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There was a time in my life when I was accused of not being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. So I long ago quit chewing gum and cut my troubles in half.
It’s also no secret that I don’t like the water. That’s because I am a poor swimmer and I can’t float. I find it terribly hard to stay on top of the water and I find it impossible to breathe under water.
Aquaman I ain’t.
You may be wondering where this narrative is headed and I understand your confusion.
This story really began when I recently went to the dentist and the dental hygienist said I needed some work on my gums.
I started to tell her I quit chewing gum 45 years ago but this gum trouble sounded potentially serious so I behaved myself.
I told my hygienist that I brushed and flossed my teeth regularly. But she said I should seriously also consider using a waterpik at least once a day.
I did mention I was a poor swimmer. She laughed and said no swimming would be required.
Little did I know.
I bought a waterpik, unboxed it and read the instructions.
I was all excited about becoming an “oral irrigator.”
Not so fast. Turns out I had to charge my waterpik so the launch was delayed 24 hours.
My waterpik has the reservoir attached so the next night I filled her up and hit the “on” button.
Over the next 20 seconds I washed out both my eyes, got some earwax out of my left ear and baptized an unsuspecting cat.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
I re-filled the water reservoir and this time I had a better plan.
I opened my mouth, aimed the waterpik inside my mouth and hit the “on” button.
It was the first time I had ever water boarded myself.
The bad news is my shirt was soaking wet but my feet were sparkling clean.
I was basically taking a shower in 20 second intervals.
I regrouped. I put on some swimming goggles and covered the bathroom floor with towels (not Janet’s good towels mind you).
I also promised myself I was going to let the majority of the water run out of my mouth this next time.
Then suddenly I remembered back over the years I’d written stories of fishermen who had drown fishing alone with no life jacket on.
I put some floaties on my arms just to be safe.
After about 45 minutes I decided my teeth and gums were clean enough. Besides, I had to wash and dry some towels before morning.
The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth is I wish I’d started using a waterpik years ago.
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Over the years, former President Donald Trump's family company has been involved in thousands of business disputes that landed it in civil court, both as plaintiff and as respondent. But The Trump Organization has never been tried in a court of law for crimes, until now.
On Monday in New York State Court in Lower Manhattan, jury selection began in the trial of the Trump Organization, which is accused of evading taxes by compensating employees through off-the-books benefits like luxury cars, apartments, and private school tuition.
The nine counts for which the company will be tried include conspiracy, criminal tax fraud, and falsifying business records. The alleged scheme stretches back to 2005, the year Trump married his third wife, Melania, through his 2016 campaign, his presidency, and the first half-year after his presidency ended.
The Trump Organization has pleaded not guilty
The Trump Organization has pleaded not guilty, and Trump has consistently maintained that he is the victim of politically-motivated prosecutors.
The trial's start comes as Trump faces a mounting array of litigation and investigations. There is a U.S. Department of Justice probe into his handling of classified documents, a Georgia investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and a civil fraud case pending against Trump and his company for allegedly lying to financial institutions about the value of his assets.
If the Trump business is convicted on felony charges, this could make it very difficult for the company to continue doing business with banks and insurers.
In charging documents, prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's office called the Trump Organization's alleged conduct "a systematic ongoing course of conduct with intent to defraud."
A co-defendant in the case, former longtime Trump executive and chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, pleaded guilty in August and is expected to testify as star witness in the trial. Weisselberg's guilty plea included an agreement to testify truthfully under oath, but he is not a cooperating witness in the way prosecutors had once hoped — sharing evidence with investigators that might implicate Trump himself.
Weisselberg's attorney, Nicholas Gravante, says that his client is being prepped both by the prosecution and the defense in what Gravante calls "a unique plea agreement," while Weisselberg is on paid leave of absence from the Trump Organization.
"It's certainly one of the strangest cases I've ever seen," says Dan Alonso, a former chief assistant district attorney in Manhattan, and now a partner at Buckley LLP. Alonso says questions about who benefits from Weisselberg's arrangement could dog prosecutors.
"The idea that, 'Wait a minute, he's not going as far as maybe people thought he should, he's not gonna implicate Donald Trump himself. Does that mean he is really not telling the truth?' So I'd be a little bit nervous about that," Alonso says.
Weisselberg's guilty plea means there is already a crime that has been proven; prosecutors' task is simply to show that the company was in on it.
"It's a strong case. So in that, I'd be worried about Manhattan juries," Alonso says. "I mean, this is, this is 2022. We are more toxically polarized than ever. Largely thanks to Donald Trump and Manhattan despises Donald Trump, and he's the beneficial owner of this organization. So he may not be the focus of the trial, but he's gonna loom in the back of everyone's mind."
Former President Trump's actions will likely come into focus for the jury
While Trump is not on trial in The People of the State of New York v the Trump Corporation, the actions of the former president will likely come into focus for the jury.
Prosecutors say they can prove that Trump personally signed checks to pay for private school for Weisselberg's family members.
Moreover, while Weisselberg has admitted he benefited from the arrangement, Trump's bottom line allegedly did as well. Charging documents describe a spreadsheet, which recorded off-the-books compensation to Weisselberg. According to the indictment, "The Trump Organization reduced the amount of direct compensation that Weisselberg received in the form of checks or direct deposits to account for the indirect compensation that he received in the form of payments of rent, utility bills, and garage expenses." Those payments were not reported to tax authorities, and taxes were not withheld, they say.
While Trump has not returned to the role of CEO of the Trump Organization since leaving the presidency, he is still the owner of most of the family's assets. The business, which was founded nearly 100 years ago by Trump's grandmother, Elizabeth Trump, has sustained five generations of Trumps, even as it transformed from a small, Queens-based family holding into a sprawling international enterprise, encompassing hotels, golf, clubs, steaks, vodka, mortgages, and ultimately, an American president.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Retail Cross Talk -- Oracle has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Point-of-Sale Software for Large Apparel and Softlines Retail 2023 Vendor Assessment1 and the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Price Optimization Solutions 2023 Vendor Assessment2. Both report excerpts are available here.
Oracle was also recently named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Commerce Platform Service Providers 2023 Vendor Assessment3.
"It's more imperative than ever that retailers have a holistic view of their data and customers. What separates the retail winners is the agility to act using real-time information, no matter how, when, or where their customers engage," said Mike Webster, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Retail. "Our comprehensive platform for modern retail is designed to help customers solve these complex challenges to deliver an optimal experience that drives revenue and customer loyalty. We believe being named a Leader in three IDC MarketScape reports is a testament to our commitment to delivering the solutions and innovations our global customers need to achieve and maintain success."
Price is king
The IDC MarketScape for price optimization evaluated 14 vendors with a broad range of competencies and strategies in price optimization.
The report states, "Price optimization has become even more important as the economy emerges from the pandemic and inflationary pressure inconveniences retailers. Retailers must evaluate and leverage price optimization solutions to reduce costs, maintain profitability, and continue to offer effective price points that consumers will be willing to purchase at."
Oracle Retail's price, promotion, and markdown optimization applications leverage Oracle Retail Analytics and AI Solutions which combines AI, machine learning, and decision science with data captured from Oracle Retail SaaS applications as well as third-party data. The self-learning applications detect trends, learn from results, and increase their accuracy the more they are used, adding massive amounts of contextual data to get a clearer picture on what motivates outcomes. These pricing applications are complemented by a broad suite of retail planning, optimization, and execution applications. Oracle recently unveiled new cloud extensions that further enable retailers to execute pricing and promotion strategies that move inventory.
The report noted, "Oracle's price optimization capability is one part of the company's end-to-end retail enterprise capabilities across a large portfolio of solutions." It also added that, "Oracle offers easy, efficient, and out-of-the-box integrations with a full range of adjacent modules and capabilities."
Upleveling the shopping journey
The IDC MarketScape for 2023 Point-of Sale report, which evaluated seven vendors, added, "Deep commitment to innovation and customers and long retail experience combined with Oracle's deep technology expertise makes Xstore a strong choice for omni-channel retailers looking for a complete POS solution that is future ready and can enable differentiation from competitors. A benefit of being part of Oracle's deep global reach, Xstore is an excellent choice for retailers seeking a solution with a wide global footprint and local support and expertise, especially knowing that Xstore is already live with retailers in 94 countries."
Leading retail brands to recently standardize on Xstore to uplevel the shopping journey for their customers include Prada, Al Babtain, Hibbett, and more.
"The rapidly changing macroeconomic conditions as well as new shopper expectations for frictionless, engaging experiences means that POS providers must address not only the omni-channel needs of today but have a strong strategy for powering the omni-channel needs of tomorrow with the rapid innovation," says Margot Juros, research manager, Worldwide Retail Technology Strategies at IDC. "Successful players need to enable seamless omni-channel shopping with features, such as mobile POS, self-service/kiosks, and mixed carts, that allow consumers to shop anywhere and any way they want."
To learn more about Oracle Retail, visit oracle.com/retail.
About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.
About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.
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1 "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Point-of-Sale Software for Large Apparel and Softlines Retail 2023 Vendor Assessment" Margot Juros, March 2022 (Doc #US48621522)
2 "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Price Optimization Solutions 2023 Vendor Assessment" Ananda Chakravarty, March 2023 (Doc #US49458922)
3 "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Commerce Platform Service Providers 2023 Vendor Assessment" Filippo Battaini, Ornella Urso, Sofia Poggi, Cristiano Quattrini, May 2023 (Doc #US49436123)
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Military veterans, dignitaries and community members gathered Saturday at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, a conflict that claimed the lives of 456 Hawaii residents.
The ceremony, hosted by Consulate General of the Republic of Korea and the Korean War Veterans’ Association Hawaii Chapter 1, also was attended by Korean sailors and marines who recently arrived in Hawaii to participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise, the world’s largest recurring naval war game. South Korea is one of 26 countries participating in the exercise.
Consul General Hong Seok-in thanked the veterans in attendance, saying, “We Koreans will never forget what you have done for us.”
U.S. forces first arrived in Korea in 1945 to accept the surrender of Japanese forces that had occupied the peninsula for decades. The Americans occupied the southern half while the Soviet Union occupied the northern half, setting up separate governments.
Syngman Rhee, a controversial Korean independence activist who had spent years in exile in Honolulu, became the first president of the newly formed Republic of Korea in 1948 as American troops withdrew. But in 1950, the Soviet-backed North Korean government of Kim Il-sung invaded the south.
The United Nations Security Council passed a security resolution calling on member states to aid South Korea and stop the invasion. U.S. troops returned to the country along with troops from 21 other nations to repel the invasion.
The conflict would last three years, eventually drawing in China, and lead to the deaths of nearly 5 million people.
“It is altogether fitting and proper that we reflect on this conflict and consider how we might avoid such events in the future,” said U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino, who gave the keynote speech.
During his remarks, Aquilino criticized North Korea for being one of only five countries to officially support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and warned that authoritarian governments around the world are watching that ongoing conflict.
South Korea sent its largest contingent yet for RIMPAC 2022 with three ships, a submarine and marines. Tension between the two Koreas has been heightened by several new missile tests. South Korean leaders also have accused both the Chinese navy and fishing fleet of encroaching into the country’s ocean territories.
“In total, approximately 1,000 sailors and marines from Korea are joining the U.S. and our partners in the Pacific to demonstrate our resolve and commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond,” Hong told the crowd.
The youngest of those Korean sailors, 19-year-old Seaman Ahn Jun Sung, addressed the veterans through an interpreter, telling them that their service had saved his nation and paved the way toward a prosperous future. Though authoritarian leaders largely dominated South Korean politics, since 1988 it has been a democracy with a growing economy.
“We were once a country in need for the world’s aid, and now we are a country that offers the world aid,” said Ahn. “We were one of the world’s poorest nations; now we emerge as one of the world’s top 10 economic powerhouses. We stand as a dignified democratic nation, we stand as an instigating cultural inspiration through the Korean wave, powered by K-pop and film.”
During the ceremony, Korean children presented the veterans who were present with Korean Ambassador For Peace Medals, a recognition the South Korean government has bestowed on veterans of the U.N. coalition since 1975.
Korean War veteran Ken Tashiro, 92, said it felt great to receive the honor. He explained that for him, it was important to be at Punchbowl to remember the conflict.
“Every year there’s less of us,” said Tashiro.
The Korean War has been called “the forgotten war.” Despite its high stakes, bloody costs and world- changing consequences, it has been in many ways overshadowed in American memory by World War II and the Vietnam War.
When asked what he would most want Americans to remember about the conflict, Tashiro said: “It was a war we didn’t invite, but we went anyway.” | 2022-06-26T12:25:48+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/26/hawaii-news/the-forgotten-war-is-remembered-on-72nd-anniversary/ |
Following authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended people receive updated COVID-19 booster shots with an omicron component.
Pfizer’s omicron vaccine is authorized for use as a single booster dose in people 12 and older, while Moderna’s shot is authorized for those 18 and older. They should be given at least two months after primary or booster vaccinations.
Following the CDC recommendation, some people on social media claimed that the updated boosters were tested on mice and not humans before they were authorized. VERIFY reader Bryan also asked the team whether the new booster shots have been tested on humans.
THE QUESTION
Were the updated omicron booster shots tested on mice, not humans, before they were authorized?
THE SOURCES
- The FDA
- The CDC
- Pfizer
- Moderna
- Scott Roberts, M.D., Yale Medicine infectious diseases physician
- Jennifer Pancorbo, Ph.D., director of industry programs and research at North Carolina State University’s Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center
THE ANSWER
Yes, the updated omicron booster shots were tested on mice, but not humans, before they were authorized.
It’s common for updated vaccines to go through less rigorous testing, experts said.
WHAT WE FOUND
Rigorous testing and human trials are conducted when vaccines are first developed, in order to gather data on safety and how well they protect against a virus. That was the case for the original COVID-19 vaccine.
Subsequent updated vaccines often do not go through as rigorous testing since they are so similar to their predecessor.
In the case of the updated boosters now available to Americans, which target the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of omicron, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) looked at human trial data for the original COVID-19 vaccine, as well as human trial data for a vaccine targeting BA.1, which is the original strain of omicron.
More from VERIFY: Yes, COVID-19 vaccine boosters for omicron are available to the public
The FDA also based its decision to authorize the updated BA.4/BA.5 boosters based on data from animal experiments obtained using those previous vaccines. Documents on the CDC and FDA websites show the updated BA.4/BA.5 boosters were tested on mice.
Both Pfizer and Moderna developed BA.1 vaccines and tested them on humans, before working on updated BA.4 and BA.5 vaccines at the FDA’s direction once those subvariants became dominant in the U.S.
The updated boosters from both manufacturers contain the original COVID-19 vaccine as well as spike proteins from the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants. This is aimed at “helping to restore protection that has waned since previous vaccination” by targeting the more contagious and immune-evasive omicron subvariants, the CDC says.
One of the reasons for fewer tests, in addition to the similar formulation to previous vaccines, is that there isn’t enough time to conduct human trials, especially with a virus that evolves as quickly as COVID-19. That’s similar to the annual flu vaccine.
"The flu vaccine is reformulated each year, based only on animal studies for the same reason," Scott Roberts, a Yale Medicine infectious diseases physician, said. “We do an annual flu vaccine update based on the circulating strains of the flu, and unfortunately, we can’t wait on human data because we might not get that until November or December, well after many of us have been infected.”
Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said the federal health agency “has extensive experience with strain changes for annual influenza vaccines,” contributing to its confidence in the updated booster shots.
More from VERIFY: No, the flu shot will not give you the flu or allow you to pass it on to someone else
It’s also important to note that the updated boosters targeting BA.4 and BA.5 use the same mRNA technology as the previous COVID-19 vaccines.
“When you bring a product…that has a common baseline and you just make a small change in the cassette, like for example a new strain of the same virus, then we just roll with the clinical data that we have as a basis to explain or to understand the safety of that product,” Jennifer Pancorbo, director of industry programs and research at North Carolina State University’s Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center, told VERIFY.
Animal research plays a role in the development of many vaccines apart from those for COVID-19, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) explains on its website. Before vaccine candidates can be tested in humans, the FDA requires that they are tested for safety and effectiveness in animals, according to NIAID.
Both Pfizer and Moderna have confirmed that human clinical trials of the updated BA.4 and BA.5 booster shots are underway.
Ben Briscoe with VERIFY sister station WFMY contributed to this report.
More from VERIFY: Yes, the CDC changed its definition of vaccine to be ‘more transparent’ | 2022-09-14T23:14:16+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/verify/vaccines-verify/updated-omicron-ba5-boosters-tested-mice-not-humans-fact-check/536-4eb348c3-e077-4a66-afed-d86f7bde88f6 |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE: TMHC) ("Taylor Morrison"), a leading national developer and homebuilder, announced today that it will release its first quarter 2023 results before the market opens on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Taylor Morrison will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter results the same day at 8:30 a.m. ET.
A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on Taylor Morrison's website at www.taylormorrison.com on the Investor Relations portion of the site under the Events & Presentations tab. For call participants, the dial-in number is (844) 200-6205 and conference ID is 833200. The call will be recorded and available for replay on the Company's website.
Taylor Morrison's filings will be available on the Company's website or with the SEC at sec.gov.
About Taylor Morrison
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison is one of the nation's leading homebuilders and developers. We serve a wide array of consumers from coast to coast, including first-time, move-up, luxury and resort lifestyle homebuyers and renters under our family of brands—including Taylor Morrison, Esplanade, Darling Homes Collection by Taylor Morrison and Yardly. From 2016-2023, Taylor Morrison has been recognized as America's Most Trusted® Builder by Lifestory Research. Our strong commitment to sustainability, our communities and our team is highlighted in our latest annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.
For more information about Taylor Morrison, please visit www.taylormorrison.com.
CONTACT:
Mackenzie Aron, VP Investor Relations
Taylor Morrison Home Corp.
(480) 734-2060
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The Supreme Court is not supreme. “We the People” are supreme.
Election season is here. Recent U.S. Supreme Court and appellate court decisions have deferred to state legislatures to make rules for voting, some of which are believed to be overly restrictive.
Our barnacle-encrusted ship of state sails on uncharted seas. On what shore it lands, or if it breaks on the rocks to sink into history, can only be decided by “We the People,” who persevere to overcome the perceived barriers imposed on their sacred right. Those who surrender without an effort, and to apathy, also cast a vote by their absence and the electoral consequences.
In 1974, during the throes of Watergate, U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan said , “My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.”
Were she with us now, she, like others, would perhaps feel that faith shaken. Her words should once again resonate, inspiring the exercise of voting, no matter the burden nor where one lies on the political spectrum.
While these may not be Thomas Paine’s “times that try men’s souls,” significant numbers of American women find it a trying time for their anatomical autonomy. Others find it a time of celebration. The current Pandora’s box of litigation can be closed by overwhelming majorities in the electoral process on either side of a particular issue.
Judicial decisions, even those of the Supreme Court, can be overruled or affirmed at the voting booth. Accordingly, matters can be decided by those who exercise the right to vote. If not, “We the People” and our Constitution are mere words on parchment.
The remedy for those with diminished trust in the judicial process is ballots, not bullets nor the front yards of justices and judges. We are the fallible umpires who call the legal balls and strikes as best we can to create a level playing field. Please leave us home alone.
Yes, it is burdensome to be a citizen in a democracy and inconvenient to go to the polls or serve on a jury, though those who gave their lives so we could do those things would wonder why they did if we don’t. Democracy dies not always by conquering armies but by sloth.
Had Hitler and his minions prevailed, no one would be burdened with voting. Some of their descendants reap the harvest of American wealth, rights and privileges but choose not to till and nurture the soil of democracy by obtaining voting citizenship and its responsibilities. They also sow the seeds of democracy’s demise and are complicit in any rights lost, while those who vote sew its fabric.
In 1787, at the close of the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked: “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic,” replied the doctor, “if you can keep it.”
Time will tell.
U.S District Judge Fred Biery has served as a Texas and federal judge for 44 years. | 2022-09-29T20:11:40+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/Commentary-It-s-up-to-the-people-to-preserve-17475861.php |
KRAKÓW, Poland, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global leader in EDI and e-invoicing software, Comarch, recently opened its newest data center, and first fully owned and operated facility in North America. In June 2023, their latest infrastructure innovation completed construction in the Phoenix metropolitan area of Mesa, Arizona. The 32,000-square-foot flagship facility is designed to meet the growing demand for high-quality, secure, and reliable cloud and professional data center services in the US. And, with 24/7x365 monitoring, and enough power and cooling systems in place to meet Tier III standards, customers experience virtually no downtime.
As a cloud-based platform with over 450,000 daily users and 650 million documents exchanged annually, this new data center will be hugely beneficial for Comarch in delivering its data exchange portfolio to clients based in North America.
With the exchange of electronic messages through Comarch's own infrastructure, they will be able to promise a greater degree of flexibility in their SLA and guarantee the security of their clients' important data. As an increasing number of countries introduce new tax regulations that require e-Invoices, North American companies with a global presence can now rely on Comarch for a centralized approach to invoice compliance.
The new data center will offer a range of services, including managed services, cloud hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, and backup solutions. It will also offer meet-me rooms (MMR) to allow clients to connect to one or more carriers - enabling Fortune 500 clients to easily access and transfer their data.
The facility is the culmination of a $26 million investment as the company broadens its global reach which currently spans 92 offices across four continents. This expansion means enterprises in Comarch's network and potential clients can now benefit from more comprehensive IT solutions with advanced system integrations. Its single-source data center infrastructure, managed services, and upgraded applications offer advantages of vertical integration and negotiation at scale.
The opening of the new data center in Phoenix is part of Comarch's global expansion strategy, which aims to provide innovative and scalable IT solutions to clients across a wide range of industries.
About Comarch: Comarch is a global IT business solution provider founded in 1993 on the principles of streamlining operational and business processes. With over 7000 dedicated engineers, business consultants, marketing experts, and more – Comarch continues to push its global expansion and award-winning solutions to enable client success.
Media Contact: Kenneth Taylor, Kenneth.taylor@comarch.com
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PINEVILLE, La. (WNTZ) – Louisiana Christian University Greek student organizations Kappa Omicron and Lambda Chi Beta will be participating in city clean-up efforts in Alexandria on April 14.
The university has adopted an area of Versailles Boulevard through its partnership with the City of Alexandria’s Adopt-A-Street program.
“LCU is committed to teaching servant leadership to our students through service-learning projects within the Central Louisiana community,” said Meredith Rennier, vice president for Student Life. “We are excited to partner with the City of Alexandria’s Adopt-A-Street program in bettering our city.”
Terrell Phillips, coordinator of student activities said the Adopt-a-Street program encourages local organizations to take on the responsibility of picking up litter on a specific section of roadway. Volunteer organizations are recognized by having their name on two roadside signs provided by the City of Alexandria. The first clean-up will be April 14 from 1-3 p.m.
“Kappa Omicron aims to make Louisiana Christian University a better place, and improving the community around it is a good way to do so,” said Kappa Omicron President Kyle Simmons, a junior criminal justice major from Folsom. | 2023-04-03T23:12:20+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/local-news/lcu-students-to-participate-in-adopt-a-street-clean-up/ |
It’s been dubbed the Affordable Housing Act, but House Bill 1628, also known by most as the ‘Real Estate Tax Bill,’ proposes to increase the supply of affordable housing by allowing cities to adjust the state and local real estate excise tax.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Frank Chopp (D-Seattle) made it out of committee and is now headed to the House.
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“Across the state, there is a housing crisis,” Chopp said in March. “There is a tremendous shortage of housing, and the great need is for homes for people with low incomes.”
“We have a very serious crisis in housing and I believe this is a tool to address it,” said April Berg (D-Mill Creek).
Republican Ed Orcutt (R-Kamala) told KIRO Newsradio that sellers will raise their sale prices to compensate for the higher taxes leading to more expensive housing.
“This goes in the opposite direction,” Orcutt concluded. “It actually hurts the housing crisis.”
Some real estate groups also oppose the bill. In a television commercial, Washington Realtors questioned the logic of raising taxes in a housing affordability crisis.
The bill would add a new tier of 4% to the portion of a property’s sales price of $5 million or more. Right now, the ceiling is 3%.
The proposed real estate excise tax’s revenue would be divided as:
- 30% to the Housing Trust Fund.
- 30% to the Apple Health and Homes program for permanent supportive housing to eradicate homelessness.
- 25% to support the operations and services associated with housing and ending homelessness.
- 15% to address the affordable housing needs for people with developmental disabilities.
The 15% used for people with developmental disabilities would generate a projected $20 million a year.
The overall budget projections of the bill say it will generate nearly $288 million during the 2026 fiscal year.
Real estate excise tax could become highest in nation with new bill
“Nobody likes to raise taxes. I don’t think anybody likes to pay them either, but taxes are how we pay for our civil society and the things that we need and the things that other people need that we want them to have,” Rep. Sharon Wylie (D-Vancouver) told The Columbian.
“We cannot wait, our communities cannot wait, and we need the state Legislature to act,” Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards told The Seattle Times.
The fate of HB 1628 is uncertain, with under three weeks of the session to go.
If approved, the tax could replace the governor’s proposed $4 billion tax levy for housing. | 2023-04-15T03:25:47+00:00 | mynorthwest.com | https://mynorthwest.com/3875371/real-estate-excise-tax-bill-committee/ |
Which vampire costume is best?
Vampire costumes are enduringly popular for Halloween. Whether your inspiration is more Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, there’s a rich tradition of vampire books, films, myths and legends to work from.
Classic vampire costumes are the most common, but you can opt for something more contemporary. If you’re looking for a standout costume and don’t mind buying accessories separately, the Colorful House Plus-Size Medieval Dress is ideal.
What to know before you buy a vampire costume
Kids vs. adults
You can find both Halloween costumes for kids and adult costumes. So it’s equally good news if you’re looking to dress as a vampire or you’re looking for a costume for your child.
- Kids costumes: Kids vampire costumes are usually spooky but not too scary. You can find them in a range of sizes to fit babies, toddlers, little kids and big kids.
- Adult costumes: Adults’ vampire costumes are usually moderately spooky, but they can be more scary, gory or revealing than kids versions.
Costume contents
Vampire costumes can consist of various types of clothing. There are no hard-and-fast rules about who can wear what, but make sure you know what you’re getting and that you’re happy with it. Also, be aware that some costumes may require you to supply some of your own clothes, such as your own pants or skirt.
- Dress: Some vampire outfits feature dresses. These are usually long and flowing with a gothic flair, but they can be short.
- Pants: Pants are usually black and simple, but they can be of poor quality in cheap costumes, so you may prefer an option where you supply your own pants.
- Top: Frilly white shirts and waistcoats are typical of vampire costumes. Sometimes these are combined into one garment.
- Cape: Although you don’t need a cape for a vampire costume, it can help complete the look.
Accessories
Some costumes come with all the accessories you need, but in some cases you must buy them separately.
- Fangs: Fangs transform a vampire costume, but cheap plastic ones can be uncomfortable to wear. If you’re serious about your costume, consider buying fangs that adhere to your canine teeth.
- Fake blood: Some carefully placed fake blood adds a more horrific effect to your vampire look.
- Makeup and effects: You might choose to use makeup to complete your outfit. You can also buy transfers and prosthetics to transform your brow if you want to dress as a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” vampire.
What to look for in a quality vampire costume
Flourishes
The little flourishes in a costume turn it from basic to breathtaking. Frilly shirt collars, stand-up cape collars, antique-style buttons, bell sleeves and lace detailing all add to the outfit’s appearance.
Colors
Most costumes are black, red and a touch of white feature widely in vampire outfits. If you want a classic costume, it’s best to stick to this color palette, but it’s also fine to break the rules.
How much you can expect to spend on a vampire costume
Basic kids’ costumes can cost less than $20, while the most elaborate options cost over $100.
Vampire costume FAQ
How do you make a simple vampire costume?
A. If you want to make a simple vampire costume or are on a strict budget, a cape and a pair of fangs go a long way. Wear them with a basic black outfit and you can easily transform yourself into a creature of the night.
How do you make your face pale like a vampire?
A. In most stories and legends, vampires can’t go out in daylight, so they’re often characterized as having pale skin. Of course, this isn’t necessarily accurate (hypothetically speaking), since vampires could have any natural skin tone and come from any ethnic background. However, if you want to make your complexion paler as part of your vampire costume, use a pale foundation or even white face paint.
What do vampires wear?
A. Most vampire costumes focus on traditional Victorian style, such as long, flowing dresses or dress pants, shirts and waistcoats. This helps make costumes instantly recognizable. That said, if vampires were real, they wouldn’t necessarily dress in fashions from centuries past. In modern vampire movies and TV shows, they often dress in contemporary clothes. So, with the right accessories, you could dress as a vampire in your street clothes.
What’s the best vampire costume to buy?
Top vampire costume
Colorful House Plus-Size Medieval Dress
What you need to know: Although it isn’t explicitly a vampire costume, its black and wine-red velvet and hooded design make it perfect with the right accessories.
What you’ll love: It has gorgeous detailing, such as bell sleeves and a laced bodice. It looks vampiric in black and deep red with a gold trim, but there’s also a dark green version. You can choose from sizes M-3XL.
What you should consider: The material is somewhat thin and slightly translucent, so you may want to wear a tank top and shorts underneath.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top vampire costume for the money
Lingway Toys Kids Vampire of Darkness Costume
What you need to know: With a shirt and waistcoat and cape, you just need to add black pants and fangs to complete the look.
What you’ll love: There’s nice attention to detail, such as the antique-style buttons and cape fastening. It comes in a range of sizes to fit kids roughly 3 to 14 years old.
