,” said Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III, Miami-Dade’s Chief of Safety and Emergency Response. “It’s unfortunate that a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Captain and a Miami-Dade Police Sergeant are amongst those struggling to return. The Mayor’s Office has been in communication with the White House in efforts to bring all of our U.S. citizens home safely. Please keep everyone in your prayers.”
According to the U.S. Embassy in Peru, the government of Peru is organizing an evacuation of foreigners from Aguas Calientes/ Machu Picchu Village.
Those affected or have a loved one who is affected can click here for more information about evacuations.
NEW: shortly after our interview on #USCitizens stranded in Peru amid escalating political crisis - @CarlosGimenezFL sending this letter to @StateDept asking what steps they are taking to bring stranded #AmericanCitizens “back home quickly, safely, and securely.” #Peru pic.twitter.com/kXt3JZkM2c
— Christina Boomer Vazquez, M.S. (@CBoomerVazquez) December 16, 2022 | 2022-12-16T19:51:09+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/12/16/local-leaders-react-to-south-floridians-being-stuck-in-peru-vow-to-bring-them-home-safely/ |
Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke settle longstanding legal battle over rape, defamation claims
NEW YORK (AP) — Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke have settled nearly a decade of suits and countersuits over her accusation that he drugged and raped her and his claim that she made it up and defamed him, they announced Thursday, with the singer saying that “only God knows what happened that night.”
Dr. Luke, meanwhile, said he was “absolutely certain that nothing happened. I never drugged or assaulted her.”
Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed, as both she and he revealed on Instagram that they had agreed to “a resolution” of the case and to a statement from each of them. Messages seeking comment were sent to their attorneys.
“I cannot recount everything that happened,” Kesha wrote, adding that she wishes “nothing but peace to all parties involved.”
Dr. Luke, in turn, said he wished her well and wanted “to put this difficult matter behind me” after years of fighting to clear his name.
The deal averts a trial that had been scheduled for this summer over allegations that became a #MeToo cause for Kesha’s supporters and came to involve a lineup of music industry luminaries. Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Pink, Avril Lavigne, Adam Levine and Taio Cruz are among those who gave testimony or sworn statements related to the case.
At the same time, the case raised important legal questions about fame and defamation. The stakes were seen as high enough that media outlets weighed in about pretrial rulings that they worried could help powerful people suppress unflattering reporting.
The court clash between the multiplatinum-selling singer and the Grammy-nominated producer has been playing out since 2014 and looming over both of their careers.
The Associated Press does not generally name people who report being sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Kesha has done.
The singer made her name — originally styled Ke$ha — with a series of swaggering, just-try-to-stop-me party anthems, beginning with 2009′s “TiK ToK.” Those early hits were produced by Dr. Luke, who founded the record label that signed a Nashville unknown named Kesha Rose Sebert at age 18.
Born Lukasz Gottwald, he has produced chart-toppers for Perry, Lavigne, Flo Rida and more. Besides notching multiple Grammy nominations, Dr. Luke has repeatedly won pop songwriter of the year awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Kesha sued him in 2014, alleging he drugged and raped her nine years earlier and psychologically tormented her throughout their working relationship. She said he harangued her about her weight, denigrated her voice and lorded his power over her career.
“The abuse I suffered from Luke was a decade long, every day, every moment of every day,” she said during sworn questioning in 2017. According to Kesha, the ordeal sparked a flare-up of an eating disorder that led to her spending two months in a rehabilitation clinic in 2014.
Dr. Luke, who has not been charged with any crimes, responded by suing Kesha. He has asserted that she made “completely untrue and deeply hurtful” claims to tarnish him and get out of her record contract.
“Any reasonable person will not believe her,” he said when questioned under oath in 2017.
His attorneys have noted that Kesha herself said he “never made sexual advances at me” during sworn questioning in a separate lawsuit in 2011. She has since said she was “not entirely transparent” in those 2011 statements because she was terrified of Dr. Luke and felt compelled to protect him.
Kesha went five years without releasing an album during the standoff, saying she could not work with a “monster” but couldn’t get away from him because she was under contract with his label. His lawyers and the label’s attorneys maintained that she did not have to work with him personally.
She eventually returned with 2017′s “Rainbow” and two subsequent albums, all with other producers. Her most recent album, “Gag Order,” came out in May.
Dr. Luke’s career also took a hit after she went public with her allegations. He has said various artists, particularly female ones, eschewed “working with someone who’s called a rapist.”
But under the name Tyson Trax, he made it back to the top of the charts in 2020 with Doja Cat’s “Say So,” garnering his first Grammy nomination since 2014. By this year, he was ASCAP’s pop songwriter of the year once again.
Along the way, Kesha’s sexual abuse-related claims were dismissed because of time limits and other legal issues, without any findings about the merits of the allegations themselves. But she countersued Dr. Luke under a New York law against bringing frivolous suits to try to intimidate critics into silence; New York’s highest court recently ruled that she could pursue those claims.
The top court, which New York calls the Court of Appeals, also declared that Dr. Luke is a “public figure” in the eyes of the law. That’s significant because the legal requirements for proving defamation are tougher for public figures than for everyday people.
Lower courts had said the producer wasn’t a public figure. Over a dozen media outlets and organizations got involved in the case to argue that those earlier rulings could end up helping famous people squash free speech and reporting on sexual abuse allegations.
Earlier in the case, Kesha was ordered to pay Dr. Luke more than $373,000 in interest on royalties she paid him years late.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-23T11:53:54+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/06/23/pop-star-kesha-producer-dr-luke-settle-longstanding-legal-battle-over-rape-defamation-claims/ |
NPR's Juana Summers talks with The Last Cup host Jasmine Garsd, about the life and legacy of Lionel Messi, one of the best soccer players in history, as he attempts to win his first World Cup.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with The Last Cup host Jasmine Garsd, about the life and legacy of Lionel Messi, one of the best soccer players in history, as he attempts to win his first World Cup.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-12-12T22:11:41+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/2022-12-12/at-the-world-cup-lionel-messi-may-finally-be-coming-home |
Zirtue and MoneyGram partner to drive financial inclusion by enabling unbanked borrowers access to financial lifelines from loved ones through Zirtue's innovative relationship-based lending app.
DALLAS, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zirtue, the world's leading relationship-based lending app with a mission to drive financial inclusion, announces today its partnership with MoneyGram International, Inc., a leading global financial technology company that connects the world's communities, to provide unbanked and underbanked borrowers access to financial lifelines from friends and family - ultimately driving financial inclusion.
Zirtue is the modern-day solution for people to lend and borrow funds through relationship-based loans. The platform helps provide automation, structure, efficiency, and accountability while creating transparency between borrowers and lenders. Before the partnership, all Zirtue users were required to link either their bank account or debit card to their profile before they could make a loan request or receive funds. Now, unbanked and underbanked consumers can borrow money from friends and family with Zirtue and access their borrowed funds at participating MoneyGram locations throughout the U.S. or through the Zirtue app.
"Thanks to our new mission-aligned partnership, Americans that are struggling to make ends meet can borrow funds from their loved ones and pick them up at a nearby MoneyGram location even if they don't have a bank account," said Dennis Cail, Co-founder and CEO of Zirtue. "With consumer debt at a record high, our collective goal for global impact with MoneyGram is to help communities reimagine their lives by giving people a hand up instead of a handout. Now, millions of underserved individuals can receive the financial lifelines they need on their own terms - ultimately creating greater financial equity and inclusion."
4.5% of U.S. households are considered unbanked in 2021, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Those that are unbanked typically don't have access to traditional banking services like direct deposits or loans and instead turn to options like payday loans or cash checking services to get financial relief, which can create more financial hardship for underserved borrowers. This partnership is removing some of the barriers to traditional banking and allowing the unbanked to get the financial help they need from someone they know and trust.
"At MoneyGram, we're always searching for new opportunities to enhance the existing financial system for global consumers," said Luther Maday, Head of Fintech Strategy and Innovation at MoneyGram. "As we work to uncover more innovative ways to provide value for underbanked communities around the world, we're excited about our new partnership with Zirtue – a forward-thinking company that shares our mission to drive financial inclusion for all."
To learn more about Zirtue, visit zirtue.com.
About Zirtue
With a mission to drive financial inclusion one relationship at a time, Zirtue is the world's first relationship-based, peer-to-peer lending application with direct payments to creditors. Zirtue simplifies loans between friends, family, and trusted relationships by turning informal promises into structured agreements with an automated repayment process. Corporate partners use Zirtue as an alternative embedded bill payment solution, allowing customers to request loans from friends or family members in order to pay their bills. Zirtue has raised $6.6 million in VC funding and more than $50 million in loans for bills and personalized IOUs have been processed on the platform. You can learn more about Zirtue at zirtue.com.
About MoneyGram International, Inc.
MoneyGram International, Inc. is a global financial technology company that enables consumers and businesses to move and manage money in nearly every country around the world. Through its expansive set of fintech offerings, MoneyGram provides millions of consumers annually the ability to seamlessly send money home to family and friends, and buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies on its industry-leading app. The Company's innovative cross-border platform enables its customers to send funds directly into bank accounts and mobile wallets or cash-in and cash-out more than 135 currencies and numerous cryptocurrencies through one of the largest cash distribution networks in the world. Modern, mobile and API-driven, MoneyGram's white-labeled remittance service also provides some of the world's top brands and organizations the ability to disburse funds directly to their consumer clients. Based in Dallas and known for its strong corporate culture globally, MoneyGram has been named a recipient of the Top Workplaces USA award for two consecutive years, an honor based entirely on employee feedback.
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WASHINGTON — On this Labor Day, it makes sense to talk about labor.
That's what President Biden is doing at events in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
So what is actually the state of our labor market, and why does it especially matter this year when it comes to inflation and interest rates?
PEOPLE ARE WORKING
Right now, America's workforce is, well, working.
The unemployment rate is now 3.7%, that's close to a record low.
For perspective, during the 2009 recession, it hovered around 10%.
In April of 2020, when Covid lockdowns began, it was at 14.7%.
In fact, some economists say the biggest issue with our economy is that business owners are having trouble finding employees.
In July, there were 11.2 million job openings across the U.S, a near record too.
It's why some businesses can't stay open or offer the level of service they would like.
Job data is important because it shows businesses are still hiring and that business owners aren't instituting a hiring freeze because of a possible recession.
Job openings also mean you may still have leverage on your boss when it comes to asking for a raise since finding workers to replace you could be challenging.
NOT ALL GOOD NEWS
The Federal Reserve, the independent central bank in the U.S., isn't necessarily celebrating all these job openings.
Chairman Jerome Powell is trying to lower inflation.
Some economists believe too many job openings can lead to higher wages, making inflation worse.
It may sound odd, but some economists would actually like higher unemployment rates and less money in your pockets so that inflation can come down.
It's why the fed is continuing to raise interest rates, making credit card debt and loans more costly.
UNIONS INFLUENCE
Still, on this labor day, the latest data indicate many workers in our country feel under-appreciated.
It's one reason why unions are seeing a resurgence.
In 2022, unions have won 641 elections.
That's the most in 20 years, according to Bloomberg.
Over 200 Starbucks locations are unionized on this labor day for the first time.
In fact, the first half of 2022 saw a 76% increase in the number of strikes nationwide because of employee frustration. | 2022-09-05T10:16:36+00:00 | news5cleveland.com | https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national-politics/whats-the-status-of-americas-labor-market-this-labor-day-and-why-does-it-matter |
Guido Pella vs. Harold Mayot: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Wimbledon
In Wimbledon Round of 64 on Thursday, we have a matchup of No. 181-ranked Harold Mayot versus No. 308 Guido Pella.
In this Round of 64 match versus Pella (+110), Mayot is favored to win with -145 odds.
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Guido Pella vs. Harold Mayot Match Information
- Tournament: Wimbledon
- Round: Round of 64
- Date: Thursday, July 6
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Venue: AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground
- Court Surface: Grass
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Guido Pella vs. Harold Mayot Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Harold Mayot has a 59.2% chance to win.
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Guido Pella vs. Harold Mayot Trends and Insights
- Pella took down Borna Coric 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 1-6 in the Round of 128 on Monday.
- Mayot advanced past Benjamin Bonzi 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in the Round of 128 on Monday.
- Pella has played 15 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), and 27.1 games per match (41.0 in best-of-five matches).
- On grass, Pella has played two matches over the past year, totaling 30.5 games per match while winning 50.8% of games.
- In his six matches in the past 12 months across all court surfaces, Mayot is averaging 22.3 games per match (28.5 in best-of-five matches) while winning 59.0% of those games.
- On grass surfaces, Mayot has played four matches and averaged 22.5 games per match (28.5 in best-of-five matches) and 9.0 games per set.
- This is the first time that Pella and Mayot have played in the last five years.
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© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-05T23:06:18+00:00 | wfsb.com | https://www.wfsb.com/sports/betting/2023/07/06/guido-pella-vs-harold-mayot-tennis-prediction-betting-odds-wimbledon/ |
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CES®, the most influential tech event in the world, will use Titan HST as the on-site security app at CES 2023 later this week. Titan HST's multi-patented, next-gen technologies play an integral role in its mission to meet the evolving needs of organizations across sectors. With dozens of patents granted and many more pending, the Titan HST platform provides the most advanced technology on the market, from Augmented Reality to Dual-Channel Mesh Networking, and offers what others simply can't.
CES 2023, scheduled from January 5-8, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada, will offer the Titan HST security app to convention goers who will have the ability to simply download and use the Titan app, QR code, or platform to submit tips, call venue security and/or receive emergency and critical alerts.
"We are extremely proud to support CES as they leverage Titan HST to streamline communications, prevent disruptive situations from occurring and reduce emergency response time during the heavily trafficked, four-day convention," said Vic Merjanian, Founder & CEO of Titan HST. "It is imperative to have a reliable & redundant system in place during high-capacity events that allow emergency communication even when networks may be most impacted."
The Titan HST system reduces emergency response time on average by 50 percent through a host of cutting-edge technology features, including:
- Simple enrollment allows users to download and access the Titan HST mobile app, text message-based, or web platform through user-friendly QR and text messaging codes.
- Enhanced geofencing allows attendees who are moving around the city, and may need assistance, to have their requests automatically routed to security command centers for that specific location to ensure reduced response time.
- Multi-lingual, real-time translation allows users to speak to first responders or system administrators to tell them the specifics of their emergency and get help immediately, in nearly a dozen languages, including English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Arabic. Titan HST also meets accessibility requirements for users that are deaf, blind, visually impaired or motor impaired.
- Augmented reality allows rescuers to see through walls, crowds, the dark, underground subways, building collapses, rubble, smoke, fire and more, offering you almost superpowers and X-ray vision during no-visibility conditions.
- Mesh Networking for off-network use along with Redundant Connectivity with cellular, Wi-Fi and LAN coupled with redundant broadcast notification methods (app push notification, text messages, e-mail, web notification, robotic calls and voice-recorded calls) ensures that high volume messages are sent via multiple channels.
- Secure infrastructure and user data with end-to-end encryption to ensure security efficacy by incorporating dozens of industry best practices and proprietary security measures independently reviewed by external third parties.
About Titan Health & Security Technologies, Inc.
Titan HST is a California-based tech company providing a patented comprehensive emergency alert and mass notifications system for businesses, governments and schools. The mobile app allows users and emergency personnel to communicate emergency information instantly – including GPS coordinates, text, audio, pictures and videos – increasing information dissemination and reducing emergency response time. Using multi-lingual real-time translation, augmented reality, and crowd sourced data, Titan HST's mobile two-way communication platform serves the needs of workplaces, campuses and governments around the globe. For more information, please visit www.titanhst.com.
About CES
CES® is the most influential tech event in the world — the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector.
On-site and video interviews available with:
Vic Merjanian, Founder & CEO, Titan HST
Serene Nasser, COO, Titan HST
Ryan Khalili, CTO, Titan HST
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Garner Foods®, the makers of Texas Pete® Hot Sauce, announced a commitment to feeding the hungry through food banks across America. With the first-of-its-kind online system for customers to gift up to four meals to their local food bank paid for by Garner Foods®, using a system pioneered by GiftAMeal®.
"Garner Foods has always been committed to helping feed the hungry," says Katie Chaffin, Director of Marketing at Garner Foods®. "Texas Pete® is the first consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand to partner with GiftAMeal® to support food banks nationwide. Simply take a photo of one of our Texas Pete® products using the GiftAMeal® platform to provide a meal locally. Additional donations will be made when consumers share their photo on social media."
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, over 34 million Americans, including 9 million children, are food insecure. Through various donations, Garner Foods has supported the Feeding America® Food Banks and fed over one million hungry children through the No Kid Hungry® Program of the Share Our Strength® non-profit.
"Feeding the hungry has always been my passion. With GiftAMeal®, I wanted to create an easy and fun way for people to help their communities," says Andrew Glantz, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GiftAMeal®.
To participate, a customer uses their phone's camera to scan a QR code to launch the GiftAMeal® experience. Then, they take a photo of any Texas Pete® product at home or a participating restaurant location. For submitting their photo, Garner Foods® will make a donation to the nearby food bank to provide a meal.
"I applaud Garner Foods for their vision in supporting this important social cause as the first national CPG company to embrace our technology to make feeding the hungry simple and free for customers across America," said Glantz.
The Texas Pete® GiftAMeal® Program is now underway. Customers can visit TexasPete.com/GiftAMeal to get started by taking a photo of any Texas Pete® Sauce, then sharing their message though the GiftAMeal platform. Soon, participating restaurants and supermarket retailers across the country can support the program.
"We want to thank our Texas Pete® fans with the opportunity to feel good about playing an important role in helping to feed the hungry in our communities," says Chaffin.
About Garner Foods®
Headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC, Garner Foods® is famous for its Texas Pete® Hot Sauce, a leading brand of hot sauce in the U.S. Founded in 1929, as a maker of barbecue sauce, the company now sells a full line of sauces (hot, wing, bbq and more) under the Texas Pete® brand, as well as, salsa and tortilla strips under the Green Mountain Gringo® brand. Garner Foods products are sold in supermarkets, military commissaries, convenience stores, and restaurants. Food&Wine® voted Texas Pete® Hot Sauce the best overall store-bought hot sauce in January 2023. Green Mountain Gringo® Salsa was named Best Overall store-bought salsa in March 2023 by EatingWell®.
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FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio (WJW) – Police in Ohio say a driver threatened to shoot another driver because he did not use a turn signal.
The road rage incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Fairview Park, a suburb of Cleveland.
According to police, the 24-year-old Cleveland man admitted to threatening the other driver. And although no firearms were found in his vehicle, the man was arrested after police learned he had several outstanding warrants.
The man was also cited for driving under suspension and for not having a license plate.
Earlier this year, another scary road rage incident was caught on video in Ohio. One driver tailed another in Columbus, driving erratically before pulling a gun and firing shots.
Road rage incidents involving a gun have risen every year since 2018, according to data published by Everytown Research & Policy in April. Everytown is a nonprofit group that advocates for gun control and reducing gun violence.
Road rage shootings grew so bad last year, “a person was shot and either injured or killed in a road rage incident every 17 hours, on average, during 2021,” Everytown wrote.
Sgt. Joe Albert of the Columbus Division of Police told Nexstar’s WCMH earlier this year that if you’re ever confronted with an erratic or angry driver, you should try and turn off the road and take another route. If the driver continues to follow you, Albert advised driving to the nearest police station. He advised against engaging with the angry driver. | 2022-09-06T12:27:07+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/watercooler/no-turn-signal-driver-threatens-shooting/ |
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McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is looking up on the leaderboard at the AT&T Byron Nelson at a couple of contemporaries without nearly the resume the Dallas resident has built over the past 15 months.
In fact, Austin Eckroat and China's Marty Dou are seeking a first PGA Tour victory.
The Oklahoma-raised Eckroat shot an 8-under 63, one better than Dou, and the pair shared a two-shot lead with Texan Ryan Palmer at 16 under after the third round of the Nelson on Saturday.
Scheffler was in the group at 14 under after the hometown favorite faltered with a bogey at the par-5 18th when his second shot hit the lip of a fairway bunker and stayed in it.
Palmer had an eagle putt for the outright lead on 18, but the 35-footer stopped just short, leaving him at 68. Scheffler shot even-par 71 after the best two-round start to his career with a pair of 64s.
Dou, who lives in the Dallas area and is on his home course at the TPC Craig Ranch, is the same age as the 26-year-old Scheffler. Eckroat is just two years younger and says he played plenty of golf “from all ages” with the former Texas Longhorn.
They might as well be years apart on pedigree.
Scheffler has the 2022 Masters title among six career victories — all since February of last year — and knows he will be in the field for the PGA Championship next week at Oak Hill.
Eckroat would appreciate the spot in the field at Oak Hill that a win at the Nelson would earn him. The former Oklahoma State player has plenty at stake regardless.
“A lot of job security,” Eckroat said. “A lot of things come with winning a PGA Tour event, and just hoping to get that done.”
Dou, who settled in the Dallas area about five years ago so he could pursue a career in golf, doesn't even want to think about what a victory would mean in his home country.
“It’s going to be big for sure,” said Dou, a three-time winner on the Korn Ferry Tour. “There is a whole lot more golf to play, so I’m in good in the position like this, creating more chances, and that’s all I’m thinking.”
Vincent Norrman of Sweden shot 65 and was at 14 under with Scheffler, Jason Day (66) and Si Woo Kim (68). There were 25 players within five shots of the lead.
Tyrrell Hatton, at No. 17 the second-highest ranked player in the field behind No. 2 Scheffler, shot 65 and was 13 under alongside Patton Kizzire (64), Sung Kang (66) and Richy Werenski (68).
Eckroat had just one par on the front nine, answering a double-bogey at the par-3 seventh with his sixth and seventh birdies before the turn. The back nine was much more routine — six pars and three birdies.
“It just didn’t really faze me like it normally would,” Eckroat said. “Really happy how I handled that.”
Dou opened with a 63 that was overshadowed by a course record-tying 60 from South Korean S.Y. Noh, who had a second consecutive over-par around at 73 to fall out of contention.
After a 1-under 70 left him five shots behind Scheffler through two rounds, Dou quietly crept up the leaderboard before a 28-foot birdie putt on No. 16 put him in a tie for the lead.
Dou won't have to worry about the large crowds following Scheffler, whose late flub kept him out of the final group. But he is a 54-hole leader for the first time.
“I think nerves is the same thing as me playing on the Korn Ferry,” Dou said. “You get into it and you’re going to be nervous no matter what.”
Scheffler could have taken a two-shot lead at the par-4 12th but missed a short birdie putt on the second-toughest hole, which was converted after playing as a par-5 in the Nelson's first two years at the TPC Craig Ranch.
He missed two more decent chances at birdie on the back nine before the trouble on 18, when he also missed the green on an easy approach shot after finally getting out of the bunker.
“I just thinned it,” Scheffler said of the first bunker shot. “I wasn’t even thinking about the lip. I just hit a terrible shot.”
Palmer, a four-time winner on tour without a solo victory in 13 years, had a shaky start to the back nine before finishing with three birdies in five holes, capped by the tap-in at 18.
“It was a patient day,” said the 46-year-old Palmer, who grew up in West Texas but lives in the Dallas area. “I knew I was going to be one or two back, worst case. It’s going to be nice to be in the final group again, and we’ll give it our all.”
Two-time defending champion K.H. Lee shot a second consecutive 68 and was 7-under. The last player to win a PGA Tour event three consecutive times was Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic from 2009-11.
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* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
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* WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
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What is the best RC truck?
Adults and children know the excitement of operating a remote control truck. The sights, sounds and speed mimic a full-sized truck. The power and precision make you feel like you are behind the wheel. But you don’t have to worry about insurance claims or injuries when the truck inevitably crashes. Flip the truck right side up and start again.
RC trucks have a wide variety of features that appeals to beginners and serious enthusiasts. They boast high speeds and can be used on most surfaces inside and outdoors. For its all-terrain capability and speeds up to 30 miles per hour, the best RC truck is the Laegendary Remote Control Off-Road Truck.
What to know before you buy an RC truck
Where will you be driving your RC truck?
If you plan to drive your RC truck inside or on flat surfaces outside, the majority of RC trucks will meet expectations. If the driving destination is rocks, sand or dirt, look for RC trucks with rubber tires and an all-terrain design. This will ensure your best experience with more hours of driving and less time getting the truck unstuck.
Racing or just for fun
There are two types of RC trucks. Electric trucks are what most consumers purchase. They are less expensive, durable and can reach speeds between 20 to 30 miles per hour.
Nitro RC trucks have internal combustion engines that reach speeds of 40 miles per hour or higher. They are more expensive and used by serious racers.
Range
There are transmitters that can reach 100 feet or farther, but 20 to 50 feet is a typical range for controlling the truck. If you know where you will be driving your truck and how far you will need the transmitter to work, it will guide you toward the right RC truck.
Durability
Some operators look forward to the crashes and collisions that most RC trucks are designed to endure. Look for trucks with strong chassis and durable bodies. The longest-lasting RC trucks have a singular body that wraps around the frame and lacks plastic add-ons that easily break off when the truck flips over.
What to look for in an RC truck
Batteries
RC trucks are powered by rechargeable batteries. Most batteries last for 15 minutes. Look for RC trucks that have an extra battery included for quickly changing out batteries when the first one runs out. Keep in mind that charging batteries can take up to one hour.
Sounds and lights
Most RC trucks come with real-life sounds and lighting. The sounds mimic life-size trucks with horns, engine noises and turn signals. LED lights decorate the truck and power the headlights. These features are best experienced away from natural light inside your home or at night.
Four-wheel drive
Four-by-four RC trucks with four-wheel drive are excellent for driving in snow or rain. Like real trucks, four-wheel drive provides greater traction and control for slippery conditions. If you will be using your RC truck in snowy or wet conditions, consider a model with four-wheel drive.
Replacement parts
RC trucks may need replacement parts as the wear and tear take their toll. Look for manufacturers that have lifetime warranties and replacement guarantees.
How much you can expect to spend on an RC truck
Inexpensive RC trucks are priced between $25-$75. They have moderate handling with speeds up to 25 miles per hour and can be used on hard surfaces and grass. For $75-$150, you can get RC trucks with remote-control transmitters with long ranges and more technological features. For $150 and above, you can find RC trucks that are typically used for racing and have more powerful engines with precise steering control.
RC truck FAQ
Why won’t my truck respond to the transmitter?
A. The transmitter and truck communicate via radio waves. If your truck is nonresponsive, check the power switches on both the truck and transmitter. Confirm that your batteries are charged. Transmitters with telescoping antennae should have the antenna fully extended. Make sure that the truck is within the transmitting range and hasn’t traveled too far away.
Should I start with a nitro RC truck?
A. Nitro RC trucks are designed for serious racing. Even if your future goal is to join a racing league, beginners should start with an electric truck. Once you have mastered how to control an RC truck, you can confidently upgrade to the power, speed and cost of a nitro truck.
What is the best RC truck to buy?
Top RC truck
Laegandary Remote Control Off-Road Truck
What you need to know: Designed for all surfaces, this two-speed RC truck runs fast for adults and slower for children.
What you’ll love: The electromagnetic motor generates speeds up to 30 miles per hour. The rechargeable lithium polymer battery lasts for over 30 minutes. The remote control is easy to hold and use up to 250 feet away.
What you should consider: It is expensive compared to similar models.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top RC truck for the money
Double E Remote Control Semi Truck
What you need to know: This multifunctional truck is licensed by Mercedes-Benz and comes with batteries for the truck and transmitter.
What you’ll love: It comes with an extended 86-centimeter trailer that works with other Double E construction toys. The transmitter operates up to 100 feet. It is packaged in a gift box that is ideal for holidays and birthdays.
What you should consider: Some consumers needed customer service support for understanding the instructions.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Designed for children, this remote control mini truck is fast and performs stunts.
What you’ll love: The mini truck is designed as a hybrid with a race car. A dual joystick operates both sides to simplify spinning and flipping. The LED lights add to the excitement. It comes with a satisfaction guarantee.
What you should consider: Batteries are not included in the packaging.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Kohl’s
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Chrissy Teigen announces pregnancy nearly two years after miscarriage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend are expecting another child nearly two years after the couple suffered a pregnancy loss.
Teigen made the announcement Wednesday on Instagram where she posted two photos of her baby bump. She wrote that joy has “filled our home and hearts again” in a post that comes after she had a miscarriage in 2020.
“We have another on the way,” wrote the 36-year-old model and cookbook author, who shares two children — Luna and Miles — with Legend. She touched on her fertility journey and being too nervous to unveil her pregnancy.
