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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Ninety seconds, that’s how long the Federal Aviation Administration says it takes for passengers and crew to evacuate an airplane safely, but not everyone is convinced.
On Friday, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., along with Capt. Sully Sullenberger held a press conference demanding the FAA rewrite its safety standards.
“My fear is someone’s going to get killed or severely injured,” Duckworth said. “They only put 60 people on an airplane, and they had no carry-on luggage and there was nobody over the age of 60 and no children on board.”
Dennis Tajer, an American Airlines pilot who represents the Allied Pilots Association, called the safety standards “lazy.” He said this is about protecting lives when things don’t go well.
He and Capt. C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger, famous for the miracle on the Hudson, called the FAA’s current testing standard outdated.
“We need to know what it takes to get out of an airplane full of people and right now we just don’t,” he said.
Duckworth said she’s pushing the FAA to include more realistic rules in next year’s FAA Reauthorization Act.
In a statement, the FAA contends their current guidelines are ethical but is “reviewing the thousands of comments it received on whether current seat size and spacing affect passenger evacuation.”
The airline’s lobbying group said it is committed to working collaboratively to ensure aviation remains safe.
“Well that comment sounds comforting, it’s rubbish,” Tajer said, adding that he expects a fight ahead.
Duckworth said she expects her proposal to gain bipartisan support in next year’s Congress. | 2022-12-16T22:32:40+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/washington/faas-90-second-plane-evacuation-standards-cause-concern/ |
PINSON, Robert C.
PINSON, Robert C., Jr., 67, of Springfield, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 30, 2023 in his home. He was born April 25, 1956 in Springfield the son of the late Robert C. Pinson, Sr. and Anna Lou (Linthicum) Powell. Rob worked as a body shop laborer for 30 years and was a lifelong member of St. Raphael Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Carol (Elliott); two children, Blair (Amy) Pinson and Christie Pinson (Stephen Blazer); one grandson, Nathan Pinson and several close friends. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday in the CONROY FUNERAL HOME with Deacon Norm Horstman officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior from 10 to 11 am. | 2023-07-04T05:27:58+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/obituaries/pinson-robert/MOT5APQMRBDQJLTBTK5B7XQK5E/ |
Respite Care Provides Relief for At-Home Caregivers
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookdale Senior Living supports caregivers of older adults through our respite care services offered at many of our communities nationwide. Respite care (short-term stay) allows caregivers to take a break.
February 17 is National Caregivers Day; a day set aside to honor individuals selflessly providing personal, physical and emotional support to those who need it most. Brookdale has thousands of associates who provide care every day to the residents they have the privilege of serving. We thank them for their dedicated service.
Brookdale also recognizes the millions of unpaid caregivers assisting family members and/or friends with activities of daily living and/or medical care. According to a 2020 National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP study, there are an estimated 53 million unpaid caregivers in the United States. Nearly one in six of those (79 percent) care for an adult 50 years of age or older.
Research shows that caregiving takes a serious toll on one's emotional and physical well-being, often times leading to chronic conditions and increased depression and anxiety. Nearly 15% of caregivers report experiencing these types of conditions at least 14 days in a month. Caregiving could not only result in a decline in the caregiver's health, but could result in having to take time off work.
Brookdale is a leading senior living operator which offers a discount program to certain large employers and associations to share as a benefit to their employees/members. If your employer, university alumni association or service/trade association includes this option in your benefit package, caregivers and certain family members could be eligible for respite stay discounts that vary by community.
Brookdale's respite care offers short-term stays to older adults needing care. These services are available in many of our communities. Robust services are available to align with the needs of each person receiving care and services, whether it is help with activities of daily living or advanced services like medication management or helping residents manage chronic conditions. Brookdale's respite stay guests also enjoy the amenities that come with staying in a Brookdale community, including social events and programs, dining and more.
As important as it is for aging adults to have quality care and social interaction in an environment focused on health and wellness, it's equally important for caregivers to take a break and time for themselves. It gives caregivers a way to relax and recharge.
For more information about respite care at Brookdale, and to locate the community nearest you visit brookdale.com.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is the nation's premier operator of senior living communities. The Company is committed to its mission of enriching the lives of the people it serves with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity. The Company operates independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities. Through its comprehensive network, Brookdale helps to provide seniors with care and services in an environment that feels like home. The Company's expertise in healthcare, hospitality, and real estate provides residents with opportunities to improve wellness, pursue passions, and stay connected with friends and loved ones. Brookdale operates and manages 672 communities in 41 states as of September 30, 2022, with the ability to serve more than 60,000 residents. For more Brookdale news, go to news.brookdale.com.
Contact: Brookdale Media Relations, (615) 564-8622, media.relations@brookdale.com
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Jupiter and Venus ‘kiss’ in the night sky
(CNN) – Venus may not be burning like a silver flame, but the planet lived up to its namesake, the Roman goddess of love, Wednesday night.
Stargazers were given a chance to see what astronomers called a conjunction, as Venus and Jupiter passed each other.
The two planets appeared so close to one another, some called it a kiss.
In reality, the closest they’ll ever come from our perspective is about the diameter of a full moon apart.
Venus and Jupiter are the brightest objects in the night sky right now, aside from the moon.
Conjunctions happen frequently because planets orbit the sun in similar paths.
There’s no astronomical significance to them, but they are interesting to see when they are so bright.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-03T16:13:34+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2023/03/03/jupiter-venus-kiss-night-sky/ |
By Mitchell Willetts, The Charlotte Observer (TNS)
An Indiana high school student was shot during a drill when an officer’s gun fired by accident, officials say.
The drill was held at South Vermillion High School on Thursday, Nov. 17, the South Vermillion Community School Corporation said in a statement.
“The incident was an accidental discharge of a firearm by a law enforcement officer,” the statement said, adding that it happened in one of the school’s vocational classrooms.
A deputy with the Vermillion County Sheriff’s Office was helping teach a law enforcement class and while going through a scenario, unintentionally fired his gun, Indiana State Police said in a statement.
The student was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the district.
The school was placed on lockdown, “due to the abundance of emergency personnel in the building.”
Indiana State Police are investigating the incident.
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(WXIN) – AMC’s plan to charge different prices depending on where moviegoers sit is no longer coming to a theater near you.
The movie theater chain had announced its “Sightline” program in February, which introduced a three-tiered pricing system for charging moviegoers different prices based on where they chose to sit. The “prime” seats were the most expensive.
AMC Theatres launched the initiative in three markets, and had planned to roll it out nationwide by the end of 2023.
The company has instead decided to scrap the idea outright, referring to Sightline as a “pilot test program” in an update released Thursday.
The company said consumers didn’t change their behavior enough to warrant making Sightline pricing permanent.
Discounting front seats didn’t make them more attractive to movie fans and charging more for the “best seats” didn’t stop anyone from choosing them.
Effectively, people sat where they usually sat, regardless of the price.
“More than 3 out of every 4 guests who previously sat in the Preferred Sightline section continued to choose Preferred Sightline seating, even with a slight up-charge,” according to an AMC press release. “And about 9 out of every 10 such guests continued to buy tickets at AMC Theatres, either sitting in the Preferred Sightline section or elsewhere in the theatre.”
The theater chain will test a new strategy to make front-row seats more attractive: replacing them with large lounge-style seating areas. According to AMC, the recliners will allow moviegoers to lie all the way back, making it easier for them to see the action when seated closer to the screen without straining their necks.
The theater chain will bring the new concept to select markets starting in “late 2023.” | 2023-07-21T15:47:32+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/amcs-plan-to-charge-more-for-preferred-seats-no-longer-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
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A Mandan man is accused of dealing fentanyl after police said they discovered $10,000 worth of illegal drugs in his Bismarck hotel room.
Bismarck police officers investigated a suspicious odor coming from a room at Americas Best Value Inn & Suites last Thursday. The room was registered under 32-year-old Blake Boatwright, who consented to a search of the room, according to an affidavit. Police reportedly found 289 fentanyl pills, meth, drug paraphernalia, $5,000 in cash, two phones and a 9 mm pistol.
Officers spoke with Boatwright, who allegedly admitted to selling fentanyl pills. Content on his phone supported the claim, authorities said. Boatwright also allegedly admitted to owning the gun.
Boatwright faces two drug felonies, the most serious of which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. He also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities say he has past convictions in North Dakota, South Carolina and Georgia.
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In January 2022 he was sentenced to serve 1½ years in prison for drug and weapons crimes in Minot. Last month he pleaded guilty in Morton County to being a felon in possession of a firearm and to a driving offense and was sentenced to 1 ½ years of probation.
Court records do not list an attorney for him. He could enter pleas at a July 17 court hearing. A judge on Friday set his bond at $25,000 cash. He remained in the Burleigh Morton Detention Center on Monday afternoon.
Three other people were in the hotel room with Boatwright, according to the affidavit. One faces drug possession charges and one faces a count of fleeing police. | 2023-06-19T19:26:54+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-courts/mandan-man-charged-after-raid-of-bismarck-hotel-room/article_c8f41fac-0ec8-11ee-8e14-7be74bb05551.html |
The forecast is showing a hot day in Bismarck. Temperatures are projected to be a quite sizzling high of 93. Today has the makings of a perfect day to hit the pool or find a nice air-conditioned room. Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though, with a low reaching 60 degrees. We'll see sunshine today, but also cloud cover at times. Today's UV index is high. The sun's rays will be intense. Stay in the shade as much as possible. Wear sunglasses, a hat and sunscreen when in sunlight. Breezy conditions can be anticipated, with winds reaching 15 miles per hour, coming from Northwest. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. For more daily forecast information, visit bismarcktribune.com.
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Bucks vs. Heat Injury Report Today - April 16
The Milwaukee Bucks (58-24) have five players on the injury report for their NBA playoffs opening round game 1 against the Miami Heat (44-38) at Fiserv Forum on Sunday, April 16 at 5:30 PM ET.
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In their most recent matchup on Sunday, the Bucks suffered a 121-105 loss to the Raptors. Lindell Wigginton put up 17 points, one rebound and one assist for the Bucks.
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The Heat's most recent outing on Friday ended in a 102-91 victory against the Bulls. In the Heat's win, Max Strus led the way with 31 points (adding six rebounds and zero assists).
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Bucks Season Insights
- The Bucks score 7.1 more points per game (116.9) than the Heat give up (109.8).
- When Milwaukee scores more than 109.8 points, it is 47-8.
- In their last 10 games, the Bucks have been scoring 120.5 points per contest, an average that's slightly higher than the 116.9 they've scored over the course of the 2022-23 season.
- Milwaukee makes 14.8 three-pointers per game (fourth-most in the league) while shooting 36.8% from deep (10th in the NBA). It is making 2.7 more threes per outing than its opponents, who drain 12.1 per game while shooting 35.4%.
- The Bucks rank ninth in the league by averaging 114.1 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively are fourth in the NBA, allowing 109.4 points per 100 possessions.
Heat Season Insights
- The Heat put up only 3.8 fewer points per game (109.5) than the Bucks allow (113.3).
- When it scores more than 113.3 points, Miami is 19-6.
- The Heat are averaging 113.0 points per contest in their previous 10 games, compared to their season average of 109.5.
- Miami knocks down 12.0 three-pointers per game (16th in the league), 1.1 fewer than its opponents.
- The Heat put up 110.4 points per 100 possessions (25th in league), while conceding 110.6 points per 100 possessions (ninth in NBA).
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© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-16T22:43:52+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/sports/betting/2023/04/16/bucks-vs-heat-nba--injury-report/ |
JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - At least one person died and several others were injured in storms Sunday night in Jasper County.
According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Jasper County officials confirmed one death and nearly two dozen injuries.
MEMA said it is working closely with counties to assess the damage from Sunday night storms.
Updates - 1 killed and almost 2 dozen injured in overnight storms in Mississippi, officials say | 2023-06-19T17:13:47+00:00 | wtva.com | https://www.wtva.com/one-dead-several-injured-in-jasper-county-storms-sunday-night/article_d14ce66e-0ea2-11ee-becd-af2bd34d3c09.html |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Beatriz is strengthening off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and may grow into a hurricane by late Friday that will dump heavy rain on several southern Mexican states.
Beatriz was about 95 miles (155 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco early Friday and moving to the west-northwest at 12 mph (19 kmh) with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kmh), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
A hurricane warning was in effect from Zihuatanejo to Playa Perula. The storm is expected to slow its forward movement and dump heavy rain as it scrapes along several southern Mexican states over the weekend.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) from the center. As much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain could fall on southern Mexico, potentially causing flash floods, and dangerous storm surge and rip currents are possible, the forecasters said.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Adrian continued to spin away from land into the open Pacific. Late Thursday it was about 440 miles (705 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kmh). Its maximum sustained winds strengthened to 90 mph (150 kmh), but the storm posed no threat to land. | 2023-06-30T15:50:59+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-tropical-storm-beatriz-is-getting-stronger-off-mexicos-pacific-coast/ |
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., spoke out Saturday against a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump from the Manhattan District Attorney's office, urging the 2024 GOP presidential candidate to fight back and "take this all the way to the damn Supreme Court."
"The prosecutor in New York has done more to help Donald Trump get elected president than any single person in America today," said Graham, speaking from Charleston, South Carolina, at the Palmetto Family Council's Vision '24 Forum, a prominent conservative Christian event.
In New York City, "you're lucky if you don't get mugged on the way to where you're going. Is this really the most important thing going on in Manhattan?" Graham questioned. "I think this is an effort that's ongoing, never ending to destroy Donald Trump, everything around Donald Trump."
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Graham also questioned the legal reasoning behind the potential indictment, quoting a New York Times report that said the possible charges rested on an "untested and therefore risky legal theory."
"They're making stuff up that they've never used against anybody because they hate Trump. That's what this is. They're brewing a legal cocktail, to try to come up with some bizarre theory," Graham said. "The law never used by anybody in New York, just because they hate Trump. You know why they're doing this? Because they're afraid of Trump. That's why they're doing it."
Graham referred to the targeting of Trump as "selective prosecution" and said that if he were Trump, he would "take this all the way to the damn Supreme Court."
The comments from Graham, who has endorsed Trump in the 2024 race for president, follow reports that the Manhattan District Attorney's office may be preparing to issue an indictment for alleged hush money payments Trump made as a presidential candidate in 2016.
A court source told Fox News Digital that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office will meet with law enforcement to "discuss logistics for some time next week, which would mean that they are anticipating an indictment next week."
The potential indictment would likely stem from the years-long investigation surrounding Trump's alleged hush money scandal involving porn actress Stormy Daniels. Towards the end of the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump's then-lawyer Michael Cohen sent $130,000 to Daniels to prevent her from disclosing her 2006 affair with Trump. Trump reimbursed Cohen through installments.
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Like Graham, other Republican lawmakers are also pushing back against the possible Trump indictment, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who said Saturday he is directing House committees to investigate whether federal funds are being used for "politically motivated prosecutions" like that of Trump.
"Here we go again — an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump," McCarthy wrote in a tweet.
Bragg has been criticized for downgrading half of all felony charges in Manhattan last year, including armed robberies of commercial businesses, and for other progressive crime policies.
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., said Bragg "allows violent criminals to walk the streets, yet abuses the rule of law & powers of his office to target political opponents in partisan witchhunts. He’s unfit for office."
Reached for comment Friday, the Manhattan District Attorney's office would neither "confirm or comment" on the impending indictment.
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Trump lashed out at the reports, saying they indicate he would be arrested next week on his Truth Social app Saturday morning, telling his supporters to "PROTEST, TAKE BACK OUR NATION."
"NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!," Trump wrote.
Amid a possible indictment, Trump is planning to travel to Waco, Texas, next weekend for what will be the first major rally of his 2024 presidential campaign.
Fox News' Adam Shaw, Marta Dhanis, Adam Sabes, and Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report. | 2023-03-18T23:05:02+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/graham-slams-soft-on-crime-bragg-for-targeting-trump-while-new-yorkers-lucky-not-to/article_2f1ee725-fb56-55ec-bf89-2dbb173dbaa3.html |
The U.S. government doesn't know how many people die in law enforcement custody or while imprisoned each year, according to a new report by The Leadership Conference Education Fund and the Project on Government Oversight.
Citing data from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the report says the federal government likely undercounted deaths in custody in 2021 alone by nearly 1,000 compared with other public data sources.
This information black hole is despite a federal law from 2014, the Death in Custody Reporting Act, that exists to compel law enforcement agencies' transparency on this issue. And under DCRA, the Justice Department is supposed to collect state and local data on these deaths.
This remains a problem even as federal agencies say they are cracking down on the lack of transparency in policing. Just last year, President Biden signed an executive order to advance accountability in policing and criminal justice practices.
"People are dying during incarceration, detention, and in police custody every day, yet we have no idea who they are, how they die, or how best to prevent future deaths," Bree Spencer, interim senior program director for justice reform at The Leadership Conference Education Fund, said in a statement. "Congress passed the Death in Custody Reporting Act to solve this problem and reduce preventable deaths, but agencies are failing to implement it."
The Education Fund is the education and research arm of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of civil rights groups. The Project on Government Oversight is a nonpartisan, independent government watchdog.
The findings from the report, A Matter of Life and Death: The Importance of the Death in Custody Reporting Act, come as available data indicates a worsening problem for deaths in custody. The publication of this analysis also follows the high-profile police killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, last month.
How the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act is supposed to work
The DCRA requires every law enforcement agency at the state, territory and federal level to collect data on the deaths of people transported, detained or arrested by law enforcement and those who died while incarcerated.
This information is supposed to be submitted to the U.S. attorney general with details on the time and location of the death, the decedent's personal information, the circumstances surrounding the death, and the agency involved.
States that don't comply face a punishment of up to a 10% reduction to their awards under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program — the primary source of federal funding to state and local jurisdictions.
The Justice Department is required to report to Congress on how the DCRA data can be used to establish policies and practices that prevent in-custody deaths.
But as of yet, no report has been created, contrary to the federal law.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics previously released 3-year-old data on people who had died during interactions with federal criminal justice authorities.
"The first report, issued in 2020, covered data from 2016 and 2017. A reporting lag of three years renders data considerably less useful as a policymaking tool," according to the new analysis from The Leadership Conference Education Fund and POGO.
Additionally, last September, the Government Accountability Office testified that 70% of the records states submitted to the Justice Department "were missing at least one required element—e.g., a description of the individual's death." In August, the Justice Department hadn't figured out whether states had actually complied with the DCRA, the GAO reported.
The DOJ said last year that new legislation is needed to follow through with the DCRA mandate, according to reports.
But the Leadership Conference Education Fund and the Project on Government Oversight reject this idea in their analysis, saying, "The department has previously developed far more rigorous plans than what exists today — under the same version of the law that is in force today. The department has simply chosen not to implement them."
The problem of in-custody deaths appears to worsen
Even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, available data was pointing to a worsening problem of deaths in prisons and jails.
According to the report from the Leadership Conference Education Fund and POGO, limited data from the Justice Department as of 2019 shows:
The report calls on the DOJ to implement several changes to improve the accessibility and usefulness of the DCRA data to gain a full, reliable picture of the problem.
The organizations urge the DOJ to consider redesigning collection forms to bring in more robust data and committing to more timely reporting, among other recommendations.
"Policy changes that reduce preventable deaths will not occur until decisionmakers, advocates, and researchers understand the full breadth of this problem," the organizations said. "Collecting complete, accurate in-custody death information is a critical step toward reducing deaths."
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report's findings.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-23T10:58:59+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/2023-02-23/deaths-in-custody-are-a-crisis-but-data-on-them-is-a-black-hole-a-new-report-says |
Which food mill is best?
With all of the kitchen gadgets out there to choose from, adding one more might seem like overkill. But a food mill is not your ordinary kitchen gadget. Not only can this handy tool grind and purée foods into smooth soups and sauces, but it can also separate seeds, skins and peels while it works. Velvety mashed potatoes, silky applesauce and fruit purées are within a few cranks of the handle.
The best food mill for you is the one that can tackle every task you throw at it. If you are looking for a high-quality workhorse that will last for years, the Cuisipro Deluxe Food Mill is the best choice for your kitchen.
What to know before you buy a food mill
Material
Food mills are made of a variety of materials, including plastic, aluminum, tinned steel and stainless steel. The cheapest option is plastic, but these food mills tend to be less durable and won’t hold up to frequent use.
On the other end of the spectrum is stainless steel. These food mills are easy to clean, are dishwasher safe and sturdy, but they are also the most expensive. If you’re on a budget, look for a combination of stainless steel and plastic, checking the plastic components carefully to make sure they are high-quality.
Size
The size of the food mill you get has everything to do with both your budget and how you’ll be using it. If you plan on only milling small quantities of baby food, then a smaller capacity food mill should do the trick. Cooking for a crowd? Then it’s best to go with larger capacities and consider an electric food mill too. Food mills with a larger capacity — 3 quarts as opposed to 2 quarts or less — also keep the food inside the bowl better, even when processing large batches of food.
Electric or manual
Food mills can be either electric or manual, but within those two categories, you have some choices. Manual standalone food mills are self-contained and can process large quantities of food at once. Manual pot mounted food mills are good for individual servings or small quantities with the milling attachment sitting on a bowl or pot to catch the milled food. Attach a manual table-mounted mill to a table with a clamp and use it for milling large quantities of food. Purchased separately and added to your food mixer, an electric food mixer attachment is best for infrequent use or small quantities. Electric stand-alone food mills are the most expensive option but make quick work of large quantities of food — for example, 80 pounds of potatoes in an hour.