What you should consider: Pants aren’t included, so you’ll need to find suitable ones.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
California Costumes Child Royal Vampire Costume
What you need to know: The dramatic sleeves and collar make this vampire costume stand out.
What you’ll love: The black-and-red dress is elegant and looks fit for a creature of darkness. It also comes with a cameo choker to nicely complete the look. Sizes range from kids S-XXL, to fit kids from around ages 6 to 8, through to teenagers.
What you should consider: It’s slightly long, so it may need to be taken up for younger and shorter kids.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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– New Debit Card Program Enhances Payee Experience with Seamless Activation and Immediate Funds Availability –
LAS VEGAS, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MassPay, a leading provider of global payout orchestration solutions, today announced immediate availability of its new Visa Debit Card Program. Developed in response to customer feedback, and as part of the company's commitment to continually enhancing its services, this new offering empowers payees with an unparalleled payout experience and unmatched convenience.
"Listening to our customers has always been at the heart of what we do at MassPay. We were asked for a debit card solution with immediate access to funds and without industry-standard load fees, and we have delivered," said Pouya Moghavem, Head of Business Development for MassPay. "Our new Visa Debit Card Program enables our customers to offer their payees the seamless, immediate and cost effective solution they desire – and deserve."
MassPay's Visa Debit Card Program offers a wide range of features, including:
- Simple, one-step activation;
- The option for virtual or physical cards;
- Integration with popular digital wallets including Apple Pay and Google Pay;
- Immediate spend capability; and
- Acceptance wherever Visa is accepted
This program enables payees to access their funds in real-time, transforming how they manage their finances. MassPay's new Visa Debit Card Program also offers comprehensive co-branding opportunities, allowing businesses to customize the card to match their brand identity and enhance their payee experiences.
MassPay invites all businesses to join them in embracing the future of convenient, secure, and no-load fee debit card solutions by opting for MassPay's Visa Debit Card Program.
For more information about the new program, including full terms and conditions, visit MassPay.io/Visa
About MassPay
MassPay's global payout orchestration platform enables our customers to facilitate payouts to individuals (B2C) and businesses (B2B) in over 175 countries and over 70 currencies worldwide. Frictionless cross-border payout orchestration is delivered via one simple API, an industry-leading Know Your Business (KYB) process, and the confidence of a premiere global financial partner network. Learn more at MassPay.io.
Visa® is a registered trademark of Visa U.S.A. Incorporated. All other trademarks and service marks belong to their respective owners.
The Card is issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc.
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Santiago, Chile will host the first esports championships in the Americas alongside the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Esports Federation and Panam Sports confirm the staging of the first Pan American Esports Championships in Santiago, Chile, in October 2023. The marquee event will feature globally renowned multi-genre titles and will be staged in parallel with the 19th edition of the Pan American Games.
"We are proud to partner with the visionary leadership at Panam Sports to bring our marquee event to the Americas. Our #worldconnected community is even brighter today with the news that esports athletes from the 41 delegations across the Americas will have the opportunity to showcase their skills and talents alongside the continent's greatest competitors as they represent their countries at the region's most important multisport event," expressed Chris Chan, President of the GEF.
"We are thrilled to partner with the Global Esports Federation to bring the reach, power, and energy of esports to the home of next year's Pan Am Games. After more than a year of discussions, we are ready to confirm this innovative addition to the Panam Sports family. Guided and aligned with the developments outlined by the Olympic Agenda 2020+5 roadmap, we are excited to see esports and our diverse multisport program converge in Santiago in October 2023," stated Neven Ilic, President of Panam Sports.
The Pan American Esports Championships will feature athletes competing from 41 nations across the Americas. Both the Championships and the Pan American Games will be enhanced by the GEFestival – a celebratory showcase of the diverse esports culture - and the flagship GEFcon that will convene global thought leaders, stakeholders, and idea creators from esports and adjacent industries to share ideas and opportunities for the future of esports.
The GEF and Panam Sports will jointly establish the governance structures to oversee the coordination of the Pan American Esports Championships. The Panam Sports General Assembly was updated on the developments of esports and the successful Commonwealth Esports Championships recently staged in Birmingham during the Commonwealth Games. More information will be shared with the respective National Olympic Committees and GEF Member Federations as detailed plans are confirmed.
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On July 29, 10-year-old Mayah Zamora went home after being hospitalized for 66 days. Mayah was the last survivor of the May 24 shooting rampage at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, to be released from the hospital.
The little girl had more than 20 surgeries and underwent weeks of physical therapy after being shot in her hands, arms, chest and back during a school shooting that killed 19 of her classmates and two teachers. Mayah’s doctors have called her survival miraculous.
And, on Wednesday, she was honored as the Hero of the Month for August by MLB’s Houston Astros at a game against the Minnesota Twins, where she threw out the first pitch. While there, Mayah also met former Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, now a player with Minnesota, who shared some incredible news with the Zamora family.
The Zamoras learned during the game that the Correa Family Foundation and other donors are funding the construction of a new home for the family in a location they chose. The trauma of living just blocks from the gunman’s house had been taking a toll on the young survivor.
“I could never begin to imagine everything she has gone through, and we feel that this is one thing we could do to try to alleviate some of her pain,” Correa told Houston’s KTRK-TV. “I’m thankful to both teams for being a part of this effort.”
His foundation shared a statement and some great photos of Mayah’s special night at the ballpark on its Facebook page.
“We are so proud of you, Mayah, and we are honored to recognize you as our Hero of the Month,” wrote the Correa Family Foundation. “We hope this will be an opportunity for Mayah and her family to rebuild their lives, make new memories, and look towards a bright future.”
Randy McIlvoy of Houston’s KPRC-TV shared a video on Twitter of Mayah throwing the pitch (which went straight to the catcher … after a quick bounce!).
Here at MMP 10 yr old Mayah Zamora throws out the 1st pitch. Mayah was injured in the #Uvalde tragedy. Tonight she was hosted by #Astros @MattressMack @TeamCJCorrea @DaniellaRdz1 and their Correa Foundation. They are building her family a
new home. @kprc2 pic.twitter.com/7egGcRteTk— Randy McIlvoy (@KPRC2RandyMc) August 24, 2022
Best of luck to Mayah on her continued recovering and to her family as they get settled into their new home.
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share on the Company's Class A and Common Stock for the first quarter of fiscal 2024. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2023, to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 31, 2023.
About Scholastic
For more than 100 years, Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been encouraging the personal and intellectual growth of all children, beginning with literacy. Having earned a reputation as a trusted partner to educators and families, Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, a leading provider of literacy curriculum, professional services, and classroom magazines, and a producer of educational and entertaining children's media. The Company creates and distributes bestselling books and e-books, print and technology-based learning programs for pre-K to grade 12, and other products and services that support children's learning and literacy, both in school and at home. With 15 international operations and exports to 165 countries, Scholastic makes quality, affordable books available to all children around the world through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.
SCHL: Financial
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Amazon Web Services reports outage affecting websites, utilities
(Gray News) - Amazon Web Services is reporting widespread outages Tuesday afternoon that are affecting many websites and services across the internet.
AWS first reported issues shortly after 3 p.m. Eastern Time, saying providers using their US-EAST-1 servers were experiencing increased error rates and latencies.
Amazon said around 4:40 p.m. they had found the cause of the problem and were starting to see some restoration of service, but that there were still some intermittent issues.
DownDetector.com had received more than 11,000 reports of issues with AWS servers at the peak of the outage.
The Associated Press reports AWS is the market leader in cloud storage, with such big-name customers as Netflix, Coca-Cola and even some government agencies.
AWS is in the midst of a two-day security-focused cloud conference in Anaheim, California, as the company reports slowing business as companies become more concerned about inflation and a possible recession.
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MATTHEWS, N.C., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CEM Corporation, a leading supplier of sample preparation systems, is pleased to introduce the all new BLADETM automated microwave digestion system. The BLADE brings speed, simplicity, flexibility, and performance to elemental sample preparation. CEM introduced the first commercially available microwave digestion system to the world in 1985 and is transforming sample prep again with the introduction of the BLADE.
"CEM is a science-based technology company passionate about simplifying science. CEM's passion is to disrupt markets with innovative solutions that provide speed and simplicity…we make things faster, simpler and smaller. We believe the BLADE is truly a breakthrough technology that will completely transform the world of microwave digestion in the next few years." said Mike Collins, President and CEO of CEM.
The BLADE was designed by chemists, for chemists. Combining CEM's world class engineering capabilities with over 100 years of microwave digestion knowledge, CEM worked alongside our customers in the development of this technology to design a system that meets the needs of today's busy elemental analysis labs. With this in mind, BLADE was designed to provide the fastest digestions of any system in the world. The high-purity quartz vessels and simple snap-on-caps eliminate vessel assembly and allow labs to prepare samples for digestion in seconds. The built-in barcode scanner allows labs to follow a sample from balance to analysis with ease.
The BLADE is based on Single Mode Cavity™ (SMC™) technology that focuses the highest density of microwave energy directly on the sample, yielding faster and more complete digestions in minutes. The BLADE is the only digestion system with continuous sequential automation that automatically loads and unloads samples from the cavity, allowing for uninterrupted sample processing and more instrument uptime. This technology combination allows labs to mix and match samples and automatically digest them without the need for any operator intervention.
CEM Corporation, a private company based in Matthews, North Carolina, is a leading provider of laboratory instrumentation. The Company has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Ireland, and Singapore, as well as a global network of distributors. CEM designs and manufactures systems for life sciences, analytical laboratories and processing plants worldwide. The Company's products are used in many industries including pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and food processing, as well as academic research.
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Kicking off today, the contest will award one winning business with a coveted sponsorship
package at Paycor Stadium
CINCINNATI, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paycor HCM, Inc. ("Paycor") (Nasdaq: PYCR) in partnership with the Cincinnati Bengals, announces today the launch of an annual local business innovation contest, "Paycor + Cincinnati Bengals Present: Earn Your Stripes." Paycor and the Cincinnati Bengals encourage local, diversely owned business leaders throughout the Tri-State area to share their innovative business ventures for a panel of judges. Nominations will run from April 11 to May 17, culminating in a pitchfest-style competition on June 14 at Paycor Stadium.
One winning company will receive a sponsorship package at Paycor Stadium for the 2023 NFL season which features a variety of marketing assets, signage, and tickets. This sponsorship package allows the winner the ability to amplify and promote their business on a grand scale.
Eligibility requirements for this contest are as follows:
- Applicants must be at least 21 years of age.
- Applicants must be local to the Tri-State region. The Tri-State area comprises 14 counties throughout Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Businesses must be located in one of the following counties to be eligible: Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren in Ohio; Dearborn, Franklin, and Ohio in Indiana; and Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, and Kenton in Kentucky.
- Business revenue cannot exceed $5 million.
- Businesses must be a Minority-Owned Business.
- Businesses cannot have an existing sponsorship in Cincinnati.
- Open to Paycor customers and non-customers.
"We are excited to introduce this life-changing contest for small businesses," said Raul Villar Jr., CEO of Paycor. "Behind every winning team, successful business, or great idea is an innovator, a visionary, a leader who dreams big, sets the tone, and makes it all happen. Through our ongoing partnership with the Cincinnati Bengals, we have a great opportunity to highlight some extraordinary winning businesses."
"Innovation has run through our team's veins since our inception, led by innovator, coach, and founder Paul Brown," said Elizabeth Blackburn, Bengals Director of Strategy and Engagement. "The Bengals thrive on hard work, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the pursuit of one's true passion – values that resonate with rising small businesses in the area. Football is life's ultimate embodiment of teamwork and competition, and we look forward to seeing these qualities in the Earn Your Stripes contest. We're excited to support this initiative and see the positive impact this program and the participants will make on the Greater Cincinnati community."
Applications, requirements, key dates and contest details are available at www.Paycor.com/EarnYourStripes.
About Paycor
Paycor creates Human Capital Management (HCM) software for leaders who want to make a difference. Our HCM platform modernizes every aspect of people management, from the way you recruit, onboard and develop people, to the way you pay and retain them. But what really sets us apart is our focus on business leaders. For 30 years, we've been listening to and partnering with leaders, so we know what they need: HR technology that saves time, powerful analytics that provide actionable insights and Personalized Support. That's why more than 29,000 customers trust Paycor to help them solve problems and achieve their goals.
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Company Purchases Nestlé's Gateway Infant Formula Plant in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, along with U.S. and Canadian rights to the Good Start® Infant Formula Brand
Will Immediately Invest in Gateway Plant to Add 7 Million Pounds of Needed Capacity to the Infant Formula Industry and Enhance Consumer Choice
Investment Marks First Phase of Perrigo's Supply Chain Reinvention Program
DUBLIN, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO) ("Perrigo" or "the Company") today announced a $170 million strategic investment to expand and strengthen its U.S. infant formula manufacturing, which is expected to bolster industry capacity, enhance consumer choice and increase access to safe, affordable infant formula for parents and caregivers. As part of this strategic investment, Perrigo has purchased Nestlé's Gateway infant formula plant in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, along with the U.S. and Canadian rights to the Good Start® infant formula brand. Also included in the $170 million, Perrigo will immediately invest $60 million to expand Gateway's 29 million pound per year production capacity by 7 million pounds, or more than 100 million more 8-ounce bottle equivalents per year, within 18 months, adding a total of 36 million pounds of capacity to Perrigo. These investments are in addition to the approximately $20 million Perrigo invests each year to ensure a safe, high-quality supply of infant formula from its Vermont and Ohio infant formula facilities.
Prior to the Gateway plant purchase, Perrigo had insufficient capacity to meet consumer demand for its 17 store brand customers that sell infant formula at approximately a 50% discount to te major national brands. The Company was also unable to fully meet demand for contract manufacturing customers, including new market entrants and rapidly growing premium national brands. With this newly added capacity, Perrigo can increase supply to these customers as well as support the Good Start® brand in the U.S. and Canada by improving utilization and expanding capacity of the Gateway plant. Along with expanding the Gateway plant's capabilities to produce a wider range of formulations, these new investments will help Perrigo increase consumer choices for infant formula in the marketplace.
"Long before this year's infant formula shortage, we had been pursuing options to increase capacity to meet growing demand for our infant formula in the U.S.", said Perrigo President and CEO Murray Kessler. "But this year's industry shortage galvanized our commitment to not only invest to meet the demand for our store brand and contract customers, but also to help prevent future infant formula shortages. The purchase and expansion of Gateway is the first major initiative in our recently announced Supply Chain Reinvention program. It solidifies our long-term manufacturing supply of infant formula in the U.S., increases the availability of lower priced, high-quality infant formula to consumers, and delivers value to Perrigo shareholders."
Kessler added, "We are delighted to welcome the Wisconsin plant and Good Start® brand teams to the Perrigo family and look forward to working with the world-class Nestlé organization on a seamless transition."
"In making this decision, we prioritized ensuring parents and caregivers have continuity of a safe, high-quality supply of infant formula and providing a great home for our people. Perrigo was clearly the right choice," said Tarun Malkani, CEO of Gerber, a Nestlé company. "This sale enables Gerber to pursue new growth opportunities and focus on what we are known for in the U.S. -- our core baby food business, which includes purees, snacks and cereals."
Perrigo will operate the Good Start® infant formula brand in the U.S. and Canada. Nestlé will continue to fulfil its existing Women Infants and Children (WIC) contracts to ensure that there is uninterrupted supply, with Perrigo supplying product through the Gateway plant.
Perrigo expects the purchase of the Gateway infant formula plant, along with the U.S. and Canadian rights to the Good Start® infant formula brand, to be immediately accretive to net sales, gross margin and earnings per share. This transaction was funded without additional borrowings and does not impact Perrigo's plan to reduce debt over the next three years.
About Perrigo
Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO) is a leading provider of Consumer Self-Care Products and over-the-counter (OTC) health and wellness solutions that enhance individual well-being by empowering consumers to proactively prevent or treat conditions that can be self-managed. Visit Perrigo online at www.perrigo.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding expected costs and benefits of investments in infant formula capacity, are "forward-looking statements." These statements relate to future events or the Company's future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of the Company or its industry to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "forecast," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or the negative of those terms or other comparable terminology. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While the Company believes these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, including: the effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its variants and associated supply chain impacts on the Company's business; general economic, credit, and market conditions; the impact of the war in Ukraine and any escalation thereof, including the effects of economic and political sanctions imposed by the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and other countries related thereto; the outbreak or escalation of conflict in other regions where we do business; future impairment charges; customer acceptance of new products; competition from other industry participants, some of whom have greater marketing resources or larger market shares in certain product categories than the Company does; pricing pressures from customers and consumers; potential impacts of ongoing or future government investigations and regulatory initiatives; uncertainty regarding the timing of, and the Company's ability to obtain and maintain, certain regulatory approvals, potential costs and reputational impact of product recalls or sales halts; the impact of tax reform legislation and/or changes in healthcare policy; fluctuations in currency exchange rates and interest rates; the Company's ability to execute and achieve the desired benefits of announced cost-reduction efforts and other strategic initiatives and investments, including the Company's ability to achieve the expected benefits from its supply chain reinvention program. These and other important factors, including those discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2022, as well as the Company's subsequent filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Governors’ races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections. But this fall, the nation’s political future hangs just as much on governors’ mansions as it does on Capitol Hill.
With abortion rights, immigration policies and democracy itself in the balance, both parties are entering the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election prepared to spend unprecedented amounts of money to win top state offices. Those elected will be in power for the 2024 election, when they could influence voting laws as well as certification of the outcome. And their powers over abortion rights increased greatly when the U.S. Supreme Court in June left the question to states to decide.
“Governors’ races matter more than ever,” said North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, the group working to elect Democrats to lead states.
For Democrats, Cooper said, governors “are often the last line of defense” on issues that have been turned over to states, including gun laws and voting rights in addition to abortion. That’s been especially true in places with Democratic governors and Republican-controlled legislatures, such as Wisconsin and Kansas — states both parties have made top targets for victory in November. Democrats are leading Republican candidates in two important battleground states with GOP-led statehouses, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is the only Democratic governor running for reelection in a state carried by former President Donald Trump in 2020. The former legislator won the office in 2018 against a fiery conservative after running as a moderate who promoted bipartisanship.
She now faces three-term state Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who has repeatedly tried to tie her to President Joe Biden and criticized her as too liberal for the red state. Schmidt’s campaign has been hurt, however, by a third-party bid from a conservative state lawmaker.
During a debate at the Kansas State Fair this month, Schmidt portrayed Kelly’s position on abortion as too extreme, telling a crowd she supports abortion without restrictions.
Kansas has been the unlikely site of Democratic hopes in regard to abortion rights. In August, Kansas voters overwhelmingly defeated a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have allowed the GOP-controlled Legislature to greatly restrict or ban abortion. Kelly opposed the measure, though she has tried to focus her campaign elsewhere.
Schmidt said he respects the outcome of the vote but that the abortion debate isn’t over.
“What was not on the ballot was Governor Kelly’s position,” he said.
Throughout nearly two decades in elective politics, Kelly has opposed nearly every restriction on abortion now in Kansas law. But asked about Schmidt’s characterization of her position on abortion, she said, “You know, I have never said that.”
Kelly hasn’t emphasized abortion as an issue, though many Democrats think it would help her. Instead, she has been touting the state’s fiscal strength and her work to lure businesses and jobs.
“Maybe I’m not flashy, but I’m effective,” she said at the end of the state fair debate.
In Wisconsin, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers warns voters that democracy is on the ballot this fall and notes he has vetoed more bills than any governor in modern state history, including measures Republicans pushed to change how elections are conducted.
Evers faces businessman Tim Michels, who was endorsed by Trump. Michels has claimed the 2020 presidential election was rigged — a lie Trump has pushed in an effort to overturn his loss to Biden — and supports changes to voting and election laws in the state, a perennial presidential battleground.
Michels is among several Trump-backed nominees who emerged from sometimes brutal GOP primaries. In some cases, more moderate or establishment Republicans warned that the far-right pick endorsed by Trump would struggle to win in a general election.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, chair of the Republican Governors Association, acknowledged the intraparty turmoil during a discussion at Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Policy last week.
“We’re a divided nation right now, and it is very tribal. And much of that crept into this cycle,” said Ducey, who is term-limited.
The RGA doesn’t endorse in primaries. But as governor, Ducey endorsed businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson for Arizona’s GOP nomination for governor. She lost to former TV news anchor Kari Lake, who had Trump’s backing.
Ducey and Trump have feuded over the governor’s refusal to cede to Trump’s wishes and overturn the 2020 election results in his state. Lake has said she would not have certified Biden’s victory, even though it has been affirmed by multiple reviews.
Cooper said the DGA will be “leaning in hard” in Arizona as well as in a tight contest in Georgia, where GOP Gov. Brian Kemp is facing Democrat Stacey Abrams, a former state legislative leader who lost a close 2018 race to him. In the primary, Kemp easily defeated former Sen. David Perdue, who was endorsed by Trump.
Both the Democratic and Republican governors associations entered 2022 having raised record amounts of money — over $70 million each — in what they say is a sign that voters are increasingly focused on state races. Cooper attributed some of the increased interest to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
The RGA is bullish about defending Republican governorships in Arizona and Georgia, and is heavily focused on picking up a handful of blue states in the West, including Oregon and New Mexico.
At the top of the list is Nevada, where Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo is among Republicans’ most prized recruits this election cycle and is challenging Gov. Steve Sisolak.
In Oregon, GOP hopes rest on an independent candidate siphoning enough support from the Democrat and allowing the Republican to pull out a victory.
Democrats, meanwhile, are confident they will take back governorships in Massachusetts and Maryland, two blue states currently led by moderate Republicans, after far-right Republicans won their party’s nominations.
Pennsylvania, a top presidential battleground, is another state where the GOP nominee could hurt Republicans’ chances in November. GOP voters chose Doug Mastriano from a crowded field, picking a Trump-backed candidate who opposes abortion rights without exceptions, spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and organized bus trips to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day of the violent insurrection. He faces Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
Asked about the race during the discussion at Georgetown, Ducey was blunt.
“Another axiom that we have at the RGA is that we don’t fund lost causes, and we don’t fund landslides,” he said.
In Michigan, a swing state where Trump and his allies also tried unsuccessfully to overturn his 2020 loss, Trump-backed nominee Tudor Dixon won a chaotic GOP primary. Democrats have repeatedly criticized Dixon for her stance against abortion, including in cases of rape or incest. A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution also will be on the November ballot, and Democrats are hoping it will help their candidates.
First-term Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has millions more in her campaign fund than Dixon, but said after an appearance at the Detroit Auto Show that she was taking nothing for granted.
“This is Michigan, and it’s always tight in Michigan,” she said.
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Burnett reported from Chicago. Associated Press reporter Colleen Long contributed from Detroit.
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McKinsey chooses Atlanta to expand and diversify its tech workforce creating a Technology and Innovation Hub and recently re-launching its Digital Capability Center
ATLANTA, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McKinsey & Company today announced it will continue its commitment to expand and diversify its workforce in Atlanta over the next three years—growing its number of Atlanta-based colleagues from 800 to 1,500. The newly expanded office, with a second location to open in 2023, will be home to the Technology and Innovation Hub.
The Tech and Innovation Hub brings together two McKinsey groups: the Client Capabilities Network (CCN) and the Tech Ecosystem. The CCN is made up of industry and functional experts who support clients, both in person and remotely, with solutions, frameworks and diagnostics. "In our Tech Ecosystem, we bring together a range of technical experts who conceive, build, and run our firm's digital capabilities," explains Leslie Giordano, chief operating officer of McKinsey's Tech Ecosystem. "They focus on cloud, security, and maximizing the effectiveness of the technologies we use as a firm and with our clients."
A historical beacon for civil rights and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with a thriving 51% Black population and vibrant LGBTQ+ community, investing in Atlanta is part of McKinsey's commitment to developing a modern and diverse technology workforce. Further, this growth in technical expertise reflects the next wave in consulting: using the latest in tech and analytics to better serve McKinsey's clients.
"Two years ago, we made a commitment to expand and create a modern and diverse tech workforce. We knew this would mean hiring hundreds of new colleagues," recalls Steve Reis, a senior partner who led McKinsey's Atlanta office for four years. "As we looked at cities across the globe, Atlanta had a magical mix of both diversity and a large pool of tech talent from nearby universities, including four historically Black colleges and universities."
The newly expanded Digital Capability Center in Atlanta is a state-of-the-art facility that provides companies the inspiration, knowledge, and skills to adopt next generation digital technologies; and the Design-to-Value lab helps clients improve the performance of products and services.
"Aligning tech and consulting in one location gives us the opportunity to deeply integrate and bring the best of our firm to our clients," says Tiffany Burns, a senior partner who leads the Atlanta office today. "What we can offer colleagues is the chance to do exciting work on issues that people are passionate about. We have teams focused on sustainability, building businesses, working with organizations to upskill and reskill their people, and helping with transformations across a variety of industries and functions."
For nearly 45 years, Atlanta has played important role for McKinsey. The firm is proud to deepen its commitment to the community by expanding and diversifying its workforce in Atlanta.
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Humane Society of Central Texas pleads for help after dogs are put down
Published: Jul. 12, 2023 at 6:29 PM CDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Humane Society of Central Texas pleads with people to come out to adopt or foster dogs after they had to put down three behavior dogs today.
A space advisory was sent out by The Humane Society of Central Texas as they were out of space for big kennels and had seven dogs waiting on kennels this morning.
Adoptions and pet fees are $50 for puppies, which is half off what they normally are. Adoption of adult dogs are free.
If you or anyone you know is able to adopt or foster dogs visit the Humane Society of Central Texas is located at 2032 Circle Rd, Waco, TX 76706, or call them at 254-754-1454.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Greenpeace environmental group said Thursday that wastewater discharge from Poland’s coal mines was most likely responsible for the 2022 massive fish die-off in the Oder River.
Greenpeace Poland also warned that the situation may reoccur this year and also hit Poland's largest river, the Vistula, if the government and the coalmining industry don't take immediate steps to counter the problem. The fish die-out was blamed on deadly type of algae, Prymnesium parvum, that thrives in highly salty water and in hot temperatures.
The group presented results from their salinity levels tests in the Oder and Vistula Rivers that showed that the levels shot up, sometimes off the scale, after the rivers' waters travel through Poland's southern coalmining region of Silesia.
“Our hypothesis is that the source of the high salinity levels are most probably brine waters pumped from Upper Silesia into the Oder and the Vistula,” said the author of the tests and a Greenpeace expert, Leszek Pazderski of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun.
Greenpeace warned that this situation may result again in the deaths of hundreds of tons of fish if nothing is done. The group called on the government to establish a national park reserve on parts of the Oder to protect it from industrial contamination and to introduce much more restrictive discharge regulations. Greenpeace also indicated that the mining industry should invest in proper filtering of its wastewater.
Poland's government insisted last year that all regulations had been observed and blamed the disaster on natural causes like high temperatures and drought, which drastically brought river water levels down, further increasing salination.
An analysis by European Union experts published last month said that the disaster was at least partly due to the discharge of industrial wastewater with high salt content, like in the case of coal mining.
The analysis said the die-out in the Oder last July and August was one of the “largest ecological disasters in recent European river history.”
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Cortez Masto takes lead with early votes
Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was leading in the U.S. Senate race over Republican former Attorney General Adam Laxalt in early returns, but an unknown number of mail ballots submitted on Election Day still need to be counted.
Cortez Masto was leading Laxalt 54.7 percent to 45.2 percent in early returns, but a large number of votes remained to be counted.
“The votes are still being counted. We know this will take time and we won’t have more election results for several days,” Cortez Masto said. “I am confident in this team. I’m confident in the campaign that we’ve built to win.” Cortez Masto spoke at a gathering at the Encore along with Gov. Steve Sisolak and other Democrats.
All eyes have been on Nevada’s U.S. Senate race, as the winner could determine which party controls the Senate, and thereby push their agenda while blocking the minority party’s plans. Nevada remained the focus as the results of other battleground states came in. In Pennsylvania, Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman was declared the winner over Republican Mehmet Oz, 49.9 percent to Oz’s 47.7 percent. Georgia’s U.S. Senate race was too close to call Tuesday night with a runoff likely. Arizona’s race had Democrat Mark Kelly leading Republican Blake Masters 56.9 percent to 40.8 percent Tuesday night.
The Nevada race was tight from the beginning, with the Cook Political Report changing it last year from a ‘lean Democrat’ to a ‘tossup,’ and polls showing the candidates within the margin of error.
Republicans and Democrats funneled historic amounts of money into Nevada to draw out voters, and huge amounts of money were spent. Cortez Masto raised the fifth-most money out of any U.S. senator, raising almost $48 million since January 2021 and spending about $45 million. On the flip side, Laxalt raised almost $16 million and spent about $13 million.
Both parties brought out big names, from Donald Trump to Ted Cruz and Tulsi Gabbard for Republicans, and Barack Obama to Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg for Democrats.
Throughout the campaign, Laxalt hit hard on the economy like the high cost of gas and groceries caused by Democratic overspending in Washington D.C., as well as problems at the southern border, causing crime to increase. He criticized Cortez Masto for often agreeing with President Joe Biden, and acting more liberal while portraying herself as a moderate.