“Every appointment I’ve said to myself, ‘ok if it’s healthy today I’ll announce’ but then I breathe a sigh of relief to hear a heartbeat and decide I’m just too nervous still,” she wrote. “I don’t think I’ll ever walk out of an appointment with more excitement than nerves but so far, everything is perfect and beautiful and I’m feeling hopeful and amazing.”
The couple delivered a heart-wrenching post in 2020 after both announced the lost of their son, Jack, at 20 weeks of her pregnancy. She was hospitalized with excessive bleeding before the miscarriage.
In the same year, Teigen wrote in an essay explaining that doctors diagnosed her with a partial placental abruption. At the time, she urged people to share their stories and “please be kind to those pouring their hearts out.”
Legend and Teigen were married in 2013.
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Five reasons to want Georgia Bulldogs to win the national championship
College football’s national champ will either be Dawg U. or Underdog U. There’s little doubt which team most Americans will be cheering for.
“Hunker Down You Hairy Underdogs!” will ring across the land Monday night.
We love Cinderella stories, and there’s never been one quite like the TCU Horned Frogs, or Frawgs. They were picked to finish seventh in the Big 12. They have first-year coach. Their last national championship came shortly after Hitler’s troops invaded Austria.
This is like the original “Rocky,” with Georgia playing the role of Apollo Creed. About the only people pulling for the Bulldogs will be Georgians and gamblers who bet the Bulldogs will cover the 12½-point spread.
That’s especially true in a bordering state. Florida fans would rather Vladimir Putin rule the world than Kirby Smart, so it would take at least a $1 million payday for them to cheer for the hated Dawgs.
But there are reasons even UF fans might want to secretly wear red-and-black underwear come kickoff. If you don’t believe it, read on….
5. Stetson Bennett XVIII
Yeah, he’s really only Stetson Bennett IV. It just feels like he’s old enough to be a pope.
Bennett is 25, which is almost as old as some of the popcorn served at Sanford Stadium. His age just adds to the SBIV legend.
He was No. 2,569 in the 2017 recruiting rankings. Walked on at UGA. Transferred to Jones College in Ellisville, Miss. Returned to UGA to hold the clipboard behind 5-star recruits. He beat them all out and spent years being ridiculed as a caretaker QB.
Critics finally admitted Bennett doesn’t totally stink after last season. Winning two straight titles would make him Herschel-like (pre-Senate race) in the Peach State.
When it comes to underdog stories, it’s hard to top Cinderella Bennett IV.
4. Conference Pride
SEC teams have won 28 of the past 31 national championships, or something like that. There is such a thing as reflective glory.
A Georgia win would further confirm that it takes Big Boy pants to even suit up in the league. As the SEC motto says about sports (especially football) down here, “It Just Means More.”
Better yet, the fact it just means more irritates the dickens out of the rest of the football world. All Big Ten fans can do about it is make of the South and how we all drink moonshine and marry our cousins.
Let ‘em chirp. We’ll just keep piling up hardware.
3. It Will Fuel a Great Debate
This mostly applies to people who aren’t Nick Saban fans. All 97.4 million of them.
Saint Nick was the unquestioned Grand Poobah of college football. If his former assistant wins a second straight crown, there will be a legitimate debate over whether Georgia or Alabama has the best coach and program.
Americans love to argue about sports almost as much as they love Cinderella stories. The Nick vs. Kirby argument will keep SEC phone lines and chat rooms buzzing through the dry season of no football.
2. The Heck with Cinderella
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was a better movie.
(Yes, we are getting desperate to find reasons to pull for the Dawgs. But hang on…)
- It Will Doom the Dawgs in 2023
It’s been 12 years since a school has won two national titles in a row. Naturally, it was an SEC member that did it. Roll Tide.
The last three-peat was so long ago, Minnesota did it. Anyone remember the Golden Gopher Dynasty from 1934-1936?
It won’t matter if Georgia brings six truckloads of 5-star recruits or Stetson Bennett gets a 12th year of eligibility next season. Historically and statistically speaking, winning another title this year guarantees the Bulldogs won’t win one next year. As we say down South, a three-peat “Ain’t gonna happen.”
Heck, the Dawgs might even get fat and happy and give Florida fans a chance to drive home happy from Jacksonville. | 2023-01-05T18:44:35+00:00 | gainesville.com | https://www.gainesville.com/story/sports/college/2023/01/05/america-loves-tcu-but-there-are-good-reasons-to-pull-for-georgia/69780615007/ |
BALTIMORE (AP) — Decades after losing her older brother to gun violence, Michelle Hines tried everything to keep her teenage son safe: checking in regularly with his teachers, coordinating extracurricular activities, and most importantly, trying to prevent him from growing up too fast.
Despite those efforts, Izaiah Carter was fatally shot earlier this month in a park adjacent to his Baltimore high school. He had recently turned 16.
His death added to an alarming trend: more children and teens getting shot, even as gun violence overall trends downward in Baltimore. After several recent shootings of Baltimore high schoolers, including three teens killed within blocks of their schools, local leaders are ramping up efforts to reduce youth violence and increase student safety.
Last week, officials announced an arrest in Izaiah’s case. Police provided few details about how they solved the killing, saying a motive hasn’t been identified.
Hines said the arrest brings her some relief, but she wants to know more about how the shooting unfolded.
“This has been one of my biggest fears. That’s why I put so many parameters in place to protect him,” she said in a phone interview Wednesday, the day after her son’s funeral. “It’s so messed up because I never thought I would be one of these stories on the news.”
Hines said she was in close touch with many of Izaiah’s teachers at Patterson High School in east Baltimore. On March 6, the day he was killed, a teacher texted her saying he missed last period. A short time later, Hines received a call from the principal who told her about the shooting.
“We talk about the prevalence of guns in our community and the ease of access. We talk about the willingness to use those guns — and now, yet again, we’re talking about young people using guns against other young people,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said at the scene. “It has to stop.”
The suspected shooter, Roger Alexander Alvarado-Mendoza, 23, was arrested in Texas while trying to flee the country, according to police. Officials said he was not a student at Patterson.
During Izaiah’s funeral service, several friends and loved ones — including fellow cadets in his Junior ROTC class — spoke about their loss. They described his quirky smile, goofy personality and caring demeanor. At the downtown restaurant where he recently started working, Izaiah was known for drinking Shirley Temples and keeping his coworkers laughing.
Hines takes comfort in hearing how her son had a positive influence on other people’s lives.
“But as I’m going through these stages of grief and my feelings are fluctuating, I keep getting stuck in the anger,” she said.
She’s angry about the lack of gun control in a country where shootings frequently claim the lives of young Black men. She’s angry at local elected officials for allowing massive systemic inequities to persist for generations in Baltimore, a deeply segregated city where violence remains heavily concentrated in majority-Black neighborhoods. And she’s angry that her family is suffering because of forces beyond her control.
“There has to be real change,” she said.
She also wonders whether Baltimore schools officials could have done more to protect Izaiah and other students. Hines said she’s considering moving to the suburbs, hoping to remove Izaiah’s younger brother and sister from the dangers of growing up in Baltimore.
A school district spokesperson didn’t respond to a recent request for comment, but Baltimore schools CEO Sonja Santelises previously said Patterson High has effective security protocols in place.
“This shooting did not occur inside of the school building,” she told reporters at the homicide scene. “When young people want to find a way out, we cannot have our eyes everywhere at the same time.”
City leaders say change is happening, but not overnight.
During a news conference Monday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said the city is working hard to address youth violence. He often touts Baltimore’s “dual approach” to public safety, which combines law enforcement action with social programs and other resources aimed at steering people toward alternatives to crime.
“We did not wait until now to do that deep work,” Scott said, describing ongoing efforts to bolster violence intervention resources within Baltimore public schools. He said officials have also discussed creating “safe passages” for students going to and from school.
Other cities have seen similar increases in youth violence since the pandemic began as shootings and homicides soared nationwide.
Scott said it’s disturbing to see more young people solving conflicts with gunfire — even as Baltimore shootings and homicides have each decreased about 25% overall compared to this time last year, according to police.
Since the start of 2023, five children under 18 have been fatally shot and another 21 injured in gunfire, according to Baltimore police. Three were killed within blocks of their public high schools.
The year began with a Jan. 4 shooting that unfolded around lunchtime outside a Popeyes restaurant across the street from Edmondson-Westside High School in west Baltimore. One student died and four others were wounded. A child’s backpack was visible at the scene, surrounded by shell casings and evidence markers, with schoolwork peeking out from its unzipped pocket.
Police made an arrest last month in that case — a teen whose name hasn’t been released because he’s underage.
Hines said Izaiah was killed during a pivotal time in his life: caught between childhood and adulthood, his future still an open book.
After getting pregnant in high school, Hines pushed herself to graduate, finish college and launch a career in mental health — accomplishments she was proud to share with Izaiah and his two younger siblings. She hoped Izaiah would pursue military service after high school.
“I kept telling him, ‘You are not going to become a statistic. You are not just another Black boy in Baltimore city,’” she said. “But the gun violence, it’s so pervasive.” | 2023-03-28T15:50:34+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/stolen-futures-baltimore-faces-uptick-in-youth-violence/ |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — With the United Nations at its side, Pakistan is expected to seek $16.3 billion in aid from the international community for reconstruction for millions of climate-induced flood victims next week in Geneva, officials said Thursday.
Monday’s conference, jointly hosted by the world body and Pakistan, is aimed at raising recovery funds after last summer’s unprecedented floods that killed 1,739 people and affected 33 million Pakistanis. At one point, a third of the country’s territory was under water. Experts said the disaster was partly caused by climate change. The U.N. in Pakistan has said current international aid will run out Jan. 15.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, said the daylong conference will be based on a U.N.-supported assessment that indicates Pakistan suffered more than $30 billion in damage.
She described the document as one of strategy and priorities that will “guide the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction after the recent devastating floods.”
The latest development comes a day after U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will take part in Monday’s conference. He told reporters that Guterres “will call for support to strengthen the resilience of the communities in Pakistan for the future.” Later, Sharif and Guterres will hold a press conference, he said.
The summit titled “International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan,” is taking place weeks after U.N. officials warned that the funding raised so far for Pakistan’s flood victims will run out this month. The world body, they said, had so far received only a third of the $816 million in emergency aid it sought last October for food, medicines and other supplies.
Pakistani officials say the Islamic nation has had a negligible role in global warming but is still vulnerable to climate-induced devastation.
Pakistan emits less than 1% of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, according to officials. Even before the heavy monsoon rains struck in mid-June, cash-strapped Pakistan was facing a serious financial crisis. Officials said that without international aid, Pakistan would not be able to rebuild destroyed homes and infrastructure.
The conference is taking place at a time when Pakistan is trying to avoid a risk of default amid its dwindling reserves and spiraling inflation. That’s forced the country to comply with IMF requirements to keep getting loans from the $6 billion bailout that Islamabad got in 2019. | 2023-01-05T22:58:55+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-flood-hit-pakistan-to-seek-16b-at-next-weeks-conference/ |
The Texas Rangers have hired Bruce Bochy as their manager, bringing the three-time World Series champion with 2,003 career victories out of a short retirement to take over a team that has had six consecutive losing seasons.
Texas made the surprising announcement Friday, just more than two weeks after its season ended. Bochy agreed to a three-year contract.
The 67-year-old Bochy hasn’t managed since 2019, when he stepped away after 13 seasons and those World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants. The first championship came in five games over Texas in 2010, and the Giants won again in 2012 and 2014.
Rangers general manager Chris Young was a pitcher for San Diego in 2006, which was Bochy’s final season with the Padres before going to San Francisco.
“As we went through the interview process, Bruce’s passion and excitement about returning to the dugout was very evident,” Young said. “It became clear he was the ideal individual to lead our club as we continue to build a championship culture here in Arlington.”
Bochy was 951-975 in 12 seasons with the Padres (1995-2006) and took them to the last World Series in 1998. The former big league catcher had a 1,052-1,054 record in San Francisco from 2007-19.
The Rangers said they’d hold an introductory news conference on Monday. Bochy said in a statement he was excited to be joining the team after several days of extensive conversations with Young and a meeting with owner Ray Davis.
“Their vision and commitment to putting together a club that can contend and win year in and year out is impressive, and I became convinced I wanted to be a part of that,” Bochy said. “If I was going to return to managing, it had to be the right situation. I strongly believe that to be the case with the Rangers, and I can’t wait to get started.”
The Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals and Miami Marlins have the three remaining manager openings among the 30 teams.
Fourth-year Rangers manager Chris Woodward was fired Aug. 15, two days before president of baseball operations Jon Daniels was also let go. Texas went on to finish 68-94, eight wins more than 2021 but what Young said after the season “was about half of our internal expectations.” They lost 35 one-run games, a franchise record.
Texas was 17-31 under interim manager Tony Beasley, the longtime Rangers third base coach who was once Young’s manager in the minor leagues. Several young players got extended looks during that span, and the GM said in August that Beasley wouldn’t be judged solely on win-loss record. Beasley was interviewed for the job two days after the season ended.
When speaking after the season, Young had declined to comment when asked specifically if the managerial search could proceed without knowing whether Bochy had interest in the job. But he acknowledged then how much he loved playing for Bochy and expressed his respect for the man he considers one of the most successful and respected managers in the major leagues.
“With a calm and steady presence, he has a remarkable ability to connect and communicate with players, coaches, and staff, and his teams have always played with maximum effort,” Young said Friday. “His knowledge of the game, as well as his integrity is unmatched.”
Texas last offseason committed a half-billion dollars to free-agent shortstop Corey Seager ($325 million, 10 years) and second baseman Marcus Semien ($175 million, seven years), and also signed right-hander Jon Gray ($56 million, four years) to be their No. 1 starter. Left-hander Martin Perez was an All-Star after returning on a one-year deal before spring training.
While there were never any expectations that the Rangers would go from 102 losses in 2021 immediately to a title contender after that big spending spree, they never had a winning record at any point this season and peaked at 24-24 at the end of May. The six consecutive losing seasons are the most in the half-century since the franchise moved to Texas in 1972.
Davis has indicated the team is ready to add to its starting rotation, and potentially sign a middle-of-the-lineup bat.
“I don’t plan on spending as much money as we did last offseason,” he has said. “But we plan on spending some money.”
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-10-22T11:52:54+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-rangers-hire-3-time-world-series-champion-bochy-as-manager/ |
LOS ANGELES — Drew Peterson knocked down a clutch jumper with 1:35 left and added a pair of clutch free throws in the closing seconds and Kobe Johnson hit four straight from the line as Southern California held off Colorado, 68-61 in a Pac-12 Conference battle on Thursday night.
As big as the win was for the Trojans, the debut of 7-foot-1 freshman Vince Iwuchukwu rivaled it for its good-news value. The former five-star recruit collapsed during an informal workout in July, suffering major heart failure. He was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he stayed for several days. Iwuchukwu said in September that his recovery and rehabilitation remain positive. When he stood up from the bench and trotted toward the scorer’s table, the home crowd gave him a standing ovation. He missed both of his shot attempts during four-and-a-half minutes.
Peterson finished with 15 points with three assists and four steals to lead USC (12-5, 4-2). Boogie Ellis scored 14 points and had six assists. Joshua Morgan finished with 12 points, three steals and four blocked shots.
Simpson led Colorado (11-7, 3-4) with 17 points. Tristan da Silva and Lawson Lovering each scored 13 points, with Lovering pulling down 14 rebounds. Javon Ruffin added 12 points and five rebounds off the bench.
UP NEXT
Colorado remains in L.A. to face UCLA Saturday.
USC plays host to Utah Saturday.
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REHOVOT, Israel, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stekholder Foods Ltd. (Nasdaq: STKH) ("Steakholder Foods" or the "Company"), an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultivated meat industry, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 6,500,000 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), (or ADS equivalents in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to 6,500,000 ADSs at a public offering price of $1.00 per ADS (and accompanying warrant) for aggregate gross proceeds of $6.5 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses. The warrants to be issued will have a five-year term, will be exercisable immediately and will have an exercise price of $1.00 per ADS.
In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 975,000 ADSs and/or warrants at the public offering price, less discounts and commissions, solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about January 10, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. In connection with the offering, the Company has entered into an agreement with an existing investor in the Company to reduce the exercise price of outstanding warrants to purchase up to 1,857,143 ADS which were issued in the Company's July 2022 registered direct offering (the "Prior Warrants") from $3.50 per ADS to $1.00 per ADS, effective upon the closing of this offering. Additionally, the term of the Prior Warrants shall be amended such that the new termination date shall be January 10, 2028.
A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering. Maxim Group LLC is acting as lead manager for the offering.
The securities described above are being offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-268559) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") which became effective on January 5, 2023. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. Copies of the preliminary prospectus and, when available, copies of the final prospectus, relating to the offering may be obtained on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, from A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, 590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (212) 624-2060, or by email at prospectus@allianceg.com, or from Maxim Group LLC, 300 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Syndicate Department, or via email at syndicate@maximgrp.com or telephone at (212) 895-3745.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Steakholder Foods
Steakholder Foods Ltd., formerly MeaTech 3D Ltd., is an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultured meat revolution. The company initiated activities in 2019 and is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker "STKH" (formerly MITC). Steakholder Foods maintains facilities in Rehovot, Israel and Antwerp, Belgium and has recently expanded activities to the US.
The Company is developing a slaughter-free solution for producing a variety of beef, chicken, pork, and seafood products — both as raw materials and whole cuts — as an alternative to industrialized farming and fishing. With its membership in the UN Global Compact, Steakholder Foods is committed to act in support of issues embodied in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which include strengthening food security, decreasing carbon footprint, and conserving water and land resources.
For more information, please visit: https://steakholderfoods.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the Company's business, operations and financial performance and condition as well as plans, objectives, and expectations for the Company's business operations and financial performance and condition. Any statements that are not historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which change over time, and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and are typically identified with words such as "may," "could," "should," "will," "would," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "aim," "intend," "plan" or words or phases of similar meaning and include, without limitation, the expected closing of this offering and use of proceeds, the Company's expectations regarding the success of its cultured mea manufacturing technologies it is developing, which will require significant additional work before the Company can potentially launch commercial sales; the Company's research and development activities associated with technologies for cultured meat manufacturing, including three-dimensional meat production, which involves a lengthy and complex process; the Company's ability to obtain and enforce its intellectual property rights and to operate its business without infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties; and other risks and uncertainties, including those identified in the Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including but not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2022 and the Company's preliminary prospectus (Registration No. 333-268559), filed with the SEC on January 5, 2023. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict their occurrence or how they will affect the Company. If one or more of the factors affecting the Company's forward-looking information and statements proves incorrect, then the Company's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking information and statements contained in this press release. Therefore, the Company cautions you not to place undue reliance on its forward-looking information and statements. The Company disclaims any duty to revise or update the forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, to reflect actual results or changes in the factors affecting the forward-looking statements, except as specifically required by law. If the Company does update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements. References and links to websites have been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into this press release. The Company is not responsible for the contents of third-party websites.
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HYDERABAD, India, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BCC-United, a leading provider of software, marketing, and staffing services, celebrated its 10th anniversary in the industry. Since its inception in 2013, BCC-United has established itself as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 companies across the APAC, AMER, and EMEA regions.
Over the past decade, BCC-United has consistently delivered best-in-class services, assisting its clients in achieving their business goals and driving growth. With a dedicated team of professionals and a commitment to excellence, BCC-United has formed enduring relationships with its clients, earning a reputation for exceptional services and successful project engagements.
"Reaching the milestone of 10 years is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team," said Aravind Vadlamudi, Managing Director of BCC-United. "We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved so far and excited about the opportunities that lie ahead. This anniversary is not only a celebration of our past accomplishments but also a reflection of our commitment to continue delivering exceptional value to our clients."
BCC-United's continued success can be attributed to its unwavering focus on delivering unparalleled solutions tailored to the clients requirements. With a diverse range of services that span across Digital Transformation, Business Process Automation, Supply Chain Management, Analytics, AI, Digital Marketing, Brand Management, Visual Experiences, Outsourcing and Out-Staffing, BCC-United has consistently demonstrated its ability to drive growth and maximize operational efficiency for organizations across various industries.
Looking ahead, BCC-United remains dedicated to innovation, driven by a deep understanding of industry trends and evolving market dynamics. With a commitment to staying at the forefront of technology advancements and maintaining a customer-centric approach, BCC-United is well-positioned to shape the future of the industry and carry forward its legacy of excellence.
About BCC-United:
BCC UNITED is an Integrated Marketing, Software Services and Staffing Solutions Provider with an exceptional track record of delivering high quality, on-budget and on-time solutions. Their aim is to empower businesses across the globe to target, transform & transcend goals by providing solutions that are customized to address their specific needs. With innovation at the forefront of everything they do, BCC-United has been reshaping businesses and revolutionizing industries with cutting-edge solutions that combine insights with human creativity to create new possibilities. Learn more about BCC-United on www.bccunited.com, and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram.
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FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Two Missouri adults have been charged in the death of a toddler after she ingested fentanyl, St. Louis County police announced Thursday.
The child, 21-month-old Lilinna Leak, died after officers found her unconscious at a home in Florissant on Nov. 11, police said. A drug screening at a hospital found fentanyl in her system, according to a probable cause statement.
Amanda Tufts, 35, and James Collins, 25, of Florissant, are charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of a child. They are being held without bond.
A police spokesman did not have information about the relationship between the couple and the child.
Online court records do not name attorneys to speak for the defendants.
Detectives found a large amount of drug paraphernalia, powder residue, capsules and firearms at the home, according to the probable cause statement.
Both defendants admitted they knew the child ingested fentanyl and did not seek medical attention for her, according to the statement.
A second toddler in the home was evaluated and is in good health, police said. | 2022-12-01T20:57:52+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/2-charged-in-death-of-Missouri-child-who-ingested-17624802.php |
CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) today announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Barkey Holding GmbH and its subsidiaries ("Barkey"), a leading provider of controlled rate thawing devices for customers in the medical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
Barkey, headquartered in Leopoldshöhe, Germany, has over four decades of expertise in the automated thawing of plasma, blood and stem cells and has an established footprint in the large and growing cell and gene therapy market serving over 100 customers to date. The acquisition extends Azenta's cold chain capabilities and enhances Azenta's reach with customers across all phases of development, discovery and commercialization.
Some statements in this release are forward-looking statements made under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but involve risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause Azenta's financial and business results to differ materially from our expectations. They are based on the facts known to management at the time they are made. These forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements about the expected benefits of the acquisition of Barkey. Factors that could cause results to differ from our expectations include the following: our ability to integrate Barkey's business, and other factors and other risks, including those that we have described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, current reports on Form 8-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. As a result, we can provide no assurance that our future results will not be materially different from those projected. Azenta expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Azenta undertakes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.
Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) is a leading provider of life sciences solutions worldwide, enabling impactful breakthroughs and therapies to market faster. Azenta provides a full suite of reliable cold-chain sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical research and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. As of December 1st, the company changed its name and ticker to Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) from Brooks Automation, Inc, (Nasdaq: BRKS).
Azenta is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.azenta.com.
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Ubaldo resided in Santa Barbara from 1960, until moving to Texas in 2022, due to illness to be closer to family. He was known for his love of hunting, going to the Santa Barbara swap meets, cooking at family barbecues, and Saturday breakfast with his friends at Litos. Even though he was born in Mexico, he considered Santa Barbara his home town. He will be fondly remembered and missed by all that knew him.
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Brown Deer girl missing, last seen in Milwaukee
BROWN DEER, Wis. - The Brown Deer Police Department is looking for missing 13-year-old Takoria Pettway-Marney – last seen Friday afternoon, Dec. 9.
Police said Pettway-Marney was last seen getting off a school bus on Long Island Drive south of Silver Spring in Milwaukee around 12:45 p.m. Friday.
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Pettway-Marney is described as 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 140 pounds with brown eyes and long, black braided hair that may be in a bun. She was last seen wearing a green winter coat, khaki pants and black winter boots.
Anyone with information about Pettway-Marney's whereabouts is asked to call Brown Deer police at 414-371-2900. | 2022-12-11T01:23:19+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/brown-deer-missing-girl-121022 |
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WNBA Draft 2023: Date, time, TV, streaming, first-round order & Oklahoma Sooners to watch
Ryan Aber
Oklahoman
The WNBA Draft will be held Monday, with three OU players (Madi Williams, Taylor Robertson and Ana Llanusa) expected to be selected in the three-round draft.
When is the 2023 WNBA Draft?
The 2023 WNBA Draft begins at 6 p.m. Monday.
Where will the WNBA be televised?
The WNBA Draft will be televised on ESPN.
How many rounds is the WNBA Draft?
The WNBA Draft is three rounds of 12 picks each.
More:Carlson: Sooners' super seniors changed future of OU women's basketball, 'built a legacy'
Where are the OU players expected to be picked?
ESPN’s latest projection has Madi Williams and Taylor Robertson going in the second round, Williams No. 19 overall to the Dallas Wings and Robertson No. 22 overall to the Connecticut Suns. The site has Ana Llanusa going in the third round, No. 31 overall, to the Wings.
2023 WNBA Draft first-round order
- 1. Indiana Fever
- 2. Minnesota Lynx
- 3. Dallas Wings (from Atlanta Dream)
- 4. Washington Mystics (from Los Angeles Sparks)
- 5. Dallas Wings (from Phoenix Mercury)
- 6. Atlanta Dream (from New York Liberty)
- 7. Indiana Fever (from Dallas Wings)
- 8. Atlanta Dream (from Washington Mystics)
- 9. Seattle Storm
- 10. Los Angeles Sparks (from Connecticut Sun)
- 11. Dallas Wings (from Chicago Sky)
- 12. Minnesota Lynx (from Las Vegas Aces) | 2023-04-10T22:53:10+00:00 | oklahoman.com | https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2023/04/10/wnba-draft-2023-how-to-watch-time-tv-streaming-oklahoma-sooners/70099245007/ |
The company maintains top rankings in content experience platforms and account-based web and content experiences
TORONTO, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uberflip, the leading cloud-based content experience platform (CEP), today announces it has been named to 41 G2 Fall 2022 reports with recognition as a leader in four G2 grid reports. The G2 Grid® Reports are a result of real user ratings and reveal which solutions have the most satisfied customers and largest market presence.
"The recognition that comes with being a leader in content experience in the G2 Grids is impactful because they represent the true feelings of customers," says Jason Dea, vice president of product at Uberflip. "We're hyper-focused on providing innovative solutions to create engaging, relevant content experiences at scale for each stage of the buyer journey for our customers. The fact that so many are finding value is extremely rewarding."
Specifically, Uberflip was called out as a leader in the following reports:
- Enterprise Grid® Report for Account-Based Web and Content Experiences
- Enterprise Grid® Report for Content Experience Platforms
- Momentum Grid® Report for Content Experience Platforms
- Grid® Report for Content Experience Platforms
"Having founded the Content Experience movement and watching it take flight over the past few years has been extremely rewarding," said Yoav Schwarz, co-founder and CEO of Uberflip. "Recognition from customers shows us we're on the right path and gives me even more confidence that what we're building next will continue to delight our customers and expand our nascent market".
To learn more about what real users have to say, or to leave your own review of Uberflip on G2's review page, please visit https://www.g2.com/products/uberflip/reviews.
Uberflip is a content experience platform that empowers marketing and sales to create engaging, relevant content destinations quickly for every campaign, audience, and stage of the customer journey. Marketers use our platform to scale how they incorporate content into every touchpoint and remove friction from the customer journey by surfacing the right content at the right time. For more information, visit uberflip.com.
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WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) — WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) — Arbutus Biopharma Corp. (ABUS) on Thursday reported a loss of $16.3 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Warminster, Pennsylvania-based company said it had a loss of 10 cents.
The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $6.7 million in the period.
The company's shares closed at $2.51. A year ago, they were trading at $2.42.
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First Ethereum based Athletic Stadium for Metaverse sports , launched by Runnera in collaboration with Suffescom Solution Inc., goes live in December
NEW CASTLE, Del., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First athletic competition is set to launch in Metaverse by US based Move to Earn platform. The first competition will be held for the 100 meter race among 45 participants. The virtual stadium specifically focuses on bringing athletes, brands, and speculators to one spot and connecting real life with the digital world.
Runnera Move-to-Earn NFT platform is launching its first stadium in Metaverse in collaboration with Suffescom Solution Inc.
Highlights of the projects
Metaverse Stadium
- The Metaverse stadium encompasses various race tracks to organize 100m, 200m, and 500m races.
- The virtual sports stadium involves 4,500+ visitors sitting capacity.
- The platform offers buying/selling of blockchain-secured tickets.
- A museum is designed in the stadium to showcase top shots of the popular athletic events.
Athletes
- Exclusive athletes' avatars or digital twins featured with 3D immersive technology enable participants to build a unique identity.