What to look for in a quality food mill
Interchangeable discs
A quality food mill will come with different discs to allow you to mill to different consistencies. Jellies and baby food need a fine mill, applesauce and vegetable purées use a medium mill and applesauce and chunky soups work well with a coarse mill. These discs should be easy to swap in and out.
Legs and hooks for attachments
Pot or bowl-mounted food mills need to come with sturdy legs, hooks or loops to attach them. This allows for easy operation and prevents kitchen disasters caused by a tipped-over bowl.
Easy cleaning
Every part of your food mill, from the grinding plate to the bowl, should be easy to clean. Look for dishwasher-safe parts for the easiest clean-up or at the very least, food mills that don’t require fussy cleaning products. Food mills that are hand-wash-only should also come with a separate brush to clean the grinding plate and the milling blade.
How much you can expect to spend on a food mill
The price of a food mill depends largely on its size and the material it is made of. Prices range from $15 for a small plastic food mill to well over $200 for a premium, stainless steel food mill.
Food mill FAQ
Can you mill raw food in a food mill?
A. Although some food mills can process raw fruits and vegetables, check with your owner’s manual for their recommendations. Most food will process easier if it is even just slightly cooked before you pass it through your mill.
How do I know which size food mill to get?
A. For the majority of home cooks, a 2-quart food mill should be big enough to meet their needs. If you have a large family or routinely process large amounts of food, such as for canning every year, then you may want to consider a 3-quart or larger food mill.
What’s the best food mill to buy?
Top food mill
What you need to know: This food mill may be pricey, but it is built to last.
What you’ll love: The ergonomic design of this food mill means it’s easy to use. Better yet, it’s easy to clean — a bonus when milling fruits and vegetables with seeds and skin — and the discs are easy to change.
What you should consider: The main issue with this food mill is the price.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top food mill for the money
Weston Stainless Steel Food Mill
What you need to know: Use this mill for sieving and mashing foods occasionally.
What you’ll love: This comes with three separate discs and works best for mashing and sieving soft foods such as cooked fruits and vegetables for baby food. The Weston is easy to clean and dishwasher safe.
What you should consider: This is not as heavy duty as other food mills and requires excessive milling for finer work.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Mirro Foley Stainless Steel Food Mill
What you need to know: The Mirro Foley is a well-rounded food mill at a solid price point.
What you’ll love: For straining, grating and ricing, this food mill can’t be beaten. Durable stainless steel construction and an easy-to-use grinding mechanism make for perfect mashed potatoes, every time.
What you should consider: The wire handle is difficult and uncomfortable to grip.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LEBANON, Va. – Most thought the Region 1D football playoffs started next weekend. However, there was an unofficial play-in game at Harry Stuart Field on Friday night. Lebanon punched their ticket to the playoffs, winning a 34-24 thriller over Rural Retreat.
“This is a big win, I’m proud of them,” Lebanon coach Darrell Taylor said. “We mixed up our game, we wanted to run and pass, and it worked. We got some things accomplished.”
Scoring three touchdowns, after trailing 20-3 at the break, the Indians were able to get back into the game. The Rural Retreat defense forced a Pioneer punt with just over seven minutes remaining in the contest. The opportunity to drive and take the lead was thwarted when Thai Tatum picked off an Indian pass and returned it to the RR 21.
“The first time they ran it, I thought it was a quick hit, and I jumped it too hard,” Tatum said. “The second time, I just missed it. The third time, I was like, this has got to happen. I didn’t even realize I caught it at first, I just stuck my hands out, and it landed.”
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The outcome was still in doubt. After the turnover and a Lebanon penalty, running back Grayson Olson had a big 20-yard pickup around the right end for a 1st-and-goal from the RR 6. A couple of runs by Olson moved it to the two.
Quarterback Mike Reece then threw an incomplete pass in the end zone. After a Lebanon timeout, on 4th-and-goal from the two, Reece powered his way up the middle to make it a two-score game with the Pioneers up 34-24 with 3:26 to play.
“Mike gets excited and emotional,” commented Taylor. “I said, when you run your quarterback, you’re playing 11 on 11 instead of 10 on 11. I told him to channel his energy and emotions, do the quarterback power, and score. Mike lowered his shoulder and did what we asked him to do,”
After the touchdown, Rural Retreat (4-5) kept battling. They moved down the field to inside the Lebanon 30. But a sack and penalty resulted in the Indians turning the ball over on downs with just over a minute remaining, and the Pioneers ran out the clock.
“We felt like we could run the football on Lebanon and throw it a little bit,” RR coach Jamey Hughes said. “I thought we did a nice job of mixing things up. Lebanon just made a few more plays than we did.
“Penalties killed us, that block in the back on the last drive, I don’t think it was, but I’m not the referee. That could have made things interesting if we punched that one in. We just have to tip our hats to Lebanon, they made some plays, and we just came up short.”
Senior Gatlin Hight was the workhorse for the Indians, rushing for 163 yards on 29 attempts with two touchdowns.
Reece was 13-of-21 passing for 144 yards, with two touchdowns for the Pioneers. Reece rushed for two TDs. Olson totaled 101 yards rushing on eight carries for Lebanon (6-4).
The Pioneers will play in the Region 1D playoffs next week at a site and opponent to be determined. The loss ended the season for Rural Retreat.
Rural Retreat 3 0 14 7—24
Lebanon 13 7 7 7—34
Scoring Summary
LEB—Crabtree 68 fumble return (Dillon kick)
RR—FG Crockett 30
LEB—Hertig 49 pass from Reece (kick blocked)
LEB—Reece 4 run (Dillon kick)
RR—Hight 3 run (Crockett kick)
LEB—Taylor 11 pass from Reece (Dillon kick)
RR—Hagerman 8 run (Crockett kick)
RR—Hight 1 run (Crockett kick)
LEB—Reece 2 run (Dillon kick)
Team Stats
First Downs: RR 25, LEB 13; Rushes-Yards: RR 48-200, LEB 25-119; Passing Yards: RR 180, LEB 144; Comp-Att-Int: RR 12-21-1, LEB 13-21-0; Fumbles-Lost: RR 1-1, LEB 1-1; Penalties-Yards: RR 6-65, LEB 14-105; Punts-Average: RR 2-27, LEB 4-32.5. | 2022-11-05T05:16:33+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/sports/fast-start-lifts-lebanon-into-1d-playoffs/article_29cfd5ce-5cb7-11ed-beb2-5b232cbdc332.html |
Komainu is set to bring Digital Asset Custody Services to Institutional Clients in the Region
SAINT HELIER, JERSEY , July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Komainu ["the Custodian"], a regulated digital asset custody provider built by institutions for institutions, today announced provisional regulatory approval from the Government of Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority [VARA] to commence operational readiness even as the application goes through the warranted due diligence in accordance with VARA requirements, to enable Komainu to be amongst the first fully regulated digital asset custody services to institutional clients in the region.
Komainu acts as key gatekeeper to institutions gaining exposure to the digital asset industry with the provision of secure and regulated digital asset custody services for blockchain and beyond. Over the years, Komainu has established itself as one of the leading digital asset custody providers for institutional clients, providing the same safeguards and protections investors are accustomed to in traditional finance. The Custodian's industry-leading services have been designed by security, financial services and cryptocurrency experts and have been approved by external auditors.
Dubai and VARA are paving the way forward with their efforts to create a sophisticated and progressive regulatory framework, which will allow the region to become one of the world's most favourable jurisdictions for digital asset initiatives. Komainu has elected to base its regional HQ in Dubai and participate in this fast-evolving global virtual asset valley - in order to establish its leadership in the provision of institutional-grade digital asset services across the wider region.
H.E. Helal Saeed Almarri, Chairman of VARA, said, "Komainu's entry into VARA's regime is symbolic of the confidence and credibility that the Virtual Assets industry is gaining when backed by such strong endorsement from traditional finance leaders like Nomura. Such acceptance and active participation of tier 1 global institutional finance firms is not only an affirmation of Virtual Assets being integral to the future of finance, but also indicative of the potential that this industry can offer for economic empowerment. Dubai is pleased to welcome credible players like Komainu into VARA's virtual assets ecosystem."
The regulatory license once received, will establish Komainu as one of Dubai's first regulated crypto custody providers, bringing a much-needed service to the proliferating regional ecosystem. The endorsement from the Dubai Government strengthens the Custodian's fast-paced growth projections, in line with their core underpinning of doing so in a secure, robust and regulated manner. With the continued support of the Dubai regulators, Komainu is set to be a first mover in the MENA region.
Sebastian Widmann, Head of Strategy at Komainu, said, "Dubai and VARA are establishing a new hub for digital asset businesses and bringing like-minded companies into the country to help establish its growing crypto ecosystem and we look forward to contributing to these exciting developments. Komainu actively works with regulators, partners and our clients to make sure that our platform is held to the highest of standards and this latest endorsement by the Dubai Government is a further testament to that fact. By expanding into the MENA region, we are bringing a much-needed service to institutions operating within a regulated crypto marketplace. We are excited to bring Komainu Yield as well as the other new services set to launch in the near future to this marketplace and thereby serve a new demographic of institutions."
Komainu is the first hybrid custodian for institutional digital asset investors created by the Japanese investment bank Nomura, digital asset manager CoinShares and digital asset security company Ledger. Komainu is providing decentralized and secure digital asset custody services through a single application-based solution for institutions, offering multi-asset support and regulatory compliance. Headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands, Komainu merges institutional financial services with leading security standards for the next generation of institutional custody.
Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority [VARA] is the world's first specialised regulator for the Virtual Assets sector. Established in March 2022, following the effect of Law No.4 of 2022, VARA is responsible by decree for licensing and regulating the Virtual Asset sector in the Emirate of Dubai and its free zone territories [excluding DIFC], and oversees all licensing requirements and applications for authorisation of Virtual Asset activities under UAE law. VARA plays a central role in creating Dubai's advanced legal framework to protect investors and establish international standards for Virtual Asset industry governance, while supporting the vision for a borderless economy.
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(The Conversation) – A spate of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. has sparked calls for Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons – covering the types of guns used in both the recent Buffalo grocery attack and that on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Such a prohibition has been in place before. As President Joe Biden noted in his June 2, 2022, speech addressing gun violence, almost three decades ago bipartisan support in Congress helped push through a federal assault weapons ban in 1994, as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.
That ban was limited – it covered only certain categories of semi-automatic weapons such as AR-15s and applied to a ban on sales only after the act was signed into law, allowing people to keep hold of weapons purchased before that date. And it also had in it a so-called “sunset provision” that allowed the ban to expire in 2004.
Nonetheless, the 10-year life span of that ban – with a clear beginning and end date – gives researchers the opportunity to compare what happened with mass shooting deaths before, during and after the prohibition was in place. Our group of injury epidemiologists and trauma surgeons did just that. In 2019, we published a population-based study analyzing the data in a bid to evaluate the effect that the federal ban on assault weapons had on mass shootings, defined by the FBI as a shooting with four or more fatalities, not including the shooter. Here’s what the data shows:
Before the 1994 ban:
From 1981 – the earliest year in our analysis – to the rollout of the assault weapons ban in 1994, the proportion of deaths in mass shootings in which an assault rifle was used was lower than it is today.
Yet in this earlier period, mass shooting deaths were steadily rising. Indeed, high-profile mass shootings involving assault rifles – such as the killing of five children in Stockton, California, in 1989 and a 1993 San Francisco office attack that left eight victims dead – provided the impetus behind a push for a prohibition on some types of gun.
During the 1994-2004 ban:
In the years after the assault weapons ban went into effect, the number of deaths from mass shootings fell, and the increase in the annual number of incidents slowed down. Even including 1999’s Columbine High School massacre – the deadliest mass shooting during the period of the ban – the 1994 to 2004 period saw lower average annual rates of both mass shootings and deaths resulting from such incidents than before the ban’s inception.
From 2004 onward:
The data shows an almost immediate – and steep – rise in mass shooting deaths in the years after the assault weapons ban expired in 2004.
Breaking the data into absolute numbers, between 2004 and 2017 – the last year of our analysis – the average number of yearly deaths attributed to mass shootings was 25, compared with 5.3 during the 10-year tenure of the ban and 7.2 in the years leading up to the prohibition on assault weapons.
Saving hundreds of lives
We calculated that the risk of a person in the U.S. dying in a mass shooting was 70% lower during the period in which the assault weapons ban was active. The proportion of overall gun homicides resulting from mass shootings was also down, with nine fewer mass-shooting-related fatalities per 10,000 shooting deaths.
Taking population trends into account, a model we created based on this data suggests that had the federal assault weapons ban been in place throughout the whole period of our study – that is, from 1981 through 2017 – it may have prevented 314 of the 448 mass shooting deaths that occurred during the years in which there was no ban.
And this almost certainly underestimates the total number of lives that could be saved. For our study, we chose only to include mass shooting incidents that were reported and agreed upon by all three of our selected data sources: the Los Angeles Times, Stanford University, and Mother Jones magazine.
Furthermore, for uniformity, we also chose to use the strict federal definition of an assault weapon – which may not include the entire spectrum of what many people may now consider to be assault weapons.
Cause or correlation?
It is also important to note that our analysis cannot definitively say that the assault weapons ban of 1994 caused a decrease in mass shootings, nor that its expiration in 2004 resulted in the growth of deadly incidents in the years since.
Many additional factors may contribute to the shifting frequency of these shootings, such as changes in domestic violence rates, political extremism, psychiatric illness, firearm availability and a surge in sales, and the recent rise in hate groups.
Nonetheless, according to our study, President Biden’s claim that the rate of mass shootings during the period of the assault weapons ban “went down” only for it to rise again after the law was allowed to expire in 2004 holds true.
As the U.S. looks toward a solution to the country’s epidemic of mass shootings, it is difficult to say conclusively that reinstating the assault weapons ban would have a profound impact, especially given the growth in sales in the 18 years in which Americans have been allowed to purchase and stockpile such weapons. But given that many of the high-profile mass shooters in recent years purchased their weapons less than one year before committing their acts, the evidence suggests that it might. | 2022-06-12T18:34:57+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/did-the-assault-weapons-ban-of-1994-bring-down-mass-shootings-heres-what-the-data-tells-us/ |
Southwest Airlines schedule returns to relative normalcy
(AP) - Southwest Airlines returned to a relatively normal flight schedule Friday, as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.
The Dallas carrier, which had canceled thousands of flights every day this week after a winter storm last weekend, reported fewer than 40 cancellations early Friday. While that was still more than United, American and Delta combined, it’s progress following one of the most chaotic weeks in aviation history for a single airline.
Federal regulators have vowed a rigorous review of what happened at Southwest, with all eyes on outdated crew-scheduling technology that left flight crews out of place after the storm hit, essentially shutting down almost all of the carrier’s operations.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a letter to Southwest CEO Robert Jordan late Thursday called the week of disruptions “unacceptable.”
“While weather can disrupt flight schedules, the thousands of cancellations by Southwest in recent days have not been because of the weather,” Buttigieg wrote. “Other airlines that experienced weather-related cancellations and delays due to the winter storm recovered relatively quickly, unlike Southwest.”
Southwest has begun accepting reservations again Friday after getting crews and planes into place, and executives have started on what is undoubtedly a long road to regaining the trust of travelers.
Southwest’s Robert Jordan said in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday that after safety, there is no greater focus than reimbursing customers and getting them reunited with their luggage.
“This has impacted so many people, so many customers, over the holidays. It’s impacted our employees. And I’m extremely sorry for that,” Jordan said. “There’s just no way almost to apologize enough because we love our customers, we love our people and we really impacted their plans.”
The air travel industry is just now recovering from the pandemic, which reduced activity to levels not seen since the beginning of the jet age.
Jordan warned that the meltdown this week will “certainly” hit the carrier when it reports fourth quarter financial results at the end of January.
Company shares, which tumbled 8% this week, fell another 1% before the opening bell Friday.
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The FBI has revoked the security clearances of three agents who either took part in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, or later expressed views about it that placed into question their “allegiance to the United States,” the bureau said Wednesday in a letter to congressional investigators.
The letter, written by a top official at the FBI, came one day before at least two of the agents — Marcus Allen and Stephen Friend — were set to testify in front of a House Judiciary subcommittee investigating what Republicans contend is the “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives.
For several months, Republican lawmakers have been courting FBI agents who they believe support their contentions that the bureau and other federal agencies have been turned against former President Donald Trump and his supporters both before and after the Capitol attack.
Some of the agents have come forward as self-described whistleblowers and taken steps like writing a letter to the leaders of the FBI complaining about ways in which the bureau has discriminated against conservatives.
The agents who had their security clearances revoked — Allen, Friend and a third man, Brett Gloss — have all been suspended by the FBI as the bureau reviews their cases, according to congressional investigators.
Lawyers for Allen and Friend did not respond to messages seeking comment. A lawyer for Gloss could not immediately be reached.
Gloss’s top-secret clearance was revoked two weeks ago after bureau investigators determined that while moving with the pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, he entered a restricted area of the Capitol grounds — a violation of federal law.
While he has not been charged with any crimes, Gloss was found by the FBI to have provided “false and/or misleading information” about what he saw on Jan. 6 and about whether he was in a restricted area that day, according to the letter, which was sent to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chair of the weaponization subcommittee, by Christopher Dunham, the FBI’s acting assistant director.
Gloss denied witnessing violence or being in the restricted area at the Capitol, but those statements were inconsistent with photographs he took on Jan. 6 as well as with publicly available videos, the letter said. Gloss also failed to report his presence near the Capitol, the letter added, even after being warned by one of his supervisors to do so.
“Mr. Gloss’ refusal to provide full, frank and truthful answers to lawful questions of security officials in connection with a personnel security or trustworthiness determination should result in an adverse clearance action,” the letter said.
A spokesperson for Jordan, Russell Dye, characterized the FBI’s action as “a desperate attempt to salvage their reputation” that was coming “before brave whistleblowers testify about the agency’s politicized behavior and retaliation against anyone who dares speak out.”
Allen’s top-secret security clearance was revoked after the bureau found that he had “expressed sympathy for persons or organizations that advocate, threaten or use force or violence,” the letter said. FBI investigators determined that Allen had sent an email from his bureau account to several colleagues months after the Capitol attack, urging them to “exercise extreme caution and discretion in pursuit of any investigative inquiries or leads pertaining to the events of” Jan. 6, the letter said.
Allen also sent an email linking to a website stating that “federal law enforcement had some degree of infiltration among the crowds gathered at the Capitol,” leading Allen to comment that this supposed fact raised “serious concerns” about the U.S. government’s participation in the riot.
FBI investigators also found that Allen, who filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Christopher Wray last year contesting the initial suspension of his clearance, failed to provide relevant information to fellow agents investigating the riot about people who allegedly took part in the attack, the letter said.
The letter noted that when another agent asked Allen to conduct open-source research about a Jan. 6 suspect, he reported back that he had found no information that the person had engaged in any criminal activity or had any “nexus to terrorism.”
Based on Allen’s reports, the letter said, the other agent closed the case, but it was later reopened after a different FBI employee discovered publicly available information showing that the target of the inquiry had assaulted police officers at the Capitol.
Friend, whose security clearance was revoked Tuesday, had refused last summer to take part in a SWAT arrest of a Jan. 6 suspect who was facing misdemeanor charges. Friend had taken the position that the raid represented an excessive use of force.
“I have an oath to uphold the Constitution,” Friend, a 12-year veteran of the bureau, told his supervisors when he declined to join the operation on Aug. 24 in Jacksonville, Florida. “I have a moral objection and want to be considered a conscientious objector.”
According to Justice Department records, there was only one Jan. 6-related arrest in the Jacksonville area on Aug. 24: that of Tyler Bensch, who was accused of being a member of a right-wing militia group connected to the Three Percenter movement.
What Friend omitted from his account was that while Bensch was charged with only misdemeanors, documents in his case say that on Jan. 6, he posted a video of himself outside the Capitol wearing body armor and a gas mask and carrying an AR-15-style rifle. The documents also say that witnesses later told the FBI that they had seen photographs of Bensch carrying a similar rifle at other times.
According to the letter, Friend “espoused an alternative narrative about the events at the U.S. Capitol” during his communications with his supervisors about refusing to participate in the arrest of Bensch.
The letter also noted that in September 2022, Friend downloaded documents from FBI computer systems to “an unauthorized removable flash drive.” The letter did not specify what sorts of documents Friend had taken with him. | 2023-05-18T03:34:38+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/fbi-revokes-security-clearances-of-3-agents-over-jan-6-issues/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Cleveland Browns defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will have his college jersey retired at South Carolina’s season opener with Georgia State on Sept. 3.
The school announced the retirement of Clowney’s No. 7 on Friday.
“We are excited to honor one of our greatest Gamecock football players ever,” South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner said.
Clowney, from Rock Hill, was the country’s top recruit when he signed on with the Gamecocks and coach Steve Spurrier in 2011.
Clowney lived up to his billing. He was twice named an AP All-American, won the Ted Hendricks Award as the nation’s top defensive end in 2012 and helped the Gamecocks go 11-2 each of his three seasons.
Clowney’s most memorable college moment came in the Outback Bowl after his sophomore season when he tackled Michigan runner Vincent Hill in the backfield, popped off Hill’s helmet and recovered the fumble he forced.
Clowney was selected No. 1 overall by the Houston Texans in the 2014 NFL draft.
He’s entering his ninth season as a pro and second with the Browns.
Clowney is the first football player to have his jersey retired since South Carolina receiver Sterling Sharpe was honored in 1987.
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SEATTLE — Seattle Pacific University's (SPU) Board of Trustees decided Monday to keep employee conduct expectations that ban employees from same-sex sexual activity, extramarital sexual activity and cohabitating before marriage.