Cortez Masto focused her attention on making voters aware of the rights that could be at stake if Laxalt were to win, especially abortion rights and LGBTQ rights. Although Laxalt had said he was against a nationwide abortion ban, Cortez Masto brought attention back to his anti-abortion history and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
She also criticized Laxalt for his work to challenge the 2020 election results and fronting for the Trump campaign’s lawsuits alleging voter fraud. Laxalt, who previously said he may file lawsuits to “tighten up” the election, did not immediately say whether or not he would challenge the results. Both Cortez Masto and Laxalt said previously they would accept the results of Tuesday’s election.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Democrats have been feeling more optimistic about their prospects in this fall's midterm elections lately, but Republicans are looking to the Rocky Mountains to pull an upset in their campaign to flip control of the Senate.
GOP leaders hope their nominee in Colorado — construction company CEO Joe O'Dea — can flip the blue seat red. He's a rare Republican who affirms that President Biden won the 2020 election, and thinks someone other than Trump should lead the party in 2024.
"I'm going to campaign for somebody else and we're going to move the country forward. and that's where I've been." O'Dea said, mentioning Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as alternatives to Trump.
Of the roughly dozen competitive Senate races this election cycle O'Dea is the one Republican candidate not endorsed by Trump. In the primary, he defeated right-wing election denier Ron Hanks — even though Democratic groups in the state tried to elevate Hank's candidacy.
The first-time candidate sticks to a centrist message. "On the whole, we've got to get rid of this partisanship that's just keeping us from putting good policies in place that move America forward. And that's why I'm running. I'm independent minded. I'm a conservative, but at the same time we've got to do what's right for Colorado, we've got to do what's right for America."
A big part of O'Dea's strategy is outreach to Latino voters, who could be the second largest voting block in the state. At a Hispanic cultural event in Denver, O'Dea drank a Mexican lager and bought his wife earrings from a local vendor after talking to NPR about his pitch to voters.
Unlike the bulk of his party, O'Dea backs protections for Dreamers and supports a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented workers. He says Congress should approve legislation that addresses both border security and legal status for immigrants. But he stressed Hispanic voters tell him they are focused on the same things as all Coloradans.
"They're worried about the price of gas and this record crime that's taking over the city that's spot on their mind right now," he said.
O'Dea insists if his party takes control and there's a narrow majority that he won't vote in lockstep with GOP leaders when it comes to issues like abortion and immigration. "If they want my vote, then they're going to have to earn it. And they're going to have to move things around to make sure that I can honor my word," O'Dea said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has praised O'Dea's campaign. With other GOP candidates underperforming in the polls in competitive races in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia, there is a close eye out for whether the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with McConnell, will invest resources in the state.
Over tea at a local coffee shop in Denver, incumbent Michael Bennet, who retains a significant advantage in fundraising heading into the fall, pushes back at the notion that O'Dea is a moderate who can compete here.
"That is that is the national media's interpretation of what's going on in this race," Bennet said.
Inflation, housing and abortion are key issues in Colorado
Bennet spent much of August traveling the state touting legislation Democrats passed to lower prescription drug prices and invest in climate programs. He agrees with his opponent that voters are very focused on inflation.
"What people are having to pay for food and gasoline is a challenge. But I think that my sense is that people are actually seeing Washington begin to work again," Bennet said. "And after the chaos of four years of Donald Trump, that's really welcome."
Most shoppers and vendors NPR spoke with at the final week of the Green Valley Ranch summer farmer's market north of downtown Denver don't know who's running in November's Senate race. But they had strong feelings about what matters for their vote this fall.
Kettle corn vendor Leon Smith said "housing and jobs" are his priorities. Smith voted for former President Trump, but he told NPR he doesn't feel compelled to cast his vote for either party this fall.
"Right now, I'd just rather hold it," he said. "I'd just rather hold it until I'm confident. And I see what which each party is doing right now. Each party is just still doing tit for tat. They're not handling no business."
For Linda Wilson, who leans Democrat, one issue is top of mind — abortion. "When I was younger, I had the choice, because I was pregnant before I got married. It was a choice. It wasn't an option that I would have chosen for myself. But I had that option," she said.
Abortion may be O'Dea's biggest challenge in the race
The Republican backs some abortion rights, but he's running in a state with a long history of protecting abortion access. The state codified its protections this year — a law O'Dea opposed. He also voted for a ballot measure in 2020 that banned abortions after 22 weeks with no exceptions. That was soundly defeated.
O'Dea sidestepped whether those positions put him out of step with a majority of Colorado voters. Instead he emphasized when he thinks abortion should be legal: "I believe, the first five months, the mother has the choice. After that, there should be some exceptions rape, incest, life of the mother." But ODea said he supports Trump's Supreme Court appointees who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Abortion rights advocates argue that position is inconsistent.
Pressed on his position, O'Dea told NPR, "I believe in good conservative judges. I like that. But I don't believe in the decision that they made." He said he would represent his constituents if a nationwide abortion ban came up in the Senate.
But Bennet argues O'Dea's position on abortion, along with his stances on other issues — will turn off Colorado voters: "He's the nominee of the Republican Party here in Colorado. And he says that Trump bears no responsibility for what happened on January 6. That should be disqualifying, to say nothing of his position on Roe v. Wade, to say nothing of, you know, his position on the trickle down economics that have made Colorado and so many places in this country unaffordable for working people."
Trump as a factor in the midterms
As O'Dea deliberately pivots away from the former president, Bennet said, "It's a reality that Trump hangs over everything." Bennet says in every townhall he's had since Trump was elected, he brings up the threat to democracy.
Trump isn't on the ballot in November, but is someone who came up with most of the voters NPR talked to around the Denver metro area.
Philip Cardenas, who sells freeze dried candy at the Green Valley Ranch farmer's market, plans to back Bennet. He admits he doesn't know anything about O'Dea but says he's concerned about extremism from the GOP.
"I think a majority of Americans are purple. I mean, if the climate was different, I would definitely - and I thought a Republican president would do better - I would vote. But they're too far right, right now, with the MAGA crowd," Cardenas said.
Leon Pommer, a Republican shopping at the outdoor store Cabela's in Thornton, Colo., said he voted for Trump and credited him for keeping energy prices lower during his tenure. "He did real well on the gas prices. You know, he allowed fracking was going to have the oil pipeline come down from Canada, which would have kept prices lower."
Pommer, along with his wife Karen, said they planned to back O'Dea, but Karen said she left the Republican "arty to become an independent this year. "I was disillusioned with Trump," she told NPR. "I don't think he was honest."
O'Dea called January 6 "a black eye to the country" and praised former Vice President Mike Pence for his actions that day.
Democrats believe recent policy bill shows Congress can work
Complaints about partisanship blocking real action are common from voters across the political spectrum.
Lynette Vigil, a mom of 7, says housing costs are out of control. But she doesn't have much faith Congress will do much about it. "It's a circus," she said. "There's no other word for it. It's a circus. I feel like people are living in an alternate reality."
Bennet told NPR he gets the frustration, but points to a string of recent bills as evidence that the Senate is working.
"I mean, it'd be hard to imagine somebody more disenchanted with Washington, D.C., than I am. But I will say that for the last 12 months or so, it's really been amazing to see what's been accomplished, mostly in a bipartisan way — Republicans and Democrats working together," Bennet said. "And I don't think that should be discounted."
ODea's pitch to attract independents and Democrats is that he's someone who is willing to compromise. But Bennet says this election is a choice — between a party that has made some headway to bring down high prices or a party dominated by a leader still fighting about the last election.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ CarMax Inc. (KMX) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $37.6 million.
On a per-share basis, the Richmond, Virginia-based company said it had profit of 24 cents.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 58 cents per share.
The used car dealership chain posted revenue of $6.51 billion in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $7.24 billion.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the nation’s business economists expect a U.S. recession to begin later this year than they had previously forecast, after a series of reports have pointed to a surprisingly resilient economy despite steadily higher interest rates.
Fifty-eight percent of 48 economists who responded to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics envision a recession sometime this year, the same proportion who said so in the NABE’s survey in December. But only a quarter think a recession will have begun by the end of March, only half the proportion who had thought so in December.
The findings, reflecting a survey of economists from businesses, trade associations and academia, were released Monday.
A third of the economists who responded to the survey now expect a recession to begin in the April-June quarter. One-fifth think it will start in the July-September quarter.
The delay in the economists’ expectations of when a downturn will begin follows a series of government reports that have pointed to a still-robust economy even after the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates eight times in a strenuous effort to slow growth and curb high inflation.
In January, employers added more than a half-million jobs, and the unemployment rate reached 3.4%, the lowest level since 1969.
And sales at retail stores and restaurants jumped 3% in January, the sharpest monthly gain in nearly two years. That suggested that consumers as a whole, who drive most of the economy’s growth, still feel financially healthy and willing to spend.
At the same time, several government releases also showed that inflation shot back up in January after weakening for several months, fanning fears that the Fed will raise its benchmark rate even higher than was previously expected. When the Fed lifts its key rate, it typically leads to more expensive mortgages, auto loans and credit card borrowing. Interest rates on business loans also rise.
Tighter credit can then weaken the economy and even cause a recession. Economic research released Friday found that the Fed has never managed to reduce inflation from the high levels it has recently reached without causing a recession. | 2023-02-27T15:09:29+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/business-news/ap-survey-business-economists-push-back-us-recession-forecasts/ |
DAKOTA CITY, Nebraska (KCAU) — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday that inflation rose by more than 9% in June.
Parents and teachers have said that this year’s back-to-school shopping comes with a heavy price tag.
Brandi Johnson has three children enrolled in the South Sioux City Community School District. She said higher prices mean that her kids can’t always get what they want.
“We stick to those supply lists and sometimes it’s hard to get out the store without the fancy notebook, but they do a great job of ‘Yep, this our list. This is what our teacher wants us to have, so this is what mom’s buying,'” she said.
Johnson doesn’t just support her kids. As a teacher at Dakota City Elementary, she spends her own money to make sure all her students are prepared at the start of the school year.
“With things being expensive and costs going up in different areas, I do always try to have extra supplies in my classroom so if students run out or maybe they didn’t bring a certain item, I always have a drawer that has extra pencils, crayons, colored pencils, markers, anything that they might need,” she said.
Laura Sulzbach is the principal of Dakota City Elementary school. She said the back-to-school shopping list has gotten smaller over the last few years and strong community support has helped take care of more expensive items.
“With the extra things, we’re willing to supply those,” she said. “We have amazing donors that have given us either the supplies that we need or money toward the supplies that we need.”
A spokesperson with the South Sioux City Community School District said parents will receive a copy of their recommended school supply list in the mail within the next few days.
Their list of recommended school supplies will cost roughly $70 based on prices a KCAU reporter saw at a local store. For the complete list of the South Sioux City school district school supplies, click here. | 2022-07-15T04:15:19+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/how-inflation-is-impacting-back-to-school-shopping/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of a Springfield triple homicide.
According to Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon, Bryant Williams, Keyara Gant, and Savante English were shot at a house near the corner of South 10th Street and East Oberlin Avenue on August 9th, 2021. All were pronounced dead at the scene.
Three suspects have been charged for their involvement in the triple homicide.
The first two suspects, Joseph Hemborough and Kelton Galmore, were arrested February 23rd. The third, Larry McClain Jr. was arrested the next week.
A grand jury indicted all three suspects with 9 counts of first-degree murder, armed robbery, armed violence, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
Additionally, Hemborough was indicted for delivery of a controlled substance and one count of obstructing justice. Galmore was indicted on possession of a firearm by a street gang member. McClain Jr. was indicted on possession of a firearm by a street gang member and two counts of obstructing justice.
According to court records, the trials have been delayed multiple times due to the Sangamon County state’s attorney office entering new evidence. All three suspects have pleaded not guilty. | 2022-08-10T00:52:00+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/one-year-ago-springfield-triple-homicide/ |
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Which tower fan is better, Lasko or Omni?
A portable fan can be an effective tool for creating a comfortable breeze in the home or office, and a cost-effective alternative to air conditioning. Although a fan doesn’t lower the air temperature, it creates a cooling sensation by increasing air circulation and the evaporation of sweat. As a result, a fan is most effective under mild conditions but less effective as a substitute for air conditioning on a hot summer day.
Portable fans are available in several styles, including box, pedestal, floor, table, bladeless and tower. The tower fan is portable and inexpensive to purchase and operate. It can be placed anywhere, consumes little floor space and operates safely in a small room.
Both Lasko and OmniBreeze make quality tower fans at affordable prices. But which is better?
Lasko tower fans
Founded in Philadelphia in 1906 by Henry Lasko, the Lasko company makes small household appliances including fans, heaters, air purifiers and humidifiers. It offers a comprehensive selection of tower fans, in several sizes and a variety of designs to match most decors, both modern or traditional. Lasko sells fans at prices ranging from $70-$90, while some other manufacturers’ fans sell for over $300.
Lasko tower fan pros
- Portable: The tower fan’s small footprint and light weight make it easy to move, reposition next to a window to bring in outside air or transfer to another room.
- Oscillation: Air is distributed to a wide area for more efficient cooling.
- Nighttime mode: The control display is automatically dimmed at night so the light won’t disturb you while you sleep.
- Air purification: Some Lasko tower fans offer an ionizer filter, creating a healthy environment. The feature is helpful to those who suffer from asthma or allergies and helps clean the air for young children.
- Safety: The fan blades are housed inside the unit and covered with a plastic grill that protects children, pets and anyone who gets too close. The fan can safely be carried to another location in the room, even while running. Most Lasko tower fans have a built-in handle for easy transport.
- ETL listed: Lasko tower fans comply with the Electronic Testing Laboratories safety standard guidelines that safeguard from electrical faults and ensure stable product performance.
- Remote control: Many Lasko fans include a remote to provide control of the fan from anywhere in the room.
Lasko tower fan cons
- Unstable: A tower fan is top-heavy, so it tips over more quickly than a box fan and is best placed away from foot traffic.
- Less air movement: Tower fans push less air than window or box fans.
- More expensive: Lasko tower fans cost more than the OmniBreeze tower fan and are more expensive to operate than a box fan.
Top Lasko tower fan
Lasko Wind Curve Portable 42-Inch Oscillating Tower Fan
What you need to know: It has a slim design with a small footprint that fits with most decors and keeps bedrooms, offices and medium-sized spaces cool without air conditioning.
What you’ll love: The three-speed fan offers a multi-hour timer and a nighttime setting that automatically decreases fan speed and dims the light for a peaceful night’s sleep. An ionizer provides fresh air. The remote controls the timer, oscillation, speed, ionizer and on/off.
What you should consider: It’s slightly top-heavy and a bit unstable on its base. Buyers found it works better placed in a corner than in the center of the room.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top Lasko tower fan for the money
Lasko Oscillating Outdoor Tower Fan
What you need to know: This is ideal for use on a patio, deck or porch to cool the area and keep irritating bugs to a minimum.
What you’ll love: Four fan speeds, including a quiet Night Breeze mode, provide the perfect speed for maximum comfort. The internally oscillating fan uses louvers to direct air over a wide area. A 10-foot cord allows placement where the fan is needed most, and a built-in handle makes it easy to move.
What you should consider: At high speed the fan is noisy, and some owners say the oscillating feature only works well if you are sitting right next to the fan.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Lasko 36-Inch Oscillating Three-Speed Tower Fan
What you need to know: This space-saving 36-inch tower fan distributes air at three speeds and oscillates from side to side to cool smaller areas, such as a home office or small bedroom.
What you’ll love: Electronic touch control and a multi-function remote make it easy to change speeds. A built-in timer with LED display automatically shuts the fan off in one-to-seven-hour increments. The fan includes a convenient carry handle for portability, and the system is assembled in minutes.
What you should consider: Some users report the fan is noisy and produces a weak airflow even at the highest setting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Omni tower fan
The OmniBreeze tower fan is offered in a single model 42 inches high. The fan offers many features found on competitors’ tower fans, including multiple speeds, oscillation and remote control. The OmniBreeze bears the ETL Verified mark, indicating independent testing to confirm the fan meets the industry’s operational and safety standards. The OmniBreeze tower fan is less expensive than most Lasko fans, at around $60.
OmniBreeze tower fan pros
- Affordable: Inexpensive compared to other tower fans.
- Portable: It’s compact, fitting into any corner, and can be moved easily with a convenient carry handle.
- Multi-speed: It has four speeds: ultra quiet, low, medium and high.
- Three breeze modes: Normal, natural and sleep mode.
- Oscillation: The fan is designed with a wide oscillation for efficient cool-air distribution.
- Timer: A built-in timer can be set from one to 15 hours and includes an automatic shutoff.
- Remote control: All fan functions can be controlled remotely.
OmniBreeze tower fan cons
- Noisy: The fan makes excessive noise at all speeds compared to the competitor’s fans.
- Unstable: It wobbles at higher speed settings.
- Low air output: The fan circulates less air than Lasko fans at lower speeds.
- No air purification: The fan lacks an ionizer filter or other method for purifying the air.
OmniBreeze tower fan
What you need to know: This portable fan with a small footprint produces a smooth, quiet air flow with a widespread oscillation to cool a room.
What you’ll love: It offers four speeds, three breeze modes and a built-in automatic timer controlled with buttons on the top or a full-functioned remote control. Powered by batteries, it doesn’t need to be located near an outlet but can be placed anywhere.
What you should consider: Some users say the fan seems unstable at higher speeds, wobbles slightly on a carpet, and circulates less air than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Should you get a Lasko or OmniBreeze tower fan?
Both Lasko and OmniBreeze offer tower fan features that help create a comfortable room. Lasko, though, offers several fans at affordable price points, with options, such as air purification, not available on the OmniBreeze fan. While OmniBreeze is a good choice for the budget buyer looking for a basic tower fan at the lowest price, Lasko offers more options.
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PROVIDENCE — Governor Daniel J. McKee’s administration on Thursday unveiled a $13.75 billion state budget proposal that trims the sales tax rate, builds a new housing department, and bolsters state aid with the goal of eventually matching the “education levels” of Massachusetts schools.
The proposed budget also makes good on the Democratic governor’s promise to fund abortion coverage for state employees and Medicaid recipients.
Tax cuts
The budget details nearly $100 million in proposed tax cuts, including a plan to reduce the state’s 7 percent sales tax rate to 6.85 percent, which would save people about $35 million a year.
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“One of things (McKee) is really focusing on is: How do we compare with our neighbors?” state Office of Management and Budget Brian Daniels said during a budget briefing. “This is very important to us from an economic development standpoint but also for Rhode Island families.”
Rhode Island now has the highest state sales tax rate in New England, and it’s tied with Mississippi, Indiana, and Tennessee for the second highest rate in the country. California has the nation’s highest rate at 7.25 percent, while New Hampshire is among five states with no sales tax. The Massachusetts rate is 6.25 percent, and Connecticut’s is 6.35 percent.
“One thing that is important to realize is that about one-third of Rhode Islanders live within three miles of the Massachusetts or Connecticut border, so people have options as to where they spend their money,” Daniels said. “It’s not fair for businesses if Rhode Islanders are leaving to go to Massachusetts or Connecticut to save money on sales tax. So we want to be more competitive.”
But even if the General Assembly adopts that proposal, Rhode Island would still have the highest sales tax rate in New England, and it would have the seventh highest rate in the nation.
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In the State of the State address on Tuesday night, McKee proposed an “incremental” approach aimed at eventually matching the Massachusetts rate “if we continue to have discipline in our budgets.”
But the budget proposal contains no schedule for reductions in future years.
“It is going to be contingent upon what our budget outlook is each year, but the goal is that we continue to keep chipping away at this year after year,” Daniels said. “If we were to continue at this pace, for example, going down .15 of a percentage point each year, we would match Massachusetts in five years.”
Daniels said Rhode Island raised its sales tax rate from 6 percent to 7 percent during the state banking crisis in the 1990s but never made good on the promise to reduce the rate once Depositors Economic Protection Corporation (DEPCO) bonds were paid off. “The state got accustomed to that money,” he said. “They didn’t want to give it up.”
In 2011, then-Governor Lincoln D. Chafee proposed broadening and lowering the sales tax, but the General Assembly did not adopt that proposal, Daniels noted.
“What we have seen multiple times in the past is that we made promises that we can’t pay for because it’s really hard to give up the money when you have it,” he said. “So the governor wants to make sure that we are making these decisions in light of that fiscal outlook, that we are doing what we can afford each year.”
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Department of Housing
The budget proposal includes $2.7 million to pay for 21 full-time positions for the newly created state Department of Housing, which would bring the total number of positions in that department to 38.
The department is tasked with overseeing $250 million in spending to address Rhode Island’s housing crisis and to help those experiencing homelessness. On Jan. 11, Joshua D. Saal resigned as housing secretary after months of criticism over the state’s response to housing and homelessness. And on Wednesday, McKee appointed former Rhode Island commerce secretary Stefan Pryor to be the new housing secretary.
Daniels said the additional staffing “will expand capacity and allow them to do things such as dealing with housing supports and homelessness that are not necessarily coordinated through state agencies right now.”
The proposed budget also includes $30 million to expand shelter capacity and provide expanded services to those experiencing homelessness.
“We have seen recently that in many cases, we don’t necessarily have the capacity that we need, the shelter beds that we need,” Daniels said. “We need to invest in that to make sure that we have at least a temporary solution as we try to find permanent supportive housing for those individuals.”
Education
The budget proposal would increase K-12 education funding by $57.8 million while making changes in he state education formula.
Since the pandemic hit in 2020, public school districts have lost about 7,900 students, and for the last three years, the state budget has held communities harmless for enrollment losses.
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“While the state cannot continue this practice in perpetuity, reverting to the funding formula without any changes would reduce funding to public schools by about $30 million,” the budget document states. “With this in mind, the budget proposal invests an additional $57.8 million in K-12 education and modifies the funding formula to help school districts navigate enrollment shifts, support students with greater educational needs, and improve educational outcomes.”
For example, the budget proposal increases multilingual learner categorical funding by $7.8 million and high-cost special education categorical funding by $4.8 million.
McKee’s State of the State address called for developing a plan within the next 100 days to “reach Massachusetts education levels by 2030.” But it remains unclear what measures, such as graduation rates or test scores, would be used to gauge that progress.
At Thursday’s budget briefing, state Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green said, “It will be a whole host of things. The governor will be ready to unveil that in a couple of weeks. So there will be a whole systematic way of measuring that.”
She said her office will work with the governor’s office will develop that plan.
“We are always looking to Massachusetts as the North Star. Everybody does, not just us,” Infante-Green said. “They are the highest performing state in the nation. So we are looking to replicate a lot of the things they have done.”
Abortion coverage
The budget proposal includes $592,405 to provide abortion coverage to residents enrolled in Medicaid and another $29,500 to add abortion coverage to the state employee health insurance plan.
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Last year’s legislative session ended a day before the US Supreme Court ended 50 years of constitutional protection for abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade in a 5-to-4 decision. At the time, McKee said he supported the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act, which would have allowed Medicaid coverage of abortions in Rhode Island, but he faced criticism for not including funding in last year’s budget. This year, his administration is putting that funding in the budget proposal.
The proposed fiscal year 2024 budget totals $13.75 billion, representing an increase of $148.6 million over the enacted fiscal year 2023 budget. The 2023 budget has since been revised to $14.1 billion.
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, a Warwick Democrat, said, “I have been briefed on some of the major proposals in the Governor’s budget and look forward to seeing more details and how we can find common ground on shared priorities. As always, we will rely on a thorough vetting of proposals through the House Finance Committee process. I am confident that effort will yield a final product we can all be proud of.”
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Louis P. DiPalma, a Middletown Democrat, said, “At first glance, I am pleased that many of the initiatives proposed in the Governor’s budget align with Senate priorities, including investment in education, providing tax relief for Rhode Island residents and small businesses, and taking fiscally responsible steps to ensure we are prepared for predicted economic downturns. Over the course of the next several months, the Senate Finance Committee will rigorously review every aspect of the budget proposal through a thorough and transparent public hearing process.”
Edward Fitzpatrick can be reached at edward.fitzpatrick@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @FitzProv. | 2023-01-19T21:31:36+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/19/metro/mckee-administration-unveils-137-billion-budget-that-would-trim-sales-tax-build-housing-department/ |
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Minnesota Dental Association is urging all Minnesotans to make a resolution to improve their oral health in 2023. Eliminating bad habits, starting good habits, and prevention are all key to maintaining good oral health and avoiding the risk of gum disease and other possible dental-related conditions.
Start…
- Brushing your teeth two times a day for two minutes for healthier teeth, good breath, fewer cavities, and to avoid painful dental problems.
- Flossing daily.
- Chewing sugarless gum. Chewing sugarless gum for 20 minutes following meals can help prevent tooth decay.
- Drinking fluoridated water. Fluoride helps prevent cavities by making teeth more resistant to the acid attacks that cause cavities.
- Eating a healthy diet. Eat a balanced diet and limit between-meal snacks.
- Seeing your dentist regularly (every six months).
Stop…
- Smoking. If you smoke, seek help with quitting. Smoking can worsen gum problems.
- Drinking soda. A steady diet of soft drinks can lead to tooth decay.
- Eating sour candies. Sour candies are very acidic and can weaken tooth enamel.
- Biting your nails. Nail biting can chip teeth and harm your jaw.
- Brushing too hard. Brushing with a hard toothbrush, or brushing too hard, can damage teeth and irritate gums.
For more resources and information about oral health visit www.mndental.org/public.
The Minnesota Dental Association is the voice of dentistry in Minnesota, representing practicing dentists. It is committed to the highest standards of oral health and access to care for all Minnesotans. Learn more at: www.mndental.org.
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The Los Angeles Angels finish a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif., but will have to do so without another relief pitcher.
Right-hander Archie Bradley suffered a fractured right elbow when he fell while jumping over the dugout railing in his haste to join the fight between his teammates and the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
As a result of the fight, the Angels also lost relievers Andrew Wantz, Raisel Iglesias and Ryan Tepera. They were suspended, not injured. Wantz has served two games of his three-game suspension, while Iglesias (two games) and Tepera (three) remain active pending appeals.
Neither Iglesias nor Tepera pitched in Tuesday’s 11-4 loss to the White Sox.
“With the way he’s been throwing the ball recently and what he brings to the clubhouse, it’s a huge loss,” Angels acting manager Ray Montgomery said of Bradley. “In the short term, guys are going to have to step up. I think we’ve done a good job all year of picking up other guys. We’ll miss him, for sure, but the guys down there know what they need to do.”
Bradley, who is 0-1 with a 4.82 ERA and two saves in 21 games, is expected to miss up to two months.
“It won’t have any long-term effects,” Angels head trainer Mike Frostad said. “He won’t even be in a cast. With this injury, the biggest thing is to keep it moving and keep that range in the elbow. It’s a well-documented injury in orthopedics. It happens with a fall with an outstretched hand.”
Right-hander Shohei Ohtani (6-4, 2.90 ERA) will be on the mound for the Angels on Wednesday after one of his best starts of the season — he shut out the Kansas City Royals on two hits over eight innings while striking out a career-high 13 in the Angels’ 5-0 win last Wednesday.
Ohtani has one career start against the White Sox, getting a no-decision after throwing 4 2/3 innings and allowing three runs (one earned) in a game last season.
Right-hander Michael Kopech (2-4, 2.59) will make his 14th start of the season for Chicago. He’s coming off a loss against Baltimore in which he gave up three runs in six-plus innings on Friday and has been dealing with right-knee discomfort.
Kopech began feeling the discomfort on June 12 against the Rangers, so the Orioles thought they could take advantage of his lack of mobility by dropping down a bunt or two.
Cedric Mullins bunted on Kopech’s first pitch of the game and beat it out for a hit. In the second inning, Jorge Mateo squared to bunt on the first pitch to him. Then on a 1-2 pitch, Kopech hit Mateo in the back with a 99-mph fastball.
“Just part of the game,” Kopech said.
Kopech is 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA in two career appearances against the Angels, both coming last season.
–Field Level Media | 2022-06-30T00:35:39+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/sports/baseball-championship/depleted-angels-face-white-sox-michael-kopech/ |
Zoo helping boost endangered frog population with baby frog release: ‘Every tiny frog counts’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - Wildlife officials are helping an endangered frog species in the Pacific Northwest.
More than a hundred endangered northern leopard frogs have been released into the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge.
KPTV reports the froglets were hatched from eggs collected by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildfire at the Oregon Zoo. They spent six months in a secluded area within the zoo.
“We keep the eggs safe and healthy until they’re ready to hatch,” said Sara Morgan, who oversees the zoo’s frog-rearing efforts. “Froglets have a much better chance at surviving in the wild on their own than eggs or tadpoles.”
Zoo biologists said northern leopard frogs have been rapidly disappearing from their native ranges in the Pacific Northwest. The species has been listed as endangered since 1999 in Washington state, and only one known population remains.
“Every tiny frog counts,” Morgan said.
Biologists attribute the species’ decline to a combination of threats, including habitat loss, disease, pollution and climate change. The zoo and its conservation partners said they hope to replenish the region’s northern leopard frog population.
The recovery effort is a partnership with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington State University and the Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.
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'They were there for me': Police surprise elderly man after his bike was stolen
An elderly California man is back to cycling across the city after his bike was stolen a few weeks ago.
Cecil Quillan, 74, bikes everywhere, and it is his only way of getting around since he has a hard time walking. One day in early March, Quillan went to pick up a few groceries, but when he came back outside, his locked bike was nowhere to be found.
"I was only in there a couple of minutes. I went out and they had snapped the cable with the bolt cutters," Quillan said.
Sacramento police officers Joey Schock, Ken Napper and Pedro Vazquez were inside the store at the same time Quillan was, so Quillan asked them for help.