- Athletes will embark on their race with specially designed digital shoes connected to apps that count participants' steps throughout the race.
- Winners will be awarded with native tokens.
- Athletes can also sell their unique competition clips, autographs, and exclusive pictures on the NFT marketplace.
Spectators
- Participants can sign up to view the event in their preferred language.
- Participants can purchase jerseys to support athletes from the native NFT marketplace.
Mr. Gurpreet Singh Walia, Managing Director, Suffescom Solutions Inc., says, "This project will reshape the sports & fitness industry and motivate people to participate in competition globally." "We have assembled the best metaverse building technology and forward-thinking web3 platforms to ensure the biggest sports event of all time," he added.
About Suffescom Solution Inc.
Suffescom Solution Inc. has been recognized several times for its achievements in blockchain technology. In May 2022, Hindustan Times awarded Suffescom Solution Inc. with 'Emerging Web3 & Blockchain Company'.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden picked up his $35.6 million contract option for next season with the Philadelphia 76ers, with the franchise exploring trades to move the veteran scorer, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
Harden informed the 76ers of his choice Thursday ahead of the 5 p.m. deadline to pick up the option, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the decision was not made public.
The 33-year-old Harden could have declined the option and decided to try for free agency. The Sixers had the right to offer him a $210 million, four-year deal, $8 million more overall than any other team.
But the person who talked to the AP on anonymity Thursday said it while it wasn’t definite Harden would be traded, the player nicknamed The Beard expressed a desire to win a championship — which he has yet to do in his career that dates to his 2009 rookie season — in Philadelphia or with another contender.
The 76ers, per league rules, could not talk contract with Harden’s representatives before Friday and they were set to abide by the terms after they were found guilty of tampering last offseason and ultimately stripped of second-round draft picks.
The stage, though, seems set for yet another blockbuster Harden trade after he forced his way out of Houston and Brooklyn.
Nick Nurse, hired last month as Philadelphia’s coach, has stumped for Harden’s return.
“James has a decision to make, and I’d be very happy if he came back,” Nurse said this month.
Sixers forward Tobias Harris, himself in a bit of a contract quandary this summer and a perfect package fit in a Harden trade, said this week he wanted Harden back on the team.
“There’s not many guys that can go out and drop 40 in a playoff game. I think that goes under the radar a little bit too much,” Harris said. “I think James is a phenomenal player, somebody who works his tail off, and somebody’s who’s an overall great leader. Of course I want him back.”
But it appears playing as the second option behind NBA MVP Joel Embiid and chasing a championship in Philly is no longer seriously on the table.
Harden led the NBA in assists last season with 10.7 per game but it was his wildly fluctuating offense that frustrated Sixers fans and helped doom them in the Eastern Conference second-round loss to Boston.
Harden, acquired at the 2022 trade deadline from Brooklyn for Ben Simmons, scored 45 points in Game 1 and 42 in Game 4 victories against the Celtics. Harden, who turns 34 in August, and was 0 for 6 on 3s in Game 2 and Game 6 losses. He scored only nine points in Game 7, and he went scoreless in the second half.
Harden blossomed into an insolation superstar in Houston but has largely deferred to Embiid with the Sixers.
Team president Daryl Morey, who traded to bring Harden to Houston a decade ago, needs to get a big return in any deal with the Sixers in win-now mode. The Sixers have limited salary cap space, making it all but impossible to sign a quality free agent, especially one with Harden’s pedigree.
So now they’ll look to get assets in a deal — a common factor in Harden’s career. If Harden is traded, per NBA rules, he would have to play under his 2023-24 contract and would not be eligible for free agency until next season.
Harden is a 10-time All-Star but essentially forced his way with trades out of Houston and Brooklyn.
The Rockets traded Harden to the Nets in January 2021 where he was expected to form a championship trio with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. When the Big 3 fizzled, Harden was sent a year later to the Sixers for the disgruntled Simmons.
Harden declined his $47.4 million player option with the 76ers for last season and instead agreed to a two-year deal that will paid him $32 million in 2022-23. It included a player option for this coming season. He opted out of an old deal ahead of last season to stay with the 76ers and made about $14.5 million less last season than he could have earned under his previous contract.
The seven-time All-NBA player is a member of the league’s 75th anniversary team.
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SAN JOSÉ, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marte Studio, Herald Entertainment, and Tropics Creative together with the Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER) and the country brand Essential Costa Rica are participating in the most important digital animation fair for the US market: Kidscreen Summit 2023, taking place in Miami, Florida from February 12-15.
The services offered by Costa Rican companies are aimed at the entertainment and animation industry, such as 3D and 2D animation, concept and character design, visual effects, as well as production and post-production services.
"This is the tenth time that PROCOMER has supported the participation of companies in the Kidscreen Summit to promote Costa Rican talent in the international entertainment and animation industry and, in so doing, close business deals and make strategic alliances. The Costa Rican digital animation sector is taking the leap to not only offer animation services but to create content and successfully place it in Russia, Japan, Canada, and Latin American countries. This has been made possible thanks to the talent and creativity of each company's production and service," said Mario Sáenz, exports development manager at PROCOMER.
In addition to what was detailed by Sáenz, the Costa Rican delegation has other objectives in regard to its participation in Kidscreen, such as positioning Costa Rica as a creator of content and intellectual property aimed at children; promoting the content of national series that are in production or pre-production to identify potential distributors and investors; and testing intellectual property concepts (series).
Every year, Kidscreen Summit brings together more than 1,500 participants from 50 countries, more than 300 content buyers, 700 studios and distributors, consultants, and industry experts. The participants include major companies such as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, BBC Kids, Blue Sky Studios, Discovery Kids, DreamWorks Animation, NBC Sprout, and YouTube, among others.
The digital animation industry in Costa Rica
According to the study, "Profile of digital animation in Costa Rica", conducted by PROCOMER, the sector shows a strong orientation towards the export of its services, since 42% of the companies that make up the sector record sales abroad and 40% of their total income comes from their exports.
The digital animation sector in Costa Rica consists of more than 62 animation studios and specialized companies with an offer made up of more than 30 different services, including a wide participation in 2D and 3D animation as well as rigging techniques, illustration, 3D modeling, and motion graphics, among others. These services are developed both for productions in the field of advertising as well as the creation of intellectual property (mainly series and short films).
The United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom stand out as the main markets for the export of their productions. This list is completed with another 18 countries. Also worth mentioning are companies with experience in digital animation co-production with partners in Ireland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Uruguay, and Colombia, as well as world-class content distributors such as Disney, Cartoon Network, Discovery, and Dreamworks TV.
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A roundabout coming to the intersection of Mad River and West Alex Bell roads in Washington Twp. is the first constructed by Montgomery County, but the circular intersection idea has been gaining steam in other communities locally and nationwide.
Communities have been installing roundabouts to reduce congestion and travel time, decrease potential vehicle conflicts at intersections and greatly reduce severe crashes that can result from right angle-type collisions at high speeds in a conventional intersection, according to the Montgomery County Engineer’s Office.
On average, roundabouts reduce crashes by 35%, injuries by 76% and deaths/fatalities by 90%, according to Montgomery County Engineer Paul Gruner.
“In the case of the Mad River/Alex Bell Roundabout, the level of service improves from (an) ‘F’ to ‘A’ (grade), compared with a signalized intersection improvement from ‘F’ to ‘B,’” Gruner told this news outlet. “Those comparisons are based upon peak-hour traffic. In the off-peak hours, traffic in the roundabout will be constantly moving, whereas with a signal, one direction would always be stopped.”
The new roundabout, which is set to open within the next week, cost $280,000 for engineering, $370,000 for right of way and $970,000 for construction, according to MCEO. Ninety percent of construction costs were paid from federal safety money and 10 percent from the Ohio Public Works Commission, Gruner said.
Putting in a traffic signal there would have been more costly because that would have required the widening “all legs of the intersection back a distance,” he said.
The intersection had 40 crashes in a 3-year period, he said, with 19 of them being injury crashes, “which is pretty unusual for intersection crashes,” Gruner said.
The county will get another roundabout next year as the Montgomery County Transportation Improvement District launches construction on Dog Leg Road where it intersects with Jackson Road/Union Airpark Boulevard. There are four roundabouts in Greene County with four in the works, eight in Warren County with another six planned, three in Miami County and 30 in Butler County with six on the way, according to the engineer’s office in each area.
That includes roundabouts carried out by the state, counties, cities and townships, but not roundabouts developers built as part of a residential, industrial or commercial projects.
Roundabouts have become increasingly popular in Ohio and nationwide due to their successful performance history, officials said.
Greene County Engineer Stephanie Goff said roundabouts are more efficient than traditional intersections and less expensive to operate than traditional intersections with traffic signals. They also calm traffic and are “the single most effective road design in reducing the rate of crashes and crash severity.”
“Drivers must slow down and maintain slower speeds to navigate a roundabout,” Goff said. “If a crash does occur, they are less severe because they are at slower speeds and not angle and left turn crashes, which account of 65% of fatal crashes at traditional intersections.”
Modern roundabouts are the Butler County Engineer’s Office’s “number one tool in the toolbox” for making intersections safer, according to BCEO spokeswoman Betsy Horton
“We found early success with the effectiveness of modern roundabout intersections and have increasingly utilized the approach as our “go-to” solution for problem intersections with reductions of 100 percent in fatal crashes, 83 percent in injury crashes, and 61 percent in total crashes, Horton said. “Single-lane roundabouts are safer because they have fewer conflict points and slower speeds with 30 percent more capacity than a signalized intersection.”
While other parts of the nation have been quick to embrace roundabouts, not all local counties and communities have been able to do so, officials told this news outlet.
Montgomery County has “a significant part” of its land area occupied by municipalities, many of which are already fully developed, Gruner said.
“That means that areas around the intersections are constrained by homes or businesses that make the acquisition of land for a roundabout difficult,” he said “Also, the Montgomery County Engineer’s Office is responsible for 525 bridges, the most of any county in the state. That means that we need to devote a higher percentage of our revenue to bridges than some other counties.”
In contrast, he said, counties like Warren and Butler are rapidly developing with new growth, and have Tax Increment Financing districts to provide funding for road improvements along with available land for the right of way needed, Gruner said.
Goff said the Greene County Engineer’s Office is seeing a shift in area counties, including her own, “as you see changes in leadership occurring, education of the traveling public occurring and drivers getting more familiar with them.”
“I do believe many of our predecessors were hesitant about them,” Goff said. “I personally have always been a fan and proponent of roundabouts.”
Troy in Miami County has two roundabouts, the most recent of which opened at the intersection of McKaig Avenue and South Dorset Street in 2019, according to Troy Titterington, the city’s service and safety director
“It was a four-way red flashing light stop and go,” Titterington said. “With the Troy Christian Schools right there, the movements were very slow and inefficient. A lot of frustration for drivers and backups were routine. There weren’t many accidents but the roundabout has made traffic movement much, much smoother.”
Warren County Engineer Neil Tunison said cost of construction and right-of-way acquisition are the two main factors his office has not pursued roundabouts more aggressively.
“It’s certainly not due to push-back from the public,” Tunison said. “We have six in design or planning in areas where we have congestion and motorists are glad to hear they are coming. Constructing them is a matter of need and then finding the funding. It’s the same with any roadway or bridge improvement.”
In addition, most roundabouts require “significant real estate” to install, which is expensive and could result in the need to take property in developed areas, possibly displacing home owners, he said.
Plus, as stewards of limited public funding, the “new” technology may be something that designers are taking a wait-and-see attitude before “jumping onto the roundabout bandwagon,” Huelskamp said.
But roundabouts can perturb motorists who are unfamiliar with or intimidated by them, officials said.
The majority of the engineers contacted for this report said that education is the greatest tool they have toward helping motorists learn how to navigate roundabouts and regularly make information on how to drive them available via websites and social media.
Montgomery County Engineer’s Office is providing information on roundabouts and how to drive them at engineer.mcohio.org. A MCEO video at www.tinyurl.com/roundabout2022 illustrates how to navigate a single-lane roundabout.
Huelskamp said he has seen some signing that appears to help motorists who still have trouble with roundabouts, but ultimately, “time” is the solution for people getting used to a new configuration.
Carmel, Indiana, a city of about 100,000 people approximately two hours west of Dayton, opened its first roundabout in 1997. Now it has 144 of them, three of which opened in the last few weeks, with four on the way, according to Jim Brainard, who has been mayor there since 1996.
Roundabouts, he said, create “substantial safety.” Carmel’s fatality rate is at two per 100,000 people annually as opposed to the U.S. average traffic fatality rate of about 12 per 100,000 people, Brainard said.
The city is converting all its stoplights to roundabouts, except for one in an older part of town that isn’t big enough to do it, he said.
Creation of a roundabout at an intersection with no signalized intersection is a minimium of $500,000 less than installing traffic lights and is far more efficient than adding lanes, Brainard said.
“All they’re doing ... is creating a bigger parking lot to get more cars through the green cycle of the light,” he said. “A roundabout moves about 50% more cars per hour, so we don’t have to widen all those lanes.”
HOW TO NAVIGATE A ROUNDABOUT
- When approaching a roundabout slow down. Roundabouts are designed for low speeds around 20 to 30 miles per hour.
- Yield to the cars in the roundabout. They have the right of way.
- Look to your left and enter the circle by turning right when there is a safe gap in traffic.
- Keep moving when you’re in the roundabout. All us roundabouts are one-way: counterclockwise.
- Exit right when you see your turn.
SOURCE: Montgomery County Engineer’s Office, Warren County Engineer’s Office
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Police commissioner caught with sex worker resigns from Detroit board
(FOX 2) - Bryan Ferguson, the member of the Board of Police Commissioners who was cited for a lewd act after police say they found him with a woman in his car early Wednesday, has resigned from the agency.
In a statement, Ferguson called it "an honor and a privilege" to serve on the oversight board.
"After further consideration of the best interests of my family and the Board, I am choosing to resign as District 1 Police Commissioner effective immediately," he said in a statement. "Again, I admonish the Board and the public to remain focused on the important work of oversight, transparency and accountability."
Ferguson was given a ticket for indecent and obscene conduct after Wayne County Sheriff's deputies patrolling Wednesday morning spotted him in his car. He was reportedly caught in the middle of a sex act with the woman in his car.
A captain said Ferguson then stepped out of the vehicle and identified himself as a Detroit police commissioner. "A title or position doesn't make them above the law," said Capt. Jason Bates.
Despite what police reported, Ferguson's response to media's reporting was that the incident was a misunderstanding.
"I do not want this personal matter to become a distraction from the important oversight work this board has to do," he said. "For that reason, I am making the decision to step back from the board meetings for a time."
The board is expected to meet at 6:30 p.m. | 2023-07-15T01:37:05+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/police-commissioner-caught-with-sex-worker-resigns-from-detroit-board |
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Move over, Babe. Prince Albert is the new No. 2 on a big baseball list.
Albert Pujols hit his 703rd home run Monday night, breaking a tie with Babe Ruth for second place in career RBIs.
The 42-year-old slugger connected for the St. Louis Cardinals off Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller, pulling a two-run shot into the left-field stands to snap a scoreless tie in the sixth inning. It was Pujols’ 35th home run at PNC Park, his most at any visiting ballpark.
The drive pushed Pujols’ total to 2,216 RBIs, surpassing Ruth on the all-time chart. Hank Aaron holds the record with 2,297.
“Passing Babe Ruth is a big deal,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said after his team’s 3-2 loss. “Seeing him hit a home run in that situation was fun to watch. You feel pretty good about where you’re at whenever he swings, and his home runs have been very meaningful.”
Pujols, who plans to retire after the season, has 24 home runs — his most since hitting 31 for the Los Angeles Angels in 2016. He is one of four players in major league history with 700, joining Barry Bonds (762), Aaron (755) and Ruth (714).
Pujols did not speak with reporters following the game. The three-time MVP and 11-time All-Star had been hitless in eight career at-bats against Keller.
“It’s an amazing time to be around him and being around this team,” Cardinals starting pitcher Jose Quintana said. “He keeps believing in his abilities. The most impressive thing is he homers, then he’s ready for the next one. He wants to keep going.”
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New solar installation brings local energy to agricultural gem
SAINT PAUL, Minn., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Among the fruit trees and berry bushes at Afton Apple Orchard, two solar arrays have sprouted. One rooftop array installed on a workshop in 2018 is now complemented by a larger array atop a barn recently added to the property. All Energy Solar, a full-service solar energy solution provider, designed and installed the systems to provide clean energy on-site at the family-owned and operated orchard located in Hastings, Minnesota.
Nestled in the Saint Croix River Valley on about 250 acres, Afton Apple produces Minnesota-grown crops beyond apples, including raspberries, pumpkins, and more. The grounds are a seasonal destination for family-friendly activities like pick-your-own produce, a corn maze, a playground, and a petting farm. The retail store sells cider, pies, jams, and other items, in addition to pre-picked fruits and vegetables.
"The Femling Family and staff at Afton Apple Orchard have always embraced sustainability, the concept of giving back, and doing good by the community. Supporting their property with solar not only helps Afton Apple significantly reduce their energy consumption from the grid, but also showcases their environmental commitment to thousands of visitors each year, " said Michael Thalhimer, Director of Business Development at All Energy Solar. "This project was important to the Femlings; we're thrilled to support the business and its mission to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel energy."
The rural location and agricultural focus make Afton Apple a perfect candidate for solar power's locally sourced electricity. Solar panels from the new 79-kilowatt system will account for over 90,000kWh of Year 1 energy generation, providing most of the electricity needs supporting the orchard's retail store, machinery, lighting, refrigeration, and outbuildings.
"Interest in our solar project was originally driven by my husband, Frank, who always believed in renewables and looked for ways to make our operation more efficient, to save on costs," said Cindy Femling, owner of Afton Apple. "Frank's legacy was to set up the orchard for success for our kids, and completing this solar project has been a big part of that effort."
"Our goal is to set up the property for success when the next generation of our family takes over the business in the future. One of the biggest costs we face is energy," continued Femling. "Solar power is renewable, reliable, and local, and we believe the cost savings over time will help keep the orchard's operating costs lowered for decades to come."
The solar installation supports Afton Apple's commitment to minimizing the orchard's environmental footprint while growing high-quality produce to keep the farm economically viable. The 25-year projected environmental benefits equate to over 1,500 tons of CO2 offset.
Learn more about Afton Apple https://www.aftonapple.com/ and All Energy Solar large-scale projects https://www.allenergysolar.com/for-businesses/
All Energy Solar provides a full-service solar energy integration experience for residential, commercial, agricultural, and government customers seeking to transition to solar energy. www.allenergysolar.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Republican Texas state lawmaker resigned Monday ahead of an expected vote to expel him after an investigation found he had inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old intern.
Rep. Bryan Slaton, 45, had faced mounting calls from the state Republican party and conservative groups to resign after the House investigation determined last week that he gave the intern and another young staffer alcohol at his home, had sex with the intern after she was intoxicated, and later showed her a threatening email but said everything would be fine if the incident was kept quiet.
Slaton also asked a fellow lawmaker to keep his behavior secret, the House General Investigating Committee report noted.
The chairman of the investigating panel, Rep. Andrew Murr, said he still plans to call for a vote to expel Slaton because he remains an officer of the state until a successor is elected and sworn in.
Slaton's resignation letter did not address the allegations, which his attorney previously called “outrageous” and “false.”
Slaton said it had been an honor to serve in the Legislature from his East Texas district and thanked his colleagues.
“I look forward to spending more time with my young family, and will continue to find ways to serve my community and all citizens across our great state,” he wrote.
State Republican Party leaders welcomed his departure and said House members should be held accountable for misconduct.
“The misconduct described in the General Investigative Committee Report should never be tolerated and is proper grounds for expulsion,” party officials said in a statement. “These actions have betrayed the trust that the people of Representative Slaton’s district put in him as an elected official, and he has rightly resigned.”
Slaton’s legislative biography describes him as holding values and principles formed by church and family gatherings. It also cites his degrees from a Baptist seminary and work as a youth minister.
The misconduct investigation began after two 19-year-old legislative aides and a 21-year-old legislative intern filed complaints in April.
Two of the women said they tried to dissuade the intern from spending time with Slaton and suggested his behavior was inappropriate. But the intern, who one complainant described as “naive," agreed to Slaton’s request to visit his apartment. The other women went with her, according to the report, and the lawmaker served them alcohol.
One of the young women drank enough to vomit and the others got so drunk they were dizzy and had “split vision," the investigation report noted.
Two women eventually left but the intern stayed, according to the report. She told her friends Slaton drove her home the next morning, stopping at a drugstore so she could obtain emergency contraception.
The Associated Press found that between 2017 and 2021, at least 120 state lawmakers in 41 states faced public allegations of sexual misconduct or harassment. They often run again for office and are re-elected, and efforts to remove them are rarer. | 2023-05-08T20:47:31+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/article/texas-lawmaker-resigns-ahead-of-misconduct-18086451.php |
SALT LAKE CITY – Ben Affleck was 12 years old in 1984 and growing up in the Boston area. The Celtics were NBA champions. The Red Sox and Patriots were respectable. The Bruins got swept in the first round of the playoffs.
And that also was when Nike was betting much of its future on Michael Jordan.
Part of that tale will be told in the upcoming film “Air,” which Affleck directed and stars in alongside Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman and more. Affleck plays Nike co-founder Phil Knight, and Damon plays then-Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro — who was tasked with finding a way of saving what was then the company’s fledgling basketball division.
Affleck did it with one key character absent: Jordan is not shown in the movie.
“What I wanted to try to accomplish was to have Michael Jordan have the effect in the story that he has in the world, which is that obviously the vast majority of people don’t know and have never met Michael Jordan — and yet they know about him, and they know what he means and they might talk about him,” Affleck said. “So, in a way, he’s like a presence that’s felt and discussed and everybody else around him is there. But you never see his face.”
Nike wound up signing Jordan — who had yet to play an NBA game — to a $2.5 million, five-year deal.
It was a huge gamble.
Spoiler alert, with apologies to the movie that gets released April 5: It worked out.
Jordan Brand generated $4.7 billion in revenue in 2021, the Jumpman logo is iconic, Nike has become one of the world’s most powerful and recognizable companies, and Jordan won six NBA championships, became a billionaire, and now owns the Charlotte Hornets.
And since most viewers will already know all those things, Affleck took on the challenge of telling lesser-known parts of the story.
“The movie has to do realistic, it has to do authentic, and it has to surprise the audience,” Affleck said. “Because if what happens is something that the audience can predict, even if they like it, they go along with it, it’s ordinary, it’s boring. It’s just not what I want to do.”
The trailer, released last week, is up to 6 million views. Affleck was at All-Star weekend to help promote Friday’s celebrity game, and ads for the film were shown on the jumbo scoreboards over the court.
Affleck said he has met with Jordan about the movie.
“Somebody asked me what you’re doing from Boston and making a movie about the Chicago guy,” Affleck said in an interview with a number of media outlets. “Michael Jordan sort of transcends, I think, rivalry.”
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Goodyear to recall RV tires 19 years after last one was made
DETROIT (AP) — Nineteen years after the last one was made, Goodyear has agreed to recall more than 173,000 recreational vehicle tires that the government says can fail and have killed or injured 95 people since 1998.
Goodyear’s G159 tires have been under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since December of 2017. On Tuesday the agency posted documents on its website saying that it had pressured the company into a recall.
Documents say the tire tread can separate from the body, causing drivers to lose control and increasing the risk of a crash.
The agency began investigating the tires more than five years ago after a judge ordered the release of Goodyear data that had been sealed under court orders and settlement agreements.
Lawsuits and safety advocates allege that the tires were designed for delivery trucks and not for recreational vehicles that travel at highway speeds. They allege that Goodyear kept the problems secret for years by settling cases and getting judges to seal records.
The tires were made from 1996 to 2003. The number of deaths and injuries came after court documents were unsealed by an Arizona judge.
Messages were left seeking comment from Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and from NHTSA. Previously the company has said there is no safety defect with the tires.
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This story has been corrected to show that the last G159 tire was made 19 years ago, not nine years ago.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-07T12:49:35+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/06/07/goodyear-recall-rv-tires-9-years-after-last-one-was-made/ |
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HANGZHOU, China, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynk Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Lynk Pharmaceuticals'), an innovative clinical stage company, announced that it has dosed the first patient with atopic dermatitis in a Phase Ib clinical trial of its innovative drug LNK01004.
The trial was designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic characteristics and preliminary efficacy of LNK01004 ointment in Chinese patients with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis.
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, pruritic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by dry skin, erythema, oozing, crusting, and lichenification. Itchiness is a hallmark of the disease and a major burden for patients and their families. There are as many as 390 million patients with atopic dermatitis worldwide, and about 50 million patients in China, most of whom are mild and moderate patients. Current treatments primarily focus on alleviating symptoms (itching and dermatitis), preventing exacerbation of disease, and minimizing treatment risks. LNK01004 ointment is a topical, skin-restricted JAK inhibitor, primarily acting on the skin with rapid onset of action and minimal systemic exposure, thereby avoiding potential safety concerns associated with systemic drug exposure. It has the potential to be a first-in-class treatment with skin-restricted properties. LNK01004 ointment has completed Phase I clinical trials in healthy subjects, demonstrating a good safety profile. Phase Ib clinical trials for the treatment of psoriasis are currently underway.
Dr. Henry Wu, Chief Development Officer of Lynk Pharmaceuticals, said, "Atopic dermatitis is a chronic disease with a protracted course of symptoms. LNK01004 ointment has shown promising efficacy in preclinical studies, and good safety results in the healthy volunteer study. We believe it has the potential to be a better treatment for patients with atopic dermatitis. We are actively advancing the clinical development of this program and look forward to its performance in patient trials."
About Lynk Pharmaceuticals:
Lynk Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage company, was founded in 2018 by senior drug R&D experts and executives from Pfizer, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson. Lynk Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative drugs for the treatment of cancer, as well as immune and inflammatory diseases. Driven by a higher goal, Lynk Pharmaceuticals aims to be a market leader to address unmet medical demands by the development of innovative therapies. To date, Lynk Pharmaceuticals has independently developed several innovative new drugs and successfully completed a number of clinical studies. For more information about Lynk Pharmaceuticals, please visit: https://www.lynkpharma.com.
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SEATTLE (AP) — LSU’s stars stole the spotlight at the College World Series. It carried over to the top of baseball’s amateur draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected hard-throwing LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes with the top pick in the draft on Sunday night, with teammate Dylan Crews going No. 2 to the Washington Nationals.
It’s the first time in the draft’s history teammates went 1-2.
“It’s super humbling. I was in shock when I heard,” Skenes said. “A year ago, two years ago, I never through it was a possibility to be the first overall pick. I don’t know what I was expecting going into today, but it means a lot.”
Skenes went 12-3 with 209 strikeouts in 122 2/3 innings in helping lead the Tigers to the College World Series championship. The pick was announced by Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., the top pick of the 1987 draft by the Seattle Mariners.
Skenes was the first college pitcher selected No. 1 overall since Casey Mize by Detroit in 2018.
“He had an incredibly special season at LSU. He obviously took another step forward this spring,” Pittsburgh general manager Ben Cherington said. “It’s a really special combination of pitches and just as much about the mix and command than any one pitch.”
For the second time in three years, the Pirates held the top overall selection thanks to winning the first draft lottery and jumping Washington in the selection order. The Pirates picked catcher Henry Davis at the top in 2021; he made his major league debut last month for Pittsburgh.
Skenes’ signing bonus is expected to be near the slot value of about $9.7 million. Cherington said the hope is an agreement can come quickly and Skenes could pitch somewhere in the Pirates organization in 2023.
“It will have been a little while since he last pitched in the World Series and we want to be sure that whatever that schedule and progression looks (like) makes sense for him,” Cherington said.
It seemed to be a debate between Skenes and Crews for the top pick. It didn’t take long for Crews to come off the board after hitting .426 with 18 home runs while playing center field for the Tigers. Crews had a 26-game hitting streak as part of his standout season for the Tigers and finished his career at LSU by reaching base in each of his final 75 college games.
Crews said he’s never been to Washington, but saw plenty of the Nationals while growing up and watching Bryce Harper.
“Seeing him in a Nationals uniform, it was pretty awesome,” Crews said. “I’m going to play my game and hopefully have as much impact as him. … He’s just a complete player.”
Crews is the first college position player taken by Washington with its first pick since Anthony Rendon in 2011.
“A guy we’ve watched since he was in high school,” Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo said. “He’s the type of guy that we want here in Washington. He’s a terrific person. He’s got great character. He’s very competitive and he’s a winner.”
Four LSU players total were selected on the first day, with right-handed pitchers Ty Floyd (No. 38 by Cincinnati) and Grant Taylor (No. 51 by the Chicago White Sox) also picked.