The board came to the decision after "thorough and prayerful deliberation," said Board Chair Cedric Davis. The board chose to have SPU remain in "communion" with the Free Methodist Church USA, which defines "Marriage, between one man and one woman" as "the only proper setting for sexual intimacy."
In a statement, the Board of Trustees admitted "sober acknowledgment of how this news will be received."
"The board acknowledges that there is disagreement among faithful Christians on the topic of sexuality and identity," the statement read.
SPU's current employment policy requires that faculty and staff "affirm SPU's Statement of Faith" and abide by conduct standards in the employee handbook, which includes employee lifestyle expectations.
While employees are asked to refrain from same-sex sexual activity, the school said it is "committed to diversity, equity and inclusion for all undergraduate students, welcoming and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students in all academic pursuits, faith practices and life together in community," according to an FAQ about the school's decision.
Students protested after the school's board voted to uphold its employment policy relating to human sexuality in 2021. The protests were inspired in part by a lawsuit brought against the school by a former nursing instructor, Jéaux Rinedahl, who alleged he was denied a full-time position at the school because he is gay.
The school settled its lawsuit with Rinedahl out of court on May 4. | 2022-05-24T01:35:41+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-pacific-university-lifestyle-same-sex-marriage-employees/281-55847fe9-1210-4cf2-916f-640476ba5442 |
Upstate mother arrested after baby found unresponsive in bathtub, deputies say
ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A mother is behind bars after her one-year-old baby died at their home in Anderson, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said three kids were in a bathtub at a home on Lemans Drive while their mother, Jenna Feathers, was home. The youngest child, a one-year-old infant, was found unresponsive and immediately taken to the hospital once their other family members returned home and called 911.
The evidence gathered by detectives and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) led to Feather’s arrest. She was charged with homicide in child abuse and three more counts of unlawful neglect for the other toddlers who were with the baby at the time of the incident back in August.
The Sheriff’s Office said warrants were served recently as this has been an ongoing investigation with several elements required leading up to charges.
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Kody Clemens' first big-league homer pushes Tigers past D-backs
Phoenix — Kody Clemens was 4-for-34 when he stepped to the plate in the sixth inning of a 3-3 game Saturday night. There were two runners on and he was facing Diamondbacks lefty Joe Mantiply.
Clemens is a left-handed hitter and had only five at-bats against lefties in his brief time in the big leagues. Mantiply, on the other hand, had never allowed a home run to a left-handed hitter in 96 games.
Guess what happened.
Clemens launched a 1-2 curveball into the seats in right field, his first major league home run, breaking the tie and sending the Tigers to a 6-3 win over Arizona, their second straight at Chase Field.
It was a good night for the kids.
Rookie Riley Greene made a sensational catch in the sixth inning, taking an extra-base hit from Buddy Kennedy. The ball was smoked into the gap in right-center, leaving Kennedy’s bat at 99.8 mph. It traveled 349 feet and had an expected batting average, according to Statcast, of .470.
Greene tracked it into the gap and caught it on a full-layout, superman dive.
Later, in the seventh, Greene took a hit away from Josh Rojas with a sliding catch in short left-center.
BOX SCORE: Tigers 6, Diamondbacks 3
Another rookie, Alex Faedo, made his 10th start of the season. How many had him making any big-league starts this year before say, August or September?
Put your hand down, you’re lying.
Faedo, in his first full year back from Tommy John surgery, didn’t throw live batting practice until the middle of February. He started his season at Low-A Lakeland. He only made one start (five innings), at Triple-A Toledo before the Tigers, with four-fifths of their rotation on the injured list, called him up.
Best to keep that perspective when assessing his four-inning performance Saturday.
He breezed through the first three innings, showing a lively slider and a four-seam fastball that was ticking up to 96 mph. Then in the fourth, he started spraying pitches and losing his balance on the mound.
He ended up walking two, giving up a 411-foot, two-run home run to David Peralta and an RBI double to Daulton Varsho. He got out of the inning without any more issues, but he was at 75 pitches and manager AJ Hinch gave him the quick hook.
Might need to get used to those.
“He’s coming off Tommy John,” Hinch said before the game. “Remember, he started in Lakeland. I think we have to give him a little leash here. I’m proud of him. He’s talented and he can do a lot of positive things here. But I’m always going to be monitoring him.”
Faedo was beaten up pretty good in two previous starts, allowing 11 runs and 17 hits in 7 1/3 innings, with hitters feasting on his four-seam fastball (.349, .628 slugging).
“He’s also been a little fatigued in my opinion,” Hinch said. “He won’t say it, but I will. As we freshen him up and get to the break, you’ll see a better fastball.”
The Tigers are going to be hard-pressed to freshen up any of their pitchers going into the break. Beginning Tuesday, they will play 19 games in 17 days. Tough task to get through that stretch and still keep a wary eye on the workloads of Faedo and fellow rookie Beau Brieske.
An awaking offense would certainly help ease some of the pressure.
Harold Castro, starting at first base to give Spencer Torkelson a night off, had three hits, including an RBI triple. Javier Báez had a pair of hits and scored a run.
The Tigers, with a little help from the D-backs, scored twice in the fifth to tie the score at 3. Tucker Barnhart walked and Victor Reyes doubled. Both scored on an error by Kennedy at second base.
Greene hit a broken-bat grounder and both the severed bat and the ball were coming at Kennedy. He didn’t catch either and both runners scored.
Miguel Cabrera climbed another rung on the all-time hit list, too. His single in the seventh was No. 3,053, tying Rod Carew for 27th place.
And another hat-tip to the Tigers' bullpen. After covering the final 3 2/3 innings Friday night without allowing a hit, it locked down the final five innings.
After Tyler Alexander pitched two scoreless innings, Joe Jimenez struck out two in the seventh. It was the eighth straight multiple-strikeout game for Jimenez. That's the third longest such streak since 1901.
Drew VerHagen was the last to do it in 2019.
Michael Fulmer posted his 12th straight scoreless outing in the eighth.
Gregory Soto closed it out, earning his 14th save.
Twitter@cmccosky | 2022-06-26T05:34:38+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/06/26/kody-clemens-first-big-league-homer-pushes-detroit-tigers-past-arizona-diamondbacks/7738827001/ |
Average gas price is cheaper than last year, report says
(Gray News) - Overall, the national average price for gas is down compared to this point last year.
According to AAA, Americans are paying a national average of $3.58 per gallon, nearly $1.50 less than last year.
The drivers’ group credits lower demand, lower oil prices and higher gasoline supply for the lower prices at the pump.
Meanwhile, California has been dethroned as America’s most expensive state for gas.
The new title goes to Washington state, where the average cost of regular gasoline jumped 32 cents over the past month.
According to AAA, it now costs $4.93 a gallon, 7 cents ahead of California.
Mississippi currently has the cheapest gas. Drivers there pay an average of $3 a gallon.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. CNN Newsource contributed to this report. | 2023-06-21T16:02:11+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2023/06/21/average-gas-price-is-cheaper-than-last-year-report-says/ |
BEIJING – The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,250 points Tuesday, its steepest sell-off in more than two years, after a government report showed that inflation is maintaining a surprisingly strong grip on the U.S. economy.
The S&P 500 sank 4.3%, its biggest drop since June 2020. The Dow fell 3.9% and the Nasdaq composite closed 5.2% lower. The sell-off ended a four-day winning streak for the major stock indexes and erased an early rally in European markets.
Bond prices also fell sharply, sending their yields higher, after a report showed inflation decelerated only to 8.3% in August, instead of the 8.1% economists expected.
The hotter-than-expected reading has traders bracing for the Federal Reserve to ultimately raise interest rates even higher than expected to combat inflation, with all the risks for the economy that entails. Fears about higher rates sent prices dropping for everything from gold to cryptocurrencies to crude oil.
“Right now, it’s not the journey that’s a worry so much as the destination,” said Brian Jacobsen, senior investment strategist at Allspring Global Investments. “If the Fed wants to hike and hold, the big question is at what level.”
The S&P 500 fell 177.72 points to 3,932.69. The drop didn’t quite knock out its gains over the past four days. The index is now down 17.5% so far this year.
The Dow lost 1,276.37 points to 31,104.97, and the Nasdaq dropped 632.84 points to 11,633.57.
All but six of the stocks in the S&P 500 fell. Technology and other high-growth companies fell more than the rest of the market because they’re seen as most at risk from higher rates.
Most of Wall Street came into the day thinking the Fed would hike its key short-term rate by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point at its meeting next week. But the hope was that inflation was in the midst of quickly falling back to more normal levels after peaking in June at 9.1%.
The thinking was that such a slowdown would let the Fed downshift the size of its rate hikes through the end of this year and then potentially hold steady through early 2023.
Tuesday’s report dashed some of those hopes.
“This piece of data just hammered home that the Fed isn’t going to have the data to do anything differently than continue on their rate-raising path for longer,” said Tom Martin, senior portfolio manager with Globalt Investments. “It just increases the chance of an actual recession."
Many of the data points within the inflation report were worse than economists expected, including some the Fed pays particular attention to, such as inflation outside of food and energy prices.
Markets honed in on a 0.6% rise in such prices during August from July, double what economists expected, said Gargi Chaudhuri, head of investment strategy at iShares.
The inflation figures were so much worse than expected that traders now see a one-in-three chance for a rate hike of a full percentage point by the Fed next week. That would be quadruple the usual move, and no one in the futures market was predicting such a hike a day earlier.
The Fed has already raised its benchmark interest rate four times this year, with the last two increases by three-quarters of a percentage point. The federal funds rate is currently in a range of 2.25% to 2.50%.
“The Fed can't let inflation persist. You have to do whatever is necessary to stop prices from going up," said Russell Evans, managing principal at Avitas Wealth Management. “This indicates the Fed still has a lot of work to do to bring inflation down.”
Higher rates hurt the economy by making it more expensive to buy a house, a car or anything else bought on credit. Mortgage rates have already hit their highest level since 2008, creating pain for the housing industry. The hope is that the Fed can pull off the tightrope walk of slowing the economy enough to snuff out high inflation, but not so much that it creates a painful recession.
Tuesday's data puts hopes for such a “soft landing” under more threat. In the meantime, higher rates also push down on prices for stocks, bonds and other investments.
Investments seen as the most expensive or the riskiest are the ones hardest hit by higher rates. Bitcoin tumbled 9.4%.
To be sure, the stock market's losses only return the S&P 500 close to where it was before its recent winning streak. That run was built on hopes that Tuesday's inflation report would show a more comforting slowdown. The ensuing wipeout fits what's become a pattern on Wall Street this year: Stocks fall on worries about inflation, turn higher on hopes the Fed may ease up on rates and then fall again when data undercuts those hopes.
Treasury yields leaped immediately on expectations for a more aggressive Fed. The yield on the two-year Treasury, which tends to track expectations for Fed actions, soared to 3.74% from 3.57% late Monday. The 10-year yield, which helps dictate where mortgages and rates for other loans are heading, rose to 3.42% from 3.36%.
Expectations for a more aggressive Fed also helped the dollar add to its already strong gains for this year. The dollar has been surging against other currencies in large part because the Fed has been hiking rates faster and by bigger margins than many other central banks.
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AP Business Writer Damian J. Troise contributed. Veiga reported from Los Angeles. | 2022-09-13T23:13:07+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/business/2022/09/13/global-stocks-gain-ahead-of-us-inflation-report/ |
(NBC News) — Friday, on “Dateline,” after the wife of a college professor who was also a member of a famous oil empire family, Jill Halliburton Su, is found murdered in her South Florida home, her son tells investigators that footage from the home’s security camera could hold the key to finding the killer.
Here is a preview of Dennis Murphy’s report:
It happened on Sept. 8, 2014. The night before Justin’s parents returned from a trip to Malaysia.
The next morning, his dad shook off his jet lag and headed to his office at the local campus of the University of Florida.
Justin’s mom slept in but was up when Justin left the house around 9:30 that morning.
JUSTIN: My mother was in the living room in her pink robe. And she was reading a book. And I said, “See you when I get home from work.”
Justin also worked part-time at the University of Florida as a professor’s assistant.
Shortly after noon, he got a call from his father.
JUSTIN: And the first thing he asked me was “Are– are you home right now? Like, are you– are you home?” I’m, like, “No. I’m at work.”
The reason for the call: From his office, Justin’s dad had seen something unusual on a remote security camera.
What he saw wasn’t much more than a glimpse — was a live-feed image of a figure in the house.
SU: He walk in from the kitchen — toward the breakfast area, and disappear from the — the view of the camera, and next thing I know is the — I lost my image
He thought the figure might be his son. But If it wasn’t Justin, who was it?
Watch Friday’s “Dateline,” at 9 p.m. on NBC4.
About ‘Dateline’
“Dateline NBC” is the longest-running series in NBC primetime history and is in its 31st season. “Dateline” is anchored by Lester Holt and features correspondents Andrea Canning, Josh Mankiewicz, Natalie Morales, Keith Morrison and Dennis Murphy.
“Dateline” is the #1 Friday newsmagazine and reaches more than 17 million people every week through its broadcast, and millions more through its social media platforms and podcasts.
The stories range from compelling mysteries to powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. When major news breaks, they go to the scene, putting the pieces together to bring the viewer the full picture. And in every story they tell, they help the real people who lived the events share their journeys with the viewer. | 2022-11-18T19:59:36+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/entertainment-news/security-footage-could-be-key-to-solving-mysterious-murder-of-jill-halliburton-su-on-dateline/ |
(NEXSTAR) – A Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $747 million was up for grabs Monday night after no ticket was able to match the numbers drawn on Saturday. If your ticket matches the latest numbers drawn, seen below, you’ll have won the fifth-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
The jackpot hasn’t been won since November 19, giving way for the prize to grow to be the ninth-largest lottery prize in history. Powerball officials say the jackpot has a cash value of $403.1 million.
Here are the winning numbers for Monday, February 6: 5, 11, 22, 23, 69, and Powerball 7. The Power Play was 2X.
Didn’t win the jackpot? You may still have won money
Without a winner Monday, the Powerball jackpot could become the fourth-largest in game history, edging out a prize won in Massachusetts in 2017. Surpassing that prize (it’s roughly $12 million shy of doing so) would also make the current jackpot the eighth-largest in U.S. history.
The most recent record-setting Powerball jackpot – worth $2.04 billion – was hit in early November. It currently holds the record as the largest national lottery jackpot in the world, according to Powerball officials. While we know the winning ticket was sold in California, it’s unclear if the ticketholder has claimed their prize.
Where are jackpots most frequently won?
Whether the Powerball jackpot rolls again or is won Monday night, the next drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. ET Wednesday. Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | 2023-02-07T05:27:59+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/powerball-winning-numbers-drawn-for-mondays-747m-jackpot/ |
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Palestinians were killed and a third was wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank early Friday, Palestinian health officials said, as conflicting claims about the incident emerged.
The shooting near the city of Nablus, the West Bank’s second largest, was the latest sign of escalation in recent months.
The Israeli military said troops at an army post south of Nablus opened fire after being shot at from a passing car. It said troops identified two suspicious vehicles and responded with live fire, reporting “hits.” The army did not specify whether this referred to people in the cars being killed or wounded.
An armed group, the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, portrayed the incident as an attack and said its fighters were involved, but was short on specifics. The group is an offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party. The Palestinian prime minister, Mohammed Ishtayyeh, claimed the two men were killed in cold blood, but did not provide evidence.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified those killed as two men from the Askar refugee camp near Nablus, ages 47 and 35. Ishtayyeh said they worked for the Civil Defense, a department in the Palestinian self-rule government that includes firefighters and other emergency services workers.
The shooting came three days after Israeli forces raided a stronghold of a small armed group in Nablus, blowing up a bomb lab and engaging in a firefight. Five Palestinians were killed at the time, including a leader of the militia, which calls itself Lions’ Den.
Ongoing Israeli arrest raids in the West Bank pose a serious challenge to Abbas’ Palestinian Authority. Abbas relies on security cooperation with Israel, particularly against his Islamic militant rivals, to remain in power. At the same time, this cooperation is deeply unpopular among Palestinians who chafe against Israel’s open-ended occupation, now in its 56th year.
Younger Palestinians are particularly disillusioned. Small bands of gunmen have formed in some areas, first in the Jenin refugee camp, a stronghold of militants, and now in Nablus. These groups challenge the Palestinian Authority and carry out attacks against Israeli targets.
More than 125 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year. The fighting has surged since a series of Palestinian attacks killed 19 people in Israel in the spring. The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and has built more than 130 settlements there, many of which resemble small towns, with apartment blocks, shopping malls and industrial zones. The Palestinians want the West Bank to form the main part of their future state. Most countries view the settlements as a violation of international law. | 2022-10-29T02:29:06+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-2-palestinians-killed-by-israel-military-alleges-ambush/ |
Toyota is recalling certain 2021 RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrids to address an issue that could cause vehicles to stall in cold weather.
The affected vehicles have hybrid-system software that could trigger a shutdown of the powertrain while driving in EV mode in cold temperatures “if the accelerator is rapidly pressed to further accelerate the vehicle,” according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). However, that’s dependent on “the battery parameters and the vehicle operating mode at the time,” the report said.
The recall encompasses 16,679 vehicles, but not all were sold in the U.S., the NHTSA noted. The recall population is based on a production period range during which the software in question was installed.
So while this issue appears to apply to a very specific set of conditions and vehicles, Toyota is being cautious. Dealers will install updated software free of charge. Starting February 27, Toyota expects to begin mailing letters detailing when to set up appointments.
While this remedy does require a dealership visit, over-the-air updates have the potential of updating such software-based issues without a trip to the dealership, as demonstrated by other brands like Polestar and Volvo, which used them to resolve a 2021 propulsion system recall. The RAV4 Prime isn’t capable of over-the-air updates, though.
The 2021 model year was the first for the RAV4 Prime, which boasts an impressive EPA-rated 42 miles of electric range and 38 mpg in hybrid mode, plus a charge mode that can actually help boost mpg. Strong demand and limited production mean it’s been flying off dealer lots since it arrived.
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- Review: 2023 Honda Accord Hybrid improves in most measures | 2023-02-16T12:15:19+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/automotive/internet-brands/toyota-rav4-prime-plug-in-hybrid-recalled-over-stalling-issue/ |
Officials: Fugitive suspected of killing 5 fatally shot
(AP) - A convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month was shot dead by law enforcement late Thursday after he killed a family of five and stole their truck from a rural weekend cabin, a Texas prison system spokesman said.
Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was killed about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in Jourdanton, Texas, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of San Antonio, said Jason Clark, spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
“Law enforcement in Atascosa County located the stolen vehicle, disabled it with spike strips, and gunfire ensued,” Clark said in a statement. No officers were injured, he said.
Lopez was killed about 220 miles (354 kilometers) southeast of Centerville, Texas, where Clark earlier said Lopez had killed a Houston family of five at their cabin and stole their pickup truck.
Lopez was thought to be hiding in the vicinity of the cabin when officers received a call from someone concerned after not hearing from an elderly relative, Clark said.
Officers went to the family’s cabin along Texas Route 7 west of Centerville about 6 p.m. Thursday and found the bodies of one adult and four minors, three of them children. Identities were not released, but gone was their white pickup truck, Clark said. Lopez was believed to have driven the truck from the search area, he said. Lopez was a former member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang and had ties to South Texas, he said.
The family was thought to have arrived Thursday morning at the cabin, which they owned, Clark said. The five are believed to have been killed Thursday afternoon and had no link to Lopez, he said.
Lopez, 46, had been the subject of an intensive search since his escape from the prison bus. He was being transported in a caged area of the bus from a prison in Gatesville, more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of the place where he escaped, to one in Huntsville for a medical appointment when he escaped in Leon County, a rural area between Dallas and Houston, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said.
Centerville is the county seat of Leon County, which has roughly 16,000 residents and is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of the state’s Huntsville prison headquarters.
The department has said Lopez somehow freed himself from his hand and leg restraints, cut through the expanded metal of the cage and crawled from the bottom. He then attacked the driver, who stopped the bus and got into an altercation with Lopez, and they both eventually got off the bus.
A second officer at the rear of the bus then exited and approached Lopez, who got back on the bus and started driving down the road, the department said.
The officers fired at Lopez and disabled the bus by shooting the rear tire, the department said. The bus then traveled a short distance before leaving the roadway, where Lopez got out and ran into the woods.
At some point during the escape, Lopez stabbed the driver, whose wounds weren’t life-threatening, the department said.
Lopez was serving a life prison sentence for a 2006 conviction of murdering a man along the Texas-Mexico border.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-03T06:17:26+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/06/03/officials-fugitive-suspected-killing-5-fatally-shot/ |
For the first time at SCOPE Miami Beach, Galderma, a leader in advancing the future of aesthetics, will invite attendees to explore its portfolio of injectable treatments
DALLAS, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Galderma announced today its upcoming collaboration with SCOPE Miami Beach 2022, the premier showcase for emerging contemporary art. As the exclusive aesthetic injectables sponsor of the 21st annual art show, Galderma will be highlighting its aesthetics portfolio – Restylane®, Dysport®* (abobotulinumtoxinA) and Sculptra® – and hosting a variety of activations for visitors beginning November 29th through December 4th, 2022.
"We are thrilled to be among the artists and innovators at SCOPE Miami Beach this year," said Carrie Caulkins, Vice President, U.S. Aesthetics Marketing, Galderma. "Every skin story begins with a beautiful canvas and this partnership serves as a great reminder that expression can come in many forms."