"We took a bike theft report for him. We viewed some camera footage to see if we could get any clues of what happened. We checked the area for the bike. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate it," Schock said.
Schock and the other officers drove Quillan home so he could put his groceries away. Quillan said what happened next was a huge surprise: They brought him a brand-new bike.
"I couldn’t even believe that. That was really nice," Quillan said.
Schock said he and the other officers contacted the Sacramento Police Department's outreach team in order to get Quillan a new bike.
Police told sister station KCRA that in 2019, the department was awarded a $15,000 grant through the Union Pacific Railroad and a $10,000 grant through the Sacramento County District Attorney's office, and those funds went toward purchasing approximately 150 bicycles, locks and helmets per year, which are given directly to community members in need.
In this case, Quillan was a community member in need.
"They were able to provide a bike for Cecil, so once we got all that situated, we went and picked it up and brought it back to him and were able to get him back something that he could use for transportation. It’s the right thing to do," Schock said. "It was nice seeing how excited he was, because I know it was hard for him to get around."
Now, Quillan is back on two wheels, and he is beyond thankful for the help he received.
"I can't thank them enough. They were there for me," Quillan said. | 2023-04-07T02:43:24+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/sacramento-police-give-man-bike-after-his-was-stolen/43534702 |
Missed care has real consequences; experts predict at least 10,000 additional deaths due to missed screenings in 2020
HOUSTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new healthcare survey released today shows a majority of Houstonians are skipping routine medical care, putting them - and city resources - at risk of a disease management and acute care crisis.
The survey queried 450 Houston-based consumers, ages 18+, on their healthcare habits and spending. Citing affordability as an issue across the board, 68% admitted they have skipped a doctor's appointment, 59% have skipped filling a prescription, 55% have avoided getting an x-ray or lab, and 68% skip the dentist - all due to high costs. These numbers are shockingly even higher for Houstonians with chronic medical conditions – with 74% skipping the doctor or dentist, 68% holding off on prescriptions and 63% avoiding x-rays or labs.
The survey was commissioned by Sesame, the company building a radically new healthcare system for uninsured and underserved Americans by directly connecting them to high quality physicians at half the price.
Almost all respondents (92%) say that rising gas prices and inflation are impacting their ability to afford essential items like rent/mortgage payments or medical bills – and 65% feel extremely impacted by these forces. As a result, 79% are cutting back on transportation expenses, 80% have cut back on grocery and food expenses – and 59% admit they have cut back on medical expenses like filling prescriptions or going to the doctor.
Skipping or delaying medical care can have serious consequences, according to researchers. A Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study found that 57% of Americans who delayed medical care reported negative health consequences as a result. Experts estimate an additional 10,000 deaths from colon and breast cancer over the next 10 years, due to missed screenings during 2020 alone. For Houstonians to continually miss out on critical screenings, vaccinations, chronic disease management and early detection of new conditions poses a public health threat.
Other key findings from the survey include:
- Nearly half (48%) of Houstonians surveyed have medical debt – and of those with debt, 57% have more than $1,000 in debt; almost a quarter owe more than $5,000
- 52% have received a surprise medical bill in the last year
- Most residents (32%) are waiting at least a week to be seen for a medical concern by a primary care doctor or nurse; 24% wait at least a month; only 8% can be seen the same day
- More than a third of respondents did not have an annual physical this year. Cost, lack of transportation and lack of time away from home or work were cited as the biggest barriers to care
- 15% of all respondents say they do not have a primary care doctor – and 9% of those with chronic conditions do not
- Houstonians are most "sick of" high prices in healthcare (36%), followed by 23% fatigued by long wait times and 21% by surprise medical bills
To view the full findings, please visit https://sesamecare.com/blog/the-cost-of-skipping-medical-care.
Methodology: This online survey of 450 Houston-area consumers was commissioned by Sesame and conducted by market research company Pollfish. Data was collected in July 2022.
Sesame is building a radically new healthcare system for Americans who are uninsured or otherwise priced out of everyday care. The company's marketplace replaces historically inefficient, expensive healthcare with a direct connection – either virtually or in-person – between patients and physicians. This direct connection enables Sesame to offer doctor visits, labs,imaging and prescription drugs at half the price. Founders include a Harvard Ph.D. in health policy and economics; a former Goldman Sachs analyst; and entertainment executive and healthcare reformer David Goldhill, author of the legendary cover story in The Atlantic, "How American Health Care Killed My Father." Sesame has raised $75 million so far from investors that include GV, Virgin Group and General Catalyst. The company was ranked #1 by Healthline for overall care in 2021 and 2022. For more information, please visit www.sesamecare.com.
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DALLAS, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuerst Day Lawson Limited ("FDL"), a portfolio company of Highlander Partners, L.P., announced today the acquisition of Quest Ingredients Limited ("Quest Ingredients") from Quest Vitamins Limited. Quest Ingredients, headquartered in Hereford, England, is a manufacturer of high-quality proprietary food flavours, animal feed flavours and active botanical extracts with a repeat client base across the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors.
Operations will continue to be conducted from Quest Ingredients' existing facility in Hereford, and its employees will join the FDL team. The transaction supports FDL's stated strategic objective of expanding in its core markets and customer base in Europe and the United States where there continues to be abundant opportunities for growth.
Eric Beatty, CEO of FDL, said, "We believe the addition of Quest Ingredients is strategic and highly complementary to FDL's existing portfolio of ingredients and formulated solutions. We are excited to offer Quest Ingredients' unique process capabilities to existing FDL customers and expand services to Quest Ingredients' customers with FDL's products and innovation capabilities. We are thrilled to work with the Quest Ingredients team to continue growing the combined business."
Chaz Thomas, a Director of Highlander and a board member of FDL, stated, "This acquisition strengthens FDL's ability to deliver customized flavour and botanical extracts across both customer bases by expanding our capabilities and innovations expertise. We believe growing demand for customized flavourings and health enhancing natural ingredients will continue to be top of mind with our customers, and Quest Ingredients is uniquely positioned to meet these needs. We will continue to be aggressive in growing our innovative ingredient solutions and deepening our capabilities in our core markets."
Jeff L. Hull, President and CEO of Highlander and FDL board member, added, "This acquisition reconfirms our strategy of executing on attractive add-on acquisitions that enhance and expand FDL's existing applications expertise and product offerings. We are continuing to evaluate M&A opportunities and expect to make additional acquisitions going forward."
Alinea Corporate Finance acted as financial advisor and Higgs LLP served as legal counsel for Quest Vitamins Limited. NatWest provided senior financing to FDL in support of the transaction.
About Highlander Partners
Highlander Partners, L.P. is a Dallas-based private investment firm with more than $2 billion of its own proprietary capital. The firm focuses on making investments in businesses in targeted industries in which the principals of the firm have significant operating and investing experience. Highlander Partners employs a buy and build investment approach, creating value by helping companies grow both organically and through acquisitions. For more information, visit www.highlander-partners.com.
About Fuerst Day Lawson (FDL)
FDL, founded in 1884 and headquartered in London, UK, is a formulator, developer and manufacturer of proprietary taste and nutrition ingredient solutions serving food, beverage, confections and other consumer markets. It offers custom flavours, syrups and sauces, fruit preps, juices and juice blends, bakery ingredients, energy and fortification blends and aroma chemicals, backed by deep applications development expertise. FDL serves a global customer base with operations in Europe, US and Asia. For more information about FDL, please visit www.fdlworld.com.
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SOURCE Highlander Partners, L.P. | 2022-09-06T06:37:29+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/09/06/fdl-portfolio-company-highlander-partners-announces-acquisition-quest-ingredients/ |
BEIJING (AP) — China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict “zero-COVID” policies that have elicited widespread dissatisfaction.
At midnight on Monday, the smart phone app will cease to function, meaning residents’ travels will not be traced and recorded, potentially reducing the likelihood they will be forced into quarantine for visiting pandemic hot spots. China’s ruling Communist Party allows no independent parties to conduct verification and such apps have been used in past to suppress travel and free speech. It’s part of a package of apps that includes the health code, which has yet to be disabled.
The move follows the government’s snap announcement last week that it was ending many of the most draconian measures. That follows three years of lockdowns, travel restrictions and quarantines on those moving between provinces and cities, mandated testing, and requirements that a clean bill of health be shown to access public areas.
Last month in Beijing and several other cities, protests over the restrictions grew into calls for leader Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party step down, in a level of public political expression not seen in decades.
While met with relief, the relaxation has also sparked concerns about a new wave of infections potentially overwhelming health care resources in some areas.
Xi’s government is still officially committed to stopping virus transmission, the last major country to try. But the latest moves suggest the party will tolerate more cases without quarantines or shutting down travel or businesses as it winds down its “zero-COVID” strategy.
Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals’ ability to deal with severe cases.
At the same time, the government reversed course by allowing those with mild symptoms to recuperate at home rather than being sent to field hospitals that have become notorious for overcrowding and poor hygiene.
Reports on the Chinese internet, which is tightly controlled by the government, sought to reassure a nervous public, stating that restrictions would continue to be dropped and travel, indoor dining and other economic activity would soon be returning to pre-pandemic conditions.
China’s leaders had long praised “zero-COVID” for keeping numbers of cases and deaths much lower than in other nations, but health officials are now saying the most prevalent omicron variety poses much less of a risk.
Amid a sharp drop in the amount of testing, China on Monday announced only around 8,500 new cases, bringing the nation’s total to 365,312 — more than double the level since Oct. 1 — with 5,235 deaths. That compares to 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
Protests erupted Nov. 25 after 10 people died in a fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi. Many believed COVID-19 restrictions may have impeded rescue efforts. Authorities denied the claims spread online, but demonstrators gave voice to longstanding frustration in cities such as Shanghai that have endured severe lockdowns.
The party responded with a massive show of force and an unknown number of people were arrested at the protests or in the days following.
Xi’s government promised to reduce the cost and disruption after the economy shrank by 2.6% from the previous quarter in the three months ending in June. Forecasters say the economy probably is shrinking in the current quarter. Imports tumbled 10.9% from a year ago in November in a sign of weak demand.
Some forecasters have cut their outlook for annual growth to below 3%, less than half of last year’s robust 8.1% expansion.
Amid the unpredictable messaging from Beijing, experts warn there still is a chance the ruling party might reverse course and reimpose restrictions if a large-scale outbreak ensues.
Last week’s announcement allowed considerable room for local governments to assign their own regulations. Most restaurants in Beijing, for example, still require a negative test result obtained over the previous 48 hours and rules are even stricter for government offices. | 2022-12-12T07:43:16+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/china-to-drop-travel-tracing-as-it-relaxes-zero-covid/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
LOS ANGELES — “Scream Queen” Jamie Lee Curtis will be this year’s recipient of AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards career achievement honor.
“Jamie Lee Curtis’ longstanding, ever-increasing career shatters Hollywood’s outmoded stereotypes about aging, and it exemplifies what AARP’s Movies for Grownups program is all about,” AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins said in a statement.
Since stepping into the role of Laurie Strode in “Halloween” in 1978, the 64-year-old horror queen starred in her last installment of the slasher series “Halloween Ends,” and the blockbuster indie film, “Everything Everywhere All at Once" this year.
“We are delighted to honor Curtis, who at 19 became an iconic ‘scream queen’ in ‘Halloween,’ then grew up to be a master in comic and dramatic roles, too,” Jenkins said.
Curtis, whose other credits include, “True Lies,” “A Fish Called Wanda,” “Freaky Friday,” “Knives Out” and the television series “Scream Queens,” is an Emmy nominee and a British Academy Film Award winner. Her films have, over her four-decade-long career, earned $2.5 billion at the box office, the statement said.
The AARP’s Movies for Grownups program champions movies that resonate with viewers 50 and over, and fights ageism in the entertainment industry. Previous honorees include Lily Tomlin, George Clooney, Annette Bening, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas. | 2022-12-01T14:19:51+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jamie-lee-curtis-to-receive-aarp-career-achievement-award/2022/12/01/bb7dccc6-7178-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.
It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact impact will not be clear immediately.
Here’s a look at the issues involved.
WHAT IS NARCAN?
The approved nasal spray from Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions is the best-known form of naloxone.
It can reverse overdoses of opioids, including street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl and prescription versions including oxycodone.
Making naloxone available more widely is seen as a key strategy to control the nationwide overdose crisis, which has been linked to more than 100,000 U.S. deaths a year. The majority of those deaths are tied to opioids, primarily potent synthetic versions such as fentanyl that can take multiple doses of naloxone to reverse.
The drug has been distributed to police and other first responders nationwide.
Advocates believe it’s important to get naloxone to the people who are most likely to be around overdoses, including people who use drugs and their relatives.
The decision “represents a decisive, practical and humane approach to help people and flatten the curve of overdose deaths,” said Chuck Ingoglia of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, in a statement.
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WHAT DOES THE FDA APPROVAL MEAN?
Narcan will become available over-the-counter by late summer, the company said.
Other brands of naloxone and injectable forms will not yet be available over the counter, but they could be soon.
Several manufacturers of generic naloxone that’s made similarly to Narcan will now be required to file applications to switch their drugs over the counter as part of a requirement by the FDA.
The nonprofit Harm Reduction Therapeutics Inc., which has funding from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, already has an application before the FDA to distribute its version of spray naloxone without a prescription.
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HOW IS NALOXONE DISTRIBUTED NOW?
Even before the FDA’s action, pharmacies could sell naloxone without a prescription because officials in every state have allowed it.
But not every pharmacy carries it. And buyers have to pay for the medication — either with an insurance co-pay or for the full retail price. The cost varies, but two doses of Narcan often go for around $50.
The drug is also distributed by community organizations that serve people who use drugs, though it’s not easily accessible to everyone who needs it.
Emergent has not announced its price and it’s not clear yet whether insurers will continue to cover it as a prescription drug if it’s available over the counter.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf in a statement encouraged Emergent to make the drug available “at an affordable price.”
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DOES MAKING NALOXONE OVER-THE-COUNTER IMPROVE ACCESS?
It clears the way for Narcan to be made available in places without pharmacies — convenience stores, supermarkets and online retailers, for instance.
Jose Benitez, the lead executive officer at Prevention Point Philadelphia, an organization that tries to reduce risk for people who use drugs with services including handing out free naloxone, said it could help a lot for people who don’t seek services — or who live in places where they’re not available.
Now, he said, some people are concerned about getting naloxone at pharmacies because their insurers will know they’re getting it.
“Putting it out on the shelves is going to allow people just to pick it up, not have stigma attached to it,” he said.
But it remains to be seen how many stores will carry it and what the prices will be. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which now cover prescription naloxone for people on the government insurance programs, says that coverage of over-the-counter naloxone would depend on the insurance program. The centers have not given any official guidance.
Maya Doe-Simkins, a co-director of Remedy Alliance/For The People, which launched last year to provide low-cost — and sometimes free — naloxone to community organizations, said her group will continue to distribute injectable naloxone.
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ARE THERE DRAWBACKS TO OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES?
One concern is whether people who buy Narcan over-the-counter will know how to use it properly, said Keith Humphreys, a Stanford University addiction expert, though the manufacturer is responsible for clear directions and online videos on that.
One benefit of having pharmacists involved, he said, is that they can show buyers how to use it. One key thing people need to be reminded of: Call an ambulance for the person receiving naloxone after it’s been administered.
He also said there are fears that if the drug isn’t profitable as an over-the-counter option, the drugmaker could stop producing it.
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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | 2023-03-29T16:41:21+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/business/ap-business/fda-approves-over-the-counter-narcan-heres-what-it-means/ |
Now is prime time for toxic algae blooms that can sicken people, kill pets
Over 2,300 lakes and rivers across the contiguous U.S. are hosts to blue-green algae blooms, according to data recently released by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Another 5,000 bodies of water across Alaska have blooms, as well.
Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, can produce a toxin that can be deadly to pets and harmful to humans.
What are cyanobacteria?
In an aerial view, ducks feed in green water during a harmful algal bloom (HAB) of blue-green algae, also known as Cyanobacteria, at Lake Elsinore on August 25, 2022 in Lake Elsinore, California. The city has closed the lake to all activities, includ
Cyanobacteria grow naturally in water, usually freshwater, but they are also found in salt or brackish water. When the water is warm, stagnant and nutrient-rich (usually the phosphorus and nitrogen from fertilizer runoff or septic tank overflows), it can grow out of control and form algae blooms.
Some blooms produce cyanotoxins, which can enter the nose, mouth, eyes or be inhaled with water vapor.
Different cyanobacteria produce different toxins. Varieties that attack the liver, nerves and skin are most commons.
NOAA satellites can actually pick up the blooms that often form in the summer and early fall. In August, poisoning cases spike for animals and people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It is extremely poisonous," Lori Teller, President of the American Veterinary Medical Association told FOX Weather about dogs and the toxin. "Whether you're swimming in it, drink it, eat it, breathe it in, it can cause vomiting, diarrhea, breathing difficulties, and it can even cause seizures and death."
How humans are affected
Human responses to the toxin are not well studied, but evidence points to rashes and itching, gastrointestinal upset and even low birth weight in babies born to women exposed to cyanotoxins.
A study in the Journal of Remote Sensing of Environment pointed to two instances in Ohio where the toxins contaminated the drinking water. Blooms were near drinking water intakes.
"In Toledo, high levels of microcystin in the water supply in 2014 prompted city officials to issue a drinking water advisory for the entire city, causing 500,000 residents to rely on bottled water for 3 days," the study’s author wrote about a particular cyanotoxin. "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 110 cases of illness attributable to cyanotoxins from the Toledo event, with acute gastrointestinal illness."
The Ohio EPA issued a "do not drink" order to the 2,000 people in Carol Township in 2013 after the local drinking water facility found dangerous levels of the toxin, according to the study.
"People and animals may be exposed to cyanotoxins by eating fish or shellfish from water bodies experiencing a cyanobacterial bloom," the study’s author stated. "Some studies indicate that cyanotoxins also have the potential to be absorbed by agricultural crops irrigated with cyanoHAB‐affected water, but research on associated health risks is extremely limited."
HAB is an abbreviation for a harmful algae bloom.
Mothers recreating in one Michigan lake with a HAB either caused or was a key contributor to babies born with low birth weight in Kalamazoo and Barry Counties, according to the study. Administrators estimated the cost of hospitalization for the infants to exceed $760,000.
Toxic green algal bloom in pond during summer, Pond in a city park in Moscow Idaho in August. (Photo by: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
How common is cyanotoxin poisoning?
A CDC-sponsored study looked at cyanotoxin cases from just 14 states in 2019. They found that 63 humans and 367 animals suffered. No people died, but 207 or 56% of animals died. The authors also feel that the number of cases was vastly underreported. Symptoms generally lasted for one to seven days, but 25% of those intoxicated suffered for up to six weeks.
Of the animals killed, 90% were wildlife, 7% were pets and 3% were livestock.
"If you notice that your pet has somehow been exposed, certainly rinse your pet off as quickly as you can with fresh water, not the pond scum water, and you really are going to need to seek immediate veterinary care," Teller said. "There is no known antidote to this, so we want to do whatever we can to stop the effects and the progression of the problem."
Teller said animals can die within minutes to hours after being exposed to the toxin.
"Sometimes, it can take days," Teller added.
Spotting these harmful algae blooms
Florida, Miami Beach, North Beach, blue green algae cyanobacteria toxic bloom on water. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
NOAA, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and U.S. Geological Survey, recently started releasing satellite-identified bloom locations as part of CyAN, the Cyanobacteria Assessment Network. Look for updates and forecasts for certain regions on NOAA’s HAB forecasting website. The EPA also lists resources by state on their HAB website.
Stay away from foam, scum, mats or even colorful streaks in or near a body of water which are signs of the blue-green algae bloom. Cyanobacteria is not necessarily blue or green but can be other colors like brown, red or neon. As the bloom starts dying off, it releases a rotting plant smell.
Don’t let your dogs sniff or eat dry mats on the edge of the pond or dead fish – they could be toxic.
Signs of poisoning
Pets may show a lack of energy or appetite, have tremors, vomit or excessively drool if they ingested the toxin. Take the animal to a vet immediately, especially if the pet became sick after water contact.
Signs that you were poisoned are nausea, headache, sore throat, fever, diarrhea, numbness, burning, tingling, respiratory issues and slurred speech, depending on the cyanotoxin responsible.
There are no antidotes or treatments for humans or pets for cyanotoxins, so doctors treat the symptoms.
Growing problem
Signage warns that the lake is closed during a harmful algal bloom (HAB) of blue-green algae, also known as Cyanobacteria, at Lake Elsinore on August 25, 2022 in Lake Elsinore, California. The city has closed the lake to all activities, including fis
Federal officials see cyanotoxins as a growing issue.
Two out of five patented EPA technologies detect cyanotoxins in water in their "Make a Market Tech Challenge."
"Mounting evidence indicates that global climate change, watershed degradation, and increased nutrient loading of freshwater systems are contributing to the increased frequency, severity, extent, and broader geographic distribution of harmful algal blooms (HABs)," wrote a CDC researcher in a study.
Notifying the public and local officials of harmful blooms spotted by satellites, NASA and other agencies hope to prevent poisoning.
A 2017 study looked at one bloom on Utah Lake. The agencies notified local public health and environment officials, who kept people and animals out of the lake.
"Detecting the bloom early makes it possible to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in healthcare," authors wrote in the Journal of Remote Sensing study. "We find that the availability of satellite data yielded socioeconomic benefits by improving human health outcomes valued at approximately $370,000 … The estimate can vary significantly … (with changes or delays) in posting a recreational advisory, the number of people exposed to the cyanoHAB, the number of people who experience gastrointestinal symptoms, and the cost per case of illness."
While cases of poisoning and the number of blooms spike in August, blooms can occur year-round, so it's important to keep an eye out for harmful algae blooms whenever you're enjoying a body of water. | 2022-08-27T18:17:36+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/now-is-prime-time-for-toxic-algae-blooms-that-can-sicken-people-kill-pets |
Caster Specialists launches over 100,000+ free CAD models to complement its caster store, providing engineers with a trusted and time-saving resource for casters.
WESTLAKE, Ohio, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Caster Specialists, a division of Conveyer & Caster, added over 100,000 free caster and wheel CAD models to its online caster store last week. The advancement makes CasterSpecialist.com the largest consolidated e-commerce and free caster CAD model resource—saving engineers and buyers time by providing everything needed to properly specify, design, and ultimately purchase a trusted caster solution.
"Our advanced caster CAD models are highly interactive, easy to download in 150 native formats, and ensure that a viable caster is specified for any new product design," said Brad Kish, director of marketing. "From design to order delivery, we are making online caster specification and purchasing easy and reliable—while continuing to advance the tools that are most important to our customers."
The recent caster CAD model additions can be easily filtered online to find the right caster type, size, wheel, and feature a customer would require—from light to heavy-duty casters ranging from 75 lbs. to 30,000 lbs. in dynamic load capacity. The casters include industrial-grade solutions used in distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, retail stores, waste management, hospitality, institutional, medical, and many other business applications. Additional caster features include highly-ergonomic, stainless steel, maintenance-free, low profile, medical, shock-absorbing, dual wheel, and kingpinless casters that are designed to withstand shock and impact.
Caster Specialists' CAD models and caster store offers solutions exclusively tested to meet ANSI ICWM standards, an important differentiating factor from most casters sold online. "Ensuring your caster provides safe working conditions is critical, and that is why we only offer casters meeting ANSI ICWM standards," noted Kish. "There are many caster options out there with varying degrees of quality and ratings; we want our customers to be informed to ensure the caster they specific will keep them and their customers rolling safely."
About Caster Specialists: Caster Specialists is a division of Conveyer & Caster, a leading provider of casters, material handling equipment, conveyor systems, and storage solutions. Founded in 1961, Conveyer & Caster is a fourth-generation, family-owned solutions provider based in Northeast Ohio. The company is driven by a simple mission of providing the right storage and handling solutions to improve customer material flow and safety.
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SOURCE Caster Specialists | 2023-04-06T15:47:05+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2023/04/06/over-100000-free-caster-models-added-make-industrys-largest-e-commerce-cad-resource/ |
CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A lifesaving device came in handy during a Concord house fire on Saturday – not for a person, but a pet.
Concord firefighters used a specially-designed pet oxygen mask to save three dogs from a burning home.
Firefighters were called to 2891 Watercrest Drive NW around 4:19 p.m. on Saturday and found smoke showing from the home.
The fire was brought under control within four minutes of crews arriving, but before crews arrived, one of the occupants attempted to run into the house to rescue the family’s three dogs. That person suffered lacerations and smoke inhalation and was treated on the scene.
Concord firefighters located and rescued the dogs from the home, but engineer Rene Soriano noticed they needed immediate medical attention.
“We don’t just provide a service to humans; we’re there for all life,” said Soriano. “I just couldn’t walk by the dog and know it needed help. The homeowners were just crying; the dog looked lifeless.”
Soriano administered oxygen to the dogs using the specially-designed oxygen mask; it’s shaped to fit over pet muzzles.
“Believe it or not, it actually comes in handy a good bit because more and more houses that we come in contact with, they do have families that have pets,” said Battalion Chief Matt Hairfield. “Honestly, it’s a lot easier because you don’t have straps with these. You can just take the dog’s muzzle and just kind of guide it up in there.”
Last the firefighters heard all three dogs lived.
The Concord Fire Department says a pet safety group donated the masks.
Five adults and two children were displaced from the house fire and were assisted by the American Red Cross. | 2022-10-19T04:05:05+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/cabarrus-county/concord-firefighters-save-dogs-from-house-fire-with-pet-oxygen-mask/ |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army was found guilty Friday of arbitrarily detaining and torturing prisoners perceived as supporters of Serbia and murdering one of them during a late 1990s war for Kosovo’s independence.
It was the first war crimes conviction by a special court that was established in the Netherlands to investigate crimes from the conflict.
The commander, Salih Mustafa, was sentenced to 26 years’ imprisonment for the crimes committed at a KLA compound in Zllash, Kosovo, in April 1999. He was acquitted of one charge of mistreating detainees. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Mustafa, wearing a suit and tie, stood in silence as Presiding Judge Mappie Veldt-Foglia pronounced the verdicts and his sentence. He has 30 days to file notice that he plans to appeal.
Friday’s judgment comes at a time of tense relations between Serbia and Kosovo, its former province. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday demanded that Serb security forces be allowed to return to Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008. The West has warned the demand was unlikely to be accepted and would only stoke tensions in that part of the Balkans.
Mustafa was arrested in 2020 in Kosovo and sent to the Netherlands to stand trial at the European Union-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers, a branch of the country’s legal system set up specifically to deal with allegations of war crimes committed as ethnic Albanian rebels united in the Kosovo Liberation Army fought a bloody conflict to break away from Serbia in 1998-99.
The head of the prosecution team welcomed the verdicts.
“With today’s verdict, the Specialist Chambers has shown that it is a court for and about victims and that there is no expiration date on accountability,” Acting Specialist Prosecutor Alex Whiting said in a statement.
The court has detained Kosovo’s former president, Hashim Thaci, and he is awaiting trial with other suspects on charges that include murder, torture and persecution. He denies all allegations.
Thaci served as a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence before rising to political prominence in the aftermath of the conflict that killed more than 10,000 people. His trial, along with three other accused, is expected to open in March.
Judge Veldt-Foglia called Friday’s judgment a “milestone for the specialist chambers” that could lead to “further reconciliation among communities in Kosovo.”
Veldt-Foglia said the trial was focused solely on Mustafa’s individual criminal responsibility for war crimes — and stressed that the KLA and the people of Kosovo were not targeted in the case. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” she said.
She also paid tribute to witnesses who testified in the trial, saying they did so “in a pervasive climate of fear and intimidation that persists in Kosovo to this day.”
Mustafa was commander of the KLA’s BIA guerrilla unit that had its base at the Zllash compound where the crimes were committed in April 1999. The victims were accused by KLA fighters of collaborating with Serbs or not supporting the KLA.
As well as commanding the unit involved in the crimes, Mustafa personally mistreated two detainees, the court ruled.
“He subjected one of them to a mock execution. He also beat him repeatedly all over his body,”Veldt-Foglia said.
The murder victim died of a combination of severe mistreatment, denial of medical aid and gunshot wounds. While the court could not establish who shot the victim, it ruled that the abuse and lack of medical aid “are exclusively attributable to acts and omissions of Mr. Mustafa and his BIA subordinates.” | 2022-12-17T06:55:57+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/ap-former-kosovo-rebel-commander-convicted-of-1999-murder/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Rap superstar Drake will tour the U.S. this summer with “It’s All a Blur Tour,” which includes a stop here in Music City.
On Monday, Drake announced the dates for his first stretch of shows in North America, which will make on stop in Nashville on June 19 at Bridgestone Arena.
Drake last performed in Nashville in 2018 in the “Aubrey & Three Migos tour” that featured rap group Migos.
The North American leg of “It’s all a Blur Tour” will begin in New Orleans on June 16 and wrap up in Glendale, Arizona on September 5. The tour will also make stops in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and more.
Presale for tickets will start Thursday, March 16 at 12 p.m. Sales for the general public will begin on March 17 at 12 p.m.
For more information of tickets and tour dates, click here. | 2023-03-13T19:08:19+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/drake-21-savage-announce-its-all-a-blur-tour-with-nashville-stop/ |
Ex-town official gets 15 days for role in Jan. 6 riot
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts ex-town official seen on surveillance video marching through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 15 days in prison for her role in the riot carried out by supporters of former Republican President Donald Trump to stop the transfer of presidential power to Democrat Joe Biden.