Detroit selected high school outfielder Max Clark from Franklin, Indiana, at No. 3. Clark was the Gatorade national player of the year after hitting .646 with six homers and 33 RBIs during his high school season.
But the first round was tilted to college players, with 17 of the 28 selections.
Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford went No. 4 to Texas, and high school outfielder Walker Jenkins, from Oak Island, North Carolina, went fifth to Minnesota.
Oakland took college shortstop Jacob Wilson, the son of former major league shortstop Jack Wilson, from Grand Canyon at No. 6.
Wake Forest right-hander Rhett Lowder went No. 7 to Cincinnati, Kansas City selected high school catcher Blake Mitchell, from Sinton, Texas, at No. 8, and Colorado picked Tennessee right-hander Chase Dollander.
The top 10 concluded with Miami selecting high school righty Noble Meyer from Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon.
The first round ended with Houston taking Nebraska shortstop Bryce Matthews at No. 28, but only after Commissioner Rob Manfred had to pause due to boos about the mention of the Astros.
Seattle was the only team with three picks in the first 39 selections after becoming the first team to be awarded an extra promotion incentive pick under the new collective bargaining agreement. That pick was the result of Julio Rodríguez winning AL Rookie of the Year last season and getting a full year of major league service.
Seattle used that incentive pick to take high school outfielder Jonny Farmelo, from Chantilly, Virginia. Seattle also selected high school shortstops Colt Emerson, from New Concord, Ohio, at No. 22 and Tai Peete, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, at No. 30.
The New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers each had their first picks dropped by 10 spots for going more than $40 million over the luxury tax threshold last year. The Mets picked 32nd and Dodgers 36th.
The Mets took high school shortstop Colin Houck from Lilburn, Georgia, at No. 32 overall and the Dodgers picked high school outfielder Kendall George from Humble, Texas, at No. 36.
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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum contributed.
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Monday that it can't stop a shipment of Russian uranium destined for French nuclear plants from being processed at a site in Germany because atomic fuel isn't covered by European Union sanctions on Russia.
Environmentalists have called on Germany and the Netherlands to block the shipment of uranium aboard the Russian ship Mikhail Dudin in the English Channel from being transported to a processing plant in Lingen, close to the German-Dutch border.
“We have no legal grounds to prevent the transport of uranium from Russia, because the sanctions imposed by the EU due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine exempt the import of nuclear fuel, like Russian gas, to the EU from import bans," said a spokesman for Germany's Environment Ministry, Andreas Kuebler.
Safety requirements for the shipment had been examined and found to meet requirements, meaning German authorities had to approve it, he added.
“You can imagine that we view such uranium shipments very critically due to the Russian invasion, but also because of Germany's exit from nuclear in general,” Kuebler told reporters in Berlin, noting that the government has worked to close the processing plant in Lingen and a second in nearby Gronau.
The plant in Lingen is operated by Framatome, which is majority-owned by French utility giant EDF. The French government has a majority stake in EDF, which manages all of France's nuclear power plants.
Environmental groups including the Russian organization Ecodefense urged European countries to end all uranium procurement from Russia, and cited the British government's recent decision to block the Mikhail Dudin from offloading nuclear waste near Liverpool for processing there.
Government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said Germany continually reviews whether sanctions need to be expanded, but declined to say whether there were concrete plans to get the EU to block nuclear fuel imports.
Environment Ministry spokesman Kuebler noted that Russia is not the only supplier of uranium.
“Canada would be another possibility, for example,” he said.
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Follow all AP stories on the impact of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine. | 2022-09-12T13:01:39+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Germany-No-option-but-to-permit-Russian-uranium-17435325.php |
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — State Rep. John Bucy, a Democrat representing Cedar Park, is vowing to continue to push Medicaid expansion legislation at the Capitol, even after the Biden administration agreed to extend Texas’ 1115 waiver.
Last Friday, the Biden administration stated it would allow the 10-year extension of the waiver to stay in place, which was originally signed by the Trump administration.
The waiver was meant as a temporary transitional program, to give states time to transition to an expanded Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
The state still has not expanded, though, because in 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled states could not be forced to expand Medicaid.
The waiver reimburses hospitals, in part, for caring for uninsured Texans who walk through their doors.
“This waiver helps poor, and underserved people who are dependent upon these financing mechanisms to have hospitals in their communities,” Donald Lee, president of the Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships, said Wednesday.
“There’s 5 million people that either don’t have insurance, or don’t have enough insurance, so that when they go to the hospital, those costs get paid for,” Lee continued.
Biden revoked the waiver to try to force Texas Republicans to permanently expand Medicaid in Texas, although lawmakers still refused.
“These waivers do not deal with the coverage gap,” Rep. Bucy stated.
The coverage gap refers to the estimated 1.7 million Texans who are too poor to qualify for Affordable Care Act marketplace assistance, yet ineligible for Medicaid because they’re above the income threshold due to the state’s refusal to expand coverage.
“By getting Medicaid expansion, then people will have actual health care. And they can deal with preventative care, they can deal with annual checkups, instead of just going into an emergency room getting reimbursements and other kinds of the most extreme care,” Rep. Bucy explained.
Republicans, though, said that expansion could backfire, and take away from those already enrolled in the program.
“We’ve got to be cautious. By saying we’re going to expand a bunch of people coming in, your two-week wait for doctor’s appointments are going to be four. And sometimes you can’t wait four weeks,” State Rep. Jim Murphy, a Houston Republican, said Wednesday.
“There’s truly needy folks who are waiting for care on Medicaid are on. It’s called the Medicaid waiting lists. And so when you push a bunch of able-bodied adults into the program, you’re stealing dollars from the truly needy, so the disabled, and others who actually who truly need these, this health care, you’re stealing dollars from them to give to able-bodied adults,” Stewart Whitson, legal director for the Foundation for Government Accountability.
The foundation did an analysis on how expansion could impact Texas.
“If you expand Medicaid coverage to all Texans, based solely on income, then this is the numbers you’re looking at: It’ll cost the state of Texas $12.9 billion over the next decade, that cost doesn’t include what the federal government’s paying, that’s just what it’s going to cost Texas,” Whitson said.
“State legislatures don’t have an infinite amount of money to spend. And there’s a lot of worthwhile programs, there’s public safety, there’s education, there’s health care, and there’s a ton of other important issues,” Whitson continued.
There’s also concern from Republicans the federal government would walk back how much they’re willing to pay for the coverage, which would leave the state footing more of the bill in the future.
“This is a nine to one federal match, and we pay the taxes for this already. So we’re not asking for more money, we’re talking about money you already pay as taxpayers to the federal government, let’s bring those dollars home and help Texans,” Bucy noted.
Rep. Murphy said the Biden administration’s move last year, revoking the waiver in the first place, did not help move the needle for Republicans.
“You go, wait a second, is our the health care of Texans gonna be subject to the whims of some administration? Hopefully not, but we need to work through that,” Murphy stated.
Bucy pointed to other states that have expanded for a bid of confidence, though.
“We’ve got a 10-year track record of other states that have done this, where the government hasn’t changed the plan or the policy,” Bucy explained.
Bucy also added Democrats have suggested bills for expansion that would include language to bring lawmakers back to the drawing board if the federal government did adjust how much they were willing to pay.
“We proposed bills that would do that. And we’ve told our colleagues across the aisle that we’d be willing to take that vote because we know that this is better for Texans,” he said.
Murphy said the state is slowly working toward its own plan to get the uninsured covered.
“We extended maternal care this past session, so that moms would have care when their babies are born. So we’re trying to find those things we can all get behind. And it’s just a multifaceted, it’s like three-level chess, it’s it’s not an easy process, but we’re getting there,” Murphy said. | 2022-04-28T17:05:24+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/biden-grants-1115-waiver-medicaid-extension-but-texas-coverage-gap-remains/ |
Father, son displaced after fire destroys home
Published: Oct. 23, 2022 at 10:43 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
GREER, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Pelham-Batesville Fire Department are investigating the cause of a house fire that left a father and son without a home on Sunday afternoon.
According to the department, a call came in at around 2:07 p.m. in reference to a garage that was on fire.
The fire department said neighbors attempted to put out the fire but did not succeed.
Once on scene, crews worked to put out the fire that had now spread to the attic and right side of the house, according to the department.
Boiling Springs Fire Department also assisted with this scene.
Stay with FOX Carolina as we work to learn more.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, October 17, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
630 PM EDT Mon Oct 17 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of north central
Fairfield, northern Westchester and eastern Putnam Counties through
715 PM EDT...
At 630 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Mahopac to Hawthorne. Movement was northeast at
30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Danbury, Ossining, Tarrytown, Mount Kisco, Mahopac, Lake Carmel,
Sherman, Brewster, Ridgefield, Wilton, New Fairfield, Redding,
Carmel, Hawthorne and Bedford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 225DEG 27KT 4138 7372 4110 7378
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If you could hire a composer to score your dreams, Evgueni Galperine just might be your man. A Paris-based artist with Ukrainian roots, Galperine describes his style of music-making as an "augmented reality of acoustic instruments." He begins with real instruments but processes them, often beyond recognition, while adding color and texture not found in the natural world.
"Loplop im Wald" (Loplop in the Forest), which concludes Galperine's new and startlingly strange album Theory of Becoming, is inspired by the surrealist paintings of Max Ernst. Loplop was Ernst's alter ego, a kind of bird-king with human features and magical powers. The piece commences with a subterranean drumbeat beneath woozy, swirling strings. What follows is a dreamscape of odd sounds: Morse-code-like bird chirps, a reedy toy train whistle and a real whistler, whose perky tune, in stark juxtaposition to its surroundings, becomes profoundly disturbing.
Galperine understands the suggestive power that wordless music can wield. "It is instrumental music," he says, "which traces a rather complex furrow which, I hope, leaves room for a personal journey."
Like perhaps a fantastical dream.
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URBANDALE, Iowa (WHO) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, campaigned in Urbandale Monday night. It was her first appearance in the state since she launched her campaign for president last week. Haley addressed numerous issues before more than 200 people at Royal Flooring.
–She said that the U.S. has to “stop buying friends” and suggested that the country should limit foreign aid to countries that don’t support it frequently enough.
–Haley said that her parents were Indian immigrants who came to the U.S. legally and are “mad” that the U.S. doesn’t better patrol its southern border.
—She said that the country should never “close schools again, no matter what” following the COVID-19 closures.
–Haley called for a “mental competency test” for politicians over the age of 75. She didn’t explain what that would be. (Donald Trump is 76 and Joe Biden is 80. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is 89). 81-year-old Bernie Sanders, the Independent U.S. senator from Vermont and former presidential candidate, has called Haley’s mental competency test proposal “absurd.”
–Haley said that Congress needs to spend less and cited the country’s $31 trillion debt.
–She also called Governor Kim Reynolds “the best governor in the country. Hands down.” Reynolds, who introduced Haley at the event called her “my friend” and said that it would be a “big mistake” to underestimate Haley’s presidential campaign.
One topic that Haley may have to navigate through her campaign will be questions regarding her former boss, Donald Trump. Haley has had a number of positions regarding Trump. She initially opposed his 2016 presidential run and pledged to help Florida Senator Marco Rubio defeat Trump. But after Trump became president, Haley agreed to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Now Haley and Trump are running for the same job in 2024.
Gary Leffler, a social conservative activist from West Des Moines and 2022 congressional candidate, supported Trump in 2020. He asked, “Why should we vote for someone like you in the caucus versus perhaps someone like Trump?”
“Because,” Haley responded, “I don’t think that you have to be 80 years old to be in D.C. I really don’t. look President Trump is my friend. He was the right president at the right time. He came in and broke the things that needed to be broken. And he fixed them. And I was proud to serve in his cabinet. As dire a situation as this is, as much as all the media and everybody wants to talk about the past…We need to leave the status quo of the past in the past. We’ve got work to do.”
Afterwards, Leffler told WHO 13 that he wasn’t impressed with Haley’s answer and thinks that she will have to do a better job laying out the case that caucus goers should support her over a man who has already been elected president in the past and won a general election in Iowa twice.
On Tuesday, Haley plans a campaign event in Marion. | 2023-02-21T18:10:03+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/iowa-news/iowan-asks-nikki-haley-the-trump-question-at-her-first-iowa-presidential-campaign-stop/ |
Republicans sweep Democrats 10-0 in Congressional Baseball Game
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Republicans and Democrats traded bills for bats and grievances for gloves Thursday night.
In a curveball for Washington standards, the two parties united for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
“We’re coming together. And I think the public thinks we’re more divided than we actually are,” said Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “There is, as Randy [Feenstra] said, great camaraderie. We come together. We’re here to to celebrate the United States of America. And this is what the American people should see.”
The tradition saw tragedy back in 2017 when a gunman opened fire on the Republican practice field. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), who helped save Rep. Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) life after he was shot, chooses to focus on the positive.
“My biggest concern is a line drive that my glove isn’t quick enough to catch, aimed right here,” said Brooks. “That’s my biggest security concern.”
While the friendly game serves as a pitch-perfect moment of camaraderie, there’s still a healthy dose of competition.
“Democrats hate losing to Republicans, and we hate losing to Democrats.” said Brooks.
All of the ticket revenue for Thursday’s game is going to local charities like the Boys and Girls clubs of Washington and the Washington Literacy Center. So far, the game has raised over $1 million.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As Bills star receiver Stefon Diggs returned to the practice field Wednesday for the second day of the team’s mandatory minicamp, coach Sean McDermott took blame for mischaracterizing Diggs’ absence from Tuesday’s session.
“Let me be clear: Stef did everything that he was asked to do,” McDermott said. “He was here Monday and executed his physical on time. He reported yesterday, Tuesday, and reported for meetings, at which time we had a good conversation; great communication. We got to a point yesterday where we just felt like we all needed a break and some space. So I gave Stef permission to get some space and head out, and then [we] picked up those conversations after practice.
“So let me make it clear, it was not Stef leaving unexcused — he was excused by me. And so, those conversations have got us to what I think and believe is a great spot. Sometimes you’ve got to have conversations, you need to communicate, and I appreciate Stef being willing to communicate.”
McDermott added that he believes the situation is now resolved, though he would not share what the conversation was about. He had said Tuesday he was “very concerned” that Diggs was not in attendance.
“Stef works extremely, extremely hard — as hard as any player I’ve been around — to be elite in this league, and that’s what he is, and I really love him,” the seventh-year coach said.
Bills players did not seem concerned with the incident Tuesday. Star pass rusher Von Miller said “it’s really not that serious” and told reporters to trust him that “everything will get worked out.” Quarterback Josh Allen said the issue was “not football-related,” adding, “internally, we’re working on some things.”
Diggs posted a cryptic comment on Instagram Tuesday night, which read, “I just be letting people cap. If them lies help you sleep better tell em big dawg.”
It was unclear whom Diggs was referencing in the post.
Diggs participated in individual drills during Wednesday’s unpadded practice, but did not take part in team drills. McDermott said they were “ramping him up.”
Diggs did not attend the Bills’ optional offseason workouts earlier this spring, but has posted videos of his private workouts online. He told Sports Illustrated last July, “I want to finish [my career] with the Bills.” | 2023-06-14T21:58:39+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/buffalo-bills/bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-takes-blame-for-mischaracterizing-diggs-absence-from-mandatory-practice/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) – Gone but never forgotten. On Thursday, Kansas City icon Len Dawson was remembered in a special way in the only fitting spot the Chiefs organization could think of — Arrowhead.
The event was open to the public. By 5p.m., more than 480 people had walked through the Hall of Honor.
Even after his death, Dawson is uniting the Kansas City community. Chiefs fans of all ages took the walking tour to pay their respects.
“I wanted to pay honor to him one last time,” Chiefs fan Bill Croson said.
He watched Dawson lead the Chiefs to our first Super Bowl. A few years ago, Croson met his favorite player, and he signed his jersey.
“He’s just a gentleman. like he knew you all his life,” Croson said. “Everybody was special to him.”
Fans were able to sit in the stadium and watch Lenny the Cool’s legacy on the big board.
Chiefs Fan JJ is reminded of the time he met Dawson at training camp in the locker room.
“He was warm, he has a warm personality and makes you feel connected like a friend,” JJ said. “He’s a great guy.”
Carol Settergren is a Lenny fan. She said you didn’t need to meet him to feel like you knew him. She respects the work he did off the field.
“All of his philanthropic work, helping kids get educations that wouldn’t otherwise get one,” Settergren said.
A superstar in football and on the sports desk. Lloyd Cooper Jr. was a part of some of Dawson’s Favorite Moments.
“I was in the newsroom with Len Dawson,” Cooper said.
In 1990, Cooper said he was picked to be a guest sportscaster. Dawson coached him to make plays in front of the camera.
“Bobby Bell, number 78, came over and hit him head on and like bam! it sounded like a car wreck,” Cooper said.
Showing him the ropes and his rings.
“I held his super bowl rings and his MVP ring,” Cooper said. “I held them in my hand, I had them on my fingers.”
Fans appreciate the opportunity to remember, reflect and celebrate the man who had an enormous impact on the Chiefs and Kansas City.
“We’ll always remember him,” Croson said.
The Hall of Honor at Arrowhead remains open until 9p.m. Thursday. | 2022-09-02T15:46:51+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/sports/chiefs/chiefs-fans-fill-hall-of-honor-to-see-len-dawson-tribute/ |
Arizona man, 19, accused of threatening multiple mass shootings
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD) - A 19-year-old man from Southern Arizona is facing charges after allegedly making threats to commit mass shootings at a high school, police station and movie theater.
The Casa Grande Police Department said 19-year-old Joshua Adam Bowen is facing a charge of making terrorist threats. He is being held in the Pinal County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
“There is no doubt in my mind this individual was intent on hurting people and, ultimately, would have found a way to do it,” said Casa Grande Police Chief Mark McCrory.
Police said the FBI contacted the department about threats Bowen allegedly made online, KOLD reports.
Bowen allegedly also threatened family and friends and praised the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Bowen was immediately put under surveillance and was taken into custody without incident. Though he didn’t have any weapons on him, authorities believe he had access to firearms.
Police thanked the FBI and Pinal County Sheriff’s Office for help and support in the investigation.
“In this instance, these relationships functioned exactly as they should,” McCrory said. “We were able to work together to stop a serious threat to our community.”
McCrory said the investigation was the result of a tip from a citizen.
“We are not immune to the issues we see across our country, but our department will be diligent in investigating all threats and will continue to encourage citizens to report this type of behavior to law enforcement,” he said.
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Portland Pilots (9-10, 1-3 WCC) at Gonzaga Bulldogs (15-3, 4-0 WCC)
The Pilots are 1-3 in WCC play. Portland is ninth in the WCC with 31.2 rebounds per game led by Moses Wood averaging 6.1.
The Bulldogs and Pilots square off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Hickman is averaging 8.4 points and 3.7 assists for the Bulldogs. Drew Timme is averaging 21.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists over the last 10 games for Gonzaga.
Robertson is averaging 14.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.4 assists for the Pilots. Kristian Sjolund is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games for Portland.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bulldogs: 10-0, averaging 88.7 points, 35.1 rebounds, 17.6 assists, 8.2 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 52.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.3 points per game.
Pilots: 4-6, averaging 73.8 points, 31.4 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 5.4 steals and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.5 points.
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Special crime-fighting units under scrutiny after Tyre Nichols video released
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The release of the bodycam footage showing a group of Memphis Police officers beating Tyre Nichols is now raising questions about special crime fighting units established by law enforcement agencies across the country.
The Memphis Police Chief disbanded their Scorpion unit after video of the brutal attack was released.
And here in Atlanta, the police department is no stranger to these types of units. They established the Red Dog unit in the late 80′s to fight a rampant drug problem in the city.
Former Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant believes these units can be effective, but only with proper oversight and training.
“You have to rotate people in and out of those units. You can’t allow people to stay in those units for a long period of time because that’s when the culture of those particular units begins to get engrained and when you have an engrained culture that’s when you find you’re going to have some problems,” Former Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said. “They have to be trained adequately and they have to have severe oversight.”
The red dog unit was later disbanded in 2011 after complaints of aggressive policing and a violent raid at the Atlanta Eagle gay bar. Red Dog was replaced with a new unit called Titan which focused on violent crime without violent tactics.
“This shows there is a lot more work to be done in law enforcement. Law enforcement has to get it right. We cannot throw the baby out with the bath water because the community needs us. But the community needs us to do it appropriately,” Bryant said.
Chief Bryant said the Titan unit is now referred to as APEX. He also said these units typically focus on violent offenders which is something a regular police officer doesn’t have the time to do since they are responding to 911-calls.
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NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Kim Hammond, a resident of Uvalde, Texas, about how the community there is coping one month after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
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NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Kim Hammond, a resident of Uvalde, Texas, about how the community there is coping one month after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
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ONEIDA LAKE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Thursday was a perfect day for the start of the St. Croix Bassmaster Northern Open on Oneida Lake.
There was plenty of sun and blue skies.
Anglers from all over the world are competing for the top prize, which will be handed out Saturday afternoon.
Thursday is just the first day of the three-day tournament.
For the first two days, a co-angler and a pro-angler go out on a boat together.
Over 200 boats head out on the water the first couple of days.
Greg Alexander is a pro-angler from Maryland, who’s been in tournaments since the 80s. Needless to say, fishing is in his blood.
“It’s in me. Some people climb mountains, some people skydive, some people do other things, it’s in me, it’s what I love to do. Ever since I was a kid, I would look at every ditch and creek that had water in it that we drove by and I would be mesmerized. I’ve been mesmerized by the water and fishing and everything that lives in it since I could remember.”
Greg Alexander, pro fisherman from Maryland
The top co-angler will be crowned Friday and catch the winning prize of $25,000. After that, the field of professional anglers will be narrowed down to ten. The ten pro-anglers will compete on Saturday for the top prize of $52,000. | 2022-07-07T21:37:16+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/bassmaster-northern-open-on-oneida-lake/ |
DALLAS — Five months after it began, the Texas legislative session is a week from ending. Still, several major bills are in limbo and others are likely to lead to a special session.
A key focus this week will be on property tax relief. Last week, the Texas House passed a bill 147-0 that would lower the cap on appraisal increases from 10% to 5% and a $100,000 homestead exemption while providing $12 billion for school districts to help lower tax rates.
“I would like to make sure that we do as much as we can to give as much of our surplus back to the voters,” state Rep. Brian Harrison (R–Waxahachie) told Inside Texas Politics. “That’s of utmost importance to me.”
State Rep. Victoria Neave Criado (D–Mesquite) chairs the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC). She said she’s been frustrated by the focus on what she calls culture war bills during the legislative session.
“This last week we want to put our focus on real solutions that impact our community,” she said. “There has been so much focus on red meat social issues that seek to divide us.”
Her emphasis will be on retaining teachers through higher overall pay. The house will be looking at Senate Bill 9, which already passed the Senate, and would give teachers a one-time $2,000 bonus or $6,000 for teachers in districts with less than 20,000 students. Another bill the House passed and is now in the Senate would slightly increase the funding school districts receive per student.
Texas has seen an exodus of teachers in the last two years, leading to shortages across the state but especially in rural areas.
Lawmakers are also still working towards final passage on banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, securing the energy grid, and a bill that would require armed security officers at every campus and encourage teachers to carry weapons.
Both sides are already disappointed at what didn’t pass. For Republicans, the key issue is school vouchers, a program that would redirect money from public schools and instead subsidize private school or homeschool education.
“It might be dead for the regular session but that doesn’t mean that it’s dead for the state of Texas this year,” Harrison said.
Harrison supports Gov. Greg Abbott’s suggestion of a special session to address school vouchers. Democrats and public school advocates have fought against the issue for years, getting support from rural and suburban Republicans to help continually block the idea.
“We need to get this right,” Harrison said. “I don’t care how long it takes or how many special sessions it takes.
On the other side of the aisle, Democrats haven’t given up on gun reform after a series of defeats. A bill to raise the age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21 failed to move forward despite weeks of emotional lobbying from Uvalde parents and the mass shooting in Allen two weeks ago that killed eight people and injured seven others.
“There are real common sense solutions to gun violence, not just raising the age but closing certain background check loopholes,” Neave Criado said. “Looking at any potential avenue to address gun safety for children is also something that’s of critical importance for us.”
Lawmakers also still must finalize a budget, which is the only piece of legislation they’re required to pass.
While there is still plenty to work out, nearly 3,000 bills have already passed the House and Senate and are waiting for the governor’s signature or veto. Key ones include a ban on transition-related care for transgender children and banning cities from passing regulations that go beyond state law, including protections for workers or noise ordinances.
The fates of more than a dozen key bills are in the air, and it’s increasingly likely this final week will be far from final. | 2023-05-23T03:49:35+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-legislative-session-one-week-left-what-to-watch/287-52e19e4d-a60c-4b96-9541-8c262bb154f8 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cleanup efforts and damage assessments were underway Tuesday east of Los Angeles after heavy rains unleashed mudslides in a mountain area scorched by a wildfire two years ago, sending boulders across roads, carrying away cars and prompting evacuations and shelter-in-place orders.
Firefighters went street by street to make sure no residents were trapped after mud flows began inundating roads Monday night near the community of Forest Falls. Eric Sherwin, spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Fire Department, said crews hadn’t found anyone who needed to be rescued and no one was reported missing.
Multiple homes and other structures had varying levels of damage, Sherwin said, including a commercial building where the mud was so high it collapsed the roof. Rocks, dead trees and other debris surged down slopes with astonishing force in Forest Falls, Oak Glen and Yucaipa, he said.
“We have boulders that moved through that weigh multiple tons,” Sherwin said. “It could take days just to find all the cars that are missing because they are completely covered by mud.”
Social media video from Oak Glen showed a torrent of mud racing down a hillside, across a road and into a restaurant parking lot.
Danny Imler made slow progress Tuesday as he used a plow on the front of his small tractor to try to clear several feet of mud from the driveway of his home.
“I’ve been in Yucaipa 60 years,” Imler told KTLA-TV. “I’ve never seen it flood like this.”
Nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain fell on Yucaipa Ridge. Concerns about more thunderstorms Tuesday prompted authorities to keep about 2,000 homes in the San Bernardino Mountains communities under evacuation orders.
For some homes in Forest Falls, it was too late to evacuate Monday and residents were told to shelter in place through the night because it was safer than venturing out.
The rains were the remnants of a tropical storm that brought high winds and some badly needed rainfall to drought-stricken Southern California last week, helping firefighters largely corral a wildfire that had been burning out of control about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of the mudslides.
The mud flows and flash flooding occurred in parts of the San Bernardino Mountains where there are burn scars — areas where there’s little vegetation to hold the soil — from the 2020 wildfires.
“All of that dirt turns to mud and starts slipping down the mountain,” Sherwin said.
One of the 2020 blazes, the El Dorado Fire, was sparked by a smoke device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender. A firefighter died and the couple was charged with involuntary manslaughter.
The mudslides came after a week that saw California endure a record-long heatwave. Temperatures in many parts of the state rocketed past 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), and pushed the state’s electrical grid to the breaking point as air conditioners sucked up power. The Fairview Fire in Southern California and the Mosquito Fire burning east of Sacramento broke out and raged out of control.
The tropical storm aided crews battling the Fairview Fire about 75 miles (121 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. The 44-square-mile (114-square-kilometer) blaze was 62% contained by Tuesday. Two people died fleeing the fire, which destroyed at least 30 homes and other structures in Riverside County.
The Mosquito Fire has grown to 78 square miles (200 square kilometers), with 18% containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. While crews were able to take advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity to strengthen control lines, more than 5,800 structures in Placer and El Dorado counties remained under threat, and some 11,000 residents were under evacuation orders.
Smoky skies from wildfires in many areas of the West caused air quality to deteriorate Monday, with dangerous levels of particulate pollution detected by government and private monitors in portions of eastern Oregon and Washington, Northern California, central Idaho and western Montana. In some areas, people were told to avoid all outdoor activity until the pollution cleared.
In Washington, fire officials scrambled to secure resources for a blaze sparked Saturday in the remote Stevens Pass area that sent hikers fleeing and forced evacuations of mountain communities. As of Monday, the Bolt Creek Fire was 2% contained and had scorched nearly 12 square miles (31 square kilometers) of forestland about 65 miles (104 kilometers) northeast of Seattle. A larger incident management team and additional fire crews were slated to arrive Tuesday, officials said.
In Oregon, evacuations orders were eased near the 135-square-mile (349-square-kilometer) Cedar Creek Fire, which has burned for over a month across Lane and Deschutes counties south of Portland. Firefighters were protecting remote homes in Oakridge, Westfir and surrounding mountain communities. Sheriff’s officials warned people to remain ready to leave at a moment’s notice should conditions change.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. In the last five years, California has experienced the largest and most destructive fires in its history.