During the showcase, Galderma will create an interactive space for guests, celebrating the beauty of art and aesthetics via a custom art installation from renowned street artist, HOTTEA. Brand representatives onsite will provide information about Restylane, Dysport and Sculptra and the booth will offer personalized consultations and real-time treatments with Miami-based aesthetic injectors, custom beauty tips and touchups from a celebrity makeup artist. Guests will be able to enjoy a coffee bar featuring latte art and participate in giveaways and meet and greets with A-list influencers throughout the week. Guests can also receive up to $200 off Galderma Aesthetics treatments through a special ASPIRE Galderma Rewards offer.**
"Self-expression is a cornerstone of art," Caulkins said. "A recent study*** found that the majority of consumers find it important to be able to visually express themselves, which is why, at Galderma, we embrace and encourage self-expression through the art of aesthetics. We strive to innovate and deliver products that allow patients to fully express a range of emotions, while looking their best."
Galderma's presence at SCOPE Miami Beach 2022 builds on the momentum of Restylane's "XpresYourself" communications campaign, aimed at destigmatizing aesthetics and promoting natural-looking results. The brand's proprietary XpresHAn Technology™, a unique manufacturing process used to formulate four Restylane products****, allows for natural movement and expression.1-3 Dysport and Sculptra are also designed to provide natural-looking results, giving consumers a portfolio of products to choose from. SCOPE Art Show's mission to provide a platform for experiential innovation and discovery complements Galderma's commitment to design innovative and effective aesthetic treatments with natural-looking results for every laugh, smile and expression.
For those unable to join Galderma at SCOPE Miami Beach 2022, check out RestylaneUSA, DysportUSA and SculptraUSA on Instagram to follow the conversation.
To learn more about Galderma's portfolio, visit www.galderma.com/us.
*Please see full Important Safety Information for Dysport, including Distant Spread of Toxin Effect Boxed Warning, below.
**Terms and conditions apply. For details, visit ASPIRE Galderma Rewards.
***Results based on a nationwide online survey conducted by Real Chemistry of 1,000 directionally representative aesthetically conscious consumers in the U.S.
****Products formulated with XpresHAn Technology™ include Restylane® Contour, Restylane® Kysse, Restylane® Defyne and Restylane® Refyne.
About Galderma
Galderma is the pure-play dermatology category leader, present in approximately 90 countries. We deliver an innovative, science-based portfolio of premium flagship brands and services that span the full spectrum of the fast-growing dermatology market through Injectable Aesthetics, Dermo-cosmetics and Therapeutic Dermatology. Since our foundation in 1981, we have dedicated our focus and passion to the human body's largest organ – the skin – meeting individual consumer and patient needs with superior outcomes in partnership with healthcare professionals. Because we understand that the skin we're in shapes our lives, we are advancing dermatology for every skin story. For more information: www.galderma.com/us.
About Galderma's RESTYLANE® Product Portfolio
With over 50 million treatments worldwide4 and counting, the Restylane® family of HA dermal fillers is a diverse and broad portfolio of dermal fillers in the U.S. These products help smooth facial wrinkles and folds, such as smile lines (Restylane® L, Restylane® Refyne, Restylane® Defyne and Restylane® Lyft with Lidocaine), augment and correct mild to moderate chin retrusion (Restylane® Defyne), create fuller and more accentuated lips (Restylane® Silk, Restylane®-L and Restylane® Kysse), add lift and volume to the cheeks and back of the hands (Restylane® Lyft with Lidocaine), and augment cheeks and correct midface contour deficiencies (Restylane® Contour). To learn more about the Restylane® family of HA dermal fillers, visit www.RestylaneUSA.com.
About Galderma's collaboration with Ipsen
Dysport® (abobotulinumtoxinA) is a prescription injection for temporary improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults less than 65 years of age. Dysport is also marketed as Azzalure in the EU for the treatment of glabellar lines and lateral canthal lines. Dysport has more than 30 years of clinical experience globally for therapeutic indications and 13 years for aesthetics indications, with extensive clinical evidence of safety and efficacy. It is li-censed for aesthetic indications in 85 markets5 worldwide, Dysport is one of the world's leading brands of aesthetic neuromodulators with over 100 million treatments delivered in the aesthetics indications to date. To learn more about Dysport products, visit www.DysportUSA.com.
Dysport is manufactured by Ipsen, a global specialty-driven pharmaceutical company. Since 2009, Galderma and Ipsen have had a strategic partnership under which Galderma has promoted and distributed Ipsen's botulinum toxin type A products in aesthetic indications. The Ipsen-Galderma strategic partnership now covers China, the United States, the European Union, Australia, South Korea, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and certain other countries. Ipsen continues to promote Dysport within certain therapeutic indications in countries around the world. For more information on Ipsen, visit www.Ipsen.com.
About SCULPTRA®
Sculptra® works to help stimulate the skin's own collagen production and is indicated for use in people with healthy immune systems for the correction of shallow to deep nasolabial fold contour deficiencies and other facial wrinkles.6,7 Sculptra is an injectable biostimulator containing microparticles of poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) which helps gradually revitalize the skin's structural foundation, providing natural-looking, long-term results for up to 2 years.6† Sculptra was first approved for aesthetic use in 2009 in the United States and is currently available in more than 40 countries globally. To learn more about Sculptra products, visit www.SculptraUSA.com.
† Clinical study ended at 96 weeks (2 years)
To earn exclusive rewards, bonuses and discounts on Galderma's aesthetic treatments, join the ASPIRE Galderma Rewards program. To learn more, visit www.aspirerewards.com.
Media
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Head of U.S. Communications
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DYSPORT IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Dysport® (abobotulinumtoxinA) is a prescription injection for temporary improvement in the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults less than 65 years of age.
Important Safety Information
What is the most important information you should know about Dysport? Spread of Toxin Effects: In some cases, the effects of Dysport and all botulinum toxin products may affect areas of the body away from the injection site. Symptoms can happen hours to weeks after injection and may include swallowing and breathing problems, loss of strength and muscle weakness all over the body, double vision, blurred vision and drooping eyelids, hoarseness or change or loss of voice, trouble saying words clearly, or loss of bladder control. Swallowing and breathing problems can be life threatening and there have been reports of death. You are at the highest risk if these problems are pre‐existing before injection.
These effects could make it unsafe for you to drive a car, operate machinery, or do other dangerous activities.
Do not have Dysport treatment if you: are allergic to Dysport or any of its ingredients (see the end of the Medication Guide for a list of ingredients), are allergic to cow's milk protein, had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin product, such as Myobloc®, Botox®, or Xeomin®, have a skin infection at the planned injection site, under 18 years of age, or are pregnant or breastfeeding.
The dose of Dysport is not the same as the dose of any other botulinum toxin product and cannot be compared to the dose of any other product you may have used.
Tell your doctor about any swallowing or breathing difficulties and all your muscle or nerve conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease], myasthenia gravis, or Lambert‐Eaton syndrome, which may increase the risk of serious side effects including difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing. Serious allergic reactions have occurred with the use of Dysport. Dry eye has also been reported.
Tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you have surgical changes to your face, very weak muscles in the treatment area, any abnormal facial change, injection site inflammation, droopy eyelids or sagging eyelid folds, deep facial scars, thick oily skin, wrinkles that can't be smoothed by spreading them apart, or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant or breastfeed.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins and herbal and other natural products. Using Dysport with certain other medicines may cause serious side effects. Do not start any new medicines while taking Dysport without talking to your doctor first.
Especially tell your doctor if you: have received any other botulinum toxin product, such as Myobloc® (rimabotulinumtoxinB), Botox® (onabotulinumtoxinA), or Xeomin® (incobotulinumtoxinA), in the last four months or any in the past (be sure your doctor knows exactly which product you received, have recently received an antibiotic by injection, take muscle relaxants, take an allergy or cold medicine, or take a sleep medicine.
Common Side Effects
The most common side effects are nose and throat irritation, headache, injection site pain, injection site skin reaction, upper respiratory tract infection, eyelid swelling, eyelid drooping, sinus inflammation, and nausea.
Ask your doctor if Dysport is right for you.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Dysport Full Prescribing Information including Medication Guide at DysportUSA.com.
RESTYLANE IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
The Restylane family of products are indicated for patients over the age of 21, and includes Restylane®, Restylane-L®, Restylane® Lyft with Lidocaine, Restylane® Silk, Restylane® Kysse, Restylane® Refyne, Restylane® Defyne, and Restylane® Contour.
APPROVED USES
Restylane® and Restylane-L® are for mid-to-deep injection into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. Restylane® and Restylane-L® are also indicated for injection into the lips.
Restylane® Lyft with Lidocaine is for deep implantation into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds and for cheek augmentation and for the correction of age-related midface contour deficiencies. Restylane® Lyft with Lidocaine is also indicated for injection into the dorsal hand to correct volume loss.
Restylane® Silk is for lip augmentation and for correction of perioral wrinkles.
Restylane® Kysse is for lip augmentation and for correction of upper perioral wrinkles.
Restylane® Refyne is for mid-to-deep injection into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds.
Restylane® Defyne is for mid-to-deep injection into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe deep facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. Restylane® Defyne is also indicated for injection into the mid-to deep dermis (subcutaneous and/or supraperiosteal) for augmentation of the chin region to improve the chin profile in patients with mild to moderate chin retrusion.
Restylane® Contour is for cheek augmentation and for the correction of midface contour deficiencies.
Do not use if you have severe allergies with a history of severe reactions (anaphylaxis), are allergic to lidocaine or gram-positive bacterial proteins used to make hyaluronic acid, prone to bleeding, or have a bleeding disorder. The safety of use while pregnant or breastfeeding has not been studied. Tell your doctor if you have a history of scarring or pigmentation disorders as these side effects can occur with hyaluronic acid fillers. Tell your doctor if you are planning other cosmetic treatments (i.e., lasers and chemical peels) as there is a possible risk of inflammation at the injection site.
Tell your doctor if you're taking medications that lower your body's immune response or affect bleeding, such as aspirin or warfarin, as these medications may increase the risk of bruising or bleeding at the gel injection site. Using these products on gel injection sites with skin sores, pimples, rashes, hives, cysts, or infections should be postponed until healing is complete.
The most common side effects are swelling, redness, pain, bruising, headache, tenderness, lump formation, itching at the injection site, and impaired hand function. Serious but rare side effects include delayed onset infections, recurrence of herpetic eruptions, and superficial necrosis at the injection site. The risk of unintentional injection into a blood vessel is small but can occur and could result in serious complications, which may be permanent including, vision abnormalities, blindness, stroke, temporary scabs, or permanent scarring of the skin. As with all skin injection procedures, there is a risk of infection.
To report a side effect with any Restylane® product, please call Galderma Laboratories, L.P. at 1-855-425-8722.
To learn more about serious but rare side effects and full Important Safety Information, visit www.RestylaneUSA.com.
SCULPTRA IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Indication: Sculptra® (injectable poly-L-lactic acid) is indicated for use in people with healthy immune systems for the correction of shallow to deep nasolabial fold contour deficiencies and other facial wrinkles.
Sculptra should not be used by people that are allergic to any ingredient of the product or have a history of keloid formation or hypertrophic scarring. Safety has not been established in patients who are pregnant, lactating, breastfeeding, or under 18 years of age.
Sculptra has unique injection requirements and should only be used by a trained healthcare practitioner. Contour deficiencies should not be overcorrected because they are expected to gradually improve after treatment.
Sculptra should not be injected into the blood vessels as it may cause vascular occlusion, infarction or embolic phenomena. Use at the site of skin sores, cysts, pimples, rashes, hives or infection should be postponed until healing is complete. Sculptra should not be injected into the red area (vermillion) of the lip or in the peri-orbital area.
The most common side effects after initial treatment include injection site swelling, tenderness, redness, pain, bruising, bleeding, itching and lumps. Other side effects may include small lumps under the skin that are sometimes noticeable when pressing on the treated area. Larger lumps, some with delayed onset with or without inflammation or skin discoloration, have also been reported.
Sculptra is available only through a licensed practitioner. Complete Instructions for Use are available at www.SculptraUSA.com/IFU.
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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify next week before a New York grand jury that has been investigating hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign, according to a news report.
The New York Times cited “four people with knowledge of the matter” in reporting that the invitation was made by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. Such an invitation often indicates a decision on indictments is near.
The district attorney's office declined to comment. A Trump spokesperson issued a statement that disparaged the investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, as politically motivated.
Any indictment would mark the first time any former U.S. president has been charged with a crime. It would come as Trump is ramping up a run to regain the White House in 2024 while simultaneously battling legal problems on multiple fronts.
The district attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, has said decisions are "imminent" in a two-year investigation into possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election by Trump and his allies. A U.S. Justice Department special counsel is also investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the election as well as the handling of classified documents at his Florida estate.
The New York grand jury has been probing Trump's involvement in a $130,000 payment made in 2016 to the porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her from going public about a sexual encounter she said she had with the Republican years earlier.
The money was paid out of the personal funds of Trump's now-estranged lawyer, Michael Cohen, who then said he was reimbursed by the Trump Organization and also paid extra bonuses for a total that eventually rose to $420,000.
Cohen pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2018 that the payment, and another he helped arrange to the model Karen McDougal through the parent company of the National Enquirer tabloid, amounted to an illegal campaign contribution.
Federal prosecutors at the time decided not to bring charges against Trump, who by then was president. The Manhattan district attorney's office then launched its own investigation, which lingered for several years but has been gathering momentum in recent weeks.
Several figures close to Trump have been spotted in recent days entering Bragg's office for meetings with prosecutors, including his former political adviser Kellyanne Conway and former spokesperson Hope Hicks.
Cohen has also met several times with prosecutors, saying after a recent visit that he thought the investigation was nearing a conclusion.
Under New York law, people who appear before a grand jury are given immunity from prosecution for things they say during their testimony, so potential targets of criminal investigations are generally invited to testify only if they waive that immunity. Lawyers generally advise clients not to do so if there is a potential for a criminal case.
It isn't clear what charges prosecutors might be exploring.
Legal experts have said one potential crime could be the way the payments to Cohen were structured and falsely classified internally as being for a legal retainer. New York has a law against falsifying business records, but it is a misdemeanor unless the records fudging is done in conjunction with a more serious felony crime.
Separately, the district attorney's office has also spent years investigating whether Trump and his company inflated the value of some its assets in dealings with lenders and potential business partners. Those allegations are the subject of a civil lawsuit, filed by the state's attorney general. | 2023-03-10T01:10:33+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-invited-to-testify-before-ny-grand-jury/507-b44201a8-72e9-4284-bcb9-d79bf25ff177 |
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My vote will count
I’m for making all assault weapons illegal. We aren’t a free people if our schools, grocery stores, parade routes and coffee shops are turned into fortresses just to make us “feel” safe. More weapons does not equal more safety. And where does it end? Next, they’ll be telling us that it’s their Second Amendment right to have bazookas and dirty bombs. I’ll be voting for politicians that promote gun control.
Parents should be accountable
Why did the parent sign for the alleged shooter to get guns? He threatened suicide and to kill family members. Parents should be accountable.
True Americans
There are hundreds of episodes of “The Price is Right” to watch. There’s only one United States of America. Thank you Jan. 6 committee and TV stations that broadcast the hearings. True Americans deserve the truth.
Follow-through needed
Lake County News Sun
It was a little disconcerting to hear the nonstop fireworks on July 3 and 4 after the Waukegan police chief announced a crackdown. Apparently the violators lit the fuse with one hand while raising their middle finger with the other. There’s a lesson here — Don’t announce laws you don’t intend to enforce.
Tax the gas
I agree that Illinois taxes are out of control, but I would rather have the county tax gas than have my real estate property tax increased to make up the difference. At least it affects everybody since everyone drives and uses gasoline. Not everyone owns real estate, but they do enjoy and use things that real estate taxes support such as parks, schools, libraries, etc.
It’s so important
This is in response to the remark that the Jan 6 committee hearings should only be on cable channels. This is such a bad comment and view. These hearings belong on the public broadcast channels and cable channels for all Americans to view if they choose. The only reason they’re not on a lot of cable channels is because it may not make enough money, or because they support a political party instead of America and democracy. Many low- income seniors and other Americans do not pay for cable as it is so expensive. We depend on the broadcast stations. We are just as important as the rest of America. Please keep these hearings on broadcast channels so we can all see and hear them. Especially with the threat to our democracy. It’s so important.
Never been so vulnerable
I pray we are not foolish like Ukraine, which banned guns for civilians and then were begging for civilian men with guns to fight the Russians. Ukraine is stuck looking for other countries to send them automatic and semi-automatic weapons. America is depleting our stockpiles of weapons, according to the Pentagon, to send them to Ukraine. If the American leftists are successful in banning AR-15s and other semi-automatic guns, we will be at the mercy of other countries as well to try and defend our nation. How convenient a time for our enemies like China and Russia to attack and invade the United States when our weapons are depleted. The number of military members are also depleted, or meeting to discuss appropriate pronouns. We have never been as vulnerable as we are now. | 2022-07-18T16:57:41+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-talk-of-county-st-0720-20220718-j54jmthm7neq5ck7fnzpsve4ii-story.html |
DALLAS (AP) — As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists.
“No education, just go back home,” she recalled one shouting.
Nearly two years later, Sultani, now 21, is safely in the U.S. and working toward her bachelor’s degree in data science at Arizona State University in Tempe on a scholarship. When she’s not studying, she likes to hike up nearby Tempe Butte, the kind of outing she enjoyed in her mountainous homeland.
Seeing students like Sultani rush to leave in August 2021 as the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years, colleges, universities and other groups across the U.S. started piecing together the funding for hundreds of scholarships so they could continue their educations outside of their home country.
Women of Sultani’s generation, born around the time the U.S. ousted the Taliban after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, grew up attending school and watching as women pursued careers. The Taliban’s return upended those freedoms.
“Within minutes of the collapse of the government in Kabul, U.S. universities said, ‘We’ll take one;’ ‘We’ll take three;’ ‘We’ll take a professor;’ ‘We’ll take a student,’” said Allan Goodman, CEO of the Institute of International Education, a global not-for-profit that helps fund such scholarships.
The fears leading the students to quickly board flights were soon justified as the Taliban ushered in a harsh Islamic rule: Girls cannot attend school beyond the sixth grade and women, once again required to wear burqas, have been banned from universities and are restricted from most employment.
Sultani is one of more than 60 Afghan women who arrived at ASU by December 2021 after fleeing Afghanistan, where she had been studying online through Asian University for Women in Bangladesh during the pandemic.
“These women came out of a crisis, a traumatic experience, boarded a plane not knowing where they were going, ended up in the U.S.,” said Susan Edgington, executive director and head of operations of ASU’s Global Academic Initiatives.
After making their way to universities and colleges across the U.S. over the last two years, many are nearing graduation and planning their futures.
Mashal Aziz, 22, was a few months from graduating from American University of Afghanistan when Kabul fell and she boarded a plane. After leaving, she scoured the internet, researching which schools were offering scholarships and what organizations might be able to help.
“You’ve already left everything and you are thinking maybe there are barriers for your higher education,” she said.
Aziz and three other Afghan students arrived at Northeastern University in Boston in January 2022 after first being taken to Qatar and then a military base in New Jersey. She graduated this spring with a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting management and plans to start work on her master’s degree in finance this fall at Northeastern.
Just two days after the fall of Kabul, the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma announced it had created two scholarships for Afghans seeking refuge in the U.S. Later, the university created five more scholarships that went to some of the young Afghans who had settled in the area. Five more Afghans have received scholarships to study there this fall.
Danielle Macdonald, an associate anthropology professor at the school, has organized a regular meetup between TU students and college-aged Afghans who have settled in the Tulsa area.
Around two dozen young people attend the events, where they’ve talked about everything from U.S. slang to how to find a job. Their outings have included visiting a museum and going to a basketball game, Macdonald said.
“It’s become a really lovely community,” she said.
Sultani, like many others who left Afghanistan, often thinks about those who remained behind, including her sister, who had been studying at a university, but now must stay home.
“I can go to universities while millions of girls back in Afghanistan, they do not have this opportunity that I have,” Sultani said. “I can dress the way I want and millions of girls now in Afghanistan, they do not have this opportunity.”
Since the initial flurry of scholarships, efforts to assist Afghan students have continued, including the creation of the Qatar Scholarship for Afghans Project, which has helped fund 250 scholarships at dozens of U.S. colleges and universities.
But there are still more young people in need of support to continue their educations in the U.S. or even reach the U.S. from Afghanistan or other countries, explained Jonah Kokodyniak, a senior vice president at the Institute of International Education.
Yasamin Sohrabi, 26, is among those still trying to find a way to the U.S. Sohrabi, who had been studying at American University of Afghanistan, realized as the withdrawal of U.S. forces neared that she might need to go overseas to continue her studies. The day after the Taliban took Kabul, she learned of her admission to Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, but wasn’t able to get into the airport to leave Afghanistan.
A year later, she and her younger sister, who has also been accepted at the university, got visas to Pakistan. Now they are trying to find a way to get into the U.S. Their brother, who accompanied them to Pakistan, is applying to the school as well.
Sohrabi said she and her siblings try not to focus on what they have lost, but instead on how to get to WKU, where 20 other Afghans will be studying this fall.
“That’s one of the things in these days we think about,” she said. “It keeps us going.” | 2023-07-24T02:45:55+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/ap-scholarships-have-helped-displaced-afghan-students-find-homes-on-university-campuses-across-the-us-2/ |
New additions from Microsoft, project44 and Convoy bring industry experience and technical prowess to fulfillment tech business
SEATTLE, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shipium, the first fulfillment technology platform for retail and e-commerce, announced three leadership additions to the Shipium team across product, sales, and technical implementation teams. Joining the company are Shilpa Tiwari, VP of Engineering and Data Science; Jason Kerner, Senior VP of Sales Engineering; and Brian Thom, VP of Sales. These new hires follow Shipium's exciting $27.5M Series A fundraising event, the largest in the logistics software industry to date.