Suzanne Ianni, 60, who organized a bus trip to Washington, D.C., for fellow members of the right-wing group Super Happy Fun America, was also sentenced Friday to 30 days of probation. She pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.
Federal prosecutors had asked for a 30-day sentence and a year and a half of probation. Her defense sought a year of probation with no prison time, according to court records.
“Suzanne Ianni is devoted to her family, her community, and her country,” the defense wrote in a sentencing memorandum. “She was raised to have an abiding respect for law enforcement, and has had no prior contacts with the criminal court system.”
“Suzanne Ianni is a strong-willed person,” her attorney, C. Henry Fasoldt said in an email Monday. “She will serve her short sentence, then move on with her life.”
Ianni was an elected Town Meeting member in the Boston suburb of Natick while working with Super Happy Fun America, which gained national attention in 2019 for organizing a “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston.
On its website, the group describes itself as “a right of center civil rights organization focusing on defending the Constitution, opposing gender madness and defeating cultural Marxism.”
Ianni marched to the Capitol, and joined a crowd chanting, “Fight for Trump!” and “Our house!” while rioters near her broke windows, forced open doors and breached police barricades, prosecutors said. Ianni was seen on surveillance video marching through the Capitol after she entered the building through a Senate fire exit.
Nearly 900 people have been charged in connection with the Capitol breach.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-05T18:16:14+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2022/12/05/ex-town-official-gets-15-days-role-jan-6-riot/ |
HELENA – On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, a District Court in Lewis and Clark County issued a temporary restraining order impacting some of Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping regulations. The changes go into effect immediately.
According to a release from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the changes outlined in the temporary restraining order are as follows:
- Reinstitutes wolf management units (WMU) 110, 313, and 316 as they existed in the 2020 wolf regulations. WMU 110 borders Glacier National Park and WMUs 313 and 316 are north of Yellowstone National Park
- Reinstitutes the quotas for WMU 110, 313, 316 as they existed in the 2020 wolf regulations, which are two wolves in WMU 110 and one wolf each in WMU 313 and 316. Currently, one wolf has been harvested in WMU 313 and no wolves have been harvested in WMU 316 and 110. Wolf hunting and trapping in WMU 313 is now closed.
- Restricts all hunters and trappers to harvesting five wolves total per person, per season.
- Prohibits the use of snares as a legal method of take for trapping wolves.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will make legal arguments in this case at a hearing scheduled for Nov. 28. The court has set the temporary restraining order to expire on Nov. 29.
“We have a healthy and stable population of wolves in Montana,” said FWP Director Hank Worsech. “We’ve proven we can manage wolves across the state and will continue to do so. We will comply with the judge’s order and look forward to the opportunity to defend good science and management strategies.” | 2022-11-16T17:37:24+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-news/court-order-changes-montana-wolf-hunting-season-effective-immediately |
Company Unveils Multiple New Product Lines, including Limited Edition and Popular
Island Flower Varieties, along with Prerolls in Single-Strain and Infused Varieties
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - 4Front Ventures Corp. (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) ("4Front" or the "Company"), a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis operator and retailer, has expanded its Island Cannabis Co. ("Island") portfolio in Massachusetts, launching multiple new product lines, including new Island Flower varieties, along with prerolls and mini prerolls in single-strain and infused varieties. The newly launched products will be available at the Company's Mission Dispensaries in Georgetown, Worcester, and Brookline, and are expected to roll out to 4Front's partner dispensaries across Massachusetts in the coming weeks.
"When we launched Island in Massachusetts earlier this year, cannabis consumers fell in love with the brand's ability to offer high-quality flower without the high price tag," said 4Front CEO Leo Gontmakher. "The market welcomed Island, and these California fan favorites have created a loyal following in the Bay State. Now, we're bringing consumers even more Island products to choose from, including special limited-edition strains, along with some time-tested classics. In the coming year, we will continue to meet cannabis consumers' growing demands, backed by our low-cost production methods and high-quality standards."
Island Flower: Earlier this year, 4Front launched 11 new Island strains in the Bay State. The Company is now bringing Massachusetts cannabis consumers Island's high testing, hand-selected premium genetics with robust terpene profiles in a variety of new flower packaging and sizes. Massachusetts cannabis consumers can purchase Island flower in 3.5g mylar bags or glass jars (MSRP: $44) or 7g glass jars (MSRP: $66). In addition, 4Front plans to roll out the sustainably grown flower line in 28g glass jars (MSRP: $207) by the end of the year.
Island Classic Single Prerolls and Island Minis: These 1g single-strain prerolls (MSRP: $13) place flavor of the plant at the forefront, and are packaged in all-natural, biodegradable paper cones and made with no trim or shake – just premium flower. Island Classic Single Prerolls are also available in seven of the brand's newly launched signature strains. Later this month, 4Front will also debut Island Infused Mini Preroll 5-Packs for $40, which will feature 100% natural flower infused with premium quality cannabis concentrate for a smooth, flavorful experience.
For more information, visit https://4frontventures.com/, https://island.co/products/ and https://missiondispensaries.com/.
4Front Ventures Corp. ("4Front" or the "Company") (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) is a national, vertically integrated multi-state cannabis operator that owns or manages operations and facilities in strategic medical and adult-use cannabis markets, including California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan and Washington. Since its founding in 2011, 4Front has built a strong reputation for its high standards and low-cost cultivation and production methodologies, earned through a track record of success in facility design, cultivation, genetics, growing processes, manufacturing, purchasing, distribution and retail. To date, 4Front has successfully brought to market more than 20 different cannabis brands and over 1,800 products, which are strategically distributed through its wholly owned-and-operated Mission dispensaries and retail outlets in its core markets. As the Company continues to drive value for its shareholders, its team is applying its decade of expertise in the sector across the cannabis industry value chain and ecosystem. For more information, visit https://4frontventures.com/.
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ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Rescue crews on Saturday pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the enormous quake that struck a border region of Turkey and Syria five days ago surpassed 25,000.
Dramatic rescues were being broadcast on Turkish television, including the rescue of the Narli family in central Kahramanmaras 133 hours after the quake struck early Monday. First, 12-year-old Nehir Naz Narli was saved, then both of her parents.
That followed the rescue earlier in the day of a family of five from a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdagi, in Gaziantep province, TV network HaberTurk reported. Rescuers cheered and chanted, “God is Great!” as the last family member, the father, was lifted to safety.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a tour of quake-stricken cities, raised the death toll in Turkey to 22,327, which pushed the total number of dead across the region, including government and rebel-held parts of Syria, to 25,880.
Erdogan said the scope of the disaster was rare, both in terms of the size of the affected area and the number of people living there. He called the earthquake as the “disaster of the century” and said it had impacted an area 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter that is home to 13.5 million people in Turkey and an unknown number in Syria.
“In some parts of our settlements close to the fault line, we can say that almost no stone was left standing,” he said earlier Saturday from Diyarbakir.
Still, the day brought one astonishing rescue after another, numbering more than a dozen.
Melisa Ulku, a woman in her 20s, was extricated from the rubble in Elbistan in the 132th hour since the quake, following the rescue of another person at the same site in the same hour. Ahead of her rescue, police announced that people shouldn’t cheer or clap in order to not interfere with other rescue efforts nearby. She was covered in a thermal blanket on a stretcher. Rescuers were hugging. Some shouted “God is great!”
Just an hour earlier, a 3-year-old girl and her father were pulled from debris in the town of Islahiye, also in Gaziantep province, and soon after a 7-year-old girl was rescued in the province of Hatay.
The rescues brought shimmers of joy amid overwhelming devastation days after Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake and a powerful aftershock hours later caused thousands of buildings to collapse. Along with the people who were killed, more than 80,000 were injured and millions were left homeless.
The search operations also produced searing disappointments. Rescuers reached a 13-year-old girl inside the debris of a collapsed building in Hatay province early Saturday and intubated her. But she died before the medical teams could amputate a limb and free her from the rubble, Hurriyet newspaper reported.
Even though experts say trapped people can live for a week or more, the odds of finding more survivors were quickly waning amid freezing temperatures. Rescuers were shifting to thermal cameras to help identify life amid the rubble, a sign that any remaining survivors could be too weak to call for help.
As aid continued to arrive, a 99-member group from the Indian Army’s medical assistance team began treating the injured in a temporary field hospital in the southern city of Iskenderun, where a main hospital was demolished.
One man, Sukru Canbulat, was wheeled into the hospital in a wheelchair, his left leg badly injured with deep bruising, contusions and lacerations.
Wincing in pain, he said he had been rescued from his collapsed apartment building in the nearby city of Antakya within hours of the quake on Monday. But after receiving basic first aid, he was released without getting proper treatment for his injuries.
″I buried (everyone that I lost), then I came here,’’ Canbulat said, counting his dead relatives: “My daughter is dead, my sibling died, my aunt and her daughter died, and the wife of her son” who was 8 ½ months pregnant.
A large makeshift graveyard was under construction on the outskirts of Antakya on Saturday. Backhoes and bulldozers dug pits in the field on the northeastern edge of the city as trucks and ambulances loaded with black body bags arrived continuously. Soldiers directing traffic on the busy adjacent road warned motorists not to take photographs.
The hundreds of graves, spaced no more than 3 feet (a meter) apart, were marked with simple wooden planks set vertically in the ground.
A worker with Turkey’s Ministry of Religious Affairs who did not wish to be identified because of orders not to share information with the media said that around 800 bodies were brought to the cemetery Friday, its first day of operation. By midday on Saturday, he said, as many as 2,000 had been buried.
“People who are coming out from the rubble now, it’s a miracle if they survive. Most of the people that come out now are dead, and they come here,” he said.
Temperatures remained below freezing across the large region, and many people have no shelter. The Turkish government has distributed millions of hot meals, as well as tents and blankets, but is still struggling to reach many people in need.
The disaster compounded suffering in a region beset by Syria’s 12-year civil war, which has displaced millions of people within the country and left them dependent on aid. The fighting sent millions more to seek refuge in Turkey.
The conflict has isolated many areas of Syria and complicated efforts to get aid in. The United Nations said the first earthquake-related aid convoy crossed from Turkey into northwestern Syria on Friday, the day after an aid shipment planned before the disaster arrived.
The U.N. refugee agency estimated that as many as 5.3 million people have been left homeless in Syria.
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have visited injured quake victims in a hospital in the coastal city of Latakia, a base of support for the Syrian leader.
Syrian state TV said Assad and his wife Asma on Saturday morning visited Duha Nurallah, 60, and her son Ibrahim Zakariya, 22, who were pulled out of rubble the night before in the nearby coastal town of Jableh.
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, arrived in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, bringing with him 35 tons of medical equipment, state news agency SANA reported. He said another plane carrying an additional 30 tons of medical equipment will arrive in the coming days.
The opposition Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said Saturday that it “is almost impossible to find people alive.”
The total death toll in Syria’s northwestern rebel-held region has reached 2,166, according to the White Helmets. The overall death toll in Syria stood at 3,553 on Saturday, though the 1,387 deaths reported for government-held parts of the country hasn’t been updated in days.
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Shaheen reported from Latakia, Syria, and Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Bassem Mroue in Beirut, Ghaith Alsayed in Bab al-Hawa, Syria, and Zeynep Bilginsoy in Istanbul contributed to this report.
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Converse shoes are a staple in many people’s wardrobes. From white to black, to green and pink, and from high-tops to slides, a good pair of “Chucks” can up the cool factor of just about any outfit. But over time, they can get muddy and worn in.
While many varieties are made of canvas, putting them in the washing machine (or dryer) is not recommended by the manufacturer. We have a few tips and tricks on how to clean Converse that will have them looking as good as new in no time.
How To Clean Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Shoes
Thankfully, you don’t need much to get your canvas shoe fabric looking refreshed — just soap, water and a microfiber cloth. If you have an old toothbrush, that’s even better. Start by removing the laces and knock off loose dirt with your hand or a soft brush. Before you get started, test your soap in an inconspicuous spot, like the sides of the tongue that are usually hidden from view. Once you know you’re in the clear, gently rub a wet soapy cloth over the fabric to remove dirt stains. Be gentle, as scrubbing too hard might cause the material to degrade. Put the laces in the same soapy solution to soak for several minutes. Then take them out to scrub with a toothbrush and rinse thoroughly.
Then let them dry at room temperature away from direct sunlight or heat. You can always dab them with a dry paper towel to help soak up excess water. Skip the temptation to toss them in a dryer or shorten the drying time by using a hair dryer. These will cause too much wear and tear on the shoes. Fill them with paper to help them keep their shape, swapping out fresh sheets once the old ones get too damp. Don’t use newspaper because the ink can transfer to the canvas.
White Converse might need a little extra cleaning power and will likely benefit from an added dash of baking powder to form a paste.
For suede Converse shoes, we recommend keeping them dry. Use a soft brush or toothbrush to rub off dirt. Sprinkle cornstarch on oil stains and let them sit for several hours to absorb the mess. Then brush them again.
How To Clean Scuff Marks
If you have a Magic Eraser, you probably already know it can get out just about anything. Lightly wet it and rub it along the white rubber of your Converse. If you don’t have a Magic Eraser, try using an old toothbrush and soapy water to scrub the toecap and base of the shoes.
How To Keep White Converse Sneakers Looking Fresh
White Converse can stay extra clean with a little prep work. Before you wear your pair out, spray them with stain repellent. If a mud stain occurs, wipe it off as quickly as possible.
Frequently cleaning the laces can keep shoes looking in tip-top shape. If you don’t wear them regularly, consider storing your Converse in a breathable cotton bag to keep dust from settling.
Whether you slip on a pair of Converse every weekend or they’re your go-to daily pick, we hope these cleaning tips help keep your shoes looking good.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories. | 2023-04-10T14:05:55+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/how-to-clean-your-converse-sneakers |
The Republican presidential nomination is up for grabs.
While the presidential election is still 20 months away, the likelihood that multiple credentialed candidates will pursue the nomination also suggests that the Republican Party is open to change, whether in a more moderate direction or toward more conservative policy extremism.
Both Trump and DeSantis appear formidable, at least in public. They dominate the polls nationally and in the early states and have received the bulk of early endorsements from high-profile Republicans. There is no obvious political comparison to Trump in the modern era, but any former president is presumed to be a strong candidate. His polling numbers among Republican voters are still good, and he has far more support from the Republican Party than he did in his first run in 2016.
While Trump might wind up with the nomination, it’s significant that other contenders clearly aren’t frightened of publicly opposing him. It tells us that many Republicans believe that Trump will be in a worse position when voters in Iowa and New Hampshire make their choices early next year. And their hesitation is understandable for several reasons, not the least of which is that the former president is facing multiple investigations that could lead to criminal charges.
As for DeSantis? He is sitting at around 30% of the Republican vote in early polls, which is remarkably high for a first-time national candidate at this stage in the process. DeSantis is almost certainly doing so well because he has been boosted by conservative talk-show hosts and others in Republican-aligned media, making him the obvious alternative to Trump for some voters. That level of support could be hard to maintain, but most Republicans would rather have the backing of key media personalities than a bunch of random politicians.
But it appears that a lot of Republican politicians and operatives aren’t sold on DeSantis, either. Perhaps it’s just a matter of his being a first-time national candidate who hasn’t proven himself on a national stage. But if his behind-the-scenes support from donors, campaign professionals and Republican media were rock solid, other presidential aspirants would stay on the sidelines, as they did when George W. Bush locked up support from the party network early in 2000.
It takes a lot of time and effort to run for president, and no one with a good reputation wants to be labeled a loser. Nor do they want to go on the attack against someone they believe has a good chance of winding up in the White House.
That isn’t what is happening for 2024 Republicans. Haley, a former United Nations ambassador, is only the second conventionally qualified candidate (after Trump) to formally announce. But at least seven others, including former Vice President Mike Pence, are doing everything that candidates do at this stage in the process, such as hiring staff, giving campaign-like speeches and even running ads. Add Trump and DeSantis, and there are 10 candidates total with conventional qualifications.(1) That would be only one shy of the most announced candidates either party has produced — the 11 such efforts for Republicans in 2016 and Democrats in 2020.(2)
When Republicans set their record for the most candidates in 2016, it was in an election cycle unusually lacking in seemingly intimidating contenders. No one had been a nominee for national office, much less having served as president or vice president. Nor were there any returning candidates who seemed particularly strong, although former Senator Rick Santorum and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee had won a few primaries in previous bids. The nomination looked wide open. That’s when marginal candidates choose to run.
It’s possible that Trump’s 2016 nomination has generated a heavy dose of “anything is possible” thinking among Republican politicians. But there sure are a lot of Republicans who think they know something about how open the nomination is. I wouldn’t be quick to dismiss that.
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(1) The others include former governor Larry Hogan; current governors Kristi Noem and Chris Sununu, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
(2) At least in the modern era, beginning in 1972, when campaign finance laws and the need to run in primaries and caucuses forced all real candidates to formally declare.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics and policy. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio and DePauw University, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.
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2023 Barracuda Championship Schedule: Thursday Start Time, How to Watch Live Stream, Tee Times & Pairings
Watch the first round of the 2023 Barracuda Championship on Thursday, July 20 in Truckee, California at the 7,480-yard, par-71 course at Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood), as the golfers compete for a piece of the $3.8M purse. Chez Reavie is the event's defending champion.
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The joint initiative between Boryung, Axiom, and Starburst will advance the next generation of pharmaceutical, bioscience and medtech development in space.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starburst, the world's first and only global aerospace accelerator and advisory firm, today announced that applications have opened for the first annual CIS ("Care in Space") Challenge. The global challenge, led by Boryung in collaboration with Axiom Space and Starburst, will identify and provide commercialization support for emerging technologies and solutions that optimize human health for space travel and habitation and/or are manufactured in space to advance healthcare here on Earth.
The CIS Challenge will serve as an essential tool to leverage space as an innovative platform for developing new healthcare technologies as well as address the complexities of health monitoring, diagnosis and treatment for those traveling in Low Earth Orbit and beyond. As opportunities for space exploration and commerce expand, the CIS Challenge is set to support critical developments that will make space accessible and safe for all of humanity. And the unique challenges of space facilitate research and development of products that have immediate terrestrial application, from new medications to medical devices to nutritional supplements to stem-cell therapies.
"We are committed to pushing the boundaries of what is currently thought possible in both healthcare and aerospace," said Boryung Head of New Portfolio Investment, Jack Dongjoo Lim. "Boryung is incredibly excited to work with Axiom and Starburst to seek out the next generation of innovators and founders working on solutions that facilitate access to space for everyone."
Amir Blachman, Axiom Space Chief Business Officer said, "It is increasingly evident that space, and in particular microgravity, has profound impacts on the speed of drug discovery, improvements in medical devices and advancements related to regenerative medicine and life sciences. We are pleased to support Boryung and Starburst Aerospace in opening space to a broad community of innovators in these fields."
Through the challenge, the companies and technologies with the most promising technical solutions and potential for commercial viability will have the opportunity to receive a $1 million dollar prize pot that will be divided by no more than 10 winners. The selected companies and technologies will also go through Starburst's 13-week accelerator program. In the accelerator, the entrepreneurs will receive mentorship from Starburst's global network of industry leaders and support with technology development, customer discovery, business development and fundraising, as well as preparation for/facilitation of on-orbit research. Each winner will gain access to Axiom's integration team which has successfully flown dozens of payloads to the International Space Station.
"The extreme conditions of space have always driven the development of novel technologies, and we are excited for this unique opportunity–through this partnership with Boryung and Axiom–to expand the understanding of physiological responses to extreme environments and support entrepreneurs doing cutting edge research in precision medicine, regenerative medicine, synthetic biology, pharmaceutical development, and more," said Elizabeth Reynolds, Accelerator Program Director at Starburst. "The commercial space age is here, and we are on the cusp of the biological revolution; this cross-disciplinary effort is the future."
The CIS Challenge application period runs from 04/18/22 - 06/17/22. A Pitch Day event on 07/28/22 will afford selected applicants the opportunity to showcase their capabilities to aerospace and bioscience and bio/medtech industry experts who will assess entrepreneurial acumen and the scientific merit, business model viability, and overall feasibility of their solutions.
To learn more about the CIS Challenge and to apply, please visit: www.starburst.aero/care-in- space/
Axiom Space is guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure, Axiom operates end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while privately building its successor, Axiom Station, the first permanent commercial destination in Earth's orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home. More information about Axiom can be found at www.axiomspace.com
Boryung is contributing to the progress and development of the pharmaceutical industry by using the spirit of interdependence via commitment to human health. Accordingly, we are striving to realize the company's vision of Lifetime Care Company. Boryung pursues an 'achievement of interdependence based on humanism' and participates in various corporate philanthropic activities. Furthermore, we aim to become a global company, not by becoming content, but by continuously innovating and transforming. More information about Boryung can be found at www.boryung.co.kr
Starburst is an innovation catalyst in the aerospace industry. They are the first and only global aerospace accelerator, connecting startups with corporates, investors and government, while providing strategic growth and investment consulting services for all. With offices in Los Angeles, Paris, Munich, Singapore, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, and Madrid, the team has built an ecosystem of key players with 9000+ of startups in its network. Starburst's accelerator program helps startups scale their business in aviation, space, and defense with access to the largest group of corporate stakeholders to help startups win their first $1M+ contract. More information about Starburst can be found at www.starburst.aero
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DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Dylan Laube ran for three touchdowns and pulled in an 87-yard touchdown pass to lead New Hampshire to a 52-42 win over Fordham in a first-round game in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs on Saturday.
The win sends the Wildcats into a second-round matchup December 3 with undefeated Patriot League champion Holy Cross, ranked No. 6.
Max Brosmer dumped a short pass to Laube on the Wildcats' second play from scrimmage and the running back won a foot race to the corner, then raced down the sideline for an 87-yard touchdown — high-fiving his blocking back at the 20 on his way to the end zone. Brosmer hit Sean Coyne for a short touchdown and connected with Heron Maurisseau on a 65-yard score to put New Hampshire up 21-7 after one quarter.
Maurisseau added a 71-yard run for a touchdown on the opening play of the second half and Laube's third rushing touchdown, an 18-yard burst with 4:10 left pushed the lead to 52-34.
Brosmer was 18 of 34 passing for 351 yards and three touchdowns. Laube carried 29 times for 157 yards.
Fordham's Tim DeMorat threw for 330 yards, completing 25 of 41 attempts, with three touchdowns but was picked off on back-to-back possessions in the first half. Fotis Kokosioulis had two short touchdowns for the Rams and caught 14 passes for 132 yards.
The Wildcats (9-3) now have won three straight and six of their last seven.
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Distinctive Brand Of Long-Lasting Lighters Introduces Revamped Retail Strategy And Striking New Design Collections
SHELTON, Conn., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Djeep lighters is reigniting its presence in the US with a robust new distribution strategy and fresh product collections available exclusively first at 7-Eleven stores and on Amazon.com, beginning in July. Following this initial rollout, a broad selection of several new convenience, E-commerce, and retail stores will be added in the months ahead.
Since 1973, Djeep lighters have been unique in both form and function with their signature patented rectangular tank, distinctive contemporary designs, and embossed wraps that provide an appealing tactile quality. The large flat push-button provides comfort when igniting, while the 3-compartment tank technology boasts up to 3,500 lights per lighter. Djeep's accelerated US growth is made possible by the manufacturing and marketing prowess of the BIC Corporation, which acquired the Djeep brand in 2020 to reach a new lighter segment.
"The name 'Djeep' was originally coined to mimic the sound made when igniting a lighter," said Katty Pien, VP of Marketing at BIC. "When you combine that sound with eye-catching sleeve patterns, long-lasting function, and textures you can feel, it's easy to see why Djeep loyalists have loved this multi-sensory experience for almost 50 years. We look forward to introducing this dynamic brand of lighters to new fans across the country."
Four new design collections will be available at launch, including the marble-themed Elegant series, the whimsical floral graphics of the Vibrant series, the sophisticated yet understated metallic pallet of the Bold series, and the Limited Edition series, which will refresh regularly to reflect current events and consumer trends. With this attention to delivering a product that can double as an accessory and form of self-expression as much as it fulfills a basic need, Djeep has become famous for its flowing of brand loyalists who are known to collect and keep their favorite lighters for years.
For more information, please visit www.djeep.com
A world leader in stationery, lighters and shavers, BIC brings simplicity and joy to everyday life. For more than 75 years, the Company has honored the tradition of providing high-quality, affordable, essential products to consumers everywhere. Through this unwavering dedication, BIC has become one of the most recognized brands and is a trademark registered worldwide. Today, BIC products are sold in more than 160 countries around the world and feature iconic brands such as BIC ® Kids, BIC Flex™, BodyMark™ by BIC ®, Cello®, Djeep ®, Lucky ® Stationery, Rocketbook ®, Soleil®, Tipp-Ex®, Us.™, Wite-Out®, Inkbox™ and more. In 2021, BIC Net Sales were 1,831.9 million euros. The Company is listed on "Euronext Paris," is part of the SBF120 and CAC Mid 60 indexes and is recognized for its commitment to sustainable development and education. It received an A- Leadership score from CDP.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was at a cookout and most of the food had to be prepared at home on a conventional stove the night before and transported to the park the next day. I thought there should be a convenient way to cook the food on-site during the cookout," said the inventor from Takoma Park, Md., "so I invented the OTIS SMART CHARCOAL COOKER. This invention would be easy for individuals to use at any location and store when not in use."
The patent-pending invention features a cooking device that can be used to cook foods such as rice, greens, sauces, etc. It can also be used to fry or boil foods. The portable design allows the device to be used at any outdoor location, at home, parks, picnic areas and other such remote locations. Additionally, it is small, compact and easy to transport and it is producible in two sizes.
The original design was submitted to the Washington sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DCD-175, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Most essential Colts No. 8: Can Bernhard Raimann become a franchise left tackle?
In a salary-cap league like the NFL, finding building blocks is essential. As teams churn and burn the roster through the draft and bargain signings in free agency, it helps to find the players who are either a cut above the rest or can perform a task few others can. They relieve the pressure on everyone.
Over the next two weeks, we'll be ranking the 10 most essential players to the Colts' success in 2023. It's a subjective process, weighing factors such as ability, positional value within a scheme, age, leadership and durability.
To make it simpler, we're asking the following two questions about these players:
1. How difficult would he be to replace for more than a month?
2. What does the Colts' 2023 ceiling become if this player hits his?
The elephant in the room for 2023, of course, is the presence of a rookie quarterback. The growth of Anthony Richardson will matter more than the win-loss record, so this year's list will focus more on future value than it has in other years.
Today, we continue with No. 8, Bernhard Raimann.
Here's the list so far:
No. 10: JuJu Brents, cornerback
No. 9: Jelani Woods, tight end
No. 8: Bernhard Raimann, left tackle
Position: Left tackle
Age: 25
Experience: 2nd NFL season, 2nd with Colts
Accolades: Started 11 of 16 games for the Colts in 2022
2022 stats: Started 11 of 16 games, allowing nine sacks on 405 pass snaps
Last year's rank: N/A
Why he's here: One of the underrated factors in the Colts' quarterback drought since Andrew Luck retired has been the revolving door at left tackle since Anthony Castanzo decided to hang it up the next season. Those two positions sunk in on themselves last year, when an aging Matt Ryan couldn't hold up behind an out-of-position Matt Pryor and a raw rookie in Bernhard Raimann.
But as difficult as the game was at times on Raimann, it created experience and adversity that sets this up as a critical second year.
The third round is not traditionally where teams find starting left tackles, but Raimann's case was always unique, given that he grew up in Austria and only spent two years as an offensive lineman at Central Michigan. Last year was supposed to be more of a redshirt year than an 11-start season.
Raimann was thrown in as a starter on a short week at Denver in Week 6. The constant pressure of new and different pass rushers with more developed bodies and attack plans than he could offer led to some rookie moments, like nine sacks allowed and a few untimely penalties. Add in the quarterback and coaching instability, and Raimann was set up to fail as a rookie.
But once things settled down a little on the line, Raimann started to show the upside that has the Colts intrigued. He found some confidence once Jeff Saturday kept the starting line combination the same, and he built some chemistry on combination blocks with Quenton Nelson that let a Zach Moss-led running game start to get off the ground. He became more reliable in pass protection, though his lack of experience and anchor strength could still be an issue on obvious passing downs.
But spin it forward to this year, and Raimann has the opportunity to take a big leap. He's added 15 pounds, creating more strength against bull rushes and to finish in the run game. He's making technical strides with new offensive line coach Tony Sparano Jr. He'll get to enjoy some continuity with Nelson and Ryan Kelly back at the two inside spots. And a more run-heavy scheme with a mobile quarterback should lessen the number of pass snaps where opposing rushers know what to do to register a sack.
It's still one of the toughest jobs in football, protecting a rookie's blindside. Likeright tackle Braden Smith, Raimann is working through less than ideal arm length, which could limit his upside.
If he can't cut it early on, the Colts could make a switch to fourth-round BYU rookie Blake Freeland. That looming possibility keeps Raimann from moving too much up this list just yet.
But few players can have the positive effect on the growth of the rookie quarterback than Raimann can. And if he can finally solve this position, it'll save the Colts valuable resources to spend on the other spots they'll need to get Richardson where they want him to go. | 2023-07-12T14:27:49+00:00 | indystar.com | https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2023/07/12/colts-why-bernhard-raimann-is-no-8-among-most-essential-players/70348386007/ |
DAVIE, Fla. , Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Scientific Labs Holdings Inc. ("Green Scientific Labs" or the "Company") (CSE: GSL), a leading multi-state provider of innovative cannabis and hemp testing technologies and methods, announces Paul Crage's departure as CEO of the Company, effective July 29, 2022. Since helping co-found Green Scientific Labs in 2018, Mr. Crage has played an active role in the development and success of the organization. Green Scientific Labs has grown from an idea to a leading multi-state testing laboratory, servicing over 1,200 marijuana and hemp clients while striving to set the gold standard in cannabis compliance testing.