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Associated Press writer Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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For more AP coverage of the climate and environment: https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment | 2022-09-13T18:04:08+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-rains-mudslides-prompt-southern-california-evacuations/ |
The best Mother’s Day cookware gifts she’ll actually use
If you know a mom who loves to cook or bake, Mother’s Day is the perfect time to treat her to the latest kitchen gadget or a high-quality, time-tested staple. We asked BestReviews cooking and baking expert Andrea Boudewijn to recommend her favorite cookware gifts, from must-have appliances and heirloom dishes to overlooked tools and everyday essentials. Whether you’re shopping for a mom who goes all-out for bake sales or loves trying new dinner recipes, these gifts will make her Mother’s Day special.
In this article: KitchenAid 5-quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer, Joey’z Extra-Large Cake Carrier and Home Array Set of Six Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls.
What does Mom really want for Mother’s Day?
Instead of picking out something simply based on its appearance, Boudewijn suggests a more practical gift. Rather than collecting dust or taking up space in a cupboard, a gift that gets regular use is bound to be more appreciated.
“Our moms work hard for us all year, providing everything from PB & to souffles,” she said. “Instead of giving them another pretty copper pot, make her kitchen time easier with something different.” Depending on the recipient, this could include a time-saving gadget for dinnertime or something to make morning coffee quicker and easier.
Mother’s Day baking gifts
For a mom who loves to bake, the options are almost limitless: mixing bowls, loaf pans, cake carriers or even appliances such as a stand mixer can all inspire her next baking endeavor.
For a more artistic baker, consider a cake decorating kit loaded with piping tips and frosting bags. Someone who’s fine-tuned their sourdough recipe might appreciate fresh baking sheets or linen bags for bread storage.
Mother’s Day cooking gifts
Picture the kitchen. What gaps could you help fill? Maybe she’s been using the same set of wooden utensils for as long as you can remember and they’re due for a refresh. Maybe she could use a beautiful, high-quality chef’s knife.
Mother’s Day can also be a good opportunity to upgrade her pots and pans to a nonstick — and nontoxic — set. Ceramic cookware is made without the usual nonstick coatings that can release toxins at high temperatures. Other eco-friendly gifts she might love include cutting boards made from recycled materials or bamboo bowls and utensils.
Stainless steel cookware is another popular option for someone who loves to cook. Stainless steel doesn’t have the same nonstick properties as ceramic or Teflon, but it’s durable, conducts heat beautifully and can last a lifetime if properly cared for.
Mother’s Day entertaining gifts
For a mom who loves to host a gathering, look for bakeware that can double as a beautiful serving piece. Oven-to-table cookware such as casserole dishes or Dutch ovens is designed to make cooking and serving easier. Gifts that help throw parties, such as a cheese board or a tiered serving tray, can also help make her next get-together even more special.
Expert picks for Mother’s Day gifts
“My go-to is this easy-to-use and easy-to-clean Keurig for a perfect cup of coffee every morning,” said Boudewijn. It can brew three different cup sizes, including tall travel mugs, and has a descaling setting for easy maintenance.
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KitchenAid 5-quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer
A perennial favorite gift, Boudewijn suggests this 5-quart stand mixer, which comes in a rainbow of colors to match her kitchen. The glass mixing bowl features measurement markings and a pour spout, and the mixer comes with a wire whisk, dough hook and flex edge beater.
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Chef’s Choice Trizor 15XV Professional Electric Knife Sharpener
“Make things with tough skins like tomatoes and oranges easy to slice with sharp-as-heck knives,” recommends Boudewijn. She loves this knife sharpener for quick and easy sharpening thanks to its three-stage sharpening system with diamond abrasives.
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Joey’z Extra-Large Cake Carrier
“It’s not just for cake!” said Boudewijn. “It will house casseroles, pies, dips and more.” This carrier measures 14 inches across — big enough for a 13-inch cake or dish — and features a locking cover and a carry handle.
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Home Array Set of Six Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls
Boudewijn prefers these mixing bowls for their wider, shorter shape, which makes them easier to handle than taller bowls. The stainless steel nesting bowls range from 3 cups to 8 quarts and feature rolled rims for easier pouring.
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Other top Mother’s Day cookware gifts
This beautiful cookware set features a nontoxic ceramic nonstick coating over an aluminum core. They can be used on any cooktop, including induction. Choose from six colorways, all with large stainless steel handles.
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Mammafong Flat-Bottom Carbon Steel Wok Pan
This sturdy, high-quality wok is made from hand-hammered heavy-gauge carbon steel. Its flat bottom allows it to be used on most cooktops. With proper cleaning and seasoning, it’ll last for years.
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Anchor Hocking Set of 10 Glass Mixing Bowls
Made from durable tempered glass, these bowls can be used in the oven or microwave. Plus, they nest for easy storage, and they’re dishwasher-safe. They come in a set of 10, with sizes ranging from 1 fluid ounce to 3.5 quarts.
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Woodenhouse Wooden Cooking Utensils Set
This elegant set of handcrafted teak utensils comes with a matching container. The wooden turner, spatula, ladle and more are perfect for protecting the finish on nonstick cookware. Included in the set are six hooks for hanging the utensils, as well as a spoon rest.
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Mac Knife Professional 8-inch Hollow-Edge Chef Knife
Indentations in the knife edge help reduce friction, making it easier to slice sticky foods. The Santoku-style blade is made in Japan from vanadium alloy steel, which better resists rust and holds an edge well.
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What, in your mind, is the Marvel Cinematic Universe still missing?
We're neck-deep into Phase 5 now, after all; we've had dozens of movies and streaming series and one-off specials. And while critics can and do bemoan the surface similarities these disparate properties tend to share, the strength of the MCU remains how much variation it manages to offer up in tone, scope, stakes and subject matter. Looking for street-level angst? Cosmic sweep? Paranoid thrillers? Mystic mumbo-jumbo? Sitcom satires? Gods and monsters? Coming-of-age dramas? Subatomic shenanigans? Afro-futurist utopias? Whatever the hell Eternals was supposed to be? The MCU has something for you.
But maybe, after all these years, you find that your own very particular Marvel itch remains somehow unscratched. So I say this to a vanishingly small subset of you: If you've ever found yourself walking out of an Marvel movie and said to yourself, "I liked it. It was fine. But I don't know. I can't help thinking it could have used...just you know a lot more vivisection," then rest assured your tastes have finally been catered to, you sicko freak.
The gang's all here, sort of
But first: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is pitched as a sendoff to the rag-tag gang of misfits first introduced in James Gunn's 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy, who've since cropped up in several corners of the MCU. As a team, they've always leaned more into mercenary violence and bro-ish banter than anything so hopelessly quaint as heroism, though they do tend to wind up saving the day, despite themselves. They've added some new faces to their roster, one of which is technically an old face. (Zoe Saldana here plays an alternate-timeline version of her character Gamora, whom we met back in the first film; long story.)
There's dim but headstrong Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), dim but strong-strong Drax (Dave Bautista), gruff Nebula (Karen Gillan), empathic Mantis (Pom Klementieff), laconic space-Ent Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and tough but fuzzy raccoon Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper).
Also along for the ride: Kraglin (Sean Gunn) a space-pirate struggling with performance issues, Cosmo (Maria Bakalova) a telekinetic space-dog, and a brand new antagonist, Will Poulter's Adam Warlock, a genetically-engineered super-being with the mind of a petulant child in the body of an Instagram fitness influencer.
They're all up against a powerful being known as The High Evolutionary, played with gratifyingly over-the-top, scenery-devouring brio by Chukwudi Iwuji.
The High Evolutionary's nefarious plan? To engineer a perfect species to live in a perfect society of his creation. Which, alas, is where All! That! Vivisection!TM comes in.
Doing Moreau with less
Look, if you're trying to come up with a villain for audiences to dutifully, even reflexively hiss, eugenicists are a pretty good place to start; I get that. And if said eugenicist should also happen to go about their evil business by conducting unholy cybernetic experimentations on cute fuzzy animals like Rocket (in flashbacks) and innocent, adorable, wet-eyed toddlers (in the present day)? Sure. Fair enough. Bad guys do bad things, after all. It's in the job description.
The problem at the core of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 isn't the mere depiction of said animal experimentation, which created not only Rocket but a cadre of twee furry cyborg pals we get to (briefly) meet. It's the fact that writer/director James Gunn approaches those scenes without trusting his audience to naturally recoil at the idea of animal cruelty.
There is violent imagery, yes. But what makes those scenes profoundly unpleasant to sit through is not their violence itself, but Gunn's mawkish, maudlin, manipulative approach to it. Using every cinematic tool at his disposal, he so feverishly attempts to crank up the horror of those scenes that he only succeeds in exposing their cynical, plot-driven artifice. And by juxtaposing them with moments in which the experiments' animal subjects spout platitudes about the joy of friendship and their dreams of escape, Gunn's unbearable, ham-handed execution aims for pathos but achieves only bathos, its laughably inept evil twin.
You can only tug on the audience's heartstrings for so long before they start to snap off in your hands. To watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is to watch a filmmaker under the wildly mistaken belief that the best way to get you to absorb what he's saying is by screaming it directly into your ear.
There's more to the film than Rocket's trauma narrative (in those flashbacks, Sean Gunn attempts to personify a younger Rocket by pitching Bradley Cooper's dese-and-dose Brooklyn accent up an octave or two, so we the audience get to experience some trauma ourselves).
Game, cassette and match
The central metaphor of Gunn's Guardians films has been the mixtape. Peter Quill's beloved, long-lost mother made him one filled with classic rock jams that supplied the soundtrack to his life (and to the first Guardians film).
Nowadays, Peter's updated his old cassette with a playlist that provides this third film with a more eclectic collection of needle drops (Beastie Boys, The The, The Replacements, Florence + the Machine).
And like any mixtape/playlist, Guardians Vol. 3 includes some real gems. At one point the team visits a space station that's entirely organic, and the production designers go to town creating doorways like heart valves and airlocks like open wounds. There's an extended slow-motion fight in a corridor featuring digital camerawork that swoops around the characters as they trade punches and kicks and laser blasts in a physics-defying manner. It's visually stunning if viscerally inert, like an extended videogame cutscene.
But some of the other songs in this cinematic mix don't hit as hard as they could. Poulter's Adam Warlock feels shoehorned into the overstuffed proceedings, and while Klementieff's Mantis gets more to do than she ever has, both the character and actor still feel underused.
The Guardians, as a team, have never adopted the usual superhero admonitions against the taking of lives. Even so, a scene in which one of our heroes casually instructs another one of our heroes to "Kill them all," still can't help but rankle.
Barbs and insults get well and truly traded — a Gunn hallmark — and most of them land. Mostly, though, a weirdly somber mood pervades the film. Maybe it's that the scenes of animal abuse linger longer, and cast a deeper pall, than the filmmaker has accounted for. If Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a mixtape, it's the one that your ex sends you after you break up with him, full of syrupy, sentimental tunes meant to reignite any last lingering sparks of feeling you may have once shared. It's "Seasons in the Sun" followed by "Alone Again (Naturally)" followed by "Everybody Hurts" followed by "The Christmas Shoes," and it serves only to remind you how right you were to dump the sappy chump when you did.
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- Mr. Märkl will join Valour's asset management team in early August 2022, taking the lead on all legal and regulatory matters, in particular in relation to exchange-traded products (ETPs) as General Counsel.
TORONTO, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Valour Inc. (the "Company" or "Valour") (NEO: DEFI) (GR: RMJR) (OTCQB: DEFTF), a technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance, announced today that it will appoint Peter Märkl to the role of its General Counsel. With his international experience in investment banking and digital assets, he will head the Legal Department globally and lead Valour on all legal and regulatory matters, in particular in relation to ETPs.
Mr. Märkl, currently the Head of Legal for Amun/21Shares, was responsible for expanding the legal department in Zurich and New York. Prior to his role at 21Shares, Mr. Märkl worked in the Zurich office of the law firm Heuking, where he concentrated on the fintech and private banking business. Märkl previously held management positions at UBS in Germany and Switzerland. In addition to broad expertise in international investment banking and family office business, he also has a profound understanding of crypto-based financial products.
"The team at Valour is very excited to begin work with Peter and the extensive international experience he has with regulated crypto products will help navigate the regulatory aspects of our next phase of growth," said Russell Starr, CEO of Valour. "Regardless of market conditions we will continue to build out our product offerings and attract top tier talent like Peter that will set Valour up for long term success in providing access to safe, secure and regulated digital assets."
Mr. Märkl's hiring marks the second accession to the Company's management team within just a few weeks with the recently announced addition of Chief Sales Officer, Marco Infuso. Valour intends to continue making strategic hirings that will enable them to become a leading ETP provider in Europe and on a global scale.
Valour offers fully hedged digital asset ETPs with low to zero management fees, with product listings across four European exchanges. Valour's existing product range includes Valour Uniswap (UNI), Cardano (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Cosmos (ATOM) and Enjin (ENJ) ETPs, as well as Valour's flagship Bitcoin Zero and Valour Ethereum Zero products, the first fully hedged, passive investment products with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as underlyings which are completely fee-free, with competitors charging up to 2.5% in management fees.
Learn more about Valour at https://valour.com/
Valour Inc. is a technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance. Our mission is to expand investor access to industry-leading decentralized technologies which we believe lie at the heart of the future of finance. On behalf of our shareholders and investors, we identify opportunities and areas of innovation and build and invest in new technologies and ventures in order to provide trusted, diversified exposure across the decentralized finance ecosystem. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit https://valour.com
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to the regulatory environment with respect to the growth and adoption of decentralized finance; the pursuit by Valour and its subsidiaries of business opportunities; and the merits or potential returns of any such opportunities. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company, as the case may be, to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but is not limited the acceptance of Valour ETPs by exchanges; growth and development of DeFi and cryptocurrency sector; rules and regulations with respect to DeFi and cryptocurrency; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The blue-and-white Finnish flag rises outside NATO headquarters Tuesday afternoon, making Finland a member and doubling Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance.
The move is a strategic and political blow to President Vladimir Putin, who has long complained about NATO’s expansion toward Russia and partly used that as a justification for his country’s war with Ukraine.
“What we see is that President Putin went to war against Ukraine with a declared aim to get less NATO,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. “He’s getting the exact opposite.”
Like all NATO members, Finland will benefit from the collective security guarantee that an attack on one is considered an attack on all.
NATO has said that it has no immediate intention to step up its presence in Finland. Some members have deployed troops there for war games over the last year.
Russia immediately warned that it would bolster forces near Finland if NATO sends any additional troops or equipment to what will be its 31st member country
Finland has substantial, well-trained armed forces with elite troops capable of operating in the sub-zero temperatures of the high north. The Nordic country also has a large reserve army and is investing heavily in new equipment, including dozens of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets.
The Finnish flag rising between the French and the Estonian in a ceremony scheduled for 1330 GMT will complete the fastest accession process in the organization’s recent history .
Alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, Finland applied to join NATO in May 2022. Neighboring Sweden also applied, but its accession process will take longer.
The ceremony falls on NATO’s very own birthday, the 74th anniversary of the signing of its founding Washington Treaty on April 4, 1949.
“It will be a good day for Finland’s security, for Nordic security, and for NATO as a whole,” Stoltenberg told reporters on Monday on the eve of a meeting of alliance’s foreign ministers in Brussels.
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko warned that Moscow would bolster its own forces “in case of deployment of forces of other NATO members on the territory of Finland.”
“We will strengthen our military potential in the west and in the northwest,” Grushko said, according to the state RIA Novosti news agency, although Russia is already having trouble marshaling forces against far-smaller Ukraine.
Finland shares a 1,340-kilometer (832-mile) border with Russia and unlike most members of the alliance, Finland did not cut defense spending and investment after the Cold War.
“They have trained and built a large army over many years and maintain that high level of readiness. Finland is also a country with extremely high level of resilience, of preparedness throughout the whole society,” Stoltenberg said.
The country also helps to complete NATO’s geographical puzzle by filling in a major gap in the strategically important Baltic Sea region in Europe’s north.
On Tuesday, Stoltenberg said, Turkey, the last country to have ratified Finland’s membership, will hand the official document enshrining its approval to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
NATO’s top civilian official said he will then invite Finland to hand over its own signed documents, to complete the procedure.
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen will attend the flag-raising ceremony along with Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto.
“It is a historic moment for us. For Finland, the most important objective at the meeting will be to emphasize NATO’s support to Ukraine as Russia continues its illegal aggression,” Haavisto said in a statement. “We seek to promote stability and security throughout the Euro-Atlantic region.”
Left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin had championed her country’s NATO accession, and lost a chance at another term over the weekend, but joining NATO was widely popular and not seen as a factor in her loss.
Lars Kahre, an entrepreneur from Helsinki, said the country’s decision to abandon its military non-alignment was caused by the changes in Europe over the last year.
“For a long time, we have been relying on our independence and neutrality and now we just realize that that’s not the path of the future,” he told The Associated Press. “Now we need to look for new options for the future.”
All 30 allies signed Finland’s and Sweden’s accession protocols soon after they applied. Turkey and Hungary delayed the process for months but relented on Finland. Turkey has sought guarantees and assurances from the two, notably to crack down on Kurdish groups. Hungary’s demands have never been explicit.
NATO must agree unanimously for new members to join, and the vast majority of members are keen to bring Sweden within the fold before U.S. President Joe Biden and his alliance counterparts hold their next summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on July 11-12.
“Sweden is not left alone. Sweden is as close as it can come as a full-fledged member,” Stoltenberg said, and he urged Turkey to quickly ratify the country’s accession protocol, saying: “my position is that Sweden has delivered on the commitments they made.” ___ Jari Tanner in Helsinki contributed to this report. | 2023-04-04T07:52:20+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/finland-to-join-nato-military-alliance-this-week-chief-says/ |
Utah Valley Wolverines (4-4) at BYU Cougars (5-4)
The Wolverines are 0-3 in road games. Utah Valley is 0-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jaxson Robinson averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Cougars, scoring 7.9 points while shooting 35.2% from beyond the arc. Gideon George is shooting 44.8% and averaging 12.6 points for BYU.
Justin Harmon is scoring 14.1 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Wolverines. Trey Woodbury is averaging 13.1 points for Utah Valley.
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CANTON, Ohio, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAGE Studios®, a leader in the salon and spa studio space, has opened its newest location and first in North Canton, OH by IMAGE Owners, Jon & Stephanie Miller. IMAGE is part of a burgeoning trend in the beauty, health, and wellness business, which leases turnkey salon suites to entreprenuers looking to open their own business, empowering business owners, and growth in the growing $63 billion beauty industry.
Founder and CEO, Jason Olsen, commented, "It is incredible to have high caliber franchisees like Jon & Stephanie to introduce the IMAGE Studios® brand in Ohio. They will be joined by locations in Cleveland and Columbus this year, along with new stores in Pittsburgh and Lexington - IMAGE is booming across the region."
"We are elated to open up at near capacity in our first location," said IMAGE Owner, Stephanie Miller. "IMAGE Studios® is the best in coworking salon suites. We set the highest standard for design and support for our professionals, and I am so excited to be part of this journey! Our location will be a benchmark for cutting edge design."
There are currently 30 open, and 145 IMAGE Studios® Salon Suites in development throughout the US and this number increases month over month. IMAGE Studios® is an exclusive salon suite that creates modern, high-end salon spaces at affordable rates for salon professionals - this makes it possible for professionals to become successful entrepreneurs. IMAGE Studios® provides a unique opportunity by bringing together like-minded professionals and the guidance of mentors invested in the success of their business owners.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The seizure of more than 660,000 counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine has led to charges against one man, federal authorities in Rhode Island announced Monday.
Dylan Rodas, 27, has agreed to plead guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in connection with the seizure earlier this year of the fake pills with a street value estimated at about $4.6 million, U.S. attorney for Rhode Island Zachary Cunha said at a news conference.
It is believed to be the largest seizure of methamphetamine-laced fake Adderall pills in the U.S., as well as among the largest seizures of methamphetamine in DEA New England Field Division history, he said.
“The quantity of methamphetamine represented by this seizure — methamphetamine that was packaged, prepped and ready to flow out onto the street to devastating effect on our communities — is staggering,” Cunha said.
Adderall is a prescription medication used primarily to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The drugs were seized during two court-authorized searches in Cumberland in March, he said.
Authorities also found a bucket containing 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of meth mixture prepped and ready to be pressed into pill form, two pill presses that can manufacture about 5,000 pills per hour each, $15,000 cash and multiple handguns, including two ghost guns and two that had the serial numbers obliterated, he said.
The investigation is ongoing.
Officials believe the methamphetamine originated in Mexico, according to Brian Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New England office.
“With the potency of these fake pills, it only takes one pill to ruin your life," he said.
Under a plea agreement, authorities are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for Rodas.
His attorney, John Calcagni III, said in an email that he had no immediate comment.
The meth epidemic has not hit New England as hard as some other parts of the country, Cunha said, but law enforcement needs to remain vigilant.
“The prosecution we announced today, which involves the seizure of what I can only term industrial-scale quantities of meth, is a stark reminder that we cannot be complacent, we cannot treat meth as a problem that happens elsewhere," he said. | 2022-09-19T17:33:42+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Feds-seize-staggering-amount-of-fake-Adderall-17451907.php |
MG is out to prove that electric performance cars don’t have to cost a fortune with its MG 4 Xpower. The car was revealed this week and is already available to order in markets where the brand operates.
The MG 4 Xpower is an electric hot hatch based on the standard MG 4 that debuted last year, and it packs a peak output of 429 hp, or enough for 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.8 seconds.
The output, generated by a dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain, also makes the the MG 4 Xpower the most powerful production MG to date. That title won’t stick long, though, as MG will launch the Cyberster electric roadster next year, and it’s coming with up to 536 hp.
The MG 4 Xpower is priced to start at a reasonable 36,495 British pounds in MG’s home market of the U.K., which translates to approximately $46,500 at current exchange rates. That’s impressive considering the performance on offer and the additional upgrades MG’s engineers have made to ensure the car isn’t just quick in a straight line.
MG said the car also benefits from a series of suspension upgrades, including recalibrated spring and damper tuning and stiffer anti-roll bars. The changes result in overall suspension stiffness rising about 25%. MG’s Dynamic Cornering Control System, which combines an electronic locking differential with torque vectoring of the electric motors, also aids handling.
The steering and braking systems were also tweaked to deliver improved performance. In the case of the latter, stopping power comes from 13.6-inch ventilated rotors at all four corners. MG said the MG 4 Xpower requires just 111 feet to stop from 62 mph. The brakes reside within 18-inch wheels wrapped in Bridgestone Turanza tires.
No range figure has been announced, but the standard MG 4’s range tops out above 250 miles, thanks to a 64-kwh battery.
MG will present the MG 4 Xpower for the first time at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which starts July 13. The automaker will also use the U.K. event to show off a time-attack special based on the car.
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Fintech is eligible to win up to $250K from global bank's 2022 Innovation Challenge
DETROIT, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pocketnest, the female-founded financial wellness platform, today announces that it has been selected by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as one of its 2022 Innovation Challenge finalists.
"We launched our Innovation Challenge to find solutions like Pocketnest that will help make banking easier and safer for our customers and the financial services industry at large," said Madhu Narasimhan, Wells Fargo's head of Innovation. "The goal is to collaborate with partners across the fintech ecosystem and leverage one another's strengths to solve specific customer pain points and push the whole industry forward."
Pocketnest earned its finalist position in Wells Fargo's Designing the Multi-X Future: 2022 Innovation Challenge for its promising ability to create a more dynamic environment for Wells Fargo customers. The fintech platform also aligns with the bank's vision of building more interconnected and approachable banking experiences.
"Showcasing our technology to innovative banks like Wells Fargo helps take our mission to an incredible scale, where we can help millions of people achieve financial wellness through more authentic and valuable connections with their financial institution," said Jessica Willis, CEO and founder, Pocketnest.
Wells Fargo Innovation Challenge judges selected Pocketnest from more than 100 applicants to create a proof of concept for consideration in the bank's digital environment, plus a chance to present at the Wells Fargo Innovation Summit on November 8, 2022, and win $250K.
Pocketnest, Inc.™ is a Google-accelerated financial wellness app that coaches users through 10 themes of financial wellness. The platform helps users identify and fill gaps in their plans, while identifying cross-sell opportunities for the financial institutions they license to like banks, credit unions, investment advisors, 401k plan sponsors; and employee wellness programs. Launched in 2019, the fintech has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative startups.
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- Partnership continues important research, rescue, education, and policy efforts for keystone marine species including sharks.
- SeaWorld continues to support OCEARCH-led research expeditions; SeaWorld scientists join the team aboard research vessels to advance the study of key species
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ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to support the conservation of marine life through research, SeaWorld and OCEARCH have renewed their multi-year partnership to gather critical scientific data in the study of keystone marine species in the wild. The partnership is focused in the areas of rescue, research, education, and policy to advance understanding and help ensure healthy and abundant populations.
- Research – SeaWorld and OCEARCH share research on tagged animals to make that knowledge widely available and utilize this science to protect and preserve marine animals.
- Rescue – SeaWorld has rescued more than 40,000 animals and the knowledge gained from their rescue and rehabilitation has added vital knowledge to the conservation of their counterparts in the wild. Some of the animals rehabilitated and returned to the wild by SeaWorld are also tracked on OCEARCH's Global Shark Tracker, providing valuable, open-sourced data to the public.
- Policy – Both organizations will continue their work to utilize the open-sourced data from sampled and tagged marine animals to advocate for the protection of marine life.
OCEARCH Founder and Expedition Leader Chris Fischer said, "Our partnership with SeaWorld has been an important part of making our research possible. They've helped us build out and broaden our science disciplines to maximize the amount of knowledge and data we collect from every animal we sample and release. Their expertise in reproductive biology is leading the way in understanding how white sharks mate, reproduce, and give birth. We look forward to continuing to partner with them for many years to maximize the rate at which we can collect data to return our oceans to balance and abundance."
OCEARCH's popular Global Shark Tracker houses data on rescued, rehabilitated and returned marine animals. It offers both the scientific community and the public the ability to learn more about threatened and endangered species as they are given a second chance at life. Data on three of SeaWorld's rescued and returned animals – Gale, a pilot whale, TJ, a dolphin, and Iris, a harbor seal – can now be found at OCEARCH.org.
"Since the beginning of our partnership with OCEARCH, we've been proud to collaborate on the conservation research work done by this community of scientists, all with the common goal of securing a positive future for sharks," said Dr. Chris Dold, Chief Zoological Officer at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment.
Scientific Study at Sea
Scientific study is conducted aboard a 126-foot research vessel M/V OCEARCH. It serves as a floating science lab and set out on its first expedition when the partnership formed in 2018.
In 2019, SeaWorld Veterinarian and Reproductive Physiologist Dr. Gisele Montano first joined OCEARCH during Expedition NASFA to study shark reproduction off the coast of the Carolinas. She continues to join the research team at sea on key missions.
"SeaWorld and OCEARCH have a great collaboration. OCEARCH allows researchers like me, to study animals in the wild using techniques used at our parks," said Dr. Gisele Montano, Director of Species Sustainability at SeaWorld Orlando. "SeaWorld and OCEARCH are working together to learn more about white sharks, so we can help protect them and their environment."
During the expedition, Dr. Montano's role onboard the OCEARCH Vessel was to ultrasound all animals and collect semen from mature male sharks. The unique aspect of OCEARCH's Expedition NASFA to the Carolinas was to investigate the area as a possible mating ground for white sharks. The immense movement and track data Dr. Montano and her team received from their past tagged sharks concluded that both males and females spend some time near the coast of South and North Carolina during their yearly migration up the Northwest Atlantic coast.
The OCEARCH team and SeaWorld's veterinarians, scientists and researchers work together on these expeditions to share knowledge and experience, which will contribute to their shared mission of continuing to educate future generations and advocate for ocean health and marine animal conservation efforts.
About SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) is a leading theme park and entertainment company providing experiences that matter, and inspiring guests to protect animals and the wild wonders of our world. The Company is one of the world's foremost zoological organizations and a global leader in animal welfare, training, husbandry and veterinary care. The Company collectively cares for one of the largest zoological collections in the world and has helped lead advances in the care of animals. The Company also rescues and rehabilitates marine and terrestrial animals that are ill, injured, orphaned or abandoned, with the goal of returning them to the wild. The SeaWorld® rescue team has helped more than 39,000 animals in need over the last 55 years. SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. owns or licenses a portfolio of recognized brands including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens®, Aquatica®, Sesame Place® and Sea Rescue®. Over its more than 55-year history, the Company has built a diversified portfolio of 12 destination and regional theme parks that are grouped in key markets across the United States, many of which showcase its one-of-a-kind zoological collection. The Company's theme parks feature a diverse array of rides, shows and other attractions with broad demographic appeal which deliver memorable experiences and a strong value proposition for its guests.