Tiwari, Kerner, and Thom join the growing Seattle logistics startup founded in 2019 by supply chain and logistics experts Jason Murray and Mac Brown, which aims to help billion dollar retailers and digitally native e-commerce companies make fast shipping a core business offering. The Shipium Fulfillment Platform enables retailers to automate millions of supply chain and shipping decisions in real-time to better place inventory, promise delivery dates to online shoppers and tap into national and regional carriers to find the fastest and least expensive shipping option.
"We're in full scale-up mode, and it's an exciting time at Shipium as demand for our platform across the retail industry is strong," said Jason Murray, Co-Founder and CEO of Shipium. "Shilpa, Brian and Jason are fantastic additions to the team, and will do wonders to help us improve our products, scale customer acquisition and onboarding, and transform how our customers deliver a great shipping and shopping experience to consumers around the nation."
Shilpa Tiwari joined Shipium from Microsoft where she served for over two years as Group Engineering Manager leading the DataGrid Intelligence platform. While at Microsoft Tiwari was responsible for creating the team and technology stack that powers the Intelligent Risk Insights Platform, which uses data science and deep learning to identify risks and anomalies. Prior to Microsoft, Tiwari worked at Amazon where she led software development focused on optimization solutions and Machine Learning. At Shipium, Tiwari is responsible for leading all engineering and data science teams as they create the supply chain industry's first fulfillment technology platform for retail and ecommerce companies.
In addition to her work at Shipium, Tiwari was recently appointed to the non-profit Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority (WHEFA) Board of Directors, where she will serve as a strategic resource to the organization.
Jason Kerner joins Shipium from project44 where for six years he served as Global Vice President, Solutions & Value Engineering and Lab Services. During his time with project44, he helped grow the company from 12 employees to over 1,200 while establishing the foundation and processes needed to build a strong go-to-market program. In addition, Jason played an important role in many partnerships and assisted with the integration of project44's strategic acquisitions. At Shipium, Jason leads Solutions Engineering (Presales) and Customer Experience (Integration and Customer Success) focused on delivering value to Fortune 500 and direct-to-consumer retail and ecommerce businesses equally.
Brian Thom joins Shipium from Convoy, the digital freight network, where he spent six years in sales, business development and strategy, helping grow the company from 15 employees to over 1,400 with annual revenue exceeding $700M. While at Convoy, Thom served multiple sales leadership roles with the most recent as Head of Revenue Expansion, where he was responsible for go-to-market strategies that helped Convoy grow into the premier freight management technology provider. At Shipium, Thom will lead sales and revenue efforts focused on enabling Fortune 500 and direct-to-consumer retail and ecommerce businesses to modernize their approach to logistics and supply chain management.
At Shipium, our technology enables the world's largest retailers and e-commerce companies to make fast, free and on-time shipping a cornerstone of business. Engineered to help multi-billion dollar and digitally native retailers tame complexity, the Shipium Fulfillment Platform connects, coordinates and optimizes complex supply chain decisions to deliver speed and value. Founded in 2019 by digital supply chain leaders from Amazon and Zulily, the Shipium transforms how retailers do business. To learn more about how Shipium can supercharge your business, visit www.shipium.com.
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BERLIN (AP) — A village in western Germany that is due to be demolished to make way for a coal mine expansion has been cleared of activists, apart from a pair who remained holed up in a tunnel, police said Sunday.
The operation to evict climate activists who flocked to the site in the hamlet of Luetzerath kicked off Wednesday morning and progressed steadily over the following days. Police cleared people out of farm buildings, the few remaining houses and a few dozen makeshift constructions such as tree houses.
On Saturday, thousands of people demonstrated nearby against the eviction and the planned expansion of the Garzweiler coal mine. There were standoffs with police as some protesters tried to reach the village, which is now fenced off, and the mine.
Environmentalists say bulldozing the village to expand the Garzweiler mine would result in huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. The government and utility company RWE argue the coal is needed to ensure Germany’s energy security.
The regional and national governments, both of which include the environmentalist Green party, reached a deal with RWE last year allowing it to destroy the abandoned village in return for ending coal use by 2030, rather than 2038.
The Greens’ leaders argue that the deal fulfills many of the environmentalists’ demands and saved five other villages from demolition, and that Luetzerath is the wrong symbol for protests. Activists reject that stance.
Police said in a statement Sunday that nearly 300 people have been removed so far from Luetzerath. They added that “the rescue by RWE Power of the two people in underground structures continues; beyond that, the clearance by police is complete.”
They said that 12 people were detained in connection with Saturday’s incidents. Demolition of the buildings in Luetzerath is already under way.
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who joined Saturday’s big protest, took part in a smaller demonstration on Sunday, singing and dancing with other activists near the edge of the mine, German news agency dpa reported.
Police said Thunberg briefly sat on an embankment at the edge of the mine and officers carried her a few steps away after didn’t comply with calls to move for her own safety, dpa reported, adding that she then went on her way.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations by preventing Russian troops from overrunning eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been fiercest for weeks.
In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said he was proud of the Ukrainian defenders managing to hold back the Russian advance in the Donbas region, which borders Russia and where Moscow-backed separatists have controlled much of the territory for eight years.
“Remember how in Russia, in the beginning of May, they hoped to seize all of the Donbas?” the president said late Saturday. “It’s already the 108th day of the war, already June. Donbas is holding on.”
After failing to capture Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, early in the war, Moscow focused on seizing the parts of the largely Russian-speaking Donbas still in Ukrainian hands, as well as the country's southern coast. But instead of securing a swift, decisive takeover, Russian forces were drawn into a long, laborious battle, thanks in part to the Ukrainian military's use of Western-supplied weapons.
Both Ukrainian and Russian authorities said Sievierodonetsk, an eastern city with a prewar population of 100,000, remained contested. The city and neighboring Lysychansk are the last major areas of the Donbas' Luhansk province not under the control of the pro-Russia rebels.
Leonid Pasechnik, the head of the separatist-declared Luhansk People’s Republic, said Ukrainian fighters remained in an industrial area of the city, including a chemical plant where civilians had taken shelter from days of Russian shelling.
“Sievierodonetsk is not completely 100% liberated," Pasechnik said Saturday, alleging that the Ukrainians were shelling the city from the Azot plant. “So it’s impossible to call the situation calm in Sievierodonetsk, that it is completely ours.”
Luhansk Gov. Serhii Haidai reported Saturday that a big fire broke out at the plant during hours of Russian shelling.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, a counteroffensive pushed Russians out of parts of the southern Kherson region they took early in the war, according to Zelenskyy. Moscow has installed local authorities in Kherson and other occupied coastal areas, offering residents Russian passports, airing Russian news broadcasts and taking steps to introduce a Russian school curriculum.
Zelenskyy said that while an end to the war was not in sight, Ukraine should do everything it can so the Russians “regret everything that they have done and that they answer for every killing and every strike on our beautiful state.”
The Ukrainian leader asserted that Russia has suffered about three times as many military casualties as the number estimated for the Ukrainian side, adding: "For what? What did it get you, Russia?” There are no reliable independent estimates of the war’s death toll so far.
Speaking at a defense conference in Singapore on Sunday, Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe said Beijing continues to support peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and hopes the U.S. and its NATO allies have discussions with Russia "to create the conditions for an early ceasefire."
“China will continue to play a constructive role and contribute our share to easing tensions and realizing a political resolution of the crisis,” Wei said.
He suggested that nations supplying weapons to Ukraine were hindering peace by “adding fuel to the fire” and stressed that China had not provided any material support to Russia during the war.
“The growth of China-Russia relations is a partnership, not an alliance,” Wei said.
The Institute for the Study of War, a think tank based in Washington, said in its latest assessment that Ukrainian intelligence suggested the Russian military was planning “to fight a longer war.”
The institute cited the deputy head of Ukraine's national security agency as saying that Moscow had extended its war timeline until October, with adjustments to be made depending on any successes in the Donbas.
The intelligence “likely indicates the Kremlin has, at a minimum, acknowledged it cannot achieve its objectives in Ukraine quickly and is further adjusting its military objectives in an attempt to correct the initial deficiencies in the invasion of Ukraine,” the think tank said.
The Luhansk People’s Republic's ambassador to Russia, Rodion Miroshnik, said Saturday that 300 to 400 Ukrainian troops remained blockaded inside the Sievierodonetsk chemical plant along with several hundred civilians.
The Russians established contact with the Ukrainian troops to arrange the evacuation of the civilians, but the the troops will be allowed to leave only if they lay down their arms and surrender, Miroshnik said.
Similar conditions existed for weeks at a steel mill in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol before a civilian evacuation was arranged and the defending troops were ordered by Ukrainian military commanders to stand down. The fighters who came out of the Mariupol plant were taken prisoner by the Russians.
Pasechnik, the separatist leader of the unrecognized Luhansk republic, said the Ukrainians making a stand in Sievierodonetsk should save themselves the trouble.
“If if I were them, I would already make a decision (to surrender),” he said. “We will achieve our goal in any case. We will liberate the industrial area in any case. We will liberate Sievierodonetsk in any case. Lysychansk will be ours in any case.”
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Rockies vs. Guardians: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
Steven Kwan and the Cleveland Guardians will try to do damage against Austin Gomber when he takes the mound for the Colorado Rockies on Monday at 6:10 PM ET, in the first game of a three-game series at Progressive Field.
The favored Guardians have -200 moneyline odds against the underdog Rockies, who are listed at +165. The over/under for the matchup is set at 8 runs.
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Rockies vs. Guardians Odds & Info
- Date: Monday, April 24, 2023
- Time: 6:10 PM ET
- TV: BSGL
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Venue: Progressive Field
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Rockies Recent Betting Performance
- In eight games as the underdog over the last 10 matchups, the Rockies have a record of 1-7.
- When it comes to the total, the Rockies and their foes are 4-6-0 in their previous 10 contests.
- The Rockies are 2-1-0 against the spread over their past 10 games (three of those matchups had a spread listed by bookmakers).
Rockies Betting Records & Stats
- The Rockies have been underdogs in 17 games this season and have come away with the win four times (23.5%) in those contests.
- Colorado has a record of 2-8 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +165 on the moneyline.
- The Rockies have an implied victory probability of 37.7% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Colorado and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 11 of its 23 opportunities.
- The Rockies are 2-1-0 against the spread in their three games that had a posted line this season.
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City of Carlsbad starts input process on long-term capital project spending plan
Water and sewer projects remained high on a list of projects in the City of Carlsbad's five-year spending plan crafted as anticipated demands for infrastructure increased in the growing city.
The public comment period opened June 6 for the City’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP). Input from the public, City of Carlsbad staff and city leadership were sought for 53 municipal projects and six senior citizen projects from 2024 through 2028, read City of Carlsbad ICIP documents.
More:Proposed $163M public works plan for Carlsbad heads to final phases
The projected cost for the projects was $174 million, and replacing waterlines for the City of Carlsbad’s Double Eagle Water System was No. 1 on the ICIP.
“The lines to be replaced serve as gathering lines and transmission lines from the two well fields. The project is being phased,” read a description from the ICIP.
The City estimated $3.6 million of the nearly $10 million was funded so far. The City sought an extra $6 million from 2024 through 2026 for work on the water system located 30 miles northeast of Carlsbad.
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Construction of a second well for the City’s primary sewer lift station was third on the ICIP. Money has not been set aside for this project, but the City sought $500,000 for the project for 2024 and $2 million for 2025, read the proposed ICIP.
Improvements for the sewer system on Rose Street were No. 4 on the ICIP. The planning document noted $63,000 was set aside so far and $460,000 would be sought for 2024.
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Extending sewer pipes at the east end of Rose Street to discharge sewage into the manhole at the intersection of Rose Street and Old Cavern Highway were proposed for the project, according to the ICIP.
City of Carlsbad Municipal Services Director Angie Barrios-Testa said utility related projects normally rank near, or at the top, of every ICIP.
“Because they promote, maintain healthy and safety to the community by providing safe and reliable, drinking water, sewer and sanitary services,” she said.
Planning, designing and construction of a new bridge and bikeway at Boyd Drive and Radio Boulevard crossing Dark Canyon ranked second on the ICIP.
Barrios-Testa said the bridge was important to focus on. In 2021 the current low-water crossing was washed away by flash flooding in Dark Canyon arroyo which also led to the death of at least one person.
“Having a new bridge will ensure safety and north-south transportation access during annual flood events for emergency vehicles and residents to and from the Carlsbad Medical Center, dialysis clinic, schools, places of employment, and other critical community assets on either side of the Dark Canyon regional drainage,” she said.
The City sought $22 million in 2024 for the bridge and bikeway. The City of Carlsbad had $273,000 dollars in hand for the project, the ICIP stated.
A mobile public safety commander center was fifth on the list, read the ICIP.
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The City estimated $575,000 was needed in 2024 to acquire, equip, furnish, and install a public safety command center for regional government agencies based in Carlsbad, per the ICIP.
“The ICIP is a planning tool for the City to establish infrastructure project priorities,” Barrios-Testa said.
“It is a five-year plan that is updated annually. Having a well-planned priority list helps local governments like the City of Carlsbad in order to properly plan for future needs as well as mitigate any emergency situations if possible,” she said.
Barrios-Testa said comments were not limited to those associated with City government as public input and suggestions were welcomed.
More:City of Carlsbad gets $4M from State for sewer improvements
“The ICIP is not a funding source in itself but it is an important component required for some state funding programs. Although federal agencies do not require that projects be on the ICIP list, the planning and development that goes into the preparation of developing the ICIP helps when the City puts together federal grant applications,” she said.
Comments can be submitted through July.
Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway said the City would consider public feedback and develop a final ICIP for consideration in August.
Barrios-Testa said counties and municipalities have until Aug. 19 to turn in ICIP’s to the State of New Mexico and senior citizen facility ICIPs were due Sept. 9.
More:Sewer services and street construction top City of Carlsbad's public projects wish list
Mike Smith can be reached at 575-628-5546 or by email at MSmith@currentargus.com or @ArgusMichae on Twitter. | 2022-06-18T00:15:28+00:00 | currentargus.com | https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2022/06/17/water-and-sewer-projects-majority-long-term-priority-for-city/65361220007/ |
(WXIN) — Tea kettles sold at Target are being recalled after several reported issues, including a fire connected to the product.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall involves Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia Tea Kettles. These 1.75-quart stainless steel tea kettles were sold at Target stores nationwide between July and October of 2021.
The recall was initiated because the paint can chip on the bottom of the recalled kettles, posing a fire hazard. In addition, the handle can break and the spout can leak, posing a risk of burn injuries.
So far, Target has received 27 reports of incidents with the tea kettles which included the kettles leaking, wobbling or moving on the stovetop while in use, the handle grip breaking off, and the paint chipping or melting on the bottom of the kettle. The CSPC says one consumer reported a fire due to the paint chipping off of the bottom of the kettle. No injuries have been reported.
The recalled tea kettles are white and have a copper-colored stainless steel handle with a wooden grip and a white lid with a wooden knob. The inside of the kettles are brushed stainless steel. Item Number 324-03-7894 is printed on the kettle’s hang tag.
Anyone with the recalled tea kettle should stop using it and return it to Target for a full refund. They can also contact Target to receive a prepaid return label to return the tea kettle by mail.
Consumers with questions can contact Target at (800) 440-0680 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT daily or online at https://help.target.com. | 2022-10-06T22:10:06+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/tea-kettles-sold-at-target-recalled-over-fire-burn-hazards/ |
Women’s marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe
(AP) — Women’s marches demanding the protection of abortion rights are set to draw thousands of people across the country on Sunday, the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a federal right to an abortion.
Organizers said they are now focusing on states after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe in June unleashed a flurry of abortion restrictions and near-total bans in more than a dozen states.
“We are going to where the fight is, and that is at the state level,” reads the website for the Women’s March. The group has dubbed this year’s rallies “Bigger than Roe.”
The main march will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, where upcoming state Supreme Court elections could determine the balance of power on the court and the future of abortion rights in the state.
Abortions are unavailable in Wisconsin due to legal uncertainties faced by abortion clinics.
Two days ago, the annual March for Life drew tens of thousands of freshly galvanized anti-abortion activists to Washington, D.C. Abortion opponents are increasingly setting their sights on Congress with the aim of pushing for a potential national abortion restriction down the line.
In the absence of Roe v. Wade’s federal protections, abortion rights have become a state-by-state patchwork. In some states, officials have grappled with laws banning abortion that dated from the 1800s and were still on the books.
In Wisconsin, abortion clinics are facing legal questions over whether an 1849 law banning the procedure is in effect. The law, which prohibits abortion except to save the patient’s life, is being challenged in court.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, with the support of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, filed the challenge to the 1849 ban in June in Dane County, where Madison is located, arguing that it is too old to enforce. Both sides have been trading briefs since and it’s unclear when a ruling may come, but the case looks destined to land at the state Supreme Court.
Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled state Supreme Court, which for decades has issued consequential rulings in favor of Republicans, is likely to hear the case. Races for the court are officially nonpartisan, but candidates for years have aligned with either conservatives or liberals as the contests have become expensive partisan battles.
Evers, who made abortion central to his gubernatorial reelection campaign, has called on the Republican-controlled state Legislature on several occasions to put the abortion decision in the hands of voters. Republican leaders have expressed willingness to introduce exceptions to the law in cases of rape or incest, but Evers has remained firm that he will not sign into law anything short of the protections that existed under Roe.
Beyond Wisconsin, women’s rallies are expected to be held in nearly every state on Sunday.
The Women’s March has become a regular event — although interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic — since millions of women turned out in the United States and around the world the day after the January 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump.
Trump made the appointment of conservative judges a mission of his presidency. The three conservative justices he appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court — Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — all voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Associated Press writer Harm Venhuizen contributed reporting from Madison, Wisconsin.
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Acclaimed poet and Santa Fe resident dg nanouk okpik has been named one of eight winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize, which celebrates literary legends and emerging talent in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama.
The prize, announced Tuesday, comes with an award of $175,000 intended to enable each of the writers to continue their work free of commercial pressure.
Born in Anchorage, Alaska, okpik is a Lannan Foundation Fellow at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She could not be reached for comment.
She won the American Book Award for her literary debut, Corpse Whale, in 2012, and her follow-up, Blood Snow, was published in October. Blood Snow was named one of five finalists for the PEN/Voelcker Award in Poetry.
The first Iñupiaq-Inuit winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize, okpik’s award citation says, “dg nanouk okpik’s lapidary poems sound the depths of language and landscape, shuttling between the ancient past and imperiled present of Inuit Alaska in a searching meditation on ecology and time.”
She grew up in Anchorage and attended Salish Kootenai College and the Institute of American Indian Arts, and she holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast program.
Her poem Twilight Pain, published in 2022, begins with the evocative sentence:
“I have died so many midnight moons,
most of night soil not realized until later.”
The Wave Books publishing page for Blood Snow says okpik’s work “tells a continuum story of a homeland under erasure, in an ethos of erosion, in a multitude of encroaching methane, ice floe, and rising temperatures.”
The other Windham-Campbell Prize winners are poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs, dramatists Jasmine Lee-Jones and Dominique Morisseau, nonfiction writers Darran Anderson and Susan Williams and novelists Percival Everett and Ling Ma. | 2023-04-05T07:15:23+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-poet-wins-174k-prize/article_74891520-d247-11ed-980d-bb9837187336.html |
DENVER (AP) — DENVER (AP) — Newmont Corporation (NEM) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $351 million.
On a per-share basis, the Denver-based company said it had profit of 44 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains and to account for discontinued operations, were 40 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 33 cents per share.
The gold and copper miner posted revenue of $2.68 billion in the period.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Swvl Inc. ("Swvl" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SWVL), a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, today announced its entry into a strategic partnership with City Group Co. KSCP ("City Group"), a leading transport operator and warehousing services provider, through which City Group will utilize Swvl's Software as a Service ("SaaS") offerings in Kuwait. Under the partnership, Swvl and City Group will work to provide the optimal transportation platform for serving Kuwaiti residents, in an effort to simplify their daily lives. The platform will feature a wide range of services, including on-demand, door-to-door, ride hailing, ride sharing and network buses, as well as school and corporate solutions.
Swvl and City Group will initially focus on the development of an initial launch program titled "Citylink Shuttle." The program will include demand responsive transportation ("DRT") and other preferred services, with plans to scale services to 100 or more vehicles over the following six months. Following the successful completion of these phases, Swvl and City Group expect to initiate a comprehensive platform onboarding of City Group's remaining vehicles over a mutually agreed upon period.
Mostafa Kandil, Swvl Founder and CEO, said, "We are excited to partner with City Group to bring next generation of transportation solutions to Kuwait. We are deeply committed to the Kuwaiti transport sector and believe that collectively, we have the unique ability to transform the current offering and customer experience for the benefit of the country's daily passengers. In the process, we will make mobility more reliable, affordable, and convenient."
Mr. Kandil continued, "This partnership is another great example of how Swvl is leveraging strong and rapidly accelerating demand for its SaaS and B2G offerings, in turn facilitating expansion into new, attractive markets. We continue to demonstrate tremendous progress against our business plan goals. This SaaS partnership demonstrates the substantial synergies from our recent acquisitions of a controlling stake in Shotl and door2door, both leading SaaS platforms in Europe."