The Board of Directors has appointed Chief Compliance Officer, Rafael Bombonato, as interim CEO of the Company effective August 1st, 2022.
"I am honored to have been asked to serve as Interim CEO of Green Scientific Labs as our Board of Directors begins the process of permanently fulfilling the position. I am very confident in our staff's ability to make this a smooth transition for our customers and staff," says Rafael Bombonato.
Mr. Bombonato has over 15 years of compliance, quality assurance, and product safety experience in the food, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical, and for the last five years in the medical cannabis industry. Mr. Bombonato holds a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Biotechnology and a master's degree in Business Administration. Mr. Bombonato's career is dedicated to product quality, safety, efficacy, and compliance. Mr. Bombonato is part of the cannabis technical committee at Cannabis Safety and Quality) and Safe Quality Food ("SQF"). He is also a Quality Auditor, HACCP trained, SQF Practitioner, and is involved in policy, regulation, and guideline development throughout all aspects of the cannabis industry.
"We cannot thank Paul enough for his years of service, contributions to the organization and wish him the very best as he moves on to his next venture. While we will miss him and his leadership, we are extremely excited about the future of Green Scientific Labs and have the utmost confidence in Rafael Bombonato to step in and lead us in the right direction," stated Michael Richmond, Chairman of Green Scientific Labs.
Green Scientific Labs (CSE: GSL) is a leading, multi-state provider of innovative cannabis and hemp testing technologies and methods. The Company's labs perform product testing to help cultivators, manufacturers, and retailers stay compliant with state and federal regulations. Green Scientific Labs delivers superior marijuana, cannabis, hemp, and CBD testing services, and provides industry leading customer service for its clients.
For more information, please visit https://www.greenscientificlabs.com/.
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DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) -- James Warren was walking in his Denver neighborhood when something gave him pause. "A woman was waiting for the bus, sitting in the dirt. And I was like, 'Oh man, that sucks.' That's not dignified at all. We need to be doing better by our fellow city members," Warren told CBS News. "And so, I thought, 'I could do something about that, I can build a bench.'" That moment led him on a mission to help his community.
Warren found some scrap wood, thanks to construction sites in his neighborhood with piles of discarded wood. And, because his dad builds homes, he grew up around tools — he knew he had the basic skills needed to build a bench.
He built one at the beginning of the year and put it back at that bus stop where he first got the idea. Since then, he's built eight custom benches and has placed them at bus stops around the area.
Each bench looks different, since he's using scrap wood for all of them. "I just kind of let the wood speak to me," he said. Each one takes a few hours to build, and Warren hand delivers them to bus stops without sitting areas.
"I have not asked the city yet whether I'm allowed to do this ... Until they stop me, I'll just keep doing it, I guess," he said.
While each bench is unique, James makes sure to burn or stencil in the same message on all of them: "Be kind."
"Sometimes it's difficult to really make a change in the world around us, or it can feel really difficult to make a change in the world around us. But the truth is, anyone can be kind. And by being kind, you can make a difference in the world around you. And that difference matters a lot. So, maybe just a little reminder to people," he said.
He's heard from several people in the community – those who use the benches and those who have been inspired by them. "What's been really cool is seeing other people online building their own benches or even just taking chairs they were going to throw out or that somebody else was throwing out and putting them by bus stops instead of letting them go to landfill," Warren said.
He says when people tell him the benches inspire him, it inspires him right back to keep doing what he's doing. "Because it's cool, it's no longer just one dude doing something for his neighborhood, it's dudes and dudettes all over the community doing things for their neighborhoods. So, it's really inspiring to see that."
Warren said he hopes the benches continue to inspire — and perhaps expand to other cities.
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EAU CLAIRE (WQOW)- Before the Packers played the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Packers fans shared their opinions on the season so far.
News 18 visited the Sports Page and the District to ask fans for their thoughts.
"It's been a roller coaster. It's a little worse than what we've had in the years previous," said Corey.
Before beating the Cowboys in overtime on Sunday, the Packers had lost five games in a row, bringing their record to 4-6.
"I think head coach Matt Lafleur is doing a terrible job and Aaron Rodgers gets on the young receivers for dropping the ball," said Sam.
"They're doing absolutely trash and Rodgers is washed," said Omavi.
Despite the rocky start to the season, some fans are still hopeful.
"I still have faith, I think if we put it all together we can get this team rolling and turn this ship around," Corey said. | 2022-11-14T06:16:07+00:00 | wqow.com | https://www.wqow.com/eye_on_eau_claire/packers-fans-share-their-thoughts-on-the-season-so-far/article_cdef1160-63ab-11ed-abd2-ebc12db4c60c.html |
Padres first. Trent Grisham pops out to shallow center field to Amed Rosario. Jake Cronenworth walks. Manny Machado walks. Jake Cronenworth to second. Jurickson Profar strikes out swinging. Eric Hosmer singles to center field. Manny Machado to third. Jake Cronenworth scores. Ha-Seong Kim flies out to center field to Myles Straw.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Padres 1, Guardians 0.
Padres third. Trent Grisham flies out to left field to Richie Palacios. Jake Cronenworth reaches on error. Fielding error by Josh Naylor. Manny Machado homers to left field. Jake Cronenworth scores. Jurickson Profar lines out to center field to Myles Straw. Eric Hosmer lines out to shallow right field to Josh Naylor.
2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on. Padres 3, Guardians 0.
Guardians third. Luke Maile doubles to third base. Richie Palacios singles to shortstop. Luke Maile to third. Myles Straw flies out to shallow right field to Trayce Thompson. Steven Kwan singles to shallow right field. Richie Palacios to second. Luke Maile scores. Jose Ramirez strikes out on a foul tip. Owen Miller called out on strikes.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Padres 3, Guardians 1.
Guardians fifth. Richie Palacios grounds out to second base, Jake Cronenworth to Eric Hosmer. Myles Straw walks. Steven Kwan flies out to left field to Jurickson Profar. Jose Ramirez walks. Owen Miller walks. Jose Ramirez to second. Myles Straw to third. Josh Naylor singles to right field. Owen Miller to second. Jose Ramirez scores. Myles Straw scores. Amed Rosario walks. Josh Naylor to second. Owen Miller to third. Andres Gimenez strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on. Padres 3, Guardians 3.
Padres sixth. Ha-Seong Kim doubles to left center field. Matt Beaty singles to right field. Austin Nola doubles to deep right field. Matt Beaty to third. Ha-Seong Kim scores. Trayce Thompson strikes out swinging. Trent Grisham walks. Jake Cronenworth out on a sacrifice fly to left field to Richie Palacios. Matt Beaty scores. Manny Machado called out on strikes.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Padres 5, Guardians 3.
Guardians seventh. Jose Ramirez grounds out to shallow infield, Manny Machado to Eric Hosmer. Owen Miller singles to shallow infield. Josh Naylor doubles to left field. Owen Miller to third. Amed Rosario grounds out to shortstop, Ha-Seong Kim to Eric Hosmer. Owen Miller scores. Andres Gimenez grounds out to second base, Eric Hosmer to Nabil Crismatt.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Padres 5, Guardians 4. | 2022-05-04T21:59:58+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/San-Diego-Cleveland-Runs-17148282.php |
WASHINGTON — The nation was reeling from an unfathomable number of deaths. Politicians were pointing fingers, asking why the United States had been so ill-prepared for a lethal threat. Congress, defying the White House, ordered an independent investigation.
That was 20 years ago, and what came of it was a national reckoning. A bipartisan panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks held televised hearings, developed 41 recommendations for how to improve national security and produced a bestselling book — a gripping historical narrative about what had gone wrong.
Now the United States is climbing out of a different crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed vastly more people than the Sept. 11 attacks and set off a global economic crisis. But some experts in biodefense and public health fear that the opportunity for a national reckoning with COVID-19 is slipping away — and with it, a chance to build on lessons learned during the pandemic.
Bipartisan legislation to create a Sept. 11-style independent panel to investigate the pandemic response by both the Trump and Biden administrations appears stalled on Capitol Hill, despite a 20-2 vote in favor of the measure by the Senate health committee. Backers say their last hope for passage is to tack it onto an upcoming spending bill, the final major must-pass piece of legislation of the current Congress.
The commission would be created as part of a sprawling bill called the PREVENT Pandemics Act. The measure would also make the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a Senate-confirmed position and take other steps to improve pandemic preparedness, including increasing coordination among public health agencies and addressing supply chain deficiencies.
There has been no vocal opposition to the bill, but it has been in limbo since it passed the health committee in March — a victim of inertia and a lack of White House support.
There is no companion measure in the House, where Republicans are planning their own pandemic-related investigations once they take control of the chamber next month. More significantly, President Joe Biden has not taken a public position on the bill, and the White House is privately resisting it, according to an official familiar with the measure, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss its status.
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, who has focused his efforts on judicial nominations and the president’s agenda, has not brought the legislation up for a floor vote. The White House declined to comment.
One of the bill’s two chief sponsors, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the chair of the health committee, made an impassioned appeal for it on the Senate floor last week. In an interview, she said the White House was “well aware” of her efforts.
“This is a bill that we needed both Republicans and Democrats on,” she said. “They understand that.”
More than 1 million Americans have died of COVID-19 — over 300 times the number that perished on Sept. 11. With cases and hospitalizations once again rising, more than 450 Americans are still dying of COVID each day. Over 200,000 children have lost a parent or a caregiver, and the CDC estimates that millions of adults have long COVID, a constellation of lasting symptoms.
The idea for a commission has been percolating for nearly two years, backed by members of Congress, advocacy groups representing the bereaved and the former executive director of the 9/11 Commission. Experts say that beyond charting a blueprint for confronting future pandemics, an independent panel — with the power to issue subpoenas and convene public hearings — would serve as a form of catharsis for the country and a way to comfort those who lost loved ones.
It might also answer a pressing question: Why does the United States have a higher death rate from COVID-19 than other wealthy nations?
“Although much of the country is acting like the pandemic is over, the hurt and the anger and the pain and the way lives have changed is still with people every day,” said Dr. Nicole Lurie, a top official with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, a global nonprofit. “If a commission can really start to grapple with questions about how does our country heal, and what do leaders do to get on a path to that healing, that would be an important contribution.”
Any investigation of the pandemic would necessarily be vast and complex, encompassing topics such as better detection of new pathogens, improvements to the public health system’s antiquated data collection apparatus, supply chain vulnerabilities, the harmful effect of lockdowns on many schoolchildren, the spread of misinformation and a lack of public trust in agencies like the CDC.
Members of Congress have tried to examine the crisis. On Friday, the House subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis released its final report, which was sharply critical of the Trump administration. On Thursday, Democrats on the Senate homeland security committee issued a study of the pandemic’s early months. In October, Republicans on the Senate health committee released an examination of the pandemic’s origins that suggested it was the result of a lab leak — a view most scientists disagree with.
But those inquiries are partisan. The bill to create the independent commission would establish a 12-member expert panel of “highly qualified citizens” appointed by congressional leaders from both parties. Like the Sept. 11 panel, it would have subpoena power and hold public hearings. It would be charged with examining the origins of the pandemic as well as the response by the Trump and Biden administrations.
“There’s no substitute for showing the vision that we showed in the early 2000s at creating an architecture that fixes things that we got wrong then, that addresses things that we didn’t think of then that we’ve learned, having gone through it,” said Sen. Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the health committee’s top Republican, who is sponsoring the measure with Murray.
Some experts see a broad-based examination of the pandemic as too daunting. And even if a commission were established, it might have difficulty overcoming the intense partisanship surrounding COVID-19. The nation was so deeply divided after Sept. 11 that “partisan pressures almost tore apart our commission,” said Philip D. Zelikow, a University of Virginia historian and former government official who was the executive director of the Sept. 11 panel. The problem is even worse today, he said. Zelikow now leads the Covid Commission Planning Group, a privately funded effort involving about three dozen independent experts who have spent the better part of the past two years conducting research to lay the groundwork for a national inquiry. The group, which has held several hundred interviews, grew tired of waiting for Congress and plans to publish its findings in a book this spring, Zelikow said. He declined to discuss details.
Infectious disease experts predict that pandemics will occur with increasing frequency, fueled by global travel, climate change and humans moving into closer proximity with animals. Biodefense experts say that pandemics are every bit as big a threat to national security as terrorist attacks. But the public may not see it that way.
“Nine-eleven was a national convulsion that was shared with varying intensity across the country, and everybody basically agreed it was shocking and terrible,” said Tara O’Toole, a former official in the Homeland Security Department who is a senior fellow at In-Q-Tel, a venture fund backed by the CIA. “Epidemics are not lights-and-sirens events.”
Advocacy groups like Marked by Covid and COVID Survivors for Change have been lobbying Congress to create an investigative commission, just as the Sept. 11 families did in the aftermath of the attacks. To some people grieving losses from COVID-19, the notion that Congress may fail to act feels like a slap in the face.
“I am not looking for a commission to blame people,” said Pamela Addison, who has been raising two young children alone since her husband, a health care worker, died early in the pandemic. “I just want a commission to look into what went wrong so this can be prevented, and I feel it would give me some closure knowing what happened and why.” Various organizations, including the Commonwealth Fund and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, have also tried to issue blueprints for pandemic prevention. The Biden White House recently published an updated national biodefense strategy and is asking Congress for $88 billion over five years to fund pandemic prevention, but there has been no movement on that request.
But those efforts are not the same as a high-profile panel that has “the imprimatur of Congress and the White House,” said Joe Lieberman, the former Connecticut senator who sponsored the bill that created the Sept. 11 panel, which passed in November 2002. Lieberman, who is now a chair of a nonprofit devoted to biodefense, called on Biden to back the effort.
Some lessons from the pandemic are already clear. Scientists figured out how to fast-track the development of tests and vaccines. The CDC established a new program to detect the coronavirus in wastewater. Public health officials learned how to use masks and better air quality systems to control the spread of respiratory viruses.
Experts are trying to build on those lessons. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is seeking to raise $3.5 billion for a plan to create and scale up manufacturing of a vaccine within 100 days of the emergence of a new pathogen, a goal shared by the Biden administration. The CDC is reorganizing in response to what its director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, has described as “some pretty dramatic, pretty public mistakes” in its pandemic response.
But no one is putting it all together, and Zelikow says time is growing short. The pandemic is already almost three years old. Important facts may be lost with the passage of time — in part, he surmises, because politicians and the public mistakenly believe that nothing can be done to avert a future crisis.
“People in both parties, and Americans in general, have no idea what to do about pandemic danger, and therefore they become naturally resigned to thinking about it fatalistically, as a condition they have to bear,” he said. “This is the giant hole, the gaping crater in our discourse about the pandemic.” | 2022-12-13T02:08:44+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/two-decades-after-9-11-inquiry-congress-weighs-a-similar-plan-for-covid/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level in a year-and-a-half, though jobs remain plentiful by historical standards even as companies cut costs as the economy slows.
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending May 6 rose by 22,000 to 264,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s up from the previous week’s 242,000 and is the most since November of 2021. The weekly number of applications is seen as roughly representative of the number of U.S. layoffs.
Many employers appear to have put a premium on retaining workers after some of them were caught short-handed by the rapid post-COVID-19 economic recovery. As a result, most economists don’t envision waves of layoffs even if a recession were to strike later this year as many expect.
The four-week moving average of claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, rose by 6,000 to 245,250. Analysts have pointed to a sustained increase in the four-week averages as a sign that layoffs are accelerating, but are hedging their bets on whether any spike in layoffs is imminent.
“Our view remains that layoffs will rise less dramatically than normally might occur as companies do all they can to avoid shedding workers who have been incredibly difficult to recruit and retain,” said economist Joshua Shapiro of the financial and economic consulting firm Maria Fiorini Ramirez.
That doesn’t mean that more layoffs are not on the way, Shapiro said, but the numbers are likely to be less drastic compared with past economic downturns.
Also, signs of a cooling labor market may induce the Federal Reserve to pause its furious pace of interest rate increases that are being used to cool labor market and inflation, some economists believe.
U.S. employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market still showing surprising resilience. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, matching a 54-year low. But the figures for February and March were recalculated and lowered by 149,000 jobs, potentially signaling that the Fed maneuvers are beginning to become evident.
The government also recently reported that U.S. job openings fell in March to the lowest level in nearly two years.
Last week, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate another quarter point. One of the Fed’s goals in raising interest 10 times in the past 14 months is to cool the job market and stifle rising wages. Until very recently, there was very little evidence the central bank’s actions were working on the labor market.
The Fed is hoping to achieve a soft landing — lowering growth just enough to bring inflation under control without causing a recession. Economists are skeptical, with many expecting the U.S. to enter a recession later this year.
Last month, the Commerce Department reported that U.S. economy slowed sharply from January through March as higher interest rates hammered the housing market and businesses reduced inventories.
There have been an increasing number of high-profile layoffs recently, mostly in the technology sector, where companies added jobs at a furious pace during the pandemic. IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, Twitter, Lyft and DoorDash have all announced layoffs in recent months. Amazon and Facebook have each announced two sets of job cuts since November.
But it’s not just the tech sector that’s trimming staff. McDonald’s, Morgan Stanley and 3M also announced layoffs recently.
For the week of April 29, the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose by 12,000 from the previous week to 1.81 million. | 2023-05-11T20:55:53+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/more-americans-file-for-jobless-claims-but-job-market-remains-healthy/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A third teenager charged with murder in a drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy outside a Des Moines high school in March has agreed to plead guilty to lesser crimes.
The plea agreement accepted by a state court judge on Monday may allow Gumaro Marquez-Jacobo, 18, to avoid prison time for charges related to the March 7 death of 15-year-old Jose Lopez.
Marquez-Jacobo will plead guilty to being an accessory after the fact, providing a pistol to a person under 21 and being a person ineligible to carry a dangerous weapon. The charges together carry a penalty of up to four years in prison but prosecutors agreed to recommend suspended sentences and fines and two years of probation, court documents said.
Sentencing was set for May 30.
As part of the plea Marquez-Jacobo acknowledged he knew the March 7 shooting had occurred and that certain people had carried it out.
“I aided those persons by driving away from a secondary location with the intent to prevent their apprehension,” he said in court documents.
The shooting was allegedly carried out by 10 teenagers aged 14 to 18, riding in three vehicles and using at least six guns from which they fired more than 42 bullets toward youths standing near East High School, Des Moines police have said. Lopez died from gunshot wounds. His sister and one of her female friends were seriously injured.
Court documents filed last week indicated that Manuel Buezo, 17, and Kevin Martinez, 16, also have agreed to plea deals.
Among the remaining defendants, one is scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 17 and three others on March 6. The remaining defendant charged as an adult has a trial date of April 10. Two other defendants aged 14 and 15 at the time of the shooting remain in juvenile court. | 2022-10-04T21:33:06+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/iowa-news/3rd-teen-takes-plea-deal-in-killing-outside-east-high-school%EF%BF%BC/ |
Having elected House speaker, Republicans try governing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Electing the House speaker may have been the easy part. Now House Republicans will try to govern.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces his first test late Monday as the Republicans try to approve their rules package for governing House operations, typically a routine step on Day One that is now stretching into the second week of the new majority.
After that, the House Republicans will try later Monday to pass their first bill — legislation to cut funding that is supposed to bolster the Internal Revenue Service. The Republicans’ IRS bill ran into a snag ahead of votes because the budget office announced that rather than save money, it would add $114 billion to the federal deficit.
It’s the start of a new era of potentially crisis governing, House Republicans lurching from one standoff to the next, that shows the challenges McCarthy confronts in leading a rebellious majority as well as the limits of President Joe Biden’s remaining agenda on Capitol Hill.
With sky-high ambitions for a hard-right conservative agenda but only a narrow hold on the majority, which enables just a few holdouts to halt proceedings, the Republicans are rushing headlong into an uncertain, volatile start of the new session. They want to investigate Biden, slash federal spending and beef up competition with China.
But first McCarthy, backed by former President Donald Trump, will try will show the Republican majority can keep up with basics of governing.
“You know, it’s a little more difficult when you go into a majority and maybe the margins aren’t high,” McCarthy acknowledged after winning the speaker’s vote. “Having the disruption now really built the trust with one another and learned how to work together.”
As the House prepared to open late Monday, the Republicans were set to consider the Rules package, a hard-fought 55-page document that McCarthy negotiated with conservative holdouts to win over their votes to make him House speaker.
Central to the package is the provision the conservative Freedom Caucus wanted that reinstates a longstanding rule that allows any one lawmaker make a motion to “vacate the chair” — a vote to oust the speaker. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi had done away with the rule when Democrats took charge in 2019 because conservatives had held it over past Republican speakers as a threat.
But that’s not the only change. There are other provisions the conservatives extracted from McCarthy that weaken the power of the speaker’s office and turn over more control of the legislative business to rank-and-file lawmakers, particularly those far-right lawmakers who won concessions.
The Republicans are allowing more Freedom Caucus lawmakers on the Rules committee that shapes legislative debates. Those members promise more open and free-flowing debates and are insisting on 72 hours to read legislation ahead of votes.
“We wanted rules to open this place up,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a leader of the Freedom Caucus, said on CNN over the weekend.
But it’s an open debate if the changes will make the House more transparent in its operations or grind it to a halt, as happened last week when McCarthy battled through four days and 14 failed ballots before finally winning the speaker’s gavel.
Roy and other Republicans defended the standoff over the speaker’s gavel, which was finally resolved in the post-midnight hours of Saturday morning on the narrowest of votes — one of the longest speaker’s race showdowns in U.S. history.
“A little temporary conflict is necessary in this town in order to stop this town from rolling over the American people,” Roy said. “We need a little of this sort of breaking the glass in order to get us to the table, in order for us to fight for the American people, and to change the way this place is dysfunctional.”
But heading into Monday evening’s voting on the rules package, at least two other Republicans raised objections about the backroom deals McCarthy had cut.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, a former military veteran, and Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas had questions about the package and the extreme legislation and potential cuts to defense spending it could produce.
Gonzales, who said over the weekend he was an outright “no” against the rules package, decried what he called an “insurgency caucus” that he said would cut defense spending and push extremist bills, such as on immigration.
McCarthy commands a slim 222-seat Republican majority, which means on any given vote he can only lose four GOP detractors or the legislation will fail, if all Democrats are opposed.
The new rules are making McCarthy’s job even tougher. For example, Republicans are doing away with the proxy voting that Democrats under former Speaker Nancy Pelosi put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. That means McCarthy must demand greater attendance and participation on every vote with almost no absences allowed for family emergencies or other circumstances.
With the Senate still narrowly held by Democrats, the divided Congress could still be a time of bipartisan deal-making. Monday saw a group of Republican and Democratic senators head to the southern U.S. border with Mexico as they try to develop an immigration overhaul to curb the flow of migrants.
But more often a split Congress produces gridlock.
The Republicans have been here before, just over a decade ago, when the tea party class swept to the majority in 2011, booting Pelosi from the speaker’s office and rushing into an era of hardball politics that shut down the government and threatened a federal debt default.
McCarthy was a key player in those battles, having recruited the tea party class when he was the House GOP’s campaign chairman. He tried and failed to take over for Republican John Boehner in 2015 when the beleaguered House speaker abruptly retired rather than face a potential vote by conservatives on his ouster.
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Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Hope Yen contributed to this report.
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Braves vs. Brewers: Odds, spread, over/under - July 23
Ronald Acuna Jr. and the Atlanta Braves (63-34) clash with Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers (55-44) in the series rubber match at American Family Field on Sunday, July 23. The game will begin at 2:10 PM ET.
The Braves are the favorite in this one, at -175, while the underdog Brewers have +145 odds to play spoiler. The total is 10 runs for this game.
Braves vs. Brewers Time and TV Channel
- Date: Sunday, July 23, 2023
- Time: 2:10 PM ET
- TV: BSWI
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Venue: American Family Field
- Probable Pitchers: Bryce Elder - ATL (7-2, 3.31 ERA) vs Julio Teheran - MIL (2-4, 4.01 ERA)
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- This season, the Braves have been favored 84 times and won 55, or 65.5%, of those games.
- The Braves have gone 28-13 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -175 or shorter (68.3% winning percentage).
- The implied probability of a win from Atlanta, based on the moneyline, is 63.6%.
- The Braves were the moneyline favorite for nine of their last 10 games, and went 4-5 in those matchups.
- Over its last 10 outings (all 10 of them had set totals), Atlanta and its opponents combined to go over the run total five times.
- The Brewers have come away with 25 wins in the 48 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This season, the Brewers have come away with a win two times in five chances when named as an underdog of at least +145 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Brewers have played as underdogs in six of their past 10 games and won four of those contests.
- In the last 10 games with a total, Milwaukee and its opponents are 2-8-0 when it comes to hitting the over.
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This evening's outlook for Bloomington: Cloudy. Low 28F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Temperatures in Bloomington will be cool tomorrow. The forecast calls for it to be a chilly 45 degrees. We'll see a low temperature of 35 degrees tomorrow. We will see a mix of sun and clouds. The area will see gentle winds tomorrow, with forecast models showing only 8 mph wind conditions coming up from southeast. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Stay in the know. Visit pantagraph.com for local news and weather.
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LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WMBB) — A Florida deputy was lucky to escape uninjured after a bonfire at a high school’s homecoming exploded immediately after he lit it.
The bonfire, staged at Mosley High School in Lynn Haven, exploded into a fireball and rained debris in all directions, video from the event shows.
District leaders said the explosion was immediately contained by deputies and firefighters. Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident.
The school holds the event yearly, and reportedly used the same procedures to light the fire as in years past, school leaders wrote.
“Again, we know the explosion was disturbing and we sincerely apologize to anyone who was concerned or scared as a result of the loud noise. We appreciate all of the calls and texts checking on us, and our students, and we’re grateful that our usual safety protocols prevented anyone from being very close when the explosion occurred,” reads a statement released by Bay District Schools.
Sheriff Tommy Ford of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office also released a statement, saying the department takes accountability for the explosion.
“Tonight, there was an incident at Mosley High School where the annual homecoming bonfire exploded. This has been a tradition at Mosley started by a previous school resource deputy and was without incident until tonight,” Ford said. “The deputy that set up the bonfire has done so at Mosley for the last 7 years. We are not sure yet what caused the explosion, but take responsibility for the incident.”
Ford further claimed that all safety precautions were followed before and after the incident.
“Safety precautions were in place, to include the fire department on site and the students positioned at a safe distance behind a fence, that prevented injury or fire but it still should not have happened,” he said. “We apologize for any distress this has caused and I assure you that we are officially out of the bonfire business.” | 2022-10-06T19:07:27+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national-news/watch-bonfire-explodes-at-florida-high-schools-homecoming/ |
Western décor is certainly having a moment, especially here in Oklahoma. Incorporating items such as cowhide rugs and colorful, tribal-inspired geometric bedding, many homeowners are turning to the American West for inspiration when it comes to decorating their homes.
Even if you don’t live adjacent to the American West, this type of home furnishing can be accessible to you.
For those wishing to deck out their abodes with items reminiscent of cowboy country, here are three Oklahoma stores specializing in Western furniture and décor.
1. Woodland Creek Furniture
Woodland Creek furniture was started in 2012 originally as a wholesale outfit, selling furniture to companies such as Bass Pro Shops. Now, the company is focused on producing custom Western-style furniture out of a 55,000-square-foot showroom and workshop in Tulsa.
The company concentrates on creating special rustic pieces, using locally sourced materials, said Donna Laster, general manager of Woodland Creek Furniture. In addition to Western-style custom décor, Woodland Creek also offers The Refuge Lifestyle, which features new trends in contemporary, modern and rustic furniture.
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“Anything you can dream of, we can have built for you,” Laster said. “Because we source our wood locally, our furniture has its own personality, its own life. It has a story — maybe it was a tree that stood on a knoll that someone sat under to be protected from the sun. It exudes a story — just by being near it, you know that tree lived an exquisite life.”
People want rustic, ranch-style furniture and décor because it reminds them of what’s most important in life, Laster said.
“The lifestyle and the aura that comes with the furniture draws people to it because it takes us back to a simpler time in our lives,” Laster said. “It takes us back to our roots; it’s home-grown. It lends itself to sitting at the dinner table and telling stories like how it was in the old days.”
2. LOREC Ranch Home Furnishings
LOREC Ranch Home Furnishings is a family-owned rustic Western and accessory store with locations in Pawhuska, Oklahoma City and Amarillo. Founded in 1993, the company uses premium cow and deer hides, Tibetan leathers and Western-style fabrics to create items for bedrooms, offices, dining rooms and living rooms, as well as other home accents.
“When you come into our front door, you’ll smell the wonderful woods that we use for all of our furnishings and the scent of leather,” said Dr. Kari López, founder and CEO of LOREC Ranch Home furnishings. “You can pick out the beautiful fabrics you’d like to use and the stains and color washes — turquoise, barn red, gray — you want. You get this experience when you come into our store, and we consider you a friend when you leave. We really get to know our clients — they’re our main inspiration.”
López said she has noticed over the years that her clients are drawn to the iconic history of the American West, and they want a piece of that culture to bring home with them.