About OCEARCH
OCEARCH is a global non-profit organization conducting unprecedented research on our ocean's giants in order to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean. Our mission is to accelerate the ocean's return to balance and abundance through fearless innovations in critical scientific research, education, outreach, and policy using unique collaborations of individuals and organizations in the U.S and abroad. OCEARCH is recognized as a world leader in generating scientific data related to tracking (telemetry), and biological studies of keystone marine species such as great white sharks, tiger sharks, and more. OCEARCH provides a free open-sourced Shark Tracking service and app that allows scientists, educators, and fans alike to learn about the never before documented movements of our ocean's animals. OCEARCH's research is proudly supported by Costa Sunglasses, SeaWorld, Yeti, Ulysse Nardin, Blundstone, Cisco Brewers, Jefferson's Bourbon and our educational home Jacksonville University. Learn more at ocearch.org.
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OSU's Center For Health Sciences Pre-Health Round Up
Pre-Health Round Up is a one-day, free event on the OSU Center for Health Sciences campus. High school students can learn all about the wide variety of health care fields available in the state of Oklahoma.
For a link to the Pre-Health Round Up, click here. | 2022-09-06T18:18:06+00:00 | news9.com | https://www.news9.com/story/6316fe12497305072a20c8a5/links-mentioned-on-sept-6-2022 |
South Carolina baseball team off to 6-0 start in SEC play
(South Carolina Athletics) - The University of South Carolina baseball team swept a doubleheader and a three-game series against No. 22 Missouri Saturday afternoon (March 25) at Founders Park. The Gamecocks won game one, 8-1, and used an Ethan Petry walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th to win the nightcap, 5-4.
Noah Hall struck out 10 in seven innings of work to earn the win in game one. He allowed five hits and a run with a walk. Chris Veach and Cade Austin each pitched a scoreless inning of work, combining for five strikeouts.
Evan Stone had a pair of home runs in the win, the first two of his Carolina career. Gavin Casas was 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI while Ethan Petry and Talmadge LeCroy had two hits apiece.
Carolina’s second win was more dramatic. Carson Hornung gave the Gamecocks a 2-0 lead in the fourth on a two-run home run, but Missouri scored two in the fifth and two in the sixth to take a 4-2 advantage.
The game stayed at 4-2 until Petry tied it with a two-run home run to left. The game went to extras and Carolina finally took advantage in the 12th. Will Tippett opened the inning with a walk. He went to third on Braylen Wimmer’s bunt single and a throwing error. Missouri intentionally walked Casas, leading to Petry’s single up the middle to score the game-winning run.
Matthew Becker earned the win in relief, striking out five in three innings of relief. Veach added four strikeouts in 1.1 innings. Jack Mahoney started for Carolina. He struck out three and allowed three hits and two runs in 4.1 innings of work.
Petry had three hits in the nightcap to go along with three RBI. Hornung drove in a pair.
POSTGAME NOTES
- Carolina starts 6-0 in the SEC for the first time since 2016.
- The Gamecocks are 23-2 after 25 games. That’s the best start for a Carolina team since the 2000 team also was 23-2 after 25 contests.
- Carolina played its first extra-inning game of the season in the second game.
- The Gamecocks now have 64 home runs after 25 games.
- The three-game attendance for the weekend was 23,503, including a pair of sellouts on Friday and game one of Saturday.
- Carolina upped its strikeout total this season to 264 after 29 punchouts today.
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Carolina visits Charleston, S.C., and The Citadel on Tuesday night (March 28) at 7 p.m. at Joe Riley Park. The game will be streamed on ESPN+. | 2023-03-26T22:01:31+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-baseball-team-off-to-6-0-start-in-sec-play/43421480 |
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS and its former president, Leslie Moonves, will pay $30.5 million as part of an agreement with the New York attorney general’s office, which says the network’s executives conspired with a Los Angeles police captain to conceal sexual assault allegations against Moonves.
Under the deal announced Wednesday by Attorney General Letitia James, the broadcast giant is required to pay $22 million to shareholders and another $6 million for sexual harassment and assault programs. Moonves will have to pay $2.5 million, all of which will benefit stockholders who the attorney general said were initially kept in the dark about the allegations.
At least one of those executives — one of the few privy to an internal investigation — sold millions of dollars of stock before the allegations against Moonves became public, which the attorney general’s office said amounted to insider trading.
“As a publicly traded company, CBS failed its most basic duty to be honest and transparent with the public and investors. After trying to bury the truth to protect their fortunes, today CBS and Leslie Moonves are paying millions of dollars for their wrongdoing,” James said in a statement, calling attempts to mislead investors “reprehensible.”
A spokesperson for Paramount Global, which owns CBS, said it was “pleased to resolve this matter … without any admission of liability or wrongdoing,” adding that the “matter involved alleged misconduct by CBS’s former CEO, who was terminated for cause in 2018, and does not relate in any way to the current company.”
Moonves resigned from CBS on Sept. 9, 2018.
In a document outlining the findings of its investigation, the attorney general’s office detailed an alleged scheme by a unnamed Los Angeles police captain to try to cover up the allegations against Moonves.
The Los Angeles Police Department later identified the captain as Cory Palka, who retired last year in the rank of commander after 34 years in the department. He had served as the commanding officer of the Hollywood Division for more than three years. He did not respond to multiple requests for comment Thursday.
Palka’s LinkedIn profile says he was “Incident Commander to the Academy Awards & numerous high profile events related to the entertainment industry.” Photos of Palka show the then-captain hobnobbing with stars at Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonies and on red carpets. He was honored in 2019 as one of the Hollywood Chamber Community Foundation’s “Heroes of Hollywood.”
According to the attorney-general’s office document, the police captain tipped off CBS that a woman had lodged a complaint against Moonves.
In November 2017, the woman told police that she had been sexually assaulted by Moonves in the 1980s, before he was employed by CBS in 1995, according to the attorney general’s report. She also said she was subjected to sexual misconduct and retaliation in the workplace.
Several hours after she made her police report — which was marked “confidential” in three places — the captain alerted CBS, it said, adding that the captain then met personally with Moonves and another CBS executive. The captain, it said, instructed the police officers investigating the complaint to “admonish” the woman not to go to the media with her allegations, according to the attorney general’s office. He also put them in touch with the lead investigating officer.
When the allegations ultimately became public anyway and Moonves resigned, the captain sent a note to a CBS contact saying, “We worked so hard to try to avoid this day.”
The document also said he wrote a separate note to Moonves saying, “I’m deeply sorry that this has happened. I will always stand with, by and pledge my allegiance
The attorney general’s office said it uncovered text messages between the police captain, CBS executives and Moonves that showed efforts to prevent the complaint from becoming public.
The captain first made CBS officials aware of the sexual misconduct allegation by calling the network’s senior vice president of talent relations and special events, who was identified by the court document as Ian Metrose.
Metrose had previously hired the captain as one of Moonves’ security aides at the Grammy Awards from 2008 to 2014, the document states.
“I know we haven’t talked in a while. I am a captain at LAPD Hollywood,” the police captain told Metrose in a voicemail message, according to the attorney general’s office. “Somebody walked in the station about a couple hours ago and made allegations against your boss regarding a sexual assault. It’s confidential, as you know, but call me, and I can give you some of the details and let you know what the allegation is before it goes to the media or gets out.”
An email sent to Metrose was not immediately returned Wednesday. And an attorney representing CBS and Moonves did not immediately return a request for comment.
The LAPD said Wednesday it was conducting an investigation into the conduct of the captain and was cooperating with New York officials.
“What is most appalling is the alleged breach of trust of a victim of sexual assault, who is among the most vulnerable, by a member of the LAPD. This erodes the public trust and is not reflective of our values as an organization,” Chief Michel Moore said.
Palka’s LinkedIn profile says his time commanding the agency’s Hollywood Division lasted from February 2016 to August 2019.
Video footage of Palka went viral during the racial injustice protests in Los Angeles in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death when the then-commander took a knee with protesters on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
IMDB lists him as having an uncredited role as himself in two episodes of “Bosch,” a police procedural produced by Amazon Studios.
Moonves’ resignation came amid complaints from multiple women about alleged sexual misconduct. Some accusers claimed that Moonves had forced them to perform oral sex. The New Yorker had reported at the time that at least one of the women, a television executive, had filed a criminal complaint with Los Angeles police.
Moonves acknowledged having relations with three of the women, but said they were consensual. He denied attacking anyone, saying in a statement at the time that “Untrue allegations from decades ago are now being made against me.”
The Los Angeles County district attorney declined to file criminal charges against Moonves in 2018.
CBS is also required under the deal with the attorney general’s office to reform its human resources practices around sexual harassment.
The NY attorney general’s office identified CBS’s senior executive vice president and chief communication officer, Gil Schwartz, as the executive who sold nearly $8.9 million dollars in stocks. Schwartz has since died.
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Dazio reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writer Lynn Elber also contributed to this story from Los Angeles. | 2022-11-03T02:59:10+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-cbs-moonves-must-pay-30-5-million-for-insider-trading/ |
VATICAN CITY — The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened due to his age, and doctors are constantly monitoring the 95-year-old’s condition, the Vatican said Wednesday.
Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis, who asked the faithful earlier Wednesday to pray for Benedict, went to visit his predecessor in the monastery on Vatican grounds where the retired pontiff has lived since retiring in February 2013.
"Regarding the health conditions of the emeritus pope, for whom Pope Francis asked for prayers at the end of his general audience this morning, I can confirm that in the last hours, a worsening due to advanced age has happened,'' Bruni said in a written statement.
“The situation at the moment remains under control, constantly monitored by doctors," according to the statement.
At the end of his customary Wednesday audience with the public in a Vatican auditorium, Francis departed from his prepared remarks to say that Benedict is “very sick” and asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff.
Francis didn't elaborate on the condition of Benedict.
“I’d like to ask all of you for a special prayer for Emeritus Pope Benedict, who, in silence, is sustaining the church,″ Francis said in remarks near the end of an hour-long audience. ”I remind you that he is very sick,” Francis said.
“Let’s ask the Lord to comfort him and sustain him in this testimony of love to the church to the very end,″ Francis said.
After the hour-long audience, “Pope Francis went to the Mater Ecclesiae monastery to visit Benedict XVI. Let us all unite with him in prayer for the emeritus pope,″ Bruni said.
Benedict, who was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, has become increasingly frail in recent years as he dedicated his post-papacy life to prayer and meditation.
When Benedict turned 95 in April, his longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, said the retired pontiff was in good spirits, adding that "naturally he is physically relatively weak and fragile, but rather lucid.”
Francis called on Benedict at the monastery four months ago. The occasion was Francis' latest ceremony elevating churchmen to cardinal rank, and the new “princes of the church" accompanied him for the brief greeting.
The Vatican released a photo at the time that showed a very thin-looking Benedict clasping a hand of Francis as they current and past pontiff smiled at each other.
In his first years of retirement, Benedict attended a couple of cardinal-elevating ceremonies in St. Peter's Basilica. But in recent years, he wasn't strong enough to attend the long service. | 2022-12-28T12:37:14+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/retired-pope-health-worsening-says-vatican |
(NerdWallet) – Although recent changes to Medicare Part D will eventually make covered prescription drugs more affordable for Medicare beneficiaries, there’s still a loophole: What if Medicare doesn’t cover your drug at all?
Specific drug coverage varies by plan, and you may not be able to immediately switch to a plan that covers your drug, or you may find that no plans cover it.
“The problems are the more expensive brand name medications,” says Katy Votava, who holds a doctorate in health economics and nursing and is president and founder of Goodcare, a consulting firm focused on the economics of Medicare. “That can be difficult for people, and they’re often based on medical necessity anyway, and prior authorization is typically required.”
If you find that a medication you’ve been prescribed isn’t covered by your Medicare plan, here are some options to consider.
Check the Medicare landscape
First, is this a medicine that’s ever covered by Medicare — just not your plan? Does Medicare cover it under Part B because it’s administered in-office? Or does Medicare never cover this drug? “Knowing the reason, so why it isn’t being covered, is important,” says Justin Lalor, an attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy.
For instance, some drugs are never covered by Medicare, including things like weight loss drugs, drugs used for cosmetic purposes, and cough and cold medications.
“So that first step is seeing, does Part D ever cover these?” Lalor says. If the answer is yes, he says the second step is noting if any Part D plans cover the drug.
Talk to your doctor
“Discuss with your doctor if there is a similar medication that is covered by Medicare or Medicare Advantage, or if there are any other treatment options available,” says Jeremy Duboys, president of medication discount card company RxGo.
If there aren’t any comparable drugs, your doctor will have to support your need to be on the drug in question, since you’ll need their help to file one of the appeals listed below.
“They’re the ones that have to state that it’s medically necessary,” Lalor says.
Request a formulary exception
A formulary exception is a request to add your drug to your plan’s formulary, or list of covered drugs.
“The formulary exception is a medical necessity thing where your physician signs off on why you need it,” Votava says. “Written properly, most of the time that works. But you have to get your providers to do it.”
The request also might have to be submitted more than once. If you call the insurance company, Votava says, they might give you the specific language you should be using to have your request granted.
Request a tiering exception
If your Medicare plan covers your drug but places it in a high tier that results in a high price tag, you or your provider can request a tiering exception. Higher tiers generally mean you share a greater percentage of the price, and if you can get a plan to cover a drug in a lower tier, you’ll pay less.
“Essentially you’re saying, ‘This rung is too expensive, it’s the only medically appropriate drug for this patient, and their ability to use it is being hindered by the price of it,’” Lalor says.
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Look for a special enrollment period
If your Medicare plan doesn’t cover your drug — or covers it at a higher tier than you’d like — you may be able to switch to a better plan if you qualify for a special enrollment period.
A special enrollment period allows you to change your Medicare Advantage or Part D plan outside of typical enrollment periods. A special enrollment period may be granted when you meet certain life circumstances, such as moving outside your plan’s service area or moving into a skilled nursing facility.
You also have an opportunity to switch plans if there’s a 5-star Medicare Advantage plan or Part D plan in your area. You can do this once between Dec. 8 and Nov. 30 of the following year. This is called a 5-star special enrollment period. And your new coverage will begin the first day of the next month after you make the request.
Switch plans during open enrollment
Of course, if there’s a Medicare Advantage plan or Part D plan that covers your prescription drug to your satisfaction, you can enroll in it during Medicare’s fall open enrollment period from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 each year.
And if you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan, you can join a different Medicare Advantage plan or jump back to Original Medicare with a different Part D plan once during Medicare Advantage open enrollment, which is Jan. 1 to March 31 each year.
If you don’t qualify for any special enrollment period, you’ll have to wait for one of these official enrollment periods to change plans. In the meantime, Lalor says, “[you] can attempt to do one of those appeal exceptions.” | 2023-04-23T17:47:39+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/top-stories/what-to-do-when-medicare-doesnt-cover-your-prescription-drug/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — What a debut for Brett Baty!
The 22-year-old third baseman became the fifth player in New York Mets history to homer in his first big league at-bat Wednesday night, launching a two-run shot into the right-field seats against the Atlanta Braves.
With a runner aboard and the Mets already up 2-0 in the second inning on back-to-back homers in the opening frame, Baty took a ball from Jake Odorizzi before connecting with a hanging curve.
Ronald Acuña Jr. peeled off, looking to play the ball off the tall brick wall in right, but the 377-foot drive dropped into the seats.
Baty’s mother, father, sister and other relatives who flew in on short notice for the occasion leaped from their seats at Truist Park. Baty was swarmed by his teammates in the dugout.
The last Mets player to homer his first time up in the majors was Mike Jacobs on Aug. 21, 2005, at Washington.
One of the Mets’ top prospects, Baty batted eighth in his major league debut. He took over for Eduardo Escobar, who went on the 10-day injured list with a strained left oblique.
Baty was called up from Syracuse just a week after being promoted to the Triple-A club. Before the game, he insisted he wasn’t thinking about coming up the big leagues this quickly.
“It wasn’t on my mind at all,” Baty said. “I was just thinking about winning ballgames for Syracuse. But now I’m here, so it’s about winning ballgames for the New York Mets.”
Escobar was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday’s game after working out on the field before batting practice. Manager Buck Showalter said Escobar’s injury had taken a turn for the worse and he didn’t want to risk a long-term issue.
The No. 12 overall pick in the 2019 draft, Baty was hitting a combined .315 with 19 homers and 60 RBIs for Double-A Binghamton and Syracuse.
His offensive numbers — especially his power — have greatly improved this season over his first two years in the minors.
“I’m not putting any expectations on myself,” Baty said. “I’m just gonna go out there and play to the best of my ability. I’m here for a reason. I’ll let it show and do my best out there.”
Escobar went on the IL, retroactive to Tuesday, clearing the way for Baty to join the club.
Showalter got a chance to work with Baty in spring training. He challenged the native of Round Rock, Texas, a few times, eager to see how he would react to what the manager coyly called “constructive criticism.”
Baty passed that test.
“I trust the way I play baseball, and I trust myself out on the field,” the rookie said. “They were getting on me, but I was kind of responding.”
Center fielder Brandon Nimmo pulled Baty aside after the team arrived at Truist Park. He knows the highly touted player will be facing intense scrutiny joining a first-place team that’s trying to claim its first division title since 2015.
“Nimmo just took me aside and he was like, ‘Hey, man, slow it down. It’s gonna be a pretty big atmosphere for sure. But we all trust you out there. We have your back,'” Baty said. “That’s what I wanted to hear.”
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John Shertzer brings nonprofit leadership in support of Medal of Honor Recipients' Mission
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medal of Honor Foundation (the Foundation) today announced that John Shertzer has been appointed to the role of executive director to lead the organization into a new period of growth and impact.
The Medal of Honor Foundation was established in 1999 to advance the mission and ensure financial support of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (the Society), the membership organization of the 65 living Medal of Honor Recipients—our nation's greatest heroes.
Through generous donations, the Foundation helps the Society implement preservation, outreach and education programs that protect and promote the legacy of the Medal of Honor and inspire Americans.
Shertzer comes to the Foundation after a successful leadership career in nonprofit organizations. Most recently, he served as executive director of the Society of Professional Journalists and its nonprofit educational arm, the SPJ Foundation. In his new position, Shertzer will report directly to the Medal of Honor Foundation's Board Chairman, David McIntyre, and work closely with the leadership and staff of the Society.
McIntyre said, "We are delighted that John is joining us at the Medal of Honor Foundation. We conducted an extensive search to find someone with the skills and passion to fit the missions of the Foundation and Society. John's a mission-driven leader whose principles are perfectly in sync with those of the Medal of Honor. I know he's anxious to get underway, and I look forward to working closely with him to help Medal of Honor Recipients promote the values and legacy of the Medal."
Shertzer added, "The opportunity to support the work of our nation's Medal of Honor Recipients is an honor and privilege. I look forward to expanding the efforts of the Medal of Honor Foundation to ensure that the Recipients have access to the resources they deserve to continue their ongoing service to our nation."
Prior to SPJ, Shertzer founded the Mayor's Youth Leadership Council in Indianapolis and served as its executive director. He built the Council from the ground up, conceiving and assembling the funds to launch the initiative.
Earlier in his career, Shertzer was chief programs officer at Kiwanis International, the century-old nonprofit community service organization. He also led Kiwanis Youth Programs, Inc., a Kiwanis subsidiary that includes Key Club, the international service organization for high school students that develops teens' leadership and nurtures the the values of service to other youth.
Shertzer also held a senior role with the North American Interfraternity Conference, serving the needs of undergraduate members, alumni members and professional association staff and board members. His experience also includes positions at Leadership Ventures in Indianapolis, University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, and Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Along with his experience building and leading nonprofit initiatives, Shertzer trains and educates nonprofit and collegiate organizations all over the world including charitable organizations, arts organizations, membership chapters and trade associations.
Shertzer earned a master's degree in higher education from Iowa State and a bachelor's degree in mass communication from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He participates in many volunteer and professional activities and has published a book and several articles about leadership.
The Medal of Honor Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, maintains a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. It was established in 1999 to advance the mission and provide a path for financial support of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, the membership organization of the 65 living Medal of Honor Recipients. Through generous individual and corporate donations, the Foundation is able to provide financial support to the Society so it can carry out its mission of preserving the legacy of the Medal of Honor and educating and inspiring American. To learn more about the Medal of Honor Foundation, visit cmohs.org/foundation.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The railroad industry on Friday sued to block new environmental rules in California, arguing they would force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives across the country long before their zero-emission counterparts are ready to take their place.
California’s aggressive strategy to fight climate change by weaning the state off fossil fuels has produced some of the world’s toughest environmental regulations in the past few years. Since 2020, the state has OK’d rules that would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars, lawn equipment and trucks by the middle of the next decade.
Those rules are designed to slowly phase out gas- and diesel-powered products by banning the sale of most new combustible engines. But the rules governing railroads would ban the use of locomotives more than 23 years old starting in 2030 and would force railroads to start setting aside more than $1 billion a year starting this fall solely to purchase zero-emission locomotives and related equipment. Due to the crucial role California ports hold and the way railroads pass off trains to each other, the state’s mandate would have huge effects nationwide.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court, the industry says the technology for zero-emission locomotives hasn’t been sufficiently tested and won’t be ready to carry the load of delivering more than 30 million carloads of freight nationwide each year.
The lawsuit asks a judge to declare the California Air Resources Board does not have the authority to issue these rules. The trade groups say that only the federal government can regulate railroads because it is an interconnected industry that crosses state lines. They note that more than 500 companies all share the 180,000 miles (289,682 kilometers) of track across 49 states, Canada and Mexico.
“While the urgency to act is real and unquestionable, CARB (the California Air Resources Board) uses unreasonable, flawed assumptions to support a rule that will not result in emissions reductions,” said Ian Jefferies, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, an industry trade association that filed the lawsuit along with the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association. “Railroads are working toward reliable, efficient zero-emissions technologies; however, they cannot simply be willed into immediate existence by policymakers.”
The railroad groups say in their lawsuit that the rules show regulators’ “lack of experience with and understanding of the railroad industry.”
Another argument from opponents of the California rule is that transporting goods through railways contributes fewer planet-warming emissions than if those goods were trucked. The transportation sector contributed the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, but rail only made up 2% of those emissions, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Regulators did not immediately respond Friday after the lawsuit was filed. They say they must move quickly given the scope of the emissions problems from locomotives. The California Air Resources Board says the rules will dramatically reduce pollution from nitrogen oxides, which contribute to the formation of smog, and a type of tiny pollutants that can penetrate deep into a person’s lungs and has been linked to cancer. The board estimates it will save $32 billion in health care costs and prevent 3,200 premature deaths.
Adrian Martinez, a lawyer with environmental nonprofit Earthjustice, called the fate of the California rule “a matter of life and death.”
“There’s generally been a reckless disregard from the rail industry for saving lives from air pollution, and this is just another feather in their cap in their pursuit of continuing to burn really dirty diesel fuel,” Martinez said of the lawsuit.
The EPA said last fall that it will consider toughening its rules for locomotive pollution that were last updated in 2008, but California regulators acted first. The California rule would need approval from the EPA to move forward.
California has some of the worst air quality in the country, mostly because of its bustling transportation sector. The state is home to two of the busiest ports in the world at Los Angeles and Long Beach. Most of that cargo is shipped to warehouses further inland before getting on trains to be transported throughout the country.
The top four most polluted cities for ozone and year-round particle pollution in the U.S. are all in California, according to the American Lung Association’s 2023 State of the Air report.
The new California rules would have the biggest effect on Union Pacific and BNSF and short-line railroads that operate in that state. But the changes would affect every railroad because they all regularly pass locomotives back and forth to keep trains moving efficiently across the country. A single locomotive might cross the entire country every couple of months. Any changes would have to be standardized across the industry.
The major freight railroads are already working with major manufacturers to test out battery-powered locomotives with the first ones starting to roll out to Union Pacific railyards in Nebraska and California this year. They’re also experimenting with alternative fuels like hydrogen as possible replacements for their diesel-powered workhorses.
One of the leading locomotive makers, Wabtec, told California regulators that it is at least a couple years away from having battery-powered locomotive prototypes ready for widespread tests hauling freight over long distances, although it did try one out with BNSF for a few months in 2021. Wabtec also said some of the other technologies like hydrogen power face challenges related to the availability of that fuel and the need for an entirely new fueling network. And battery manufacturers may already have a hard time keeping up with all the demand from electric cars, even without upgrading thousands of locomotives.
Railroads prefer to keep using locomotives for decades after they buy them. Just last year, both Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced plans to modernize hundreds of locomotives in their fleets to extend their useful life and reduce their carbon emissions. Those upgrades don’t do much to reduce the amount of particulate matter and nitrous oxide emissions those locomotives produce, but the industry has made progress with those also. Those emissions are associated with increased cancer risks and other health problems — particularly in neighborhoods around railyards.
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Funk reported from Omaha, Nebraska. Associated Press reporter Sophie Austin contributed from Sacramento, California.
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Spindell Defends Himself, Spins His Comments
He sends media softening language not in his original email about suppressing votes.
On Monday Urban Milwaukee published a column, “GOP Leader Thrilled to Suppress City Vote,” which quoted an email message sent on Jan. 2 to Republicans in the 4th Congressional District by district chair Robert Spindell bragging about the party’s efforts to suppress the vote in predominantly minority neighborhoods.
“We can be especially proud of the City of Milwaukee (80.2% Dem Vote) casting 37,000 less votes than cast in the 2018 election with the major reduction happening in the overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas,” he wrote.
Since Spindell is also a member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, this comment has caused outrage from Democrats, calling for Spindell to step down from the commission, and coverage by the Associated Press and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In an effort to defend himself, Spindell sent the AP and Journal Sentinel a five-page memo he says he also wrote and which sounds very different from the Jan. 2 memo. The AP story offers this quote from Spindell:
“The Democratic candidates were unable to obtain — even though they really tried hard — the votes they needed, expected and demanded from the Black Community. There is still a great deal of much more concentrated work we need to do in the Black and Hispanic Communities by continuing to show how the Democratic Elected Officials and Candidates are not watching out for the livelihoods of the people who live in these areas and the Republicans can.”
The JS story quoted language like this from the five-page memo Spindell sent to the paper:
“We must remember, in the strategy of things, it is often extremely difficult & hard to convert a hard core, long term generation type Democrat to all of a sudden, bring himself or herself around to vote for a Republican. However, by our Republican efforts, pointing out strongly, how the Democrat Candidates are worse than or certainly no better than their perception of the Republican Candidates, at all levels, they hopefully cannot bring themselves to vote for either one.
“In a Democrat City or Democrat County where up to 80% of the people are voting for the Democrats – that’s a good thing and helped insure that Sen. Johnson got over the goal line.”
None of those softening paragraphs quoted by the AP and JS are in the Jan. 2 message that Urban Milwaukee quoted from. Here is the message from Spindell in its entirety:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
On behalf of the Wis 4th Congressional District Republican Party Executive Committee – see list of Executive Committee Members below – I wish you a Very Happy & Prosperous New Year! And, we wish to thank you and all our many, many hard working and conscientious volunteers, candidates and paid staff who devoted so much of their time and effort to this election.
We had a hard fought but really a successful November 2022 Election Year with the Re-Election of Sen. Ron Johnson, the Election of a new WI Republican Congressman, Derrick Van Orden; picked up three Dem Assembly and one Dem State Senate Seat to give us a Super Majority in the State Senate.
Republicans – remember Michigan had a Republican Governor only 4 years ago – lost both the MI Assembly & Senate to the Dems with the incumbent Dem Governor beating her Republican opponent by over 500,000 votes. Only one incumbent Governor (NV) in the entire USA – he shut down Las Vegas – was defeated & by a very popular incumbent Republican large County Sheriff. There was no USA National “Red Wave.”
In the City of Milwaukee, with the 4th Congressional District Republican Party working very closely with the RPW, RNC, Republican Assembly & Senate Campaign Committees, Statewide Campaigns and RPMC in the Black and Hispanic areas, we can be especially proud of the City of Milwaukee (80.2% Dem Vote) casting37,000 less votes than cast in the 2018 election with the major reduction happening in the overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas.
Promoting the Republican “Cares” Message; pointing out the many flaws of the Democrat Candidates; coupled with a Lack of Interest, persuaded many voters not to vote. All of this contributed to this great and important decrease in Democrat votes in the City through this well thought out multi-facetted plan below including:
- Our extremely Visible and Billboard type Republican Black & Hispanic Location Offices.
- Running great Republican Candidates in Dem Congressional, Senate & Assembly Districts.