Youssef Salem, Swvl CFO, said, "We believe the launch of Citylink Shuttle in Kuwait, which is incremental to our business plan, provides Swvl with a compelling upside. It represents another major organic SaaS market expansion after Swvl's recent expansion into Brazil. The expansion of Swvl's SaaS business, its highest profitability segment, is expected to contribute to its plans to turn cash flow positive in 2023. Swvl's ability to pursue complimentary organic and inorganic expansions including the recent acquisition of Urbvan and healthy pipeline de-risk growth plans, increases capital efficiency and provides further upside."
Dr. Dheeraj Bhardwaj, Group CEO of City Group Co. said, "The core objective of Citylink Shuttle" is to provide smooth and safe transportation to match supply with demand efficiently in busy urban areas, in turn making those areas congestion free.
DRT is a form of shared transport for travelling individuals and groups. In this type of transport, vehicles alter their routes automatically, using advanced machine learning and AI technologies, based on transport demand without using fixed routes or timetabled journeys. These vehicles typically pick-up and drop-off passengers in specific stops according to the passengers' needs. The technology ensures that the pickup and drop-off locations are within walking distances from the passengers.
Citylink Shuttle will be a premium and an alternative service to personal vehicles or taxis. It aims to address several requirements by promoting optimized public transportation and majorly supplements the public transportation in areas with little to no access to it; and helps to organize transportation for everyone going to work, appointments, shopping, schools etc. This attractive service will translate into real savings for all, while offering better access to mobility and having a positive impact on the environment".
About Swvl
Swvl is a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, offering intercity, intracity, B2B and B2G transportation across > 135 cities in > 20 countries. The Company's platform provides complimentary semi-private alternatives to public transportation for individuals who cannot access or afford private options. Every day, Swvl's parallel mass transit systems are empowering individuals to go where they want, when they want – making mobility safer, more efficient, accessible, and environmentally friendly. Customers can book their rides on an easy-to-use proprietary app with varied payment options and 24 / 7 access to high-quality private buses and vans.
Swvl was co-founded by Mostafa Kandil, who began his career at Rocket Internet, where he launched the car sales platform Carmudi in the Philippines, which became the largest car classifieds company in the country in just six months. He then served as Rocket Internet's Head of Operations. In 2016, Kandil joined Careem, a ride-sharing company and the first unicorn in the Middle East. He supported the platform's expansion into multiple new markets.
For additional information about Swvl, please visit www.swvl.com.
About City Group Co. KSCP
City Group is a leading transport operator and warehousing service provider in Kuwait. City Group started its business activities in 1977 and is one of the most successful business houses in Kuwait.
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Advocates in support of a proposal before the state Legislature which would allow terminally ill patients with less than six months to live access to medically assisted suicide say that sentiments have shifted among voters who rejected a similar idea just over a decade ago.
Armed with new polling that shows the vast majority of Bay State voters support a medically assisted suicide proposal, advocates of the End of Life Options Act, or H. 2246 and S.1331, were at the State House Wednesday for a lobbying day, telling any lawmaker that would listen that the time is ripe for the Commonwealth to join other jurisdictions where patients and doctors are provided legal protections for end of life care.
“This legislation would allow mentally capable, terminally ill adults to have the option to obtain prescription medication they could decide to take to gently end their suffering if it becomes unbearable,” a spokesperson wrote ahead of the lobbying day. “Nearly three out of four Massachusetts voters (73%) support the End of Life Options Act and nearly eight out of ten voters (79%) support the bill after they learn about its safeguards.”
Sponsored by state Sen. Jo Comerford, Reps. James O’Day and Ted Philips, the bill, if approved by both chambers of the Legislature and signed by Gov. Maura Healey, would make Massachusetts the 11th state to legalize physician assisted suicide.
Neighboring Vermont, at the start of May, became the first state in the country to expand the practice to out of state patients.
Massachusetts has floated the idea of allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives in the past, but there has been little movement on Beacon Hill since a ballot initiative which would have legalized the practice was narrowly defeated by voters in 2012.
Lawmakers previously told the Herald there has been support in the Legislature for the proposal, but they were unsure of former Gov. Charlie Baker’s will to sign any aid in dying bill.
Gov. Maura Healey is apparently of a different mind, having stated publicly that she would support the practice if it were presented with the proper safeguards to prevent abuse of vulnerable patients.
Support for the bill, according to polling, extends even into those with strict religious beliefs and those already living with disabilities.
“At least seven in 10 voters (70%-75%) in every state region support the bill, as do 79% of Democrats, 71% of unenrolled voters, 68% of Republicans, 89% of strongly pro-choice voters, 68% of moderate pro-choice voters, a plurality of pro-life voters (47% vs. 43%), 68% of Catholic voters, 71% of Protestant voters, 68% of voters living with a disability, 76% of white voters and 63% of voters of color,” advocates say. | 2023-06-15T00:17:05+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/14/medical-suicide-legislation-gets-new-life-under-new-governor/ |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Voters in 18 states Nov. 8 approved 88 percent of 380 state and local ballot initiatives that are expected to generate $19.6 billion in one-time and recurring revenue for transportation improvement projects, according to initial results compiled by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
The results of 23 measures are pending.
The approval rate was higher than the historical average tracked by ARTBA's Transportation Advocacy Center. (ARTBA-TIAC). Since 2010, voters in 44 states have approved an average 85 percent of nearly 3,000 state and local ballot measures, raising an estimated $342 billion in new and renewed revenue.
"A key takeaway is that voters remain committed to investing their tax dollars in better streets, roads, bridges, and transit systems even in the face of record inflation and high gasoline prices that are straining household budgets," said TIAC Director Carolyn Kramer Simons.
Voter endorsement comes a year after passage of the landmark federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The revenue generated by the Nov. 8 results will help local governments compete for IIJA-related discretionary grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Among the key outcomes:
Texas: Voters approved a combined $12.9 billion in spending from 114 measures, the most revenue of any state. Texans in 29 localities approved 27 measures—primarily local sales taxes and bonds—to generate $1.5 billion for city, town, and county transportation improvements.
California: San Francisco voters approved (69-31 percent) continuing an existing sales tax of 0.5 percent for an additional 30 years and authorized the Transportation Authority to issue up to $1.91 billion in bonds, to be repaid with the proceeds of the tax. It is expected to generate up to $236 million annually.
Colorado–El Paso County: Voters approved (80-20 percent) a one-cent sales tax to fund local transportation projects, generating an estimated $1 billion over the next 10 years. Of the approved revenue, 55 percent is allocated to capital projects, 35 percent to maintenance, and 10 percent to transit. Voters last renewed the measure with 79.5 percent of the vote in 2014.
The full ballot report is available on the Center's website.
Established in 2014, the TIAC is an educational and informational resource designed to help private citizens, legislators, organizations, and businesses successfully grow transportation investment at the state and local levels.
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As a nurse who has spent the past 51 years treating Ohioans, I know the challenges facing our health care system at large and health care workers. Nurses are the primary care providers of the future, yet it feels like we are often ignored and marginalized by our leaders in Washington, who prefer to spew political rhetoric rather than actually work to solve problems.
That’s why I am so proud to be represented by Congressional Nursing Caucus Co-chair Dave Joyce, one of the few members of Congress who puts his money where his mouth is. Dave actually cares about the people he represents, and he works with both Democrats and Republicans to get things done.
Dave’s landmark nursing bill, the Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act, was signed into law in 2020. He brought both Republicans and Democrats together to fund nursing workforce development programs, which are the largest source of federal funding for nursing education.
Dave Joyce has earned re-election and support from our local nurses, and I cannot wait to cast my ballot for him in November.
Michael Kuper,
Concord Township | 2022-07-28T10:20:42+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2022/07/rep-dave-joyce-has-earned-re-election-support-from-our-local-nurses.html |
Disney is canceling a $1 billion development project in Florida. The decision comes amid continued feuding between the company and the state’s Gov. and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis. The move would have seen 2,000 employees relocated to the state.
Mike Regan, senior editor for Bloomberg, joins host Peter O’Dowd to talk about why the move is off.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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By JOHN WAWROW
AP Sports Writer
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen tested his injured throwing elbow on Friday for the first time in practice this week and is listed as questionable to play against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
The Bills referred to Allen’s practice time as being limited, which is still considered a step in the right direction since he sat out the first two sessions after hurting his right elbow in the final minutes of a loss to the New York Jets last weekend.
Speaking before practice, coach Sean McDermott expected the decision on Allen’s playing status to come down to game time.
“We are literally in an hour-to-hour situation here,” McDermott said. “Just looking at how he’s going to progress through the day, and as he goes through these different tests, medically, making sure that he’s able to check the boxes in a progression to where we can see if we can proceed through the course of the day here.”
The coach then provided a vague response when asked what he needs to see from Allen in determining whether Allen can play: “That’s probably getting too far down the road at this point or into the weeds.”
McDermott added: “Respectfully, we’ve just got to continue to take it through the day here and we’ll see. Listen, I’m going to do a great job of being a listener also in terms of listening to our medical team.”
The Bills officially ruled out starting safety Jordan Poyer (elbow) and starting defensive end Greg Rousseau (ankle) from playing against the NFC North-leading Vikings (7-1). Rookie cornerback Kaiir Elam, who has split the starting duties with fellow rookie Christian Benford, is listed as doubtful with an ankle injury.
Starting middle linebacker Tremain Edmunds (groin/heel) is listed as questionable after he practiced for the first time this week on Friday, while McDermott said starting linebacker Matt Milano (oblique) “should be ready to go” after missing one game.
Allen hasn’t missed a start since sustaining a similar injury in 2018, which forced him to miss four games in his rookie season.
If he can’t go, the AFC-leading Bills (6-2) would turn over the NFL’s top-ranked offense in yards gained to journeyman backup Case Keenum. He’s a 10-year veteran who enjoyed his best season playing for the Vikings in 2017, when he went 11-3.
“Case is a true pro and we have all the confidence in Case and Matt Barkley for that matter,” McDermott said, referring to Buffalo’s two veteran backups. ”(Keenum) has earned all the respect in the world around here. And and I know he’ll be ready if called upon.”
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Accused Chicago officer killer ordered held without bond
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge ordered a teenager held without bond Friday in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer.
Steven Montano, 18, of Chicago, is charged with first-degree murder, two felony firearms charges and misdemeanor counts of assault and interfering with reporting domestic violence.
The officer was shot several times Wednesday afternoon on the city’s Southwest Side, Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown has said. He was identified Thursday as Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso, 32, by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The bail hearing was held a short time after the body of Vasquez-Lasso was taken with a police escort from the medical examiner’s office to a funeral home in Oak Lawn.
Montano was being chased when he suddenly turned around and pointed a gun at Vasquez-Lasso, prosecutors said at the hearing, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The two exchanged gunfire, with Montano hitting the officer in the head, arm and leg, prosecutors said. The officer fired twice and hit Montano in the face.
A police officer testified that Montano remained in critical condition Friday at Stroger Hospital.
An assistant public defender representing Montano said she had not had the opportunity to speak with her client and could provide no information about him for the hearing.
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End-to-end solution makes it easier for organizations to create a reusable, flexible semantic data layer for enterprise data analytics
ARLINGTON, Va., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stardog, the leading Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform provider, today unveiled Stardog 8.0, which contains new innovations to streamline data exploration and discovery for all citizen data users. Stardog 8.0's new capabilities eliminate the need for specialized skills when querying a reusable, flexible semantic data layer, making it easier than ever before to accelerate data-driven insights across the enterprise.
The new Advanced Query tool empowers citizen data users to ask complex business questions via the semantic layer more easily. By removing the need to learn a graph query language, users can self-serve from across their enterprise data landscape.
According to Gartner®[1], data and analytics leaders need to adopt a semantic approach to their enterprise data; otherwise, they will face an endless battle with data silos. Stardog 8.0 makes it easier for organizations to create and use a semantic layer for enterprise data analytics. A commissioned Forrester Consulting study found that enterprises using Stardog realized 75-95% improvement in productivity of data engineers and data scientists.
"Stardog's approach to data integration and analytics acceleration has always been a powerful game changer; every enterprise needs a reusable semantic data layer powered by Stardog," said Kendall Clark, cofounder and CEO at Stardog. "I'm excited about Stardog 8.0 because for the first time that power is available for mainstream data citizens to build and use a semantic layer to make knowledge-informed decisions faster."
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- View Stardog 8.0 documentation and release notes: https://docs.stardog.com/release-notes/stardog-platform
- Read the Stardog 8.0 blog: https://www.stardog.com/blog/introducing-stardog-8.0/
- Register for the webinar where Stardog product experts will provide a live overview, demonstration, and Q&A of Stardog 8.0: https://info.stardog.com/stardog-product-release-8.0
- Visit the DataStars Community: https://community.stardog.com/
Additional Resources
- The FRONTdoor Collective selects Stardog to unlock the value of data in e-commerce supply chain
- Caden taps Stardog to provide unique semantic and data virtualization capabilities for its suite of products
- Boehringer Ingelheim upgrades their data lake into a data fabric with Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph
- Build your data fabric with Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph
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[1] Gartner Report, "LeverageSemantics to Drive Business Value From Data", Guido De Simoni, Robert Thanaraj November 23, 2021
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Funds for Development of Its Anti-Tau Drug Against Neurodegenerative Diseases
BERNVILLE, Pa., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Treventis Corporation, a privately held biotechnology company, announced today that their proposal to preclinically develop a small molecule anti-tau misfolding drug has been awarded funding totaling $2,977,166 by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), part of the DOD.
Treventis' proposal, "Development of a small molecule anti-misfolding drug for frontotemporal degeneration," was submitted in response to the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program - Technology/Therapeutic Development Award (PRMRP-TTDA), which was solicited for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) J9, Research and Development Directorate, by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA).
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a leading cause of dementia, which in many patients is initiated by an aberrant release of tau protein that would otherwise be bound to microtubules. This overabundance of free tau protein allows for formation of pathogenic oligomers which can lead to synapto and neurotoxicity in FTD. The award aims to complete manufacturing of a Treventis anti- tau small molecule in a manner consistent with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and to collect additional efficacy, pharmacology, and safety data according to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in ultimate support of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This work will be undertaken by Treventis and a network of selected contract research organizations overseen by Treventis.
"We are pleased and gratified by the DoD's funding and the feedback from their scientific review. Treventis believes that a small molecule targeting tau has significant potential as a therapeutic for protein misfolding diseases such as FTD," said Dr. Christopher Barden, CEO of Treventis. Dr. Donald Weaver, PI on the study and Chief Medical Officer of Treventis added, "This funding will allow Treventis to bring important new hypotheses about targeting protein misfolding disease into a new stage of validation, which brings an anti-tau small molecule that much closer to making a difference in the lives of dementia patients and their caregivers."
TREVENTIS™ Corporation is dedicated to treating and preventing protein misfolding diseases. We utilize a proprietary, patent-pending discovery engine – Common Conformational Morphology (CCM) – to identify druggable active sites in misfolded protein targets. CCM combines unique in silico models with deep expertise in model development (in vitro, ex vivo, in vivo) to enable rational drug design against misfolded protein targets. Our lead program focuses on anti-misfolding small molecules in tauopathy (3R, 4R, familial mutations and mixed) with relevance to Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal degeneration. We have further efforts in oncology and other neurodegenerative diseases (ALS, Parkinson's) that show the wide utility of our technology platform for the design and development of small molecules in protein misfolding disease. For more information, see www.treventis.com
The Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), established in Fiscal Year 1999 (FY99), has supported research across the full range of science and medicine, with an underlying goal of enhancing the health, care, and well-being of military Service members, Veterans, retirees, and their family members. Throughout history, military medical research has pioneered breakthroughs in reconstructive surgery, the use of antibiotics, intensive care, burn care, and kidney dialysis in response to war time needs, benefitting Service members and civilians alike. Medical research supported by the PRMRP to address near-term military needs including military and personal readiness, continues this tradition. The PRMRP is committed to supporting research that has the potential to profoundly impact the development and implementation of medical devices, drugs, and clinical guidance that will enhance the precision and efficacy of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment across a wide range of disciplines. For more information, visit cdmrp.health.mil/prmrp/
This work will be supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the Defense Health Agency J9, Research and Development Directorate, or the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, in the amount of $2,977,166, through the PRMRP-TTDA under Award No. W81XWH-22-1-0746. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Defense.
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A Lady Trojan Making a Statement: ASH’s Kaysha Hurd ignites the energy and scoring to the hardwood
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - ASH’s Kaysha Hurd has been the fire that ignites the Lady Trojans this season, as she has become their leading scorer.
Hurd’s season high is 23 points against West Ouachita on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and she lit up the court with 20 points in the rivalry against Pineville on Friday, Feb. 3.
“I have been working hard all year long, and it is finally paying off,” Hurd said.
She had to watch her teammates from the sideline for half of last season as she transferred to ASH from University Academy, but when it came time to step on the court, she decided to make the most of it. She did and reached 1,000 points this season.
“It put more fight in me because I have never had to sit out before,” said Hurd. “It is pretty emotional, but it just made me want to go harder and make them even better when I wasn’t playing.”
“It got her more excited when it was time for her to play, she really gave it her all,” said Lady Trojans guard Lainey Bergeron.
As a senior, Hurd leads the team through battle every week by crashing the boards and making sure her voice is heard, especially when the game is on the line.
“She either steps up and makes a play, or she makes a big shot,” said Lady Trojans head coach Jimmy Wenslow. “She finds a way to make an impact on the game. For her size, she rebounds so well. She is not scared to get down there and bang with bigger post players or guards, or whoever it is .”
“She just keeps us in check all the time and shows it on the court with her stats. She is the player you want to be,” said Bergeron.
“When she shows up, she sets her mind when she really wants to win the game,” said Wenslow. “She brings energy that ignites the entire team.”
When the outcome is a win, Kaysha makes a fashion statement the second she steps out of the locker room.
“People hate to see you win and like to see you lose, and when the Alexandria girls’ basketball team started winning, I had to come start a trend and put the shades on to block out all the haters,” said Hurd.
For her willingness to lead the Lady Trojans to victory, Kaysha Hurd is this week’s ACA Athlete of the Week.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden apologized Tuesday for saying Latinos are “as unique” as San Antonio breakfast tacos during a speech to the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization.
“The first lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community,” tweeted Jill Biden’s spokesperson, Michael LaRosa.
The first lady flew to San Antonio on Monday to address the annual conference of UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights and advocacy group formerly known as the National Council of La Raza.
But her attempt to compliment Latino diversity didn’t go over very well when she said that the community is “as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio.”
She also badly mispronounced “bodegas,” small stores in urban areas typically specializing in Hispanic groceries.
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists and others registered their offense on social media, with the journalists’ organization tweeting that, “We are not tacos.”
“Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity to the diversity of Latinos in the region,” NAHJ said.
The association said the first lady and her speechwriters should “take the time in the future to better understand the complexities of our people and communities.”
Last week, President Joe Biden awarded the former longtime leader of UnidosUS, Raul Yzaguirre, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor for a civilian. | 2022-07-12T17:50:28+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/ap-politics/jill-biden-apologizes-for-saying-latinos-unique-as-tacos/ |
U.S. regulators on Thursday cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than age 5.
The Food and Drug Administration's decision aims to better protect the littlest kids amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases around the country — at a time when children's hospitals already are packed with tots suffering from other respiratory illnesses including the flu.
"Vaccination is the best way we know to help prevent the serious outcomes of COVID-19, such as hospitalization and death," Dr. Peter Marks, FDA's vaccine chief, told The Associated Press.
Omicron-targeted booster shots made by Moderna and rival Pfizer already were open to everyone 5 and older.
The FDA now has authorized use of the tweaked shots starting at age 6 months — but just who is eligible depends on how many vaccinations they've already had, and which kind. Only about 5% of youngsters under age 5 have gotten the full primary series since vaccinations for the littlest kids began in June.
The FDA decided that:
--Children under age 6 who've already gotten two original doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine can get a single booster of Moderna's updated formula if it's been at least two months since their last shot.
--Pfizer's vaccine requires three initial doses for tots under age 5 — and those who haven't finished that vaccination series will get the original formula for the first two shots and the omicron-targeted version for their third shot.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to sign off soon, the final step for shots to begin.
Marks said the bivalent vaccine is safe for tots and will help parents "keep the protection for those children as up to date as possible."
But children under 5 who already got all three Pfizer doses aren't yet eligible for an updated booster.
For now, "the good news is they are probably reasonably well-protected," Marks said.
The FDA expects data from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech sometime next month to determine whether those tots will need an omicron-targeted booster "and we will act on that as soon as we can," he said.
For parents who haven't yet gotten their children vaccinated, it's not too late — especially as "we are entering a phase when COVID-19 cases are increasing," Marks said.
The updated vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer are combination shots, containing half the original vaccine and half tweaked to match the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron strains that until recently were dominant. Now BA.5 descendants are responsible for most COVID-19 cases.
The CDC last month released the first real-world data showing that an updated booster, using either company's version, does offer added protection to adults. The analysis found the greatest benefit was in people who'd never had a prior booster, just two doses of the original COVID-19 vaccine — but that even those who'd had a summertime dose were more protected than if they'd skipped the newest shot.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House and House Republicans have an agreement in principle on a deal to raise the debt ceiling for two years and cap spending, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed Saturday, moving the nation one step back from the brink of a historic default.
The agreement in principle was reached by President Joe Biden and McCarthy during a phone call Saturday, a source familiar with their call said. Now both leaders face the tall task of selling the deal to their allies in both chambers of Congress, where Republicans control the House and Democrats control the Senate. The deal must get passed before June 5 – the crucial date when Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US will no longer be able to pay its bills.