“It all comes back to the American cowboy — John Wayne, the nostalgic feeling of the look in a cowboy’s eye, the shake of his hand, their whole persona that we try to bring into our store,” López said. “People want a signature piece of Western couture in their own homes.”
3. Lone Star Western Décor
Lone Star Western Décor is a mail-order catalog and e-commerce business based out of Enid offering décor, rugs, bedding, kitchenware, furniture and more in the Western and Southwestern styles. The company was started 20 years ago out of CEO Jason Dupus’ garage and is now one of the largest e-commerce companies of its kind, Dupus said. In addition to Lone Star Western Décor, the company also has two other stores — Black Forest Décor and Bella Coastal Décor — offering lodge and cabin-themed décor and nautical-style home décor, respectively.
“Western décor can be broken down into two categories: cowboy-themed and Southwestern-themed,” Dupus said. “The stronger and more popular theme is Southwestern — we’ve noticed that people are really drawn to the colorful Southwestern patterns and geometric shapes and want to see those in their homes.”
A hallmark of Southwestern furniture and décor is the rich colors like turquoise, chocolate brown, tan, amber, red and orange. Signature Southwestern geometric patterns are extremely popular, especially for bedding and rugs. One special aspect of Lone Star Western Décor is the sheer volume of items they offer, Dupus said.
“The large selection across several categories that we have sets us apart — we have so many unique items that you can’t get anywhere else,” Dupus said. “A big part of our inventory are custom designs and things that were made just for us, and that makes us pretty unique, too.” | 2022-06-26T18:56:28+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/where-to-find-western-and-ranch-style-d-cor/article_acf8712e-cf98-11ec-84c9-57490bb956ad.html |
BEIJING – China said Sunday it carried out its fourth consecutive day of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan in the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island, despite international calls to calm the tensions.
The People’s Liberation Army said the exercises focused on testing its long-range air and ground strikes. It did not say if it will continue the drills after Sunday.
Taiwan said that it continued to detect several batches of Chinese aircraft, ships and drones operating around the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island and mainland China, and “simulating attacks on the island of Taiwan and our ships at sea.” Taiwan's defence ministry said it detected a total of 66 Chinese aircraft and 14 Chinese warships conducting joint naval and air exercises around the Taiwan Strait. In response, Taiwan deployed air reconnaissance patrols, naval ships, and shore-based missiles, and said that it will continue to closely monitor the situation.
Taiwan’s official Central News Agency meanwhile reported that Taiwan’s army will conduct live-fire artillery drills in southern Pingtung County on Tuesday and Thursday, in response to the Chinese exercises.
The drills will include snipers, combat vehicles, armored vehicles as well as attack helicopters, said the report, which cited an anonymous source.
China set up no-go areas around Taiwan for the four-day drills it announced immediately after Pelosi’s trip to Taipei on Tuesday and Wednesday that infuriated Beijing, which saw it as a violation of the “one-China” policy. China claims Taiwan and has threatened to annex it by force if necessary. The two sides split in 1949 after a civil war, but Beijing considers visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as recognizing its sovereignty.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense emphasized that its military was surveilling the situation and had dispatched aircraft and ships to respond accordingly.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has called on the international community to “support democratic Taiwan” and “halt any escalation of the regional security situation.”
China has so far conducted missiles strikes on targets in the seas around Taiwan, and sent warships across the Taiwan Straits median line. It has also cut off defense and climate talks with the U.S. and imposed sanctions on Pelosi in retaliation for her visit.
The Biden administration and Pelosi say the U.S. remains committed to the “one-China” policy that recognizes Beijing as the legitimate government but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei.
The U.S. however criticized Beijing’s actions in the Taiwan Strait, with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre calling them “fundamentally irresponsible.”
“There’s no need and no reason for this escalation,” Jean-Pierre said.
Singapore’s coordinating minister for national security Teo Chee Hean said in a Facebook post Saturday that the U.S.-China tensions over Taiwan is “an issue that can lead to conflict and war to the detriment of all parties involved, especially the people in Taiwan.”
The tensions have a negative impact on Southeast Asia, Teo said, adding: "We hope that wisdom will prevail.” | 2022-08-08T13:24:33+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2022/08/07/china-keeps-up-pressure-on-taiwan-with-4th-day-of-drills/ |
DALLAS, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bank, as Trustee of the Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE: SBR), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $1.016680 per unit, payable on October 31, 2022, to unit holders of record on October 17, 2022. Sabine's cash distribution history, current and prior year financial reports and tax information booklets, a link to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission and more can be found on its website at http://www.sbr-sabine.com/. Additionally, printed reports can be requested and are mailed free of charge.
This distribution reflects primarily the oil production for July 2022 and the gas production for June 2022. Preliminary production volumes are approximately 71,923 barrels of oil and 1,472,082 Mcf of gas. Preliminary prices are approximately $96.81 per barrel of oil and $7.26 per Mcf of gas.
This month's distribution is higher than the previous month's primarily due to increased production due to the timing of receipts through the end of the previous month, offset by a decrease in pricing for oil and an increase in pricing for gas.
The production from the horizontal gas wells in Panola County, Texas, has contributed approximately $1,158,000 reflecting June production. They were averaging about 597 Mcf per well, per day during June totaling over 143,000 Mcf with an average pricing of $8.56 per Mcf. In addition to these proceeds, the additional 8 new wells which were paid upon for the month of June, contributed approximately $322,000, reflecting an average of 161 Mcf per well, per day. Also, revenue of $249,000 was received for one additional well in Panola County reflecting June production, averaging 1,560 Mcf per day.
Additionally, another 3 horizontal wells, also in Panola County, were paid on by another operator for the month of production for July 2022, with production of 1,176 Mcf per well, per day with the respective pricing of $6.12 per Mcf resulting in approximately $628,000 being received by the Trust in September.
As more regular monthly receipts are made in the months to come, additional information will be made available.
An audit of the Sabine's various ownerships in Panola County has resulted in additional $315,000 recovered during September.
The table below compares this month's production and prices to the previous month's:
Revenues are only distributed after they are received, verified, and posted. Most energy companies normally issue payment of royalties on or about the 25th of every month, and depending on mail delivery, a varying amount of royalties are not received until after the revenue posting on the last business day of the month. The revenues received after that date will be posted within 30 days of receipt.
Due to the timing of the end of the month of September, approximately $3,092,000 of revenue received will be posted in the following month of October in addition to normal receipts during October. Since the close of business in September and prior to this press release, $4,557,000 in revenue has been received.
The 2021 Annual Report with Form 10-K and the January 1, 2022 Reserve Summary has been posted on the Sabine website at http://www.sbr-sabine.com/.
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WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Here’s a look at your weather headlines and 7 Day Forecast for Monday, April 3, 2023!
This first week of April is going to give Texoma a taste of summer with much warmer temperatures and drier air.
Many counties in Texoma are under both a wind advisory and a Red Flag Warning, which means that any fire that develops could spread quickly, so make sure not to do any outdoor burning.
The high will get into the upper 80s to 90, and many areas will have wind speeds of 15 to 25 miles per hour, with gusts getting up to 35 mph. | 2023-04-03T13:18:50+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/weather/daily-weather-for-april-3rd-2023/ |
Twice in the last two weeks police broke up what are believed to be criminal gangs using a tactic called “Smishing” to steal millions of dollars from their victims.
Smishing is not a new cyber scam, but it is often successful due to how the crimes are carried out through text messages.
You’ve probably received a text from a smishing group through a text message claiming you have an undeliverable package or claiming to offer a special deal or free gift.
Smishing is a combination of text messages and phishing websites that aim to get your personal information. That could be your credit card or bank account numbers or access to your email.
Cybersecurity experts say smishing attacks more than doubled in 2021.
A good example of a smishing attack is a text message congratulating you on winning a gift certificate. All you have to do is click on the link in the text.
Another example is a notification that you have a package in the mail that can’t be delivered, and because it has a high value they’ll return it to the warehouse unless you claim it by clicking a link.
The text messages are just believable enough to tempt the savviest computer user. To see where these smishing texts lead I opened one of the links. My web browser opened, and it took me to a website asking me to sign in to my Microsoft Outlook account.
If I did that, I’d be giving the information to the scammer.
Scammers sending a text pretending to be your bank or credit card will also ask you to sign in to an account using a website that looks legitimate enough to fool you into thinking it is your bank website portal.
If you receive a text message asking you to click on a link, just ignore it. If you believe it might be a legitimate text message, contact the company. | 2022-06-30T05:01:02+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/what-the-tech/what-the-tech-smishing-attacks/ |
New Report from AI for the Planet Alliance, BCG, and BCG GAMMA Reveals a Strong Appetite for Using AI to Tackle Climate Change, but Organizations Face Obstacles to Achieving Impact at Scale
BOSTON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Climate change will have significant impacts on environmental, social, political, and economic systems around the world. Climate change mitigation, along with adaptation and resilience, is therefore crucial. Efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 will be essential, as will efforts to prepare for the consequences of climate change and to minimize the resulting harm. Applying advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to climate challenges provides a vital way to make meaningful change at this critical moment.
According to a new report from the AI for the Planet Alliance, produced in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and BCG GAMMA, 87% of public- and private-sector leaders who oversee climate and AI topics believe that AI is a valuable asset in the fight against climate change. The report, titled How AI Can Be a Powerful Tool in the Fight Against Climate Change, is being released today.
Based on survey results from over 1,000 executives with decision-making authority on AI or climate-change initiatives, the report finds that roughly 40% of organizations can envision using AI for their own climate efforts (see the exhibit). However, even among these experts, there is widespread agreement that significant barriers to broad adoption remain in place: 78% of respondents cite insufficient AI expertise as an obstacle to using AI in their climate change efforts, 77% cite limited availability of AI solutions as a roadblock, and 67% point to a lack of confidence in AI-related data and analysis.
"AI's unique capacity to gather, complete, and interpret large, complex data sets means it can help stakeholders take a more informed and data-driven approach to combating carbon emissions and addressing climate risks," said Hamid Maher, managing director and partner at BCG and BCG GAMMA, and a coauthor of the report. "However, most existing AI-related climate solutions are scattered, tend to be difficult to access, and lack the resources to scale. These shortcomings need to change."
Uses of AI in Combating Climate Change
Global leaders can use AI to achieve their goals in multiple ways:
- Mitigation. One of the most critical uses of AI is in the measurement, reduction, and removal of emissions and greenhouse gas (GHG) effects. More than 60% of public- and private-sector leaders see the greatest business value for their organizations in the reduction and measurement of emissions. According to BCG, use of AI can drive reductions of 5% to 10% GHG emissions, or 2.6 to 5.3 gigatons of CO2e if applied globally.
- Adaptation and Resilience. Adapting to climate change is a critical undertaking for policy makers and the public, as it boosts resilience to the effects of both long-term climate trends and extreme weather events. AI is well suited to help project climate-related hazards, whether by improving long-term projections of localized events such as sea-level rise or by upgrading early warning systems for extreme phenomena such as hurricanes or droughts.
- Fundamentals. AI can be used to support research and education efforts about climate change, helping stakeholders understand the risks and implications involved and encouraging them to share what they learn. These efforts support and magnify ongoing work toward mitigation and adaptation and resilience.
Need for Meaningful Support
A multitude of critical uses for AI exist in the climate change arena, but any successful AI solution must be user-friendly and readily accessible. It must offer tangible benefits to the user and provide clear recommendations that are easy to act on. AI solutions therefore need much more meaningful support, including access to capital investment, decision makers, and trained practitioners.
"AI has strong promise to help solve the climate crisis, but AI alone is not enough. It depends on the will of decision makers to act and make necessary changes—supported in part by AI and other emerging technologies," said Damien Gromier, founder of AI for the Planet and a coauthor of the report.
AI for the Planet has invited all interested parties to participate in its call for solutions, with proposals in any stage of maturity (if ready for a first pilot, at a minimum) and from any sector, whether private, public, academic, or nonprofit. Support for each solution chosen will be tailored to its needs and may range from customized commercial or technical support to investor relationships and network development.
To learn more about the call for solutions or to apply, please see here.
See detailed survey findings and information about the report here:
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2022/how-ai-can-help-climate-change
Media contact:
BCG: Eric Gregoire, gregoire.eric@bcg.com
AI for the Planet Alliance: Damien Gromier, damien.gromier@startupinside.com
About the AI for the Planet Alliance
AI for the Planet is an alliance created by Startup Inside, with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and BCG GAMMA as knowledge partners, and in collaboration with the AI for Good Foundation; the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the UN Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT).
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Richard and Marlene Kramer presented the second annual Mack Kramer Memorial Scholarship to Morgen Forbush, a graduating senior at Rock Springs High School.
ROCK SPRINGS – Richard and Marlene Kramer presented the second annual Mack Kramer Memorial Scholarship to Morgen Forbush, a graduating senior at Rock Springs High School, on Tuesday, May 16.
The Kramers established this scholarship to honor their daughter, Makayla “Mack” Kramer, and bring awareness to mental health. Mack was the valedictorian for the class of 2020 at Rock Springs High School and was an accomplished member of both the band, and the speech and debate team.
Members of the RSHS band or speech and debate team were eligible to apply for the scholarship by writing an essay of ways they displayed the same characteristics Mack did of having compassion toward others, being a leader, having a strong work ethic, and working to overcome challenges. In addition, applicants were to suggest ways to help make mental health easier to talk about and easier to seek help when needed.
Forbush, this year’s recipient, will be attending Northwest Community College to study music technology in the fall.
In her essay, Forbush wrote about how she met Mack at summer band camp before her freshman year of high school. Mack, who was going to be a senior at the time, befriended Forbush, sitting next to her each day at band camp to share tips on playing the clarinet and on high school in general.
More importantly, Mack was kind and made Forbush feel welcome every day. Morgen recalls Mack’s compassion toward others as well as unique sense of humor that always brightened others’ day. Morgen shared the impact Mack had on her has stayed with her and she strives to be as welcoming and kind to everyone as Mack was to her four years ago when she was just starting high school.
Marlene Kramer shared, “This is exactly what we were looking for in an applicant. Morgen’s personal story of how Mack had such a positive impact on her life that she now carries with her was profound.”
Forbush also shared ideas of how to make mental health easier to talk about and easier to seek help if needed including educating others on mental health and having classes in school devoted just to mental health.
The Kramers stated, “Our hope is that this scholarship will bring awareness to the importance of mental health and spread compassion toward others as well as honor our daughter.”
The Kramers have set the amount of the scholarship for $2,020 to coincide with the year Mack graduated and will offer it for nineteen years to honor each year Mack lived. | 2023-05-18T16:03:39+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/mack-kramer-memorial-scholarship-awarded-to-rshs-graduating-senior-morgen-forbush/article_956b2bec-f58e-11ed-937f-5b2269f1e7b6.html |
Nearly three years after the pandemic began, parents are still feeling a financial squeeze because of child care.
In December, 51,000 parents had to miss work because of child-care problems. That’s an improvement over October’s record high when 104,000 parents missed work, but it’s still greater than pre-pandemic levels, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Total employment for women with children under age 18 was at 24.7 million in November, an increase of about 199,000 compared with November 2019. But the unemployment rate for women with children under age 6 was 3.8% in November, slightly higher than the 3.6% recorded in November 2019.
Missed work — and even more serious ramifications, such as parents dropping out of the workforce or reducing their hours — has severe financial consequences for families.
Nationwide, parents lost a total of $8.3 billion in wages due to inadequate child care, according to a 2016 study. For businesses, that means lost productivity and absenteeism cost them $1,150 per working parent each year — and those figures were calculated before the pandemic, said Anna Powell, senior research and policy associate at the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.
COVID-19 then exacerbated the child-care industry’s problems. Caring for young children is expensive and labor costs make up a large portion of providers’ budgets. Many parents can’t afford the true cost. Providers then can’t raise rates much higher than minimum wage without a stable and external source of funding, meaning child-care workers’ wages are low. That leads to high turnover and a shortage of workers. The pandemic accelerated the exodus of child-care workers from the industry, a steady drip, drip, drip that has not yet fully recovered.
Child-care employment is still down almost 10% relative to its pre-COVID-19 levels, said Jessica Brown, an assistant professor of economics at the University of South Carolina who focuses on the economics of the child-care market.
“We see that employment overall in other industries has, on average, fully recovered, but in the child-care industry, we’re still down,” she said.
The lack of availability and affordability has forced many parents, especially mothers, to put their own careers on hold or reduce their hours. But how can you balance that with household expenses?
The Times interviewed parents about how child-care issues have affected their work and what they’ve had to do to adjust. Here are three personal stories.
‘More than half of my monthly paycheck’
Sofia Tavitian loved her job teaching third-graders.
But as the so-called tripledemic of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, ravaged schools and day-care centers during the fall, she grew nervous about sending her then-4-month-old daughter to day care once her maternity leave ended. Hiring a nanny was out of the question.
“It would have been more than half of my monthly paycheck,” said Tavitian, 33, who teaches in the Los Angeles Unified School District. “That was just not realistic.”
The single mom decided that if anyone was going to care for her daughter at that young age, she wanted it to be her. In November, she took an unpaid leave of absence from her job at LAUSD until August. By then, her daughter will be more than a year old, and Tavitian said she’d feel more comfortable sending her to day care or enrolling her in preschool.
“Financially, it was just better because I would save that money doing the job I knew I wanted,” she said.
The decision has come with financial consequences. Tavitian was briefly uninsured when she went on her leave of absence before signing up for Medi-Cal. She also moved back into her childhood home, where she lives with her father.
“If I had to pay rent, I don’t know what on earth I would have done,” said Tavitian, who lives in Eagle Rock. “It’s really easy to say, ‘Just put your kid in day care or put your kid in child care’ … but it takes a toll on us.”
‘Financially, it’s been hard’
Lily Marquez has put her career on hold twice because of child-care issues.
The first time was about six years ago, when she quit her 10-year career as a university financial aid administrator to become a stay-at-home mom and care for her then-newborn daughter and young son since she couldn’t find anyone to take care of two babies. At that time, child care cost more than her condo mortgage in Alameda County, she said.
She later returned to the workforce and was employed as an in-home caregiver for an elderly woman until about a year ago, when her daughter was sent home from school due to a COVID-19 exposure on campus. With no other child-care options available, Marquez had to take her daughter to work with her at her patient’s home.
The woman was in her 90s with respiratory issues and required 24-hour care. Although Marquez needed the income, she decided to quit rather than expose her patient to COVID-19.
“I can’t do this to you,” Marquez, 41, remembers telling her patient. “I don’t want for you to get exposed because I know it’s detrimental. I’m sorry.”
During this time, she also separated from her husband and moved from San Francisco to Contra Costa County to be near family. Her children changed schools and her daughter’s new kindergarten class is in session from 8 to 11:30 a.m., making it hard for her to find work. Unlike in San Francisco, after-school programs are not as available or affordable.
All of her nearby family members work, limiting their ability to help with child care. She said she hopes it will be easier once her daughter goes into first grade and has a longer school day.
“Financially, it’s been hard over here,” Marquez said. “I’m trying to stay afloat. It’s been difficult.”
‘I’m sure we’ll make it work for another two years’
Roger Chong built a thriving home services business during the pandemic.
In a major change from his previous careers in airline entertainment and production management for reality TV shows such as “Fear Factor” and “Wipeout,” Chong now installs home furnishings, mounts TVs and builds furniture.
It keeps him closer to home than his reality TV jobs — something that was especially important after he and his wife welcomed their first child in November 2020. And he made more money working for himself than he ever did when he was on a company’s payroll, Chong said.
But after his wife’s roughly-six-month maternity leave ended, “things were getting a lot rockier,” Chong said.
The cheapest child care they could find was $500 a week, part-time and limited to children who were potty-trained. Their 2-year-old son is not, so his fee would be higher. Chong and his wife occasionally get help with child care from family, but not on a consistent basis.
“We’d pretty much be working to pay for child care,” said Chong, 38, who lives in Carson. “We’re pretty much in a rip curl of making money to spend money.”
His wife’s full-time job as a nurse provides the family with health benefits and a stable income, so Chong changed his work schedule to fit hers. He had to cut down his work availability from as many as six days a week to two or three. Sometimes he’s gone up to two weeks without being able to work. And since his availability is limited, it can be hard to schedule future jobs when customers want their TVs mounted sooner than three weeks out.
To supplement his income, Chong drives for DoorDash or UberEats at night after his son is asleep and can make about $400 to $500 a week. Sometimes he’ll drive until 4 a.m., but other days, he’s too tired to go out.
Maybe more options will be available after his son is potty-trained, Chong mused. The last-resort plan is to wait until his son is 5 and goes to kindergarten, and then Chong could go back to his business full time.
“We made it work for two, two and a half years now,” he said. “I’m sure we’ll make it work for another two years.” | 2023-01-19T15:27:21+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2023/01/19/this-is-what-life-is-like-for-thousands-of-california-parents-who-still-cant-get-child-care/ |
Company exceeds forecasts with pre-tax earnings 16% above guidance and 10 times higher than in previous quarter
SÃO PAULO, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- StoneCo Ltd (Nasdaq: STNE) total revenues reached BRL 2.07 billion in 2022's first quarter, a 138.6% increase over the same period in 2021. The figures exceeded BRL 1.85 to BRL 1.90 billion guidance due to a 107.8% increase in revenues from Financial Services to BRL1.7 billion in the period, and 955.6% increase in Software to BRL 326.6 million in this quarter.
Adjusted EBT (earnings before taxes) grew from BRL17.2 million in the fourth quarter to BRL163.1 million in the first quarter of 2022. The positive performance results from the combination of a strong increase in total revenue, despite seasonality, and effective control of costs and expenses. Adjusted net income in the first quarter was BRL132.2 million, four times higher than BRL33.7 million reported in the previous quarter.
"The pricing initiatives have gained traction and we have raised the quality of our customer base. We are at a time of inflection for the company, with significant improvement in profitability," says Stone CEO, Thiago Piau.
The company reported the results of its Financial Services and Software businesses separately. "This separation is in line with our business strategy and offers greater clarity and transparency about our performance in each segment," he adds.
Stone recorded a 63.1% increase in total volume of payments (TPV) in the first quarter, to BRL83.2 billion, with emphasis on the micro, small and medium-sized companies (MSME), which advanced 93.3 % in the first quarter due to an increase in customer base, reaching 1.9 million users in Q122, and an average increase in TPV per customer. The take rate increased from 1.71% to 2.06% in the quarter.
Stone projects a total revenue of BRL2.15 billion to BRL2.2 billion in Q222, with a 148% to 154% growth compared to Q221 (pro-forma for Linx). The estimate is that MSME TPV will beBRL67 billion to BRL68 billion in Q222, up 71% to 73% over previous year, and a pre-tax profit growth from BRL163 million of adjusted EBT to BRL185 million before bond financial expenses or from BRL82 million to over BRL90 million.
To continue evolving the business, improving its governance and reaching higher levels of efficiency, Stone announces the arrival of new professionals. Marcus Fontoura takes over as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), after stints at Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and IBM. Thomas Gregor, currently in garden leave, has more than 30 years' experience in financial services as risk director for small and medium-sized companies at Santander Brasil, will be Head of Credit in the second half of the year. Osmar Castellani takes over as VP of Finance in the Software Division. He has extensive experience in Investment Banking, with stints at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.
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ConocoPhillip's $8 billion Willow project in the Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve will move ahead. Biden put millions of acres off-limits to future oil drilling; environment groups aren't thrilled.
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LONDON (AP) — An anti-monarchy group says it plans to take legal action against London’s Metropolitan Police after several of its members were arrested as they prepared to protest the coronation of King Charles III.
Civil liberties groups are accusing the police, and Britain’s Conservative government, of stifling the right to protest with new powers to clamp down on peaceful but disruptive demonstrations.
The police force expressed “regret” late Monday that the activists were prevented from protesting, but defended its handling of the coronation, which drew hundreds of thousands of people into the streets of London — hundreds of protesters among them.
Police arrested 64 people around Saturday’s coronation, most for allegedly planning to disrupt the ceremonies. Four have been charged, while most were released on bail. Six members of anti-monarchist group Republic were let go and told they would not face any charges.
Republic chief executive Graham Smith said three senior police officers came to his house and apologized in person for the arrest that saw him held in custody for 16 hours.
“I said for the record I won’t accept the apology,” Smith said, adding that the group “will be taking action.”
The U.K.’s recently passed Public Order Act, introduced in response to civil disobedience by environmental groups, allows police to search demonstrators for items including locks and glue and imposes penalties of up to 12 months in prison for protesters who block roads or interfere with “national infrastructure.”
Police said the Republic members had items that could be used to “lock on” to infrastructure. Republic said the items were ties for their placards and police acknowledged its “investigation has been unable to prove intent to use them to lock on and disrupt the event.”
“We regret that those six people arrested were unable to join the wider group of protesters in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere on the procession route,” police said.
London police chief Mark Rowley defended his officers’ actions.
“Much of the ill-informed commentary on the day is wholly inaccurate. For example, protest was not banned,” Rowley wrote in the Evening Standard newspaper. “I want to be absolutely clear: our activity was targeted at those we believed were intent on causing serious disruption and criminality. Serious and reliable intelligence told us that the risks were very real.”
The Conservative government also defended the way police handled the protests.
“This was the context: a once-in-a-generation national moment, facing specific intelligence threats about multiple, well-organized plots to disrupt it,” Policing Minister Chris Philp said.
“We had specific intelligence that people planned to disrupt the coronation by creating a stampede of horses and covering the ceremonial procession in paint,” he said.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, a member of the opposition Labour Party, requested “further clarity” from the force. He said the right to peaceful protest is an integral part of democracy.
Conservative lawmaker David Davis said the new powers of arrest were too broad.
“No one wants a day ruined, but the right to put up placards is virtually absolute in British democracy,” he told the BBC on Tuesday.
The Metropolitan Police force was already under intense pressure after a series of scandals involving its treatment of women and minorities. Confidence in the force plummeted after a serving officer raped and killed a young woman in London in 2020.
An independent review commissioned after the murder of marketing executive Sarah Everard said the force was riddled with racism, misogyny and homophobia. This year, another officer pleaded guilty to 48 rapes and dozens of other serious crimes committed over a 17-year period. ___
Follow AP’s coverage of King Charles III at https://apnews.com/hub/king-charles-iii | 2023-05-09T19:55:49+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/uk-police-under-fire-over-coronation-protester-arrests/ |
Newman's Own Foundation Helps Kids Who Face Adversity, Carrying on Actor Paul Newman's Inspiring Legacy
WESTPORT, Conn., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newman's Own Foundation, the private foundation created by Paul Newman to carry on his legacy of giving away 100% of profits from Newman's Own food and beverages, is leaning into its new mission and giving strategy to nourish and transform the lives of kids who face adversity. Today, the Foundation announced that, with its latest distributions, more than $600 million has been given to great causes since 1982. Since sharing earlier this year that it will concentrate its giving on supporting kids facing adversity, the Foundation has been focused on elevating the work of longstanding partners while engaging new organizations, bringing joy to seriously ill children and improving nutrition security for children in schools and Indigenous communities in the U.S.
This year, Newman's Own Foundation provided funding to 272 different organizations, including SeriousFun Children's Network, the world's leading network of medical specialty camps and programs serving children with serious illnesses and their families; FoodCorps, an organization advocating for a future in which every child has access to food education and nourishing food in school; and Safe Water Network, which ensures low resource communities have access to a sustainable supply of safe water. In November, Newman's Own Foundation distributed grants to 39 new grantees that are advancing childhood nutrition security in schools and for Indigenous youth, including Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc., Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, Inc., California Indian Museum & Cultural Center, Feed Seven Generations, and Sicangu Community Development Corporation. The Foundation also provided support to organizations that work with foster children and children's mental health.
"Paul Newman believed that when you see the right thing to do, you better do it," said Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, president and CEO of Newman's Own Foundation. "By supporting kids who face adversity, including in Indigenous communities where funding is low, Newman's Own can help more kids at a critical moment in time and develop and scale sustainable solutions for long-term impact."
To identify innovators in nutrition security, Newman's Own Foundation issued two requests for grant proposals (RFPs) this summer. According to Faith Fennelly, director of philanthropy at Newman's Own Foundation, "One RFP built on the work of longstanding partner FoodCorps to improve nutrition security in schools at the national level, with a concentration on smaller scale coalitions and organizations doing work at the state level. The other built on a decade of progressive work supporting Indigenous youth. We sought out early- and mid-stage social entrepreneurs leading innovative organizations in communities with great need for access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food."
Today, more than 34 million children in the U.S. face at least one significant adverse childhood experience, including severe or chronic health conditions, poverty, and nutrition insecurity, and the need has grown with the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, the overall food insecurity rate for kids was the lowest it had been in more than 20 years, yet nearly 11 million children were still food insecure. Those numbers rose again by several million over the last two years.
Legendary actor Paul Newman was committed to helping make the world a better place. To carry on his philanthropic legacy, he created Newman's Own Foundation in 2005 to continue giving away 100% of profits from Newman's Own, Inc., food and beverages, something he had been doing since founding the company in 1982. The private foundation is funded by the profits and royalties generated by the sale of Newman's Own food and beverage products. As of 2022, Newman's Own has donated more than $600 million to good causes, especially to kids who face adversity.