- Long term & continuing 2X week Black Radio Republican talk show.
- Biting Black Radio Negative Commercials run last few weeks of the election cycle straight at Dem Candidates.
- Black & Hispanic Republican oriented events.
- Sen. Johnson’s great interest & continued availability in Black & Hispanic areas and with programs.
- A substantial & very effective Republican Coordinated Election Integrity program resulting with lots of Republican paid Election Judges & trained Observers & extremely significant continued Court Litigation.
- Significant Reduction of Unfavorable Rulings / Guidance from the Wisconsin Election Commission.
- WI Election Commission’s willingness to help solve Republican encountered problems.
- More details to come later!
We of your RPW 4th Cong District Executive Committee, will continue to work very hard and smart to do the great deal of important work that must be done as we approach this Extremely Important Supreme Court Race in April and then the Presidential, US Senate, Congressional, Assembly & Senate Races in 2024.
Again, Happy New Year as We Look Forward to
A Great & Successful 2023 & 2024!Bob
Bob Spindell
Chair
RPW 4th Congressional District
1626 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-276-6331 / cd4.chairman@wisgop.info
@BobSpindellYour RPW 4th District Congressional Executive Committee
Chair – Bob Spindell
1st Vice chair – Doug Haag
Secretary – Pat Prudlow
Treasurer & Parliamentarian – James McFarland
RPMC North Shore Branch – Laurie Wolf, Chair
RPMC North Branch – Orlando Owens, Chair
RPMC South Branch – Darlene Wink, Chair
RPMC Wauwatosa Branch – Cheryl Berdan, Chair
RPMC West Allis Branch – Natalie Zebian, Chair
Seven days after writing this email bragging about suppressing the Black vote, Spindell wrote an invitation to Republicans inviting them to a reception for The Republican Party of Wisconsin-African American Council, which will be hosted by the group’s chairman Gerard Randall, with a suggested donation level of $500 to $10,000. It is being held Thursday evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen. “The African American Council is comprised of African American Republican Leaders whose goals are to present the GOP message to the African American Community,” the invitation noted.
What exactly that message is was not described.
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Chairman and CEO Mark Penn, Code and Theory Network Executive Chairman Dan Gardner to Speak at Web Summit Rio
Penn to Visit Stagwell Brazil Headquarters in São Paulo for Regional Summit
RIO DE JANEIRO and SÃO PAULO, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, is coming together in Latin America for several events as it reaffirms its commitment to the region and its planned investment in global expansion efforts, following the launch of Stagwell Brazil in 2022. Network leaders, including Chairman and CEO Mark Penn, will deliver presentations at the inaugural Web Summit Rio, slated to be the largest tech event in Brazil. Stagwell leaders including Mark Penn; Julia Hammond, president, Global Solutions; and Vinicius Reis, president, Stagwell Brazil, will discuss the company's vision and ambition for the region. Futurist and professor Leticia Setembro will attend Stagwell's Client Summit as a guest speaker on the frontiers of marketing innovation.
"A year ago we announced our commitment to the Latin American market and, thanks to the groundwork laid by our agencies, combined with the incredible collaboration with our affiliate partners, Stagwell Brazil is growing into a regional force," said Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn. "I'm excited to share more about the technology we've been building – from SaaS tools to AI and AR platforms – that modern marketers can embrace to drive business, along with our vision for continued expansion in this burgeoning market."
Web Summit Rio
Wednesday, May 3
- 14:30-14:45: Marketers need to have their heads in the cloud: Building on the momentum within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, Penn will deliver a keynote on the SaaS Monster track on why the marketing cloud solutions will be 2023's unsung hero of business transformation, helping brands across the spectrum of capabilities solve gaps in their ability to activate across media, insights, and specialty digital formats with DIY and scalable SaaS tools.
Thursday, May 4
Dan Gardner, co-founder of Code and Theory, and executive chairman of Stagwell's Code and Theory Network, will speak on two sessions:
- 11:35-11:55AM: Facing the future: A guide to design transformation: Dan will explore a new paradigm of design transformation that addresses today's challenges, increasing an organization's readiness for change.
- 14:40-15:00PM: A design for life: Exploring the latest design trends: Dan joins COLLINS Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Brian Collins in conversation with Axios Senior Media Reporter Sara Fischer, as they discuss the key ingredients for creating a seamless, intuitive customer experience, and explore anticipated UI and UX trends for 2023 and beyond.
CP+B Brazil and Stagwell Host Inaugural Client Summit
Thursday, May 4
Hosting executive leaders, brands and journalists for breakfast, those invited will be included in thought leadership discussions and hear insights from Mark Penn on how brands can embrace SaaS tools, digital transformation, and emerging technologies to their advantage.
Guest Speaker Leticia Setembro: A notable futurist, speaker, and professor at SingularityU Brazil, and founder of Seek Futures, Leticia will present on "Understanding Futurism as a Science, Skill, and Tool, The Major Transformations Leaders Need to Tackle, and an Overview of Marketing Trends with Technology Insights."
The presentation will be followed by a short panel and Q&A with the collective group. Brands and journalists interested in connecting with Stagwell on the ground should reach out to pr@stagwellglobal.com.
Stagwell formally established its LATAM headquarters in Brazil last year to foster collaboration between its portfolio agencies and Global Affiliate Partners in the region. Stagwell's agency network in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Central America includes Allison+Partners, Assembly, Code and Theory's Truelogic, CP+B, Ink, Locaria, and YML. Additionally, Stagwell has significantly expanded its footprint across LATAM over the past year via affiliate partnerships with recognized content and media agency networks Buentipo, Grupo Garnier and The Lab, with teams distributed across Argentina, Aruba, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Curacao, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
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LONDON (AP) — Authorities around the world are racing to draw up rules for artificial intelligence, including in the European Union, where draft legislation faced a pivotal moment on Thursday.
A European Parliament committee voted to strengthen the flagship legislative proposal as it heads toward passage, part of a yearslong effort by Brussels to draw up guardrails for artificial intelligence. Those efforts have taken on more urgency as the rapid advances of chatbots like ChatGPT highlight benefits the emerging technology can bring — and the new perils it poses.
Here’s a look at the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act:
HOW DO THE RULES WORK?
The AI Act, first proposed in 2021, will govern any product or service that uses an artificial intelligence system. The act will classify AI systems according to four levels of risk, from minimal to unacceptable. Riskier applications will face tougher requirements, including being more transparent and using accurate data. Think about it as a “risk management system for AI,” said Johann Laux, an expert at the Oxford Internet Institute.
WHAT ARE THE RISKS?
One of the EU’s main goals is to guard against any AI threats to health and safety and protect fundamental rights and values.
That means some AI uses are an absolute no-no, such as “social scoring” systems that judge people based on their behavior. AI that exploits vulnerable people including children or that uses subliminal manipulation that can result in harm, such as an interactive talking toy that encourages dangerous behavior, is also forbidden.
Lawmakers beefed up the proposal by voting to ban predictive policing tools, which crunch data to forecast where crimes will happen and who will commit them. They also approved a widened ban on remote facial recognition, save for a few law enforcement exceptions like preventing a specific terrorist threat. The technology scans passers-by and uses AI to match their faces to a database.
The aim is “to avoid a controlled society based on AI,” Brando Benifei, the Italian lawmaker helping lead the European Parliament’s AI efforts, told reporters Wednesday. “We think that these technologies could be used instead of the good also for the bad, and we consider the risks to be too high.”
AI systems used in high risk categories like employment and education, which would affect the course of a person’s life, face tough requirements such as being transparent with users and putting in place risk assessment and mitigation measures.
The EU’s executive arm says most AI systems, such as video games or spam filters, fall into the low- or no-risk category.
WHAT ABOUT CHATGPT?
The original 108-page proposal barely mentioned chatbots, merely requiring them to be labeled so users know they’re interacting with a machine. Negotiators later added provisions to cover general purpose AI like ChatGPT, subjecting them to some of the same requirements as high-risk systems.
One key addition is a requirement to thoroughly document any copyright material used to teach AI systems how to generate text, images, video or music that resembles human work. That would let content creators know if their blog posts, digital books, scientific articles or pop songs have been used to train algorithms that power systems like ChatGPT. Then they could decide whether their work has been copied and seek redress.
WHY ARE THE EU RULES SO IMPORTANT?
The European Union isn’t a big player in cutting-edge AI development. That role is taken by the U.S. and China. But Brussels often plays a trendsetting role with regulations that tend to become de facto global standards.
“Europeans are, globally speaking, fairly wealthy and there’s a lot of them,” so companies and organizations often decide that the sheer size of the bloc’s single market with 450 million consumers makes it easier to comply than develop different products for different regions, Laux said.
But it’s not just a matter of cracking down. By laying down common rules for AI, Brussels is also trying to develop the market by instilling confidence among users, Laux said.
“The thinking behind it is if you can induce people to to place trust in AI and in applications, they will also use it more,” Laux said. “And when they use it more, they will unlock the economic and social potential of AI.”
WHAT IF YOU BREAK THE RULES?
Violations will draw fines of up to 30 million euros ($33 million) or 6% of a company’s annual global revenue, which in the case of tech companies like Google and Microsoft could amount to billions.
WHAT’S NEXT?
It could be years before the rules fully take effect. European Union lawmakers are now due to vote on the draft legislation at a plenary session in mid-June. Then it moves into three-way negotiations involving the bloc’s 27 member states, the Parliament and the executive Commission, where it could face more changes as they wrangle over the details. Final approval is expected by the end of the year, or early 2024 at the latest, followed by a grace period for companies and organizations to adapt, often around two years. | 2023-05-12T01:01:12+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/technology/ap-technology/how-europe-is-building-artificial-intelligence-guardrails/ |
(KTLA) – Prestigious Hollywood talent agency CAA announced on Monday it has stopped representing the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The famed agency is just the latest to reportedly part ways with the artist now known as “Ye,” following antisemitic comments posted to social media.
Ana Wintour, Vogue’s editor-in-chief, and the magazine have also cut ties West, according to Page Six. Wintour and the fashion magazine follow French fashion house, Balenciaga, and J.P. Morgan. The Gap and Ye went their separate ways in September.
Ye’s record deal with longtime label Def Jam has reportedly ended too. However, his name and albums remain on the label’s website.
Adidas, the German athletic wear behemoth, has been quiet regarding the issue thus far, despite mounting pressure.
There is currently a petition calling for Adidas to cut ties. As of Monday, over 85,500 people have signed the petition.
Jerry Seinfeld’s wife, author Jessica Seinfeld, urged her 578,000 followers to sign the petition.
In a controversial appearance on the podcast “Drink Champs,” Kanye West said: “I can say antisemitic things and Adidas can’t drop me. Now what? Now what?” The clip is from the Oct. 16 episode, which has since been taken down.
On Oct. 10, the Anti-Defamation League published a letter urging Adidas “to reconsider supporting the Ye product line and to issue a statement making clear that the Adidas company and community has no tolerance whatsoever for antisemitism.”
Over the weekend, a hate group hung a banner from a 405 freeway overpass in Inglewood, California in support of West’s comments.
“Kanye is right about the Jews,” the sign read.
This was one of two antisemitic acts over the weekend in the Los Angeles area.
The action sparked many big names to speak up against hate speech, including Kim Kardashian, Ye’s ex-wife, who took to her Instagram story on Monday to issue a statement.
“Hate speech is never OK or excusable,” Kardashian wrote. “I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.”
Her sister Khloe Kardashian, reposted a message to her Instagram stories, penned by Seinfeld that reads: “I support my friends and Jewish people.”
Earlier this month, the artist tweeted he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the U.S. defense readiness condition scale known as DEFCON.
His antisemitic rhetoric prompted him to be locked out of his Instagram and Twitter accounts. | 2022-10-24T20:32:32+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/hollywood-talent-agency-caa-cuts-ties-with-kanye-west-adidas-pressured-to-do-the-same/ |
NEW YORK and BASEL, Switzerland, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd. ("Sumitovant") and Myovant Sciences Ltd. ("Myovant") announced today that Sumitovant has successfully completed its acquisition of Myovant originally announced October 23, 2022. Sumitovant has acquired all outstanding shares of Myovant not already owned by Sumitovant in an all-cash deal with a total transaction value of approximately $1.7 billion. With the completion of the acquisition, Myovant will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, and its shares will no longer be publicly traded.
"We are excited to have officially completed our acquisition of Myovant and look forward to working together to address unmet needs in women's health and prostate cancer," said Myrtle Potter, CEO of Sumitovant. "By combining our unique expertise, platforms and resources, we will be better positioned to drive the growth of Myovant's products and accelerate the development of our robust combined pipeline."
"I am confident that bringing together the capabilities and strengths of Sumitovant and Myovant will best position us to continue delivering innovative therapies to patients sooner and accelerate the potential opportunities for ORGOVYX® and MYFEMBREE®," said Hiroshi Nomura, CEO of Sumitomo Pharma.
"I look forward to all we will be able to achieve with the support of Sumitovant and Sumitomo Pharma to expand the impact of our differentiated therapies and advance our clinical programs," said David Marek, CEO of Myovant. "We remain steadfast in our commitment to advance life-changing medicine and health equity for the patient communities we serve."
Advisors
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC served as financial advisor and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP served as legal counsel to Sumitovant and Sumitomo Pharma. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Myovant and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP served as legal counsel to the Special Committee.
About Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd.
Sumitovant is a technology-driven biopharmaceutical company accelerating development and commercialization of new potential therapies for patients with rare conditions and other diseases. Through our proprietary computing and data platforms, scientific expertise and diverse company portfolio, Sumitovant has supported development of multiple FDA-approved products and a robust pipeline of early- through late-stage investigational assets addressing unmet patient needs in pediatrics, urology, oncology, women's health, specialty respiratory and infectious diseases. Sumitovant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma. Please visit our website www.sumitovant.com for more information on Sumitovant and our portfolio.
About Myovant Sciences
Myovant Sciences aspires to redefine care for women and men through purpose-driven science, empowering medicines, and transformative advocacy worldwide. Since its formation in 2016, Myovant has secured five regulatory approvals in the United States and Europe for its products ORGOVYX® and MYFEMBREE® in hormone-sensitive oncology and women's health, respectively. Myovant and its partners continue to file for additional indications of its products, as well as advance development of its pipeline. Myovant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd., as of March 10, 2023. For more information, please visit www.myovant.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the benefits of the transaction involving Myovant, Sumitovant and Sumitomo Pharma. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and statements regarding Sumitovant's, Myovant's and Sumitomo Pharma's intent, belief or expectations and can be identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "can," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "likely," "may," "might," "objective," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "strive," "to be," "will," "would," or the negative or plural of these words or other similar expressions or variations, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements are based on management's assumptions about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors known or unknown that may cause actual results to differ materially from the views, beliefs, projections and estimates expressed in such statements. The risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the statement of the benefits of, effect of the announcement of the closing of the transaction on Myovant's, Sumitovant's or Sumitomo Pharma's business; the risk that Myovant, Sumitovant and/or Sumitomo Pharma will not realize the anticipated benefits of the transaction; the potential inability to successfully integrate Myovant's business; general industry and economic conditions; and other risks and uncertainties listed in Myovant's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including under the heading "Risk Factors" in Myovant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on January 26, 2023 as such risk factors may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other filings with the SEC. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to Sumitovant and Sumitomo Pharma as of the date of this communication and speak only as of the date of this communication. Myovant, Sumitovant and Sumitomo Pharma disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.
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SINGAPORE, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XT.COM, the world's first socially infused trading platform, is thrilled to announce the listing of MEGA on its platform in the Main and Web3.0 zones and the MEGA/USDT trading pair & MEGA/ETH trading pair will be open for trading from 2022-12-19 10:00 (UTC).
- Users can deposit MEGA for trading at 2022-12-18 10:00 (UTC)
- Withdrawals for MEGA will open at 2022-12-20 10:00 (UTC)
About MEGA
The MEGA token is an ERC-20 token deployed on the Polygon blockchain, a sidechain of Ethereum. Polygon was chosen due to its scalability solution so operations on both Ethereum and TRON networks would be both instantly fast with minimal fees. As of today, MEGA has a circulating and max supply of approximately 20 million tokens. This token was developed to facilitate operations that take place within the MegaWorld virtual game such as producing resources, constructing new buildings, upgrading buildings, creating new avatars, getting insurance, resting your citizens, and unlocking perks in certain districts.
MEGA tokens can also be obtained from the game's virtual operational offices, municipal and commercial buildings. Additionally, players can receive MEGA tokens by collecting them in office buildings to purchase stamina restoration services in commercial buildings and also insurances in municipal buildings. Users who are interested in earning yield with their META tokens can stake them within the game.
About MegaWorld
MegaWorld aims to achieve mass adoption for MCP3D mechanics through an engaging and seamless gameplay experience. Additionally, players with their avatars can traverse the decentralized city and fulfill daily activities for rewards. The MegaWorld features three layers of gameplay. The first two (Macro and Micro economy) are inherited from the MCP3D concept, whilst the third is a new free-to-play layer that will be added in MegaWorld's final release.
Operational since 2018, MegaWorld is an online multiplayer Web3 game set in a virtual environment with real-world economics and developed on the MegaCryptoPolis dApp. MegaCryptoPolis, the original decentralized city builder, was released in May 2018 with a 2D game map and as a strategy game. The 3D version of MegaCryptoPolis was released in December 2019 with major graphic enhancements. MegaCryptoPolis 3D (MCP3D) enabled players to manufacture the materials that other buildings require to function, create new generations of citizens, collect revenue, and provide services to other players.
Mega World will launch on BNB Chain on December 10, followed by its grand opening on December 15, which is when players can purchase land plots with MEGA. In the future, a new city will be added to MegaWorld as part of a new expansion.
Website: https://megaworld.io/
Whitepaper: megaworld.io/docs/MW-WP-1.pdf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/megaworld_io
Discord: discord.com/invite/megaworld
XT.COM will continue to further strengthen its battle-hardened crypto listing strategies to improve the trading options for all of its users. Deposit, trading, and withdrawal options will be available live and colored for both MEGA and XT holders. Everyone is encouraged to indulge in MEGA trading seamlessly anytime, anywhere without any limitations. As promised, XT.COM will continue welcoming projects for crypto listings and achieve parallel growth with them.
About XT.COM
Founded in 2018, XT.COM crypto exchange now serves more than 6 million registered users, over 1,000,000+ monthly active users, 40+ million users in the ecosystem, and 800+ trading pairs. Covering a rich variety of trading categories, like spot trading and futures trading, together with an NFT aggregated marketplace, our platform strives to cater to its large user base by providing a secure, trusted and intuitive trading experience.
As the world's first social-infused digital assets trading platform, XT.COM also supports social networking platform based transactions to make our crypto services more accessible to users all over the world. Furthermore, to ensure optimal data integrity and security, we see user security as our top priority at XT.COM.
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The day belonged to Madi Mirz as she not only recorded her 200th strikeout of the season, but also tossed a no-hitter and struck out 18 to lead Mountain Lakes past Boonton 7-0 in Mountain Lakes.
Sammy Abrams recorded a single to center in the first inning scoring Juliana Raffert and Lila Honan as Mountain Lakes (5-13) took a 3-0 lead. Mountain Lakes added three more runs in the third and one in the fourth.
Abrams finished 2-for-3 with three RBI while Mirz hit a two-run single. Lila Honan also went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs.
Boonton dropped to 2-15.
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Craig Epstein may be reached at cepstein@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @CraigEpstein18. | 2023-05-18T03:44:33+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/05/softball-kirz-records-200th-strikeout-no-hitter-for-mountain-lakes-against-boonton.html |
Offensive line key for No. 14 USC’s new additions to succeed
By DAN GREENSPAN
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California spent the offseason loading up on offense, bringing in a group of transfers that included electric quarterback Caleb Williams, Biletnikoff Award-winning receiver Jordan Addison and 1,200-yard rusher Travis Dye.
But the impressive collection of talent at the skill positions won’t matter if the 14th-ranked Trojans don’t have an offensive line capable of creating running lanes or giving Williams time to throw down the field.
“Day in and day out since spring, that’s been the challenge for us,” right guard Justin Dedich said Tuesday. “We always have skill guys here, and championships are not won just because of them. It’s the dudes up front.”
Although USC made strides last year, allowing the third-fewest sacks in the Pac-12 and improving its rushing offense by 48 yards per game compared to the abbreviated 2020 season, it wasn’t enough to avoid a second losing record in four years, which cost coach Clay Helton his job.
USC’s statistical gains were canceled out by its inability to deliver in pressure situations. There were critical breakdowns on third down and in the red zone, where USC scored touchdowns on 28 of 51 possessions (54.9%).
Right tackle Jonah Monheim expects his group to perform better in those scenarios under new coach Lincoln Riley and offensive coordinator Josh Henson, who is also the offensive line coach.
“Regardless of what it is, confidence always comes from preparation,” Monheim said. “So knowing that we’ve prepared, knowing that we’ve been there in practice and we’ve done those short yardage, goal-line situations with the coaches in practice, things like that, and executing there, it’s trusting the training.”
Riley and Henson will mostly have to trust the offensive line they inherited.
There are just three new faces, with only Virginia transfer Bobby Haskins expected to contribute immediately. USC also added Cooper Lovelace from the junior college ranks and freshman walk-on Kilian O’Connor.
Haskins started 20 games in four seasons with the Cavaliers, but he missed all of spring practice because of ankle surgery. The fifth-year senior had to make up for lost time in training camp, where he is competing with redshirt sophomore Courtland Ford to start at left tackle.
“Bob’s been doing a great job since he came in during camp, you know, playing physical and doing good things when he’s playing,” Monheim said. “He’s a great addition to the unit.”
Riley said he would release a formal depth chart following practice on Wednesday, but Ford and Haskins could both be working with the starters in the season opener against Rice on Saturday.
The rest of the line looks set with Andrew Vorhees at left guard, Brett Neilon at center, and Dedich and Monheim on the right side.
There is plenty of experience in that group. Vorhees, Neilon and Dedich are redshirt seniors. Monheim started seven games last season.
Dedich dutifully waited five years to become a full-time starter for the Trojans, and that dedication was recognized as he was named a team captain Wednesday.
“That’s O-line mentality. One-on-one, you got to be gritty,” said Dedich, summing up the attitude USC will need from its linemen so its offensive stars can shine.
NOTES: Williams, Alabama transfer LB Shane Lee and DT Tuli Tuipulotu were also voted captains by their teammates. “The team pretty clearly looks at those four as the guys they want to represent them,” Riley said.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state.
Their lawsuit filed in Dane County Circuit Court alleges a conspiracy by Trump and his allies to overturn his loss in the presidential race, calling it “as legally baseless as it was repugnant to democracy.” It seeks up to $2.4 million in damages as well as disqualifying the Republicans from ever serving as electors again.
The plaintiffs say it's the first such lawsuit in the seven swing states where GOP electors falsely declared Trump the winner and cast their votes for him in December 2020.
“It’s essential to have accountability and to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” said Jeffrey Mandell, an attorney for the plaintiffs. “We have heard in the more than a year since the fraudulent electors met the excuse that what they did was not wrong, it was totally fine. We want a court to make clear that is not true.”
Republican electors named in the lawsuit who have spoken publicly about what they did have long argued that they weren’t trying to change the Wisconsin result. Instead, they said, they were trying to preserve all their legal options in case a court ruled in favor of Trump.
A Trump campaign official, Stephen Miller, said on Fox News in December 2020 that the GOP slate of electors sent their results to Congress to "ensure that all of our legal remedies remain open.”
The lawsuit names 10 Republican electors and two attorneys who the lawsuit said aided their efforts. The attorneys are Boston-area lawyer Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis, who was Trump’s attorney in Wisconsin. The lawsuit cites a memo Chesebro sent to Troupis in November 2020 detailing the elector plan.
In that memo, Chesebro wrote that “It may seem odd that the electors pledged to Trump and (Vice President Mike) Pence might meet and cast their votes” but a fair reading of federal law "suggests that this is a reasonable course of action.”
Chesebro, when reached by phone and told of the lawsuit, said “Thank you for letting me know. I will check into that.” He then hung up. Troupis did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.
Kelly Ruh, one of the 10 electors, said she was not aware of the lawsuit and had no immediate comment. Other defendants contacted did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission, working from an analysis by the state's Department of Justice that generally accepted that argument, earlier concluded that the Republicans did not break any election laws. But the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is also looking into the actions of GOP electors, and has sent subpoenas to at least 20 people who were part of the Republican effort in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The U.S. Department of Justice also is investigating.
Biden defeated Trump in Wisconsin by just under 21,000 votes. That outcome has withstood recounts Trump ordered in the state’s two largest counties, multiple state and federal lawsuits, an independent audit and a review by a conservative law firm. An investigation by The Associated Press of potential voter fraud cases in the battleground states where Trump challenged the results found far too few to affect the outcome of the race.
The lawsuit asks that the Republican electors and the attorneys be fined $2,000 each and pay up to $200,000 each in punitive damages. The lawsuit calls for punitive damages to go to plaintiffs. Mel Barnes, an attorney for Law Forward, said the goal is deterrence, not profit.
“No one joined this lawsuit for the personal gain,” she said.
Electors in the seven states signed certificates falsely stating that Trump, not Biden, had won their states. They mailed those certificates to the National Archives and Congress, where they were ignored. However, several of Trump’s Republican allies in the House and Senate used them to justify delaying or blocking the certification of the election during the joint session of Congress.
On two of the certificates, from New Mexico and Pennsylvania, the Republican electors added a caveat saying the certificate was submitted in case they were later recognized as duly elected, qualified electors. That would only have been possible if Trump had won any of the several dozen legal challenges he filed in the weeks after the election. Instead, he lost them all.
Wisconsin Republicans gathered on Dec. 14, 2020, in the state Capitol in Madison. The state’s 10 Democratic electors, which included lawsuit plaintiffs Khary Penebaker and Mary Arnold, were meeting in the building at the same time. The third plaintiff, Bonnie Joseph, is identified simply as a voter “who objects to Defendants' unlawful interference” in the Electoral College.
The lawsuit argues the Republicans made unlawful use of public resources when they met at the Capitol.
The Democratic electors who brought the lawsuit are represented by the liberal Law Forward law firm and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at the Georgetown University Law Center. It was Law Forward that earlier brought the complaint that was rejected by the state elections commission.
The groups said they had no immediate plans to file similar lawsuits in the other swing states. | 2022-05-17T16:56:29+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Lawsuit-seeks-2-4M-damages-from-Wisconsin-fake-17178687.php |
RADNOR, Pa. , May 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. ("PLAYSTUDIOS") (NASDAQ: MYPS; MYPSW) f/k/a Acies Acquisition Corp. ("Acies") (NASDAQ: ACAC; ACACW). The action charges PLAYSTUDIOS with violations of the federal securities laws, including omissions and fraudulent misrepresentations relating to the company's business, operations, and prospects. The lawsuit also includes claims relating to a merger transaction with Acies and asserts claims on behalf of investors who held Acies common stock as of May 25, 2021, were eligible to vote at Acies' June 17, 2021 special meeting, and who exchanged their shares of Acies stock for PLAYSTUDIOS stock in connection with the merger. As a result of PLAYSTUDIOS' materially misleading statements to the public, PLAYSTUDIOS' investors have suffered significant losses.
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CLASS PERIOD: JUNE 22, 2021 THROUGH MARCH 1, 2022
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THE CLASS INCLUDES: Investors who (1) purchased or acquired PLAYSTUDIOS securities between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired PLAYSTUDIOS securities pursuant to the offering of the private investment in public equity; (2) held Acies common stock as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 17, 2021 special meeting who exchanged their Acies stock for PLAYSTUDIOS stock; or (3) purchased or acquired PLAYSTUDIOS common stock pursuant or traceable to the Acies' Registration Statement and Proxy Statement issued in connection with the June 2021 merger.
Kessler Topaz is one of the world's foremost advocates in protecting the public against corporate fraud and other wrongdoing. Our securities fraud litigators are regularly recognized as leaders in the field individually and our firm is both feared and respected among the defense bar and the insurance bar. We are proud to have recovered billions of dollars for our clients and the classes of shareholders we represent.
PLAYSTUDIOS' ALLEGED MISCONDUCT
On February 1, 2021, Acies, a special purpose acquisition company, announced that it had reached a merger agreement with "Old Playstudios," a privately-held gaming company (the "Merger"). PLAYSTUDIOS' flagship game was Kingdom Boss. PLAYSTUDIOS told investors that "Kingdom Boss, which began development in 2020, will launch as expected in the second half of 2021."
On June 17, 2021, Acies held a General Meeting where Acies shareholders were asked to approve
the Merger. The Merger closed on June 21, 2021, and on June 22, 2021, PLAYSTUDIOS stock and warrants began publicly trading on NASDAQ.