“After weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. We still have a lot of work to do but I believe this is an agreement in principle that is worthy of the American people,” McCarthy said during a brief remarks to reporters.
“The agreement protects my and congressional Democrats’ key priorities and legislative accomplishments,” Biden said in a statement. “The agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. That’s the responsibility of governing.”
If the deal ends up passing through Congress and being signed into law by Biden before that so-called X date, the White House and House Republicans will have avoided an unprecedented economic crisis. A default by the US government, which has never happened, could spark a global recession and the loss of millions of jobs – a scenario that loomed over a last-minute rush of holiday weekend negotiations.
The two-year deal would also push the next fight over raising the debt ceiling until after the 2024 elections.
House GOP leaders were planning to brief all members on the state of negotiations later in the evening, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, and the text of the deal will be reviewed overnight by both sides to ensure it lines up with the tentative agreement. The White House plans to brief Democrats on Sunday, according to a Democratic aide.
Despite the deal in principle, new issues could easily crop up at each step along the way, and each step has the potential to be time-consuming, running out the clock ahead of the debt limit deadline early next month. Stiff opposition is expected from both the left and right. That means it’s going to require an intense whipping operation – and support from both sides of the aisle – to get the bill over the finish line.
Key parts of the deal
The agreement in principle will lift the debt limit for two years and roughly cap non-defense spending to current fiscal year levels for 2024 and increase it by 1% in fiscal year 2025, according to a source familiar the negotiations.
As part of the deal, the White House has also appeared to have made concessions to House Republican negotiators on work requirements for people receiving food stamps.
The agreement reached on Saturday phases in food stamp time limits on people up to age 54 that will then sunset in 2030, while also exempting veterans and people who are homeless from these limits, according to this source. The current work requirement for the program, formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, only applies to certain adults between the ages 18-49.
The agreement does not make any changes to Medicaid and prevented certain changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program called for by Republicans, according to this person.
A source with knowledge of the negotiations told CNN earlier Saturday that a provision to impose new work requirements for certain social safety net programs had remained a final sticking point. Republicans had been pushing the issue hard, saying beneficiaries of programs, such as food stamps, who do not have dependents should be forced to follow new rules. Democrats, however, had cast that idea as an attack on poor people.
McCarthy told reporters Saturday evening that he expects the House to vote Wednesday on the agreement reached with the White House. McCarthy said negotiators will continue working Saturday night to write the legislative text and that he expects to speak with Biden again on Sunday afternoon before the final legislative text is posted Sunday.
Default looms
The pressure on negotiators is intense as the US steadily inches closer to the possibility of a default and the threat of economic catastrophe.
In a major development Friday that will give lawmakers more time to reach and pass a deal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that Congress must address the debt ceiling by June 5 or the government will not have enough funds to pay all of the nation’s obligations in full and on time. Previously, Yellen had estimated that the earliest possible date a default could occur was June 1.
McHenry said the Yellen’s new date “clarifies that our timeline is very tight.”
“House Republicans asked for clarification. Chip Roy and Matt Gaetz and Byron Donalds and Dan Bishop, among others, asked for clarification on Secretary Yellen’s math. She updated her math. Obviously, it was a good request. And I think it clarifies our window for us to actually achieve the deal,” he said Saturday.
Debt limit predictions, however, aren’t clear-cut. Rather than a set-in-stone deadline, it is more of a best-guess estimate, which makes it harder to know exactly how much time Congress has to act to avert potential financial catastrophe.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — President Joe Biden applauded Congress on Monday for a “historic achievement” when it passed gun control legislation, but a man who interrupted the president’s speech pressed Biden to “do more.”
While Biden was at the podium, Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting, stood up during his speech. Biden told him “sit down, you’ll hear what I have to say,” and then told event security to “let him talk.”
Oliver was a guest at the celebration but said the day should be anything but a celebration.
“President Biden, you can do more,” he said after the speech.
Biden signed the bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law nearly two weeks ago, and it toughens requirements for young people to buy guns. It also helps keep guns out of the hands of more domestic abusers and helps law enforcement get guns away from people deemed a danger to themselves or others.
Biden said the bill is just a first step, however.
“It will not save every life from the epidemic of gun violence,” he said. “But if this law had been in place years ago, even this last year, lives would have been saved.” | 2022-07-12T00:50:29+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/father-of-school-shooting-victim-interrupts-bidens-speech-on-gun-legislation/ |
BMC nurses joined together and with their community to successfully advocate for a contract that will help recruit and retain the nurses needed to protect and enhance the quality of patient care
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The registered nurses of Berkshire Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted overwhelmingly on November 1 to ratify a collective bargaining agreement with the hospital that will help address staffing problems through strong wage and benefit improvements, and will add additional protections to how nurses provide care.
"Our new MNA contract represents important progress toward addressing the increasingly critical staffing, recruitment and retention problems our nurses and patients have faced in recent years," said Alex Neary, a critical care nurse at BMC and Co-Chair of the BMC MNA Bargaining Committee. "We are also committed as MNA nurses to enforce our contract and make sure the improvements we have secured make a real difference for our patients and in our work life."
"We are extremely proud of all the ways BMC nurses have worked together during these negotiations to get a strong contract," said Gerri Jakacky, a nurse who works in pre-anesthesia services at BMC and Co-Chair of the BMC MNA Bargaining Committee. "We also appreciate that the process of bargaining with BMC's management and legal team was more respectful during this negotiation cycle. Hopefully this mutual respect will continue as we work to make nursing practices and patient care safer every day."
- The contract includes strong language protecting nurses from inappropriate floating. Nurses are specialized to certain care areas and should not be forced to care for patients independently in areas where they are not competent.
- Added the 2W OBs and 2E Transition units to the contract language BMC nurses won in 2018 protecting RN staffing grids from diminishment. This is important to maintaining a minimum level of nurse staffing in each hospital unit and providing patients with the care and attention they deserve.
- Wages: 3% across-the-board increase for all nurses (ATB) retro to Sept. 30, 2021; 4.5% ATB effective Sept. 30, 2022; 3.5% ATB effective Sept. 30, 2023 and add a new top step that is 2% higher than the current; 4% ATB effective Sept. 30, 2024.
- Nurses will receive a $1,000 or $500 lump sum payment depending on their hours worked.
- There are also increases in the contract across a range of differentials, an added allowance to utilize bereavement leave with the death of a significant others' parent, protection against discipline for nurses who park at the hospital during non-work hours, and an expansion of a special benefit program for nurses at least 60 years of age with 30 years of bargaining unit seniority.
BMC nurses won this contract by working together as nurses and with the community. Nurses participated in member meetings, signed petitions, attended a community forum and standouts, and participated during in-person negotiations. The solidarity of MNA/BMC member nurses was essential to securing this agreement.
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(NEXSTAR) — Millions of federal student loan borrowers will soon have much or all of their debt forgiven under a recently announced plan by the Biden administration. Relief will come sooner for some borrowers than others.
The Biden administration estimates up to 43 million borrowers qualify for this federal student loan forgiveness. While the majority will have to wait until October to begin the application process, roughly 8 million borrowers are expected to receive forgiveness automatically, according to the Department of Education.
How do you know if you’re one of those 8 million borrowers?
These borrowers already have the necessary income data on file with the Education Department through one of two ways: a recent Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or an income-driven repayment application that uses income data from tax years 2021 or 2020.
Officials explain this data will be used to identify borrowers that meet the income cap of $125,000 for individuals or $250,000 for married couples or heads of households.
If you are one of those borrowers that has submitted income data for both 2021 and 2020, the Education Department says it will use the year with the lower income.
Borrowers that are found to be eligible for automatic relief will be sent an email and a text message (if signed up for one via your FSA account).
If you’re among the roughly 35 million borrowers that don’t qualify for automatic relief, there isn’t much to do right now.
The Biden administration says it will launch an application for federal student loan forgiveness “in the coming weeks.” The application will be available before the student loan repayment pause ends on Dec. 31.
You can register to be notified when the application is available through the Department of Education by filling out this form. | 2022-09-07T16:52:37+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/will-you-get-automatic-student-loan-forgiveness-heres-how-to-know/ |
OMAHA, Neb., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelex Insurance Services Inc., a leading travel insurance provider in North America, announced it is launching a program to support the company's partners in their marketing efforts: integrated marketing campaign materials delivered quarterly, starting today.
Travelex President and CEO Shannon Lofdahl said the company's partners of all sizes have expressed the need for cohesive marketing materials they can use to effectively market travel insurance. "Often, we hear that time and budget resources are challenges for our partners," Lofdahl said. "And the expense associated with developing creative assets can be costly, particularly for small businesses.
"We see this as an opportunity to leverage our team of talented, nimble marketers and provide our partners added value while saving them money," Lofdahl said.
The amount is significant. At current ad agency rates for concepting, copywriting, design work, and photo licenses, the value of the integrated campaign materials Travelex is several thousand dollars each quarter. Partners will receive digital display ads in multiple sizes; print ads, color and black-and-white; a social media content calendar and graphics for regular posts; and an article and coordinating photo that partners can distribute to their client lists.
"Businesses know they need to advertise, but it's costly," Lofdahl said, "and the expense of an ad agency or freelancer to develop the creative assets increases the cost.
"Travelex has a team of highly skilled marketers right here, and they can help our partners," Lofdahl continued. "These integrated campaigns differentiate Travelex among our competitors, but most importantly, they are one more way we can deliver the outstanding customer service our partners know us for."
About Travelex Insurance Services
For more than 25 years, Travelex Insurance Services has been a leading U.S. provider of travel insurance. As a premier partner to the travel industry, Travelex offers an array of products designed to help travelers create and protect the moments that matter most while they explore the world.
We are part of the Zurich family of global brands and a woman-led organization that appreciates diversity. Guided by our values, we are optimistic, caring and reliable. With forward thinking, determination and a sense of togetherness, we help travelers dream, explore, and travel on. Learn more at TravelexInsurance.com.
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WASHINGTON — As the only current U.S. senator to have visited space, Mark Kelly knows something about unexplained objects in the skies.
Back in his aviator days, Kelly saw Mylar party balloons fly by his cockpit. And once when he was piloting a NASA aircraft, he spotted an object at roughly 45,000 feet (13,700 meters) — much higher than commercial airplanes fly — that he couldn’t identify by sight.
He’s not sure he would want to see American missiles flying at those objects, either.
“I don’t think we want to get into the business of launching AIM-9Xs — at $400,000 a pop — at weather balloons,” Kelly told The Associated Press, referring to the heat-seeking, air-to-air missiles used in recent weeks to shoot down a series of aerial objects, including a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon.
The Biden administration's unprecedented peacetime downing of the Chinese balloon and three other objects has raised new and troubling questions about the security of American airspace, alarming lawmakers who fear the episode has exposed a vulnerability that could be exploited by other foreign adversaries.
While the House and the Senate both voted unanimously to condemn China’s ruling political party for the incursion and largely supported the Biden administration’s decision to shoot down the balloon, they have questions about what’s next.
Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat who has been tasked with heading up an investigation into how the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was allowed to pass over crucial U.S. missile sites, said that he would ensure the Defense Department has funds for a protocol to assess the threat of unidentified flying objects.
“We're going to get to the bottom of what happened and make sure we have a plan going forward to detect and then find out what potential problems this balloon may cause and then a way to bring it down that doesn’t cost us a $400,000 missile,” Tester, who chairs the Defense subcommittee on appropriations, told Fox News Channel.
Concerns over China, which has criticized the U.S. for “an obvious overreaction," and worries about interference with civilian aircraft are shared by members of both political parties, creating the potential in Congress to mount a robust bipartisan response. But lawmakers are also mindful of adding yet more military costs — the U.S. already spends more than $800 billion yearly on defense programs — and are wary of expensive shooting sprees for every random object that appears in America's skies.
Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, is working on legislation that would require weather balloons to carry transponders that could communicate with air traffic control systems to separate research balloons from mysterious objects where “we don’t know what that is. We don’t know where it came from.”
“It would really help the Defense Department to be able to sort out what is civilian science payload, what’s a weather balloon, what’s a NASA balloon, what’s a private company in the United States doing, what might be even a U.S. military,” said Kelly, who logged 54 days in space as an astronaut before jumping into politics.
Other lawmakers have launched a flurry of proposals aimed at the skies including a comprehensive examination of encounters with unidentified aerial objects as well as an investigation into how the military is tracking objects floating over the country.
President Joe Biden has said the military is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects. He has justified the downings by saying the objects presented a remote risk to civilian planes.
But the four missile attacks were the first known peacetime shootdowns of unauthorized objects in U.S. airspace. Officials now say the three later objects shot down likely had a “benign purpose" and were detected after the U.S. military set its radar systems to detect slow-moving balloons.
China's alleged practice of using balloons for surveillance exploits a potential oversight in air traffic control systems, Kelly said. The systems aren’t designed to track the thousands of objects that move in on high-altitude winds.
The National Weather Service alone launches roughly 60,000 balloons every year to monitor for extreme weather. Universities, government organizations and even ham radio hobbyists send up thousands of others.
“This is about whether an adversary has developed a capability that they know we’re not looking for because our systems are set up to see missiles and airplanes. They’re not set up to see smaller objects at lower altitudes,” said Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, who is pushing for the recent encounters to be included in a wider government study of “unidentified aerial phenomena” — better known as UFOs, short for unidentified flying objects.
Rubio, along with Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, also jumped on the opportunity to renew a proposal to create the Space National Guard.
“China has fused its commercial, military and technological applications in ways no other nation ever has,” Rubio told reporters. “So it’s a multifaceted challenge and one that will require a comprehensive, long-term and committed response.”
But the bills face uncertain paths to becoming law.
As senators were clued into the origins of the objects shot down this month, some appeared ready to move on. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, quipped about aliens and said “there’s just a bunch of junk up there.” | 2023-02-20T18:56:24+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/congress-floats-ways-to-secure-skies-after-chinese-balloon |
While he's not back on the Today set just yet, Al Roker's colleagues are celebrating his latest milestone.
After being hospitalized in November and December, the longtime NBC weatherman revealed on Thursday that he was officially back home. His work family celebrated the happy news back in the studio on Friday, sharing with viewers that Roker had been discharged.
"We’ve been waiting to say this," Hoda Kotb said. "We have some great, great news about Al to share on this Friday morning, which is Al is officially home from the hospital."
While they are eager to welcome Roker back, Carson Daly gave his co-worker a hilarious heads-up: There are racks of clothes in his office. "I wrote him a text. I said, 'Al, you gotta come back because this is turning into Hoda’s, like, third closet," Daly quipped.
All kidding aside, Kotb and Savannah Guthrie noted all the people who have visited Rockefeller Plaza with signs expressing their well wishes for Roker. As Guthrie said, "Well, we feel the exact same and he'll be back soon."
And just like he's been on their minds, Roker's Today family has been on his. "Home!" he wrote on Instagram Thursday. "So incredibly grateful to family, friends, medical folks, @todayshow family and all your thoughts and prayers."
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PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) — PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) — Workday Inc. (WDAY) on Monday reported a loss of $125.7 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.
The Pleasanton, California-based company said it had a loss of 49 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 99 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 30 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 89 cents per share.
The maker of human resources software posted revenue of $1.65 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Thirty-one analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.63 billion.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $366.7 million, or $1.44 per share. Revenue was reported as $6.22 billion.
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While the Nordstrom “Anniversary Sale” is only a few weeks away, early deals are already dropping ahead of the massive sales event.
Nordstrom will hold its annual “Anniversary Sale” from July 17 to August 6, while its early preview starts on July 3.
The Nordstrom “Anniversary Sale” is the retailer’s largest sale of the year with several discounts on top designer brands, including Good American, Boss, Nike and Birkenstock.
If you can’t wait until July 17 to start shopping the Nordstrom “Anniversary Sale 2023,” you can start shopping these early deals on handbags, clothing and shoes now.
Here’s a look at some of the top markdowns Nordstrom is offering ahead of its mega “Anniversary Sale.”
Handbags
- Tory Burch Mini Kira Top Handle Bag for $279, instead of $398
- Coach Lori Signature Coated Canvas Shoulder Bag for $225, instead of $450
- rag & bone Mini Belize Suede Bucket Bag for $257, instead of $395
Clothing
- Free People One I Love Maxi Dress for $84-$100, instead of $128
- Versace Biggie Coin Safety Pin Cotton Graphic Tee for $220, instead of $550
- Burberry Kids’ Royson Check Stretch Cotton Shorts for $156, instead of $260
Shoes
- Sam Edelman Irina Slide Sandal (Women) for $90, instead of $130
- Samuel Hubbard Blue Skies Slip-On (Men) for $170, instead of $245
- Steve Madden JRezume Sneaker for $30, instead of $50
Find more early deals ahead of the Nordstrom “Anniversary Sale.”
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DOVER, DE - The Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission (POSDC) is now accepting applications via the newly launched website. The current available funding for the Commission is approximately $3 Million. The 2022 Phase 1A Application will be open November 30, 2022 – December 31, 2022.
Applicants may apply to be considered for grants and intragovernmental transfers of $100,000 or less from the Prescription Opioid Impact Fund established under 16 Del. C. § 4803B and/or the Prescription Opioid Settlement Fund established under 16 Del. C. § 4808B.
The Commission is currently co-chaired by Delaware’s Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long and Attorney General Kathleen Jennings. The work of the POSDC Commission is supported by its co-chairs and the following five standing committees:
- Behavioral Health Resources
- Budget and Reporting
- Governance
- Local Governments
- Public Outreach and Community Input
“I have focused my time in public office on helping those who are suffering from addiction and mental health challenges,” said Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Ph.D., R.N. “After years of hard work by Attorney General Jennings we now have access to these settlement funds to provide much needed help to those in Delaware affected by the opioid crisis. As the Chair of the Behavioral Health Consortium which oversees the Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission (POSDC), I am looking forward to working with our partners to make sure every dollar is used to help build back up the communities who have been most affected.”
“I’m proud of the work that my office has done to hold Big Pharma accountable and to secure significant funds to combat the opioid crisis in Delaware — but securing money is only half the battle,” said Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings. “The Commission is more than a steward of a precious public resource; it is a voice for the people of Delaware, who have paid the real price of the opioid crisis.”
Applications can be submitted on the POSDC website. Click here to visit the website, which also includes further guidance on the application process.
Permitted Uses
Money in the Impact Fund must be used for activities in one or more of the
following categories:
- Opioid addiction prevention.
- The following opioid addiction services:
- Inpatient and outpatient treatment programs and facilities, including short-term and long-term residential treatment programs and recovery residences.
- Services relating to treating substance use disorder for the underinsured and uninsured.
- Emergency assistance relating to prescription opioids, including purchasing pharmaceuticals used to reverse the effect of an opioid overdose.
- Peer support programs.
- Services to address adverse social determinants of health which act as a barrier to recovery, including family support services.
Prohibited Uses
-Money in the Opioid Funds may not be used to supplant existing state or local government funding.
-Money in the Settlement Fund may not be used in a manner inconsistent with the terms of the settlement, judgment, confirmation order, or other governing document. | 2022-12-09T06:46:23+00:00 | wrde.com | https://www.wrde.com/news/delaware-prescription-opioid-settlement-distribution-commission-accepting-applications-for-grants/article_3b5fb102-777d-11ed-a30a-5bb24ac401c2.html |
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For some students in the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in Texas, the start of classes this week came with feelings of fear and anxiety. In May, Robb Elementary -- which is now closed and soon may be demolished -- was the scene of a horrific shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers.
Since then, some students have not felt comfortable returning to a classroom.
As parents in Uvalde, Texas, dropped their children off at school Tuesday morning, some students did not want to get out of the car -- but 10 golden retrievers from all across the country who work as comfort dogs were on site, helping ease nerves and provide a distraction, said Bonnie Fear, crisis response coordinator for the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry. This is a different return to school than what the community has ever experienced.
"There was a lot of hesitancy and anxiety about getting out of the car and going into the school. So we placed the dogs outside, and I do believe that that did help some of the kids see that dog and go, 'OK, well, I'm going to go pet the dog,' " said Fear, whose team also provided support to the community immediately after the shooting in May.
The Uvalde school district invited the ministry to bring back the dogs to offer comfort during the first three weeks of school. The 10 dogs will support eight schools; each dog has two handlers.
At some schools, the dogs greeted students outside. At one campus, the dogs sat quietly in a counselor's office to help students in need, Fear said, and at a high school, the dogs were in a hallway.
"That will keep changing as the needs arise, as the kids get into their routine -- and where the dogs are needed, the counselors will instruct us where to go," Fear said. "Our goal is to be present with those that are hurting and in need, and we show up and just be with them in whatever they're feeling."
Comfort dogs have helped support communities affected by devastating gun violence for years. They were deployed to Newtown, Connecticut, after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Canines were sent to Orlando, Florida, to provide comfort after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in 2016 and to Parkland, Florida, after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018.
The Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Ministry teams were at the site of each of those tragedies.
"We get invited, we show up, and we let the dogs do their work," Fear said.
'Animals can help soothe fears and anxieties'
A growing number of studies suggest that spending time with a therapy dog can help reduce a hospital patient's experience of pain, and among university students, directly interacting with a dog resulted in greater declines in anxiety and improved mood.
Of course, most experts stress that the benefit a comfort or companion animal provides is complementary to the medical or psychological therapy that the person gets.
"For those who have experienced trauma, dogs, and animals in general can help facilitate the healing process. Animals can help soothe fears and anxieties," Angela Whittinghill, a child and adolescent behavioral therapist based in Jacksonville, Florida, at the pediatric behavioral health company Brightline, wrote in an email to CNN. She includes a comfort dog in her own therapy.
As people heal after tragedies, a variety of support interventions, no matter how big or how small, may need to be deployed.
"Returning to school after a tragedy such as that experienced in Uvalde, TX must be an extremely anxiety-inducing event for the children and staff. Making therapy dogs available to them would be one of the best ways to help heal the wounds, a much better option than providing talk-therapy alone," Whittinghill wrote.
Whittinghill, who was born and raised in Honduras, added that the comfort dogs might be especially beneficial for the community in Uvalde, whose residents are predominantly Hispanic or Latino.
"Dogs are healers and these kids need healing, talking to strangers about our feelings isn't something the Hispanic community is comfortable with," she wrote. "In this case, therapy dogs would serve an even bigger purpose."
Dogs can notice when someone is upset or needs help, according to Julia Meyers-Manor, an associate professor of psychology at Ripon College in Wisconsin, who has come to such findings in her research.
"We know that dogs can reduce stress through petting and even physical presence. We also know that animals can increase attendance at and willingness to accept therapy in both children and adults," Meyers-Manor wrote in an email to CNN.
"My research on empathy suggests that dogs are sensitive to human crying and seek to make contact with crying individuals," she wrote. "We know empathy of dogs isn't the whole story though as people find comfort even in stuffed animals, pictures of animals, and even robotic animals."
As for Uvalde, Meyers-Manor added that she thinks comfort dogs can help community members, especially children, in times of stress and anxiety -- but it is important to keep in mind that some children might be allergic to or scared of dogs.
"We should be thoughtful about the dogs that we choose to use and how we implement them. ... Not every child is comforted by a dog," she wrote. "When used as an optional part of the school day though, I think they can bring some joy to the children."
An area of emerging research
Scientific literature about comfort dogs dates to the 1950s and '60s, when American psychologist Boris Levinson presented a paper to the American Psychological Association in New York City about how "the importance of the house pet" to humans was "psychological rather than practical."
"He was a counselor of some sort. His dog happened to be around -- this was in the '50s -- and he started to incorporate the dog in his work because the dog was assisting with developing a therapeutic relationship with his clients," said Colleen Dell, an animal therapy researcher, practitioner and professor at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.
Levinson has been described in research as "the first professionally trained clinician to formally introduce and document" the way companion animals might hasten the development of a rapport between therapist and patient.
Yet the widespread deployment of comfort animals -- such as what has been seen in Uvalde and at other scenes of tragedy or disaster -- remains fairly new, Dell said.
More research on comfort animals has emerged in the past decade, but it is not definitive, she said. For instance, some scientific studies suggest that peaceful interactions with a dog -- such as petting the animal -- can increase a person's level of oxytocin, a hormone that reduces anxiety and blood pressure.
But "those few studies that are out there, they have mixed results. We have limited sample sizes and different ways researchers are analyzing their data and so forth. That's not a bad thing in any way. It's just an area that's emerging," Dell said.
"There's just so much going on in this natural type of relationship or communication or connection between the patient or the participant and the dog," she said. "And then it's not just the dog, there's a handler there -- and there really haven't been studies that are looking at the impact of that handler because they are mediating impact as well."
Overall, Dell said, she thinks that making comfort dogs available to people who have recently experienced tragedy, like in Uvalde, can be beneficial if the person likes dogs.
"They are going to be a distraction," she said of the dogs. "So just on that level, that can have a beneficial impact. And the comfort and support that the dog can provide -- they can listen, they're not going to pass judgment -- that's going to be really important, especially to the kids."
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NASSAU, Bahamas, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Island Pay, one of the world's leading digital currency technology companies, is pushing to drive increased tourism to The Bahamas and is aiming to help small merchants become a larger part of the financial ecosystem with the launch of the world's first ever digital Tourist Wallet App and the Small Merchant App.
The Tourist Wallet will revolutionize the tourist experience by allowing travellers to go completely cash free in a region where credit card acceptance among small businesses is low and where there can be reputational challenges surrounding the use of cash. Using their Tourist Wallet, visitors can securely and instantly purchase Sand Dollars, The Bahamas Central Bank Digital Currency, which can then be used to purchase goods and services across The Bahamas.
To support the widespread acceptance of the Tourist Wallet, Island Pay's Small Merchant app will now allow small business owners to transact with tourists by giving them the technology they need to accept Sand Dollars.
"Island Pay is excited to bring this technology to market, which we firmly believe will be game changing for the local economy," says Richard Douglas, CEO, and co-founder of Island Pay. "As a champion in the fight to democratize access to money, we hope other Central Banks will be looking at the success of the Sand Dollar and the innovation of The Central Bank of The Bahamas as a strong case study for what is possible as we move further along the path to a digital economy."
"Today's announcement is an important step in promoting financial inclusion for all Bahamian business owners and will serve to broaden the adoption of the Sand Dollar, helping to drive economic activity across the Islands," said Governor John Rolle of the Central Bank of The Bahamas. "This is an open door for all merchants, regardless of size, to accelerate their participation in the tourist economy in a way they could not in the past. The Central Bank of The Bahamas is particularly targeting more inclusive outcomes for small, independent business owners such as jet ski operators, artisans and craft vendors who need to transact through safe and secure digital means with tourists and with anyone else using the Sand Dollar."
Island Pay has proudly secured several global and regional firsts, including launching the world's first digital currency credit card in partnership with MasterCard and The Central Bank of The Bahamas, the first in the world to integrate a digital currency into ATMs, and the first to begin distribution of government benefits and payroll through its mobile wallet.
About Island Pay:
Island Pay, founded in 2016, is quickly revolutionizing the way people across the Caribbean and Latin America use and access money. Through its innovative technology and strategic partnerships with governments and a network of merchants, Island Pay allows individuals, businesses, and governments to pay for goods and services easily and securely as well as send, transfer, and receive funds electronically using their mobile phones and other low-cost access mediums. Island Pay is driven by a passion to democratize access to currency, especially in areas that are currently underserved or lack accessible financial services infrastructure. More information about Island Pay can be found on islandpay.com.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) -- Sacred Heart Griffin football has a new face calling the plays this fall.
After graduating most of their team last season they while they have a new head coach they also have several new and young players heading into the 2023 season.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-9-0
(four, nine, zero)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-9-0
(four, nine, zero) | 2022-08-20T19:56:34+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17386929.php |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana attorney general’s office has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s order against a state law that prohibits transgender females from competing in girls school sports.
The appeal filed this week argues that U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Indianapolis was wrong in granting a preliminary injunction against the law and allowing a 10-year-old transgender girl to rejoin her school’s all-girls softball team.
The judge ruled in July that the girl had “a strong likelihood” of prevailing in arguments that the Indiana law violated federal Title IX protections against discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities.
Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved the law in May over the veto of GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb as opponents argued it was a bigoted response to a problem that doesn’t exist.
The judge’s ruling only applied to the Indianapolis student as the law took effect July 1.
The attorney general's office argued to the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that upholding the judge’s ruling “would throw open girls’ sports to members of the male sex with all the advantages being born male confers, depriving women of equal opportunities to compete fairly and safely in sports.”
Federal lawsuits are also underway against similar laws in Utah and other states. | 2022-09-08T17:29:02+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Indiana-officials-appeal-ruling-against-trans-17427795.php |
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‘Pissed-off’ Manchin rails on Trump-backed candidate in House GOP primary
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent
Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin was angry.
The Democratic senator had seen a TV ad run by GOP Rep. Alex Mooney — the Trump-backed candidate in a primary for a US House seat in West Virginia — suggesting that his Republican opponent, Rep. David McKinley, backed President Joe Biden’s sprawling social spending agenda.
So he called up McKinley and told him he’d be willing to cut a TV ad and call out Mooney, a rare move to insert himself into a GOP primary.
Manchin told CNN that he informed McKinley he’s willing to do this “because I’m pissed off” after seeing “someone who doesn’t know my state and is lying” about the Republican congressman’s record.
“You’re telling me he’s concerned about my state? … And that’s when I just said, ‘Enough is enough,’ ” Manchin said in a phone interview. “I’m happy to do something to correct that lie. It’s truly a lie.”
Manchin’s comments, which come ahead of next week’s rare GOP-member-vs.-member battle caused by redistricting, are in reference to the bipartisan infrastructure law. Trump backed Mooney after McKinley joined a dozen of his House GOP colleagues — along with West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito and 18 other Senate Republicans — to vote for the bipartisan law to pour money into roads, bridges and broadband. But a majority of congressional Republicans voted against it as they contended it was wasteful and were urged by Trump to kill the bill.
Mooney, who used to serve in the Maryland state senate and chaired the Maryland GOP, is seen as a potential 2024 opponent to Manchin’s expected reelection bid. He has cut several ads in his primary race, accusing McKinley of backing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “socialist agenda” and Biden’s “trillion dollar spending spree.”
“President Trump warned us about RINOs, sellouts and known losers. David McKinley proved him right,” the narrator says in one Mooney ad.
Manchin, who backed the infrastructure law, was single-handedly responsible for derailing Biden’s multi-trillion social spending agenda — known as Build Back Better — which he is now touting in West Virginia. And Manchin said he’s angry at Mooney’s effort to conflate the Build Back Better plan — which McKinley opposed — and the infrastructure law, which had bipartisan backing.
Manchin says he’s perturbed because “of all the s*** we got for separating” the two bills even as House progressives last year demanded for months that the two bills be tied together.
“Every part of the state is tickled to death in knowing what they want to get repaired … for the first time in 30 or 40 years,” Manchin said of the infrastructure law. “But what Mooney is trying to do is lump one with the other. That is an outright lie.”
Manchin accused Mooney of voting against the plan because he “thought it was a good political message for him.”
The ad, released over the weekend, features Manchin looking straight into the camera and saying that McKinley has opposed “reckless spending because it doesn’t make sense for West Virginia,” as Manchin noted he also opposed the Build Back Better plan.
“Alex Mooney has proven that he’s all about Alex Mooney,” Manchin said in the ad, which the McKinley campaign says is running on broadcast TV in West Virginia markets and cable in Washington.
A Mooney campaign spokesperson didn’t respond to a request for comment Monday. But Mooney tweeted his criticism at Manchin and McKinley over the ad, saying that Manchin’s backing is “further proof that David McKinley is a complete and total RINO,” referring to the attack of being a “Republican in name only.”
“It is not surprising that Joe Manchin and the Democratic Party want to defeat a principled conservative like me,” Mooney added.
Capito, the West Virginia Republican, said of the Manchin ad: “I’ve given up a long time ago trying to figure out what Joe Manchin is doing.”
Manchin says he has a 40-year relationship with McKinley, dating back to their time in the West Virginia statehouse. And he said they’ve crossed paths numerous times in their political careers, including in 1996 when they both lost their parties’ respective primary bids for governor. And while he said they, along with their wives, have become friends, he says he “never” would have gotten involved in this GOP House primary until he saw the Mooney ad that was cut.
Manchin says he hasn’t taken similar action in a GOP primary before, but said he’d be willing to cut an ad on behalf of GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska if she asks him for help in her race.
Manchin’s move could also been seen as an opening salvo for his reelection bid. In the interview, the 74-year-old Manchin sounded like he planned to run again, saying: “My inclination is I want to do all I can to continue to help this country and my state.”
Asked if Manchin could be vulnerable in 2024, Capito said Monday: “It’s going to be tough.”
And it remains to be seen if he could face Mooney.
In an interview late last year, Mooney downplayed the possibility of him challenging Manchin in 2024, saying: “I gotta win May 10,” referring to next week’s primary.
Manchin said he didn’t cut the ad against Mooney because he sees him as a prospective challenger, but said if Mooney wants to run against him, “he’ll have to saddle up and get in line.”
And if Mooney loses in next week’s primary, Manchin said: “He may look back at Maryland and think it’s advantageous to go back across the state line.”
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Findings reveal Florida's coastlines have been exposed to PFAS and other toxic chemicals
MIAMI, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Some say, the world is your oyster, but the world — especially human impacts on the environment — can actually be found inside an oyster, according to a new study.
When FIU Institute of Environment scientists sampled 156 oysters from Biscayne Bay, Marco Island and Tampa Bay, they detected contaminants — perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) and phthalate esters (PAEs) — in every single one. These contaminants pose serious health risks to people and wildlife, and the oysters prove they are in the water and have crept into the food chain. The findings were recently published in Science of the Total Environment.
"I wanted to look into what we're eating and if it might be contaminating us," said Leila Lemos, the study's lead author and an FIU distinguished postdoctoral scholar. "These findings are definitely a red flag, especially for areas like Biscayne Bay."
As filter-feeders, oysters are among the best sentinels and can reveal a lot about the overall health of an ecosystem including levels of contamination.
Biscayne Bay oysters had the highest concentrations of contaminants compared to the other study sites. Lemos says this was somewhat surprising since they were among the smallest oysters sampled. The more time an oyster has to grow, the more time it also has to accumulate toxic chemicals. Tampa Bay oysters were among the largest in the study, but they didn't have nearly the amount of PFAS or PAEs as the tinier Biscayne Bay oysters. This means Biscayne Bay could be so contaminated, the oysters are bombarded with such high concentrations they accumulate contaminants more quickly, Lemos said.
The contaminants are likely interfering with the oysters' growth, she said, making their small size another clue. In fact, there was a strong correlation between the amount of PFAS in the water and an oyster's shell thickness and weight. The oysters with the highest concentrations of contaminants had the thinnest shells. The number of contaminants in the area could impair their development — which raises concerns for how chemical contaminants could threaten oyster farming in other parts of the country.
The study also assessed the human health risk of consuming oysters. In this study, the Tampa Bay oysters originated from an oyster farm, so Lemos examined those samples. The good news is the health risk is low. However, Lemos points out current assessments only include four PFAS and four PAEs compounds — and don't look at the majority of compounds. The assessment also does not look at the risks of consuming other marine life that may live the same waters with the oysters with high contamination.
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The Most Innovative Indoor Active Entertainment Experience To Open a Sixth Colorado Park
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sky Zone, the leader in the indoor active entertainment industry, announced today it is set to open a new location in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Upon opening, this will be the sixth Sky Zone park in the state and will be opened by husband-and-wife franchisee team, Nick and Lisa Nettleton.
"As long-time fans of Sky Zone, we jumped at the opportunity to open a franchise as it perfectly aligns our values as a place for families to come and have fun together," said franchisees Nick and Lisa Nettleton. "It was important for us to find an organization with a clear path to profitability as well as a strong infrastructure of franchisee support. We are excited to introduce Highlands Ranch families to Sky Zone and show them why we're the best option for parties, play dates, and so much more."
As the leader in the indoor active entertainment industry and innovator of bounce-off-the-walls fun, Sky Zone gives children freedom to run, jump and play on a unique mix of attractions, including Ninja Courses that spark friendly competition; the Toddler Zone, a perfect place for the youngest jumpers to play; springy Air Courts that give guests of all abilities an extra boost while shooting baskets or scoring soccer goals; Drop Zones that provide a soft landing for our most fearless fliers; interactive iWalls that immerse players in a full-body play experience; and incredible Zip Lines that send riders soaring across the park.
Sky Zone is the ultimate location for birthday, team and school parties – with set up, clean up and hosting included. Sky Zone also offers parents many other options to keep their kids in on the action, including memberships that provide daily access, exclusive savings and access to members-only events.
"As we close the first quarter of 2023, we're pleased to see steady interest from potential franchisees looking to invest in active entertainment," said Mike Revak, SVP of Franchise and Business Development. "We're thrilled to have the Nettletons join our network as Sky Zone experiences one of the company's most exciting growth periods."
With aggressive expansion plans, Sky Zone is searching for engaged community and business leaders to add to its ever-growing roster of new franchisees. To learn more about Sky Zone visit www.skyzone.com.
About Sky Zone:
Sky Zone is the active play destination for kids and kids at heart. The leader in indoor active entertainment, Sky Zone owns, operates and franchises parks across the US and Canada. The company helps its over 350,000 members and millions of yearly visitors make memorable moments with more than 60 smile-inducing attractions. Sky Zone elevates celebrations to the extraordinary, hosting millions of children at unforgettable birthday, team, and school parties every year. For more information about Sky Zone and to find your local park, visit www.skyzone.com.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer also commonly known as "tranq" or "tranq dope.""Xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in the alert. "DEA has seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 states. The DEA Laboratory System is reporting that in 2022 approximately 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA contained xylazine."According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 Americans died from drug poisonings between August 2021 and August 2022, with 66% of the deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl.Xylazine is not approved for human use. It has heavy sedative effects like an opioid, but it isn't one, and it doesn't respond to the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone, also known as Narcan.Fentanyl is a fast-acting opioid, and users say that adding xylazine can extend the duration of that high, said Joseph Friedman, a researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles.When combined, fentanyl and xylazine can make drug overdoses even deadlier, the DEA says.Additionally, people who inject drug mixtures containing xylazine may develop severe necrotic skin wounds that may lead to tissue death and amputation.Experts recommend giving naloxone to people who may be overdosing on a drug, and consider xylazine exposure if the person doesn't respond to naloxone.Xylazine is in all 50 states but is most concentrated in Philadelphia, according to Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.The White House is looking at xylazine as a potential "emerging threat," which would trigger the development of a federal plan to address it, he said. In the meantime, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has taken action to stop unlawful imports of xylazine.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer also commonly known as "tranq" or "tranq dope."
"Xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in the alert. "DEA has seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 states. The DEA Laboratory System is reporting that in 2022 approximately 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA contained xylazine."
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 Americans died from drug poisonings between August 2021 and August 2022, with 66% of the deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Xylazine is not approved for human use. It has heavy sedative effects like an opioid, but it isn't one, and it doesn't respond to the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone, also known as Narcan.
Fentanyl is a fast-acting opioid, and users say that adding xylazine can extend the duration of that high, said Joseph Friedman, a researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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A fentanyl drug testing kit warns about the dangers of xylazine, which is not yet detectable in street testing.
When combined, fentanyl and xylazine can make drug overdoses even deadlier, the DEA says.
Additionally, people who inject drug mixtures containing xylazine may develop severe necrotic skin wounds that may lead to tissue death and amputation.
Experts recommend giving naloxone to people who may be overdosing on a drug, and consider xylazine exposure if the person doesn't respond to naloxone.
Xylazine is in all 50 states but is most concentrated in Philadelphia, according to Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
The White House is looking at xylazine as a potential "emerging threat," which would trigger the development of a federal plan to address it, he said. In the meantime, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has taken action to stop unlawful imports of xylazine. | 2023-03-21T14:49:44+00:00 | wxii12.com | https://www.wxii12.com/article/dea-issues-alert-about-widespread-threat-of-xylazine-tranquilizer/43370537 |
Winners of American Advertising Awards and National Student Advertising Competition Announced
Tiffany R. Warren Named 2022-2023 Board Chair for Second Year; Helen Lin, Chief Digital Officer at Publicis, Named Vice Chair
Mike Weber, Owner, President/Creative Director, CMR Studios, Received Barton A. Cummings Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Advertising Federation (AAF), the "unifying voice for advertising," has completed its annual ADMERICA Conference. The four-day, in-person event, which was held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN, brought together agency representatives, clients, media companies, suppliers and college students from around the country to discuss the changing culture of business and consumers and how they are impacting the advertising and marketing industry. Equally important, the event celebrated achievements in creativity and public service and demonstrated enthusiasm for the industry across the association's grassroots network.
Among the awards and recognitions presented were:
- Winners of this year's American Advertising Awards, a three-tier, national competition acknowledged to be the largest and most representative industry competition. More than 25,000 entries were received. The awards are often viewed as a lens offering insights to work that may also perform well at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity held later in June
- Winners of the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC), the premier college advertising competition on behalf of a real-world corporate client. The competition involved more than 2,000 college students
- Gold Medal recipient of the Barton A. Cummings Award, the highest honor bestowed by AAF for volunteer service
Also announced were the AAF Board Chair and Vice Chair for the 2022-2023 year.
AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS
In all, 68 Gold ADDYs were awarded, along with two Mosaic ADDYs, two Special Judges Awards and one Best of Show. Best of Show went to BooneOakley and StarMed for the "Don't Get Vaccinated" outdoor campaign for Wilmore Funeral Home. A second Best of Show was awarded in the student portion of the competition. The winning campaign was "Bose Dreams" from Brigham Young University's @BYUadlab.
"The creative work from 2021 exceeded the expectations of our jury this year," said David Campbell, Chair of the National American Advertising Awards Committee. "By nature of the three-tier competition, the national ADDYs still remain the most difficult to achieve in our industry." He added, "Now, our sights are set on the 2022/23 competition season which opens in a few months."
NATIONAL STUDENT ADVERTISING COMPETITION
This year's client, Meta Quest, challenged students to develop a campaign that would make Quest 2 a coveted, essential product for college students and those preparing for college. Texas Tech University was named the winner of the 2022 Competition. Liberty University placed second and the University of California at Berkeley finished third. Said Ayanna Jackson, EVP Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Education at AAF, "I can think of no better way to attract talent to our industry than by spotlighting the best and the brightest young people who are considering careers in advertising and marketing. That's what this competition aspires to achieve," noting, "Many of the participating students go on to promising careers in the business."
BARTON A. CUMMINGS AWARD
Mike Weber, Owner & President/Creative Director of CMR Studios, was awarded the prestigious Barton A. Cummings Award for volunteer service. The award was established in 1994 in memory of the late Bart Cummings, CEO of Compton Advertising (now Saatchi & Saatchi) who believed dedication to industry service and advancing the social and economic values of advertising were as important as any business-related endeavor. Mr. Weber was