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Hurricane Ian's forecast shows the impact of a changed climate By Ailsa Chang, Alejandra Marquez Janse, Ashley Brown Published September 26, 2022 at 5:17 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:13 NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jim Kossin of the Climate Service about the link between climate change and more intense hurricane seasons. Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-09-26T23:18:23+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/2022-09-26/hurricane-ians-forecast-shows-the-impact-of-a-changed-climate |
PLYMOUTH, Minn., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakota Supply Group (DSG) celebrated this past April 12, 2023, the official Grand Opening of its new Otsego location with the special guests Otsego Mayor Jessica Stockamp, Otsego City Council Members, MN Department of Employment and Economic Development, Catalina Valencia, MN House Representative Walter Hudson, MN Senate Eric Lucero, Construction Partners from RyRyan, Cushwake, Interstate Development, Colliers along with our DSG team members.
As part of its mission to be a people-centric, customer-obsessed, growth-focused, and diversified solution provider, DSG has been serving customers in Monticello and Otsego for several years and moved from the previous Monticello location to its new location at 7505 Kadler Ave NE, Otsego, MN This is another step in DSG's effort to bring world-class customer experience directly to this important market. The new facility has expanded our services to the plumbing, waterworks, on-site sewer, water, and well, HVAC, and electrical needs in this growing area.
What makes this occasion unique is the fact that DSG has been a 100% employee-owned organization, known as an "ESOP," for the past 17 years in an industry typically dominated by mergers and acquisitions. DSG is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, and has 13 locations in Minnesota and more than 300 employee-owners. "DSG's strength comes from within – a people-centric organization that is passionate about serving others, from their fellow employees to the thousands of customers, and the various communities they operate in, DSG's foundation is built on respect, teamwork, and growth," said Paul Kennedy, President & CEO.
DSG is excited to continue serving Otsego and working together to build futures, one job at a time.
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Headquartered in Plymouth, MN - DSG is proudly independent, and one of the Midwest's most diverse wholesale distributors of innovative products and solutions for the following industries: electrical; plumbing; HVAC/R; utility; communications; automation; waterworks; and on-site sewer, water, and well. DSG is a 100% employee-owned company with more than 1000 employee-owners in more than 53 locations across seven states; Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
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(The Hill) – Three U.S. troops were injured in two separate rocket attacks on bases housing American service members in Syria, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.
One service member was treated for a minor injury and was returned to duty, while two others are under evaluation for “minor injuries” following rocket attacks at Conoco and Green Village in northeastern Syria, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command.
U.S. forces quickly responded to the attacks, which began at 7:20 p.m. local time, destroying three vehicles and equipment used to launch some of the rockets with attack helicopters, Centcom said.
“Initial assessments indicate that two or three suspected Iran-backed militants conducting one of the attacks were killed during the U.S. response,” the statement notes.
Centcom head Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla said forces are “closely monitoring the situation” and “have every confidence in our ability to protect our troops and Coalition partners from attacks.”
The individual returned to duty had been injured at Conoco, but the statement did not say where the other two service members had been located. The release also did not say whether either location had damage to structures or equipment.
No militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, but a day earlier, U.S. forces launched airstrikes on infrastructure in Syria that Washington claimed was used by Iran-backed groups.
The strikes targeted “infrastructure facilities” in the city of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria that were used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to Centcom’s top spokesman, Col. Joe Buccino. | 2022-08-25T03:38:50+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/us-troops-wounded-in-syria-rocket-attacks/ |
FEMA not helping disaster victims for 20 years
Wildfires in northern New Mexico last year quickly destroyed homes, property and trees in a race to the horizon. But the agency that’s supposed to help victims with housing and reimbursement operates in slow motion, if it operates at all.
As a recent story by Source New Mexico and Pro Publica made clear, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has done almost nothing, hogtied by its own regulations and bureaucratic inertia. On May 10, U. S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan, along with Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, wrote FEMA and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, to express their “deep concern.” Nearly $4 billion promised New Mexico sits untouched.
Governors have been pounding on FEMA’s desk and griping to presidents for at least two decades.
Remember Hurricane Katrina in 2005 – the floating bodies and the stadium full of helpless people in New Orleans? FEMA and its hapless administrator took heavy flak, but problems started before.
President Carter created the agency in 1979 to guide the federal response to disasters, natural and man-made. Post 9-11, in 2003, FEMA became a division of the Department of Homeland Security. By 2004, first responders and local officials complained that the small, agile, independent agency they knew had disappeared inside a mammoth federal department. FEMA continued to dispense water, food, tents, and other supplies, but now Homeland Security’s inspector general was scrutinizing spending and investigating allegations of fraud.
That had the effect of slowing and chilling FEMA’s response. Spending slowed, appeals of internal decisions increased, and internal communications bogged down.
By 2005 governors were trading horror stories about FEMA. "Every state has had the same experience,” Gov. Brad Henry told The Oklahoman. "Some of the stories I've heard from other states are worse.” After FEMA Director Mike Brown resigned in September 2005, news outlets reported Homeland Security’s hand in the bungled response to Katrina.
In the next decade climate change also battered the agency. Disasters have struck more frequently, but FEMA has had staffing shortages, according to the Government Accountability Office. During the 2017 and 2018 disaster seasons FEMA’s operating groups were operating with one-fourth of needed staffing, and some employees refused deployments because of burnout and difficult conditions in the field. Personnel who did deploy weren’t always qualified.
Last August, as fires burned New Mexico, Gov. Andy Beshear, of Kentucky, complained that FEMA was denying too many requests for help. He told people applying for disaster aid: ”Number one, do not give up. Number two, if you’re denied, go and look these people in the eye.”
President Biden toured the region and promised Kentucky, as he did here, that the federal government would provide support until residents were back on their feet. And yet flood victims were denied help when they couldn’t produce the required documents.
So it’s no wonder that Source New Mexico and Pro Publica can report that FEMA hasn’t made payments here. It hasn’t completed rules governing compensation and can’t say when that might happen. A FEMA official told locals that rules must be approved by FEMA, Homeland Security and the Office of Management and Budget.
Which sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare.
The famous FEMA trailers are scarce. After months of delays and red tape, fire victims used their own money to buy campers, or they’re living in tents or cars, or they’re sofa surfing. FEMA termed these fallbacks “another housing resource” and declared applicants ineligible. Others jumped through hoops to get a trailer on their land but found that FEMA rules made it impossible.
FEMA isn’t working here or any place else, and yet the president keeps making promises. Our congressional delegation should find enough bipartisan support to overhaul FEMA, if that’s even possible in a divided Congress. At the very least, FEMA should be independent again.
Read more All She Wrote: | 2023-05-17T20:47:41+00:00 | currentargus.com | https://www.currentargus.com/story/opinion/2023/05/17/fema-not-helping-disaster-victims-for-20-years/70225041007/ |
The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions (TOC) is like the Super Bowl for trivia nerds, but even if you're not a trivia fan, you may want to tune in this time.
This year's cast is not only the most impressive group of competitors ever, but Jeopardy! is also implementing a new structure that could make for the most exciting tournament in the show's history.
How the tournament works
Every year, Jeopardy! reconvenes a cast of its most dominant players from the previous season to compete in a tournament-style competition.
Over the course of two weeks, the contestants face off in a series of quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds, all vying to make their mark in Jeopardy! history, and a $250,000 prize.
Typically, 15 past players are invited back to compete in the tournament. This year, the contestant pool has increased to 21.
Of those 21, 18 will play in TOC's quarterfinal rounds, with the remaining three having been pre-selected to skip to the tournament's semifinals.
But who are those pre-select semifinalists?
Here are the super champs!
The three pre-selected semifinal contestants are Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, and Mattea Roach.
These three contestants are considered Jeopardy! "super champions" (a title given to contestants who exceed 10 consecutive wins), with each of them having had one of the top five longest streaks of consecutive wins in regular season play.
Amy Schneider — 41 consecutive wins (2nd longest steak)
In terms of breaking records, Schneider might be the most formidable contender in this year's tournament. She holds the second longest streak of consecutive wins in the show's history, is the highest winning female contestant, and is the first openly transgender contestant to qualify for the tournament of champions.
Matt Amodio — 38 consecutive wins (3rd longest steak)
Although Amodio does not have the longest running streak amongst TOC contestants, his track record shows that he was more dominant than Schneider on a per-game basis. Amodio's cumulative winnings on Jeopardy! exceed Schneider's by more than $100,000, despite having three fewer wins overall.
Mattea Roach — 23 consecutive wins (5th longest steak)
At just 24 years old, Roach is the youngest super champion competing. But that is certainly no reason to discount them — just like Amodio and Schneider, Roach boasts over 90% correct response accuracy.
Although Schneider, Amodio, and Roach are not the only super champions competing in the tournament, their track records are so dominant that the show's producers felt the need to distinguish them from the rest of the field.
"We looked at Mattea, and Matt and Amy, we had to draw a distinction between them and the rest of our players," executive producer Michael Davies said.
The underdogs
Generally, the contestants cast to appear in the TOC have either gone on long streaks of consecutive wins, or are winners of the show's special tournaments, such as the college tournament or teacher's tournament.
This year, however, two contestants competing in the tournament of champions have never won a game of regular season play.
Congratulations, Jessica Stephens and Rowan Ward on emerging from Second Chance victorious! See you both next week — it's going to be a howling good time. pic.twitter.com/lMO3nelUOb
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) October 29, 2022
Rowan Ward and Jessica Stephens both lost the first time they competed on the show. While losing on your first appearance has historically barred a contestant from returning, Ward and Stephens managed secured their spots in the TOC by winning the show's Second Chance Competition, which was held for the first time this year.
While some may be looking at the Second Chance competitors as underdogs, that's certainly not how Ward sees it. They're going into the tournament having unfinished business with Amodio, who defeated Ward on their first appearance.
"And I want another shot at Matt Amodio," Ward told NPR. "Whether I get it, who knows, but [I'm coming] into tournament of champions with all the confidence in the world."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-01T15:04:07+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/movies-tv/2022-11-01/jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-has-the-makings-of-being-the-greatest-yet |
A teen was found with a fatal gunshot wound in a Brighton park on Tuesday night, a death that police say is a homicide.
Officers were called to Ken Mitchell Park after receiving a report of a man who’d been shot and was unresponsive.
Police arrived on the scene sometime after 9:30 p.m. and found a 17-year-old male with a fatal gunshot wound, Brighton police said.
According to a news release from the Brighton Police Department, “witnesses reported hearing an argument between the victim and an unknown suspect before hearing gunfire.”
The Adams County Coroner’s Office has not released the victim’s identity.
Police say that a suspect is yet to be identified and ask that people living near Ken Mitchell Park check their video surveillance systems for any footage that may help detectives with the investigation. | 2022-07-14T00:06:30+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/13/brighton-ken-mitchell-park-homicide-investigation/ |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
2-0-2
(two, zero, two)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
2-0-2
(two, zero, two) | 2022-05-20T18:25:43+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-3-game-17187242.php |
It appears Joe Thornton won’t be attending San Jose Sharks training camp on a Professional tryout. At least not right away.
The Sharks released their training camp roster Tuesday afternoon and Thornton was not among the 34 forwards listed. The Sharks, who begin their first training camp under new coach David Quinn on Thursday, also have 19 defensemen and eight goalies coming to camp.
Thornton, 43, had taken part in some of the team’s informal ‘captains skates’ in San Jose this month, leading to some speculation that he might be rejoining the Sharks in some capacity. He skated with some of the more veteran players as recently as Saturday when the team was at Tech CU Arena, which is located right beside Sharks Ice.
“I think he’s still kind of sorting things out on what he wants to do and (we’ll) let him lead the way with that,” Sharks general manager Mike Grier said when asked about Thornton on ‘The Athletic Hockey Show’ podcast.
“I think right now he’s enjoying time with his family and being a dad, but he still likes being around the guys, so he’s been around the rink here practicing a little bit.”
Thornton played 1,104 games over 15 years with the Sharks from 2005 to 2020 and is the NHL franchise’s all-time leader in assists (804), points per game (0.96), and plus/minus (161).
Thornton has 1,539 career points over 24 NHL seasons, and with 1,714 career games, is second only to Patrick Marleau (1,779) on the league’s all-time list.
Thornton had 10 points in 34 games for the Florida Panthers last season, averaging just over 11 minutes of ice time per game.
Hey Jumbo! 👋 pic.twitter.com/O0zzpmfTOp
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) September 17, 2022
Grier isn’t sure if a Professional tryout with the Sharks is in Thornton’s future but added he’d like to have him and Marleau around the team in some way.
Grier said he’d be “happy” to talk to Thornton about a PTO, but “I honestly don’t know which way he wants to go, or where he’s leaning.” Grier and Thornton and Marleau were Sharks teammates from 2006-09.
“But, either way, or whatever he decides, he’s definitely someone I want to have around the organization, him and Patty. They’re two iconic players here who have a lot to offer the game, whether it’s playing or when they’re done playing, they’re guys I definitely want to have around to help me and be around the organization.
“So, we’ll have to see what (Thornton) decides to do. Like Jumbo, he always kind of beats to his own drum.”
Here is the roster and the schedule for the Sharks’ training camp. All practices are open to the public.
FORWARDS (34): Andrew Agozzino, Alexander Barabanov, Nick Bonino, Thomas Bordeleau, Ethan Cardwell, Brandon Coe. Logan Couture, William Eklund, Jonah Gadjovich, Liam Gilmartin, Noah Gregor, Danil Gushchin, Dillon Hamaliuk, Tomas Hertl, Luke Johnson, Luke Kunin, Kevin Labanc, Oskar Lindblom, Mark Liwiski, Steven Lorentz, Max McCue, Timo Meier, Matt Nieto, Adam Raska, Scott Reedy, Tristen Robins, Mitchell Russell, Nico Sturm, C.J. Suess, Evgeny Svechnikov, Max Veronneau, Jeffrey Viel, Jasper Weatherby, Ozzy Wiesblatt.
DEFENSEMEN (19): Matt Benning, Nick Cicek, Mario Ferraro, Jake Furlong, Artem Guryev, Scott Harrington, Santeri Hatakka, Patrick Holway, Erik Karlsson, Artemi Kniazev, Nikolai Knyzhov*, Samuel Mayer, Jaycob Megna, Ryan Merkley, Markus Nutivaara, Montana Onyebuchi, Derrick Pouliot, Radim Simek, Marc-Edouard Vlasic.
*injured.
GOALIES (8): Mason Beaupit, Aaron Dell, Zachary Emond, Benjamin Gaudreau, Kaapo Kahkonen, Eetu Makiniemi, Strauss Mann, James Reimer.
CAMP SCHEDULE
Sept. 22: Sharks Rink (formerly South Rink) — Group A, 9 a.m; Group C – 10:30 a.m.; Tech CU Arena — Group B, 9 a.m.
Sept. 23: Sharks Rink — Group A, 9 a.m; Group C – 10:30 a.m.; Tech CU Arena — Group B, 9 a.m.
Sept. 24: Sharks Rink — Group A, 9 a.m; Group C – 10:30 a.m.; Tech CU Arena — Group B, 9 a.m.
Sept. 25: Sharks Rink — Non-game group, 10 a.m.; SAP Center — Game group, 4 p.m., vs. Los Angeles Kings
Sept. 27: Game group — morning skate, 10:30 a.m., Sharks Rink; Game vs. Anaheim Ducks, 7:30 p.m., SAP Center; Non-game group, noon, Sharks Rink.
Sept. 28: Non-game group — practice, 10 a.m., Sharks Rink; Game group — morning skate, 11:30 a.m., Sharks Rink; Game vs. Los Angeles Kings, 7 p.m., Toyota Arena (Ontario, CA).
Sept. 29: Full team practice, 11 a.m., Sharks Rink
Sept. 30: Anaheim group — 10:30 a.m., Sharks Rink; Game vs. Anaheim at Honda Center, 7 p.m.; Vegas group — 10:30 a.m., Gray Rink; Game vs. Vegas at T-Mobile Arena, 7 p.m.
All times and practice locations are subject to change. | 2022-09-21T02:02:17+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/09/20/san-jose-sharks-training-camp-thornton-not-on-roster-but-grier-wants-him-around/ |
GREENWICH, Conn., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The non-profit Freedom to Operate (FTO) today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) response to its petition for Post Grant Review of Compass Pathways's Patents No. 10,947,257 and 10,954,259 directed to compositions and oral dosage forms containing its "Polymorph A" of psilocybin.
"While we disagree with the decision to disallow our petitions for Post Grant Review, we are confident that the PTAB's extremely narrow interpretation of Compass's patent claims will provide generic manufacturers of psilocybin with wide latitude to produce and commercialize psilocybin without risk of violating the Compass patents", said Carey Turnbull, founder and director of Freedom to Operate.
In its decisions, the PTAB construed Compass's "Polymorph A" claims narrowly, holding that they only cover psilocybin that has all of the x-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) peaks exactly as claimed. Most patent owners in cases involving claims with XRPD peaks try to give their claims some range outside the exact peaks stated in their claims, because often a product that the patent owner wants to allege infringes doesn't have those exact peaks. As a result of the Board's decision, Compass can't reasonably take that position. Instead, the PTAB has now given manufacturers of psilocybin a clear pathway for making sure that the psilocybin they manufacture or sell is not at risk of infringing Compass's "Polymorph A" patents.
FTO is a non-profit founded to advance science and education, specifically to support and facilitate scientific research, in the public interest and for the public benefit. In furtherance of its mission, FTO has filed three petitions for Post-Grant Review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeking review of patents issued to Compass Pathways for certain medical uses of a particular polymorph of psilocybin, a well-known naturally occurring substance. FTO has challenged these patents that may have, if left uncontested, had the effect of chilling, and potentially preventing other individuals and organizations from engaging in research and innovation in the public interest relating to known medical uses of psilocybin, such as the treatment of depression. FTO will continue to challenge bad patents and, where appropriate, will support scientific research that contributes to the emergence of psychedelic science and the psychedelic renaissance.
About Freedom to Operate
Founded by Carey Turnbull in 2020, Freedom to Operate is a registered Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science and education, specifically research, in the public interest and for the public benefit.
"Freedom to operate" is a term of art in the field of intellectual property law, and refers to the ability to develop, manufacture, and market products without legal liabilities to third parties who claim intellectual property rights in those products. There is an important public policy interest in invalidating bad patents and promoting free competition that does not infringe on validly granted patents and other intellectual property rights. Issued patents are presumed valid and so operate to discourage investment by others into the same or similar subject matter. The public is benefited when potentially incorrectly issued patents are challenged or invalidated.
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4-time NBA champion Tony Parker says San Antonio is the ‘perfect place’ for Victor Wembanyama
Tony Parker surely knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the San Antonio Spurs
PARIS (AP) — Tony Parker surely knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the San Antonio Spurs. And, no surprise, the four-time NBA champion told The Associated Press on Friday he sees a bright future at his former team for fellow Frenchman Victor Wembanyama.
Parker, who is now retired, played 17 seasons for the Spurs. He won NBA titles with the team in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, so knows the franchise inside out. He told the AP in a phone interview it will be the "perfect place'' for the 19-year-old French wonder, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
“I know he wanted to go to San Antonio, and so it feels like it was destiny, with the French connection we built over the years,” Parker said. “And he is going to keep the legacy going. It's pretty cool.”
As expected, the Spurs opted for Wembanyama, who has been creating huge expectations in the French league. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated in his final season with Metropolitans 92, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.
In spite of his huge frame, he can shoot 3-pointers with ease and his technical skills are stunning.
“He is unique,” Parker said. “His set of skills is unique. You know, we never saw a guy, a 7-5 (player), shooting like that, and having the dribbling skills that he has, and the way that he plays the game, it is just different. I can't wait to see him play with the Spurs.”
Parker, the majority owner of French club Villeurbanne, has a good relationship with Wembanyama, who played a season for that team.
“So when the Spurs got the lottery pick, we talked, exchanged texts, and it was the same last night,” Parker said. “I'm very happy for him and I will definitely try to support him.”
Asked what kind of advice he would give to Wembanyama for a quick adaptation to the Spurs and the NBA, Parker said the kid just needs to be himself.
“And he is already like that,” Parker said. “He does not care about the pressure and expectation, and I think the Spurs is the perfect place for him. He is in very good hands.”
After matching a league record of 22 straight playoff appearances, San Antonio has not made the postseason the last four seasons, the longest drought in the franchise’s 50-year history. Parker believes that Wembanyama's arrival will help rebuild a competitive team.
“That's a good first piece,” he said. “Now he is going to need some help, to win a championship in the NBA is the hardest thing your are going to have to do. So with the Spurs, we've got a lot of work to do now to try to bring pieces around him that are going to fit, for us to be able to contend for a championship.”
A former member of the French national team, Parker was the FIBA Europe Player of the year in 2013 and 2014 and the league’s top scorer in 2011 and 2013.
Wembanyama's rise to the top will also benefit France, Parker said.
“It's great for basketball, it's great for French basketball," Parker said. "Obviously, the future years look bright for us with the national team.”
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-06-23T18:51:27+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2023/06/23/4-time-nba-champion-tony-parker-says-san-antonio-is-perfect-place-victor-wembanyama/ |
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case that could redefine who counts as Black in voting districts. Louisiana Republican legislators want to narrow the definition to exclude those who choose more than “Black” or “Black” and “White” on census forms after their congressional redistricting was found to likely violate the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court’s pending decision could restrict minority voting power.
Here & Now‘s Anthony Brooke talks with NPR’s voting correspondent Hansi Lo Wang.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-22T00:27:13+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/2022-10-20/scotus-hears-redistricting-case-that-could-redefine-who-counts-as-black |
CINCINNATI (AP) — J.D. Martinez and Rob Refsnyder hit solo homers, and Rafael Devers had a two-run shot as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Red Sox rookie right-hander Brayan Bello (2-6) ended a streak of 44 1/3 innings without allowing a homer as TJ Friedl had a solo shot in the third inning. Bello gave up the run and eight hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked two.
“They put pressure on him, but he made some pitches, some swings and misses,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. “He’s still learning but he’s getting better. We want him to use certain pitches, be aggressive with it and trust his stuff.”
Reds rookie left-hander Nick Lodolo (4-7), who had 22 strikeouts and no walks over his previous two starts, struggled with his control against Boston. He walked three and hit three batters over his five innings, giving the Reds a major league-record 99 hit batters this season — eclipsing the Chicago Cubs’ total of 98 last year.
Lodolo became the first Reds pitcher to hit three or more batters in a game twice in a season since Harry Thielman in 1902. He also hit three batters at St. Louis on July 16. Lodolo has hit at least one batter in nine of his last 10 starts and has totaled 18 this season.
“The curve didn’t have the right shape tonight,” Lodolo said. “If that pitch would have been a little bit better we could have got away with more stuff.”
Bello needed only nine pitches to retire the Reds in order in the first with two strikeouts. He retired three straight to leave the bases loaded in the second.
“Bello had a really good tight slider,” Reds manager David Bell said. “That was the key to the game. We were able to get the bases loaded and not being able to score that inning, it affected us the rest of the game.”
Martinez’s triple off the center-field wall in the third drove him the game’s first run. Friedl hustled over from left field to retrieve the ball and prevent an inside-the-park home run. Martinez said he was disappointed that third base coach Carlos Febles put up the stop sign.
“I said, ‘What are you doing, dude? You know I have the closing speed at the end,’” Martinez said. “I was thinking, this is my chance, this is it. But I was gassed.”
After Friedl tied the score in the bottom half, Refsnyder put Boston back ahead in the fourth with a solo homer, his fifth of the season. Martinez extended the lead with his 12th homer an inning later and Devers’ 27th homer off Hunter Strickland made the score 5-1 in the ninth.
Cincinnati loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth against Matt Strahm, who walked in a run. He was replaced by John Schreiber who allowed a sacrifice fly but got the final out for his eighth save.
SENZEL HURT
Reds CF Nick Senzel left the game after crashing into the wall attempting to catch Martinez’s triple in the third. Senzel told reporters after the game that he broke his toe and is out for the season. Bell said moments earlier that he was still waiting on results of another X-ray. “His toe hit the bottom of the wall, the unpadded part,” Bell said. “We took x-rays but will take one again tomorrow.”
TRAINERS ROOM
Red Sox: RHP Garrett Whitlock (right hip inflammation) is having season-ending arthroscopic hip surgery next week in New York. … RHP Kutter Crawford (right shoulder impingement) will not pitch again this season for Boston but will continue to rehab.
Reds: RHP Graham Ashcraft (right biceps soreness) is expected to come off the injured list to start Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Ashcraft currently is rehabbing at Triple-A Louisville.
UP NEXT
RHP Connor Seabold (0-2, 11.91) is expected to make his fourth start of the season for the Red Sox in the finale of the two-game series. Reds RHP Chase Anderson (1-3, 6.43) will make his fifth start of the season.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-09-23T18:45:39+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/sports/ap-red-sox-get-3-hrs-in-5-3-win-reds-set-mark-for-hit-batters/ |
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — Longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin faces a felony charge of persistent DWI after he was arrested during a traffic stop Sunday evening.
This is his third DWI charge.
St. Louis County prosecutors have charged McLaughlin with one felony for a persistent offender of driving while intoxicated and one misdemeanor of failure to drive within a single roadway. According to Missouri law, a persistent offender of DWI is someone who has been charged with at least two prior convictions of intoxication-related traffic crimes.
Around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the Creve Coeur Police Department received two separate reports of a suspicious vehicle. Officers found the vehicle near Interstate 270 and later identified McLaughlin as the driver.
Police followed McLaughlin’s vehicle onto northbound I-270 and reported that he failed to stay in a single lane, according to a news release from the police department. Investigators said there were “several clues” that determined McLaughlin was allegedly impaired, including a sobriety test.
McLaughlin was booked into the St. Louis County Justice Center on a $25,000 cash-only bond. Per Missouri court records, he has a criminal setting hearing scheduled for Feb. 7, 2023.
Police say there were no reports of injuries or property damage tied to the investigation.
McLaughlin, 48, has handled play-by-play duties for St. Louis Cardinals games through FOX Sports Midwest and Bally Sports Midwest since 2000. | 2022-12-06T17:28:26+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/cardinals-broadcaster-dan-mclaughlin-charged-with-felony-persistent-dwi/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — About 400 items believed to have been hidden in the ground by their Jewish owners during World War II have been uncovered during house renovation work in a yard in Lodz in central Poland, media reports said Sunday.
History experts say that the objects include Hanukkah menorahs and items used in daily life, TVN24 reported.
They are mostly silver-plated tableware, menorahs and glass containers for cosmetics, according to the regional office for the preservation of historic objects. The office’s experts said on Facebook last week that the objects will be handed over to the city’s Archaeology Museum.
The stash was found in December and two of the hanukkiahs were lighted Dec. 22 during Hannukah organized by the city’s Jewish community.
The address at 23 Polnocna Street, where the objects were found, was just outside the perimeter of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto that the occupying Nazi Germans established in Lodz in February 1940 and until August 1944 held about 200,000 Jews from across Europe. Most of the inmates died there or in concentration camps. | 2023-01-09T00:09:22+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/international/ap-international/ap-builders-uncover-jewish-wwii-trove-in-yard-in-poland/ |
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Teddy Ray, a comedian and actor who appeared on the HBO Max series “PAUSE with Sam Jay,” has died, authorities confirmed on Saturday. He was 32.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and the county’s coroner’s office confirmed that the comedian, whose legal name was Theadore Brown, was found dead at a private residence on Friday morning in the desert community of Rancho Mirage, the Los Angeles Times reported. Sheriff’s Sgt. Brandi Swan told the newspaper that the cause of death was not known.
Entertainment companies and some of Ray’s fellow comedians reacted with sadness to the news of Ray’s death.
“Teddy Ray was a hilarious and beloved performer,” TV network Comedy Central said in a Twitter statement. “He’ll be deeply missed by the entire comedy community.”
All Def Digital, a multi-platform media company that Ray had collaborated with, tweeted that it was “heartbroken” about the news of Ray’s death. “We will miss him every day but we know he will have Heaven laughing,” the tweet read.
Ray appeared as the bailiff on “PAUSE with Sam Jay,” appeared in the digital series Cancel Court, and was a stand-up comedian.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-08-14T00:42:15+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/08/13/actor-and-comedian-teddy-ray-dies-in-southern-california/ |
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that the remains of a Palestinian prisoner who died a day earlier from lung cancer would not be released for burial.
Benny Gantz’s office said the body of Nasser Abu Hamid, one of the founders of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, would be held as a bargaining chip for the return of captive Israelis and the remains of soldiers held by the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Abu Hamid, 50, was a former leader of the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party. He had been serving multiple life sentences since 2002 after being convicted in the deaths of seven Israelis during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israel’s occupation in the early 2000s.
Palestinians marched and shuttered shops in the West Bank on Tuesday to protest his death.
Israel often withholds the remains of Palestinians killed while allegedly carrying out attacks. Israel says the policy serves as a deterrent for future attacks and leverage for prisoner exchanges, while rights groups say the action is a form of collective punishment inflicted on grieving families.
Hamas has been holding two Israeli captives and the remains of two Israeli soldiers killed during the 2014 Gaza war.
The families of those four Israelis met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Wednesday, and the pope “expressed deep solidarity with them, especially with the suffering of the mothers,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
Palestinian officials had called for Abu Hamid’s release as his health deteriorated in recent months, and on Tuesday blamed Israel for his death.
Gantz denied the allegations that Israel had any involvement in Abu Hamid’s death.
Abu Hamid’s death came as one of the deadliest years in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in recent decades draws to a close and with the prospects of a negotiated two-state solution increasingly remote. | 2022-12-21T18:24:27+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/ap-israel-to-hold-remains-of-deceased-palestinian-prisoner/ |
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