The truth began to be revealed on August 11, 2021, when PLAYSTUDIOS released its financial results for the second quarter of 2021 wherein PLAYSTUDIOS revealed for the first time that the Kingdom Boss launch was being delayed until later in the year and that investors should expect decreased revenues and profits during the year as a result. These quarterly financial results were finalized on June 30, 2021, just nine days after the Merger closed. Thus, defendants knew or recklessly disregarded prior to the merger close (June 21, 2021) and prior to the merger vote by the Acies shareholders (June 17, 2021), that Kingdom Boss would not be ready to launch within just a matter of weeks. Following this news, PLAYSTUDIOS stock price fell $.66 to close at $5.09 per share on August 12, 2021, a decline of 13%.
Then, on February 24, 2022, during an earnings call for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021, PLAYSTUDIOS' CEO, much to investors' surprise, disclosed that Kingdom Boss would not be launched at all. Following this news, PLAYSTUDIOS stock price fell $.24 to close at $4.86 per share on February 25, 2022, a decline of 5%. Two days later, on February 26, 2022, PLAYSTUDIOS' CEO attributed the failure to meet the projections made for revenue and earnings to the failure to launch Kingdom Boss, and revealed that Kingdom Boss was not only delayed, but indefinitely "suspended."
WHAT CAN I DO?
Current PLAYSTUDIOS investors and/or former Acies shareholders may, no later than June 6, 2022 seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages PLAYSTUDIOS investors and/or former Acies shareholders who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm directly to acquire more information.
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A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff is usually the investor or small group of investors who have the largest financial interest and who are also adequate and typical of the proposed class of investors. The lead plaintiff selects counsel to represent the lead plaintiff and the class and these attorneys, if approved by the court, are lead or class counsel. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan successfully launched a rocket Thursday carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve natural disaster response.
The H2A rocket, launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., successfully lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, carrying the IGS-Radar 7 reconnaissance satellite as part of Tokyo’s effort to build up its military capability, citing growing threats in the East Asia.
The satellite later successfully entered its planned orbit, Mitsubishi Heavy said.
The Intelligence Gathering Satellite can capture images on the ground 24 hours a day and even in severe weather conditions. Japan launched the IGS program after a North Korean missile flyover of Japan in 1988 and aims to set up a network of 10 satellites to spot and provide early warning for possible missile launches. The satellites can be also used for disaster monitoring and response.
“The government will maximize the use of IGS-Radar 7 and other reconnaissance satellites to do the utmost for Japan’s national security and crisis management,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement Thursday as he praised the successful launch.
Kishida’s government in December adopted a new national security strategy, including possessing long-range cruise missiles as a “counterstrike” capability that breaks from the country’s exclusively self-defense-only postwar principle, citing rapid weapons advancement in China and North Korea.
Possible counterstrikes that aim to preempt enemy attacks would require significant advancement in intelligence gathering and cybersecurity capability, as well as significant assistance from Japan’s ally, the United States, experts say.
The Mitsubishi Heavy-operated, liquid-fuel H2A rocket has recorded 40 consecutive successes since a failure in 2003.
Mitsubishi Heavy and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are co-developing their new flagship H3 rocket as the successor to the H2A, which is set to retire in 2024. The first launch of H3 is set for February. | 2023-01-27T08:12:35+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hooked-on-science/ap-science/ap-japan-launches-intel-satellite-to-watch-n-korea-disasters/ |
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The holiday gift-giving season is fast approaching, and retailers are beginning to roll out the deals. But now, shoppers don’t have to face crazed bargain hunters in person or spend a night in line to nab special prices — it’s all going online, and the deals are starting early.
Walmart is leading the charge this year with its November “Deals for Days” event, a weekly drop of sharply reduced prices on all sorts of giftable items.
Sale prices go into effect on Walmart.com each Monday, beginning Nov. 7. Members of Walmart+, the company’s Amazon Prime-like subscription service, get first crack at the deals starting at noon Eastern time.
At 7 p.m., those same prices become available to everyone. Two days later, the discounts hit the stores.
It’s like a Walmart Black Friday, but for the entire month of November. Bonus: You can preview the sale items and start building your gift list now.
Here are 10 of our top picks from the first week of Deals for Days. Happy holiday shopping!
Fitbit Versa 2, $99 (reg. price $148.95)
This one’s a stunner: Almost $50 off this sleek piece of wearable tech. The sale price is good for all three colors of the Fitbit watch — black, rose gold and silvery-gray “stone” — and includes free shipping. The Versa is a good choice for folks who love voice control; you can set alarms, check the weather, set reminders and more.
Skullcandy Dime XT2 True wireless earbuds, $19 (reg. price $29.88)
These wireless wonders feature call, track and volume control, plus the ability to use either bud by itself. They’re sweat- and water-resistant, as well, and the noise-isolating fit keeps your tunes crisp. “Finding” capability allows users to find a dropped earbud, too.
Roku Streaming Stick 4K, $24.98 (reg. price $49)
Excited about the new Weird Al Yankovic movie on the Roku Channel? Watch it for free on your TV with the Roku streaming stick, in stunning 4K resolution. The device plugs into your TV and allows you to enjoy your streaming shows, all controlled with a single remote. It’s compatible with Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri, too, so you can just shout out your faves and settle in.
Lenovo Tab M8 8-inch tablet, $79 (reg. price $119)
What would a Walmart Black Friday be without a solid deal on a tablet? This Lenovo tab boasts all-day battery life and a sturdy, all-metal case to protect its upgraded processor. It also comes loaded with a kids’ mode, featuring Google Kids Space. It’s got rear- and front-facing cameras, too, for your social media needs.
Barbie Extra 5-doll set, $70 (reg. price $99.45)
The Barbie fan on your list will love this collection of Barbie and her friends, all of them from the Barbie Extra series. The Extra dolls are just that, with bold style and a touch of attitude. The set comes with 70 fashion pieces and six pets with smart accessories of their own. (Side note: Buyers gave this set an average of 4.8 out of 5 stars in their reviews! “My daughters were over the moon with joy when they opened this set Christmas morning,” wrote one customer.)
New Bright Ford Bronco radio control truck, $49 (reg. price $89.99)
Whoa! Sweet. This burly Bronco shows off the classic car’s latest redesign. Standing over a foot tall, the Bronco comes with a gaming-console-style remote control, and bucks tradition with all batteries included. The truck is rechargeable as well, and comes with a USB cable to juice up.
Costway inflatable bounce house, $138.99 (reg. price $169.99)
Imagine the kids’ faces when they get their very own bounce house! Well, a miniature one, anyway. The kit comes with a small fan that inflates the house in 2 minutes and keeps it bouncy while kids play inside. It can be used indoors but is durable enough for outside play, too.
Goplus 40-inch flying saucer swing, $35.99 (reg. price $45.99)
Whee! Youngsters will get a thrill out of this spinning, swinging “flying saucer.” The fabric swing can attach to an existing swing set, or included ropes fasten to a sturdy tree branch. Don’t forget the grownups, too — they might enjoy a soothing outdoor space to read and relax.
Shark EZ robot vacuum, $258 (reg. price $449)
Take a break and keep the house clean at the same time with the help of a robot vacuum. The Shark robot cleans rooms in rows, instead of randomly wandering about, then automatically empties itself into a bagless base. It’ll also return to the charging station on its own when batteries are low. “It works so good, easy to set up, just one less chore I need to worry about as a single mom of four,” wrote buyer Marvelmom37 in her 5-star review.
Keurig K-Express Essentials single-serve coffee maker, $35 (reg. price $55)
A great gift for the busy coffee lover in your life, the K-Express features a 36-ounce reservoir that keeps the caffeine coming on demand. A removable drip tray allows users to fill a travel mug with coffee before they dash out the door. Oh, and it comes in four cute colors, too.
This story originally appeared on Don't Waste Your Money. Checkout Don't Waste Your Money for product reviews and other great ideas to save and make money. | 2022-11-04T21:50:16+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/walmarts-black-friday-deals-for-days-starts-nov-7 |
US Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia. (AP) — On Navy ships docked at this vast base, hundreds of sailors in below-deck mazes of windowless passageways perform intense, often monotonous manual labor. It’s necessary work before a ship deploys, but hard to adjust to for many already challenged by the stresses plaguing young adults nationwide.
Growing mental health distress in the ranks carries such grave implications that the U.S. chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Gilday, answered “suicides” when asked earlier this year what in the security environment kept him up at night.
One recently embraced prevention strategy is to deploy chaplains as regular members of the crew on more ships. The goal is for the clergy to connect with sailors, believers and non-believers alike, in complete confidentiality – something that has allowed several to talk sailors out of suicidal crises.
“That makes us accessible as a relief valve,” said Capt. David Thames, an Episcopal priest who’s responsible for chaplains for the Navy’s surface fleet in the Atlantic, covering dozens of ships from the East Coast to Bahrain.
The families of two young men who killed themselves in Norfolk said chaplains could be effective as part of a larger effort to facilitate access to mental health care without stigma or retaliation. But they also insist on accountability and a chain of command committed to eliminating bullying and engaging younger generations.
“A chaplain could help, but it wouldn’t matter if you don’t empower them,” said Patrick Caserta, a former Navy recruiter. His son Brandon was 21 when he killed himself in 2018, after struggling with depression and being “told to suck it up and go back to work.”
Highlighting the urgency of the problem, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Norfolk on Friday reported a new Navy suicide. It said Devon Jeffrey Faehnrich, an electronics technician from Colorado serving on the submarine USS Montana, killed himself in Newport News earlier this week.
—- EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. The national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org.
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Mental health problems, especially among enlisted men under 29, mirror concerns in schools and colleges, which are also increasingly tapping campus ministry for counseling. The isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated depression and anxiety for many.
But chaplains, civilian counselors, families of suicide victims, and sailors from commodores to the newly enlisted say these struggles pose unique challenges and security implications in the military, where suicides have risen for most of the past decade and took the lives of 519 service members in 2021, per the latest Department of Defense data.
“Adjustment disorder” is the most common mental health diagnosis among sailors, Gilday said Wednesday at a budget hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee. He asked to invest in chaplains and others onboard who can help “separate life stress from mental illness” and get sailors “at the tactical edge” the right care.
“Mental health permeates every aspect of our operations,” Capt. Blair Guy, commodore for one of the destroyer squadrons based in Norfolk, said via email. “Enhancing spiritual readiness enhances operations, it is not an either or discussion.”
His squadron’s lead chaplain, Lt. Cmdr. Madison Carter, is working on recruiting others for the three ships still without permanent chaplains. In the next two years, leaders hope to have 47 chaplains on ships based in Norfolk, up from 37 today. Previously, chaplains — who are both naval officers and clergy from various denominations — were routinely deployed only on the largest aircraft carriers that have up to 5,000 personnel.
Carter, a Baptist pastor, said most of his talks with sailors involve not faith but life struggles that can make them feel unfulfilled and lose focus.
“How do I make sure that you have mind, body and soul all locked in?” is the question that drives his mission.
The very real prospect of killing or being killed in combat provokes “God-sized questions,” in Thames’ words. He joined the Navy after 9/11 and served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sailors can carry the routine angst of teens and young adults, from political polarization to breakups to broken homes, which some enlist to escape. But onboard, disconnected from their real and virtual networks, they lack the usual coping mechanisms, said Jochebed Swilley, a civilian social worker who collaborates with chaplains and medical staff aboard the USS Bataan, an amphibious assault ship.
Most communications are off-limits at sea for security – lest a Russian frigate show up while you’re texting mom, Thames said he explains to digital-native sailors.
“Eighteen to 21-year-olds don’t know life without smartphones,” said Kayla Arestivo, a counselor and advocate for service members and veterans whose nonprofit serves more than 100 of them each week on her horse farm near Norfolk. “If you remove a sense of connection, mental health plummets.”
Chief Legalman Florian Morrison, who’s served on the Bataan for more than two years tackling mental health cases at the ship’s legal office and as a lay leader for other Christian sailors, said faith is what helped him “re-center” after losing three shipmates to suicide.
“It can be overwhelming... if you feel alone and you’ve nobody to reach out to,” Morrison said in the chapel set up in the ship’s bow. “You’ve got to catch it before you start going down that path. A streamlined pathway to mental health would help.”
Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Dumas, 21, who’s served for two months on the USS Gravely, a destroyer, hopes to become a nondenominational Christian lay leader to help the ship’s more than 300 other sailors navigate anxiety and depression.
“I’ve seen a lot of brokenness,” he said.
Even docked, ships are far from stress-free, as sailors constantly navigate steep ladderwells and pressurized, hulking doors under the glare of fluorescent lights and the constant hum of machinery.
Berths can be stacked four people high and pieces of gear protrude ubiquitously. Space is so tight and regimented that a challenge across the fleet is where to squeeze in offices for new chaplains, said Cmdr. Hunter Washburn, the Gravely’s commanding officer.
His crew looks forward to getting a permanent chaplain later this year who can interact “eyeball to eyeball, to check in and see how they’re doing,” Washburn said.
A Navy chaplain’s role is akin to a life coach, helping young sailors find their footing as adults in an environment that looks far more different from the civilian world than it did in previous generations.
“A lot haven’t found that grounding yet. They’re looking,” said Lt. Greg Johnson, a Baptist chaplain who joined the Bataan in December. “A lot of people have resiliency. They just don’t know how to tap into it.”
In the Navy, clergy need to engage with people of different or even no faith who might be initially turned off by the cross or other religious symbols on their uniforms — something that new chaplains need to be ready for if the effort to place more of them on ships is to succeed.
“I want the people who can be uncomfortable and still be the bearers of God’s presence,” Carter said.
Sailors call them “deck-plating chaps” — chaplains striking up a conversation with their shipmates in the mess decks or during night watches, in addition to keeping an open-door policy at all hours.
“They’re accustomed to me making the rounds,” said Thames. “I’m going to find them when they’re eating meals, or it’s 3 a.m. and we’re making a high-risk transit through Hormuz,” a geopolitically crucial strait in the Middle East.
Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Rice, a Pentecostal chaplain serving a destroyer squadron at Norfolk, estimates he did 7,000 hours of counseling over 12 years. Long lines of sailors waiting to talk often formed outside his door.
“They’re grinding on a ship or serving food on a mess line, that’s not what they expected. So we help to find their meaning and purpose,” Rice said. “When their life is not going the way they think it should be going, I’ll be blunt and ask, ‘Why haven’t you killed yourself?’”
Focusing on the answers — the “anchors” to the sailors’ will to survive — has helped Rice talk some down from the ledge, including one sailor who knocked on his door crying that he wanted to live and a corpsman who, while discussing suicide dreams, suddenly cocked his weapon and told Rice, “I could do it right now.”
Lt. Cmdr. Ben Garrett has also defused several suicide situations in the more than a decade he’s been a Catholic chaplain, for the past eight months on the Bataan, which when underway carries 1,000 sailors, 1,600 Marines and three other chaplains. But last fall, he officiated the memorial for a suicide victim.
“There were sailors in the rafters,” he recalled. “It affects the whole crew.”
Most profoundly, suicide impacts surviving families. Kody Decker was 22 and a new father when he killed himself at a maintenance facility in Norfolk, where he was transferred after struggling with depression on the Bataan, according to his father, Robert Decker.
“He wanted to give to his country,” the father said at his home a dozen miles from the base. Pictures of Kody, his older brother and their grandfather — all in their Navy uniforms — rest on the mantelpiece next to the folded flag from Kody’s funeral.
Robert Decker, a high school teacher and football coach, believes Kody might still be alive if he had better access to mental health care instead of being put on limited duty and deprived of his sense of purpose while assigned menial tasks.
He’s not sure if talking to a chaplain would have made a difference with Kody, though speedy implementation of the Brandon Act might have. The bill, named after the Casertas’ son, aims to improve the process for mental health evaluations for service members.
But Decker hasn’t given up on either the Navy or God.
“My whole fight is about not having other families like us,” he said as a tear rolled down his cheek. “I pray to God every night, for help, for healing, for strength. I’m not a quitter. But it’s hard.”
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-31T19:56:28+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/03/31/us-navy-deploys-more-chaplains-suicide-prevention/ |
(NewsNation) — In Washington state, you can ask the state to deny you the right to buy a firearm.
This first-of-its-kind law was the brainchild of Democrat state Sen. Jamie Pedersen. Several years ago, a pair of law professors approached him with the idea of allowing people to voluntarily give up their gun rights.
“Their basic pitch was, ‘Hey, if you give people the power to do this then folks who know that they are suffering from some sort of mental illness…. when they have a break, do harm to themselves would be empowered to prevent that by getting firearms away from them in advance,” he said.
The law — passed in 2018 — allows residents to submit a short form to their county clerk’s office in any county in the state. If they change their mind, they have to wait seven days before the county can revoke it.
Pedersen called it a valuable tool that can help prevent tragedies without outside coercion.
“It’s a libertarian kind of tool, right? It’s an option that’s available for people. So there’s nothing particularly oppressive about it,” he said.
These laws stand in contrast to “red flag laws,” where a court can step in and take away someone’s gun rights if they are viewed as a risk.
However, the law may be so obscure that few people have used it. Pedersen said that as of a year ago, there were just 20 waivers in the system statewide. To put that in comparison, 864 people were killed by a firearm in the state in 2020, according to CDC statistics.
Still, the idea is catching on. Since Washington passed its law, additional states such as Virginia and Utah have put similar measures into place.
“I thought it was a good proactive way for people who had mental health problems or suicidal ideations can take some sort of proactive steps to prevent themselves from making some rash decisions if they were having problems controlling their meds or might have a relapse of their illness,” said Virginia state Sen. Scott Surovell, who helped author the law in his state.
Like in Washington state, few people have taken advantage of the law. Surovell estimated that last year between 30 and 40 people took advantage of the “do not sell” list.
One reason the laws may not be reaching many people is because of a lack of public awareness.
“I think one of the big, probably the biggest issue is that people aren’t even aware that it exists,” Pedersen said.
Pedersen acknowledges shortcomings in the law’s current implementation and wants to make changes in the future. He noted, for instance, the fact that the law includes no penalty, which prevents the FBI from keeping the prohibited person in the national instant background check system.
One proposal he’s thinking about is making it a civil infraction to violate the waiver.
Second, Pedersen wants to expand public knowledge about the law.
“We’re also planning to add language that would actually encourage mental health professionals to talk with their patients about the availability of the voluntary waiver,” he said.
To Surovell, the Virginia state senator, the positive feedback he’s received is evidence that the law was needed.
“A lot of people don’t identify very well with people who’ve been through suicidal ideation…so it’s hard for a lot people to understand. But the people who’ve been through it, a lot of them have thanked me for putting it in,” Surovell said. | 2022-12-11T04:17:08+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/states-are-letting-people-ban-themselves-from-owning-a-gun/ |
John “Jack” Reed attended seminary but ended up spending 32 years with the Cook County sheriff’s police, his dogged investigative work helping in securing federal convictions in the death of Diane Masters, including her husband and police sentenced to prison in connection with her 1982 death.
A veteran of the U.S. Marines, Reed, of Orland Park, died July 22 at age 82. A visitation will be held from 3-8 p.m. Monday and starting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home, 9000 W. 151st Street, Orland Park.
A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael Church, 14327 Highland Ave., Orland Park.
Reed was portrayed by Brian Dennehy in several made-for-television movies about his career and work on the Masters case. He was dedicated to his job, taking calls at home from victims of crimes he was investigating, said his son, John, also a police officer.
“I think he heard this call to service early on,” his son said. “Dad has always had a very strong interest in scholarship, research and investigation.”
Paul Sabin, a former sheriff’s investigator who worked with Reed on the Masters case, said Reed “had this way about him that he could talk to anybody” and convince people to open up to him.
Sabin, now an attorney in private practice, worked for the sheriff for just under 14 years and said Reed “was the best partner I ever worked with, no doubt about it.”
“He was a great devoted family man, always a pleasure to work with,” Sabin said. “He was so dedicated to the sheriff’s police
Reed and his wife, Arlene, recently celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary. She had taught school for about 50 years, mostly in Burbank Elementary District 111, and the couple met when she hired Jack Reed as a driving instructor, $12 per lesson, when she was in her 20s, their son, John Reed, said.
His father worked for the Cook County sheriff’s police from 1966 until 1998, retiring as a lieutenant, although he returned for a time to see some cases through the court process, the younger Reed said.
The elder Reed was a sergeant before his promotion to lieutenant, but rather than taking on more administrative roles as he rose through the ranks, “my dad was still going out and interviewing people on cases, pounding the pavement,” his son said.
“Even as a lieutenant, he was still working cases,” he said.
The younger Reed was promoted in March to sergeant with the Naperville Police Department and said his father was able to attend the ceremony.
“I know he was very proud I went into law enforcement,” Reed said.
Likely the highest profile case his father was involved with concerned the March 1982 disappearance of Diane Masters. She was 35, and her body was found that December in the trunk of a vehicle sunk in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Willow Springs.
Her husband, Alan Masters, a well-connected attorney in the southwest suburbs, along with then Cook County Sheriff Lt. James Keating and former Willow Springs police Chief Michael Corbitt, were convicted in June 1989 of conspiracy in her death, although no charges were ever filed in direct connection with Diane Masters’ death. Alan Masters died in federal prison in October 2000 at age 65.
At the time of her disappearance, Diane Masters was on the board of Moraine Valley Community College. A victim of domestic violence, allegedly at the hands of her husband, she helped start the Crisis Center for South Suburbia in 1978, which assists domestic violence victims.
Reed, Sabin and later investigator Robert Colby worked on the Masters case, which had languished until a federal investigation opened under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and a federal grand jury assembled, Sabin said.
“It took months to piece everything together,” he said.
Sabin, after leaving the sheriff’s police in September 1987, was an assistant Cook County state’s attorney for 23 years before going into private practice.
“I learned so much from him, his interviewing techniques,” he said of his former partner. “He was a phenomenal human being.”
Longtime Southtown columnist Phil Kadner said he was contacted by Reed during the Masters case investigation.
“Jack Reed was a true hero,” Kadner said. “Jack Reed was better than the character they made the movies about. They didn’t do him justice.”
“He always gave credit to a bunch of other people but he was pretty important to the case being solved,” Kadner said.
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The two-part NBC miniseries, “Deadly Matrimony,” first aired in the fall of 1992 with Dennehy portraying Reed and actress Susan Ruttan as Arlene.
“This is one of the few true heroes I have ever met in my life and he was bigger than the character in the TV movies,” Kadner said.
That spawned other made-for-TV movies about Reed, including 1993′s “Jack Reed: Badge of Honor,” again with Dennehy and Ruttan. Another came out in 1995, “Jack Reed: One of our Own,” and in 1996 “Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance,” also starred Dennehy, who was also writer and director.
“He and Dennehy looked a lot alike,” Kadner said of Reed. “He was a big, burly guy.”
Reed’s son said both his father and Dennehy were roughly 6 feet, 2 inches tall, and said Dennehy spent some time with Reed and his family before the original “Deadly Matrimony” went into production.
“He was a big, animated talker,” Reed’s son said of Dennehy. “My dad was not a loud, showy guy. He was humble and kind of reserved.”
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)This isn’t how the NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings hoped to perform as they get ready for the playoffs.
Minnesota (12-4) won the division title thanks to 11 victories in one-score games, but the Vikings have also suffered a few lopsided losses that raise questions about their ability to make a postseason run.
Their latest blowout defeat – a 41-17 loss at Green Bay on Sunday – only gives more fuel to their doubters.
”You certainly don’t have a good feeling or good taste in your mouth walking away from this one,” quarterback Kirk Cousins said.
The prolific QB threw three interceptions and lost a fumble as the Packers scored 41 straight points after the Vikings took an early 3-0 lead. The Packers converted all four of those turnovers into touchdowns, with Darnell Savage Jr. scoring on a 75-yard interception return.
Without much help from star receiver Justin Jefferson and running back Dalvin Cook, Cousins couldn’t carry the Vikings. The Packers limited Jefferson to one catch and Cook to 27 yards rushing.
”I just didn’t play well enough tonight,” Cousins said. ”Just need to play better, that’s the bottom line.”
In a most unusual season, the Vikings (12-4) have a .750 winning percentage despite their opponents outscoring them by 19 points (414-395). Their season-opening 23-7 home victory over the Packers was their only win decided by more than eight points.
Their four losses have come by an average margin of 22.3 points, the closest a 34-23 defeat at Detroit. The Vikings also fell 24-7 at Philadelphia and 40-3 at home against Dallas before Sunday’s fiasco at Green Bay.
”I think it just comes down to the fact that when we’ve lost lopsided games is we directly contributed to those,” coach Kevin O’Connell said. ”The score can get out of hand in a hurry when you turn it over for touchdowns the other way, you give up a 100-yard kick return, you don’t score when you block a punt and end up on their 1-yard line and come away with three (points).”
All that happened Sunday.
The Vikings had first-and-goal at the 1 after blocking a punt but settled for a field goal to take a 3-0 lead. Green Bay’s Keisean Nixon returned the ensuing kickoff 105 yards to put the Packers ahead for good. One week after making a 61-yard field goal to beat the New York Giants, Greg Joseph missed each of his two field-goal attempts.
Minnesota’s offense has to be outstanding to compensate for the NFL’s second-worst defense in both yardage and points allowed.
Most of the time, it has been – thanks to Cousins and Jefferson, who has set franchise records for catches and yards receiving. Jefferson opened the season by catching nine passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns against the Packers.
Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander called Jefferson’s season-opening performance a ”fluke.” Alexander backed up that talk Sunday as the Packers held Jefferson to 15 yards.
”Just all the yards he had, that’s what I was calling a fluke,” Alexander said. ”He was catching passes when there wasn’t nobody even on him. Like, `Yeah, OK, good job.”’
The Vikings’ bigger concerns on offense are up front.
Minnesota lost two starting offensive linemen to injuries in the first quarter of Sunday’s game. Center Austin Schlottmann fractured a fibula and right tackle Brian O’Neill hurt a calf. Schlottmann was starting in place of Garrett Bradbury, who missed a fourth straight game with a back injury.
Chris Reed, who hadn’t played an offensive snap all season, took over for Schlottmann at center. Olisaemeka Udoh filled in at right tackle. The Packers noticed the difference.
”They went down to their third center,” defensive tackle Kenny Clark said. ”That definitely was a big loss for them. They had a lot of miscues as far as the snap count and all that stuff. That set them behind the 8-ball for sure.”
The Vikings remain confident their offense can bounce back in time for the postseason.
”I think that’s what’s great about this football team is there’s definitely no concern,” wide receiver Adam Thielen said. ”I think if anything, it’s going to motivate us to get back and have a really good week of practice and then take it one day at a time.
”This is a very unified group that we can use these for the good, but we have to really kind of put that chip on our shoulder after a tough loss like that.”
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP-NFL | 2023-01-03T00:20:16+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/sports/nfl-sports/nfl_minnesota/outscored-on-the-season-vikings-have-plenty-of-doubters/ |
NAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — NAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — Eastern Co. (EML) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $200,000.
The Naugatuck, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of 3 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 11 cents per share.
The maker of locks and other security products posted revenue of $69.1 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $12.3 million, or $1.97 per share. Revenue was reported as $279.3 million.
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It was a busy day for Haley’s Hot Takes!
To kick things off, singer Zayn Malik was a guest on the Spotify podcast “Call Her Daddy” . In this rare interview Zayn why he left One Direction and how his life has changed since being a father. Personally, I love him and One Direction so it was great to hear what he had to say.
Another singer to tell their story is Brittany Spears! Spears announced this week that she is releasing a memoir titled “The Woman in Me”. In this book she will talk about motherhood and how she got her freedom from her family. I am super excited to read this one! The book will be out in the fall.
The hunt is on! Dolly Parton is celebrating a huge milestone for her Imagination Library Program. The program has sent 200 million books to millions of kids since it started in 1995. She will be randomly sending 7 bookmarks that will have the best surprise.... a videochat with Dolly and a bunch of other goodies! I think this is amazing and that Dolly is a star.
This weekend, I am going to Ed Sheeran! And I am going to make sure I stay hydrated and safe because last week in Pittsburgh several people had to leave his concert sue to heat related issues. I hope everyone was okay!
To finish off this week, we are going to talk about some real drama! Brad Pitt is being accused of “looting the assets” of the vineyard him and his ex-wife Angelina Jolie formally co-owned. The new court documents are a part of the ongoing legal battle that the former couple have over the property. Things should get interesting!!
Tune in every Friday on Good Day for Haley’s Hot Takes! | 2023-07-14T16:00:06+00:00 | 9and10news.com | https://www.9and10news.com/2023/07/14/haleys-hot-takes-dolly-parton-zayn-and-more/ |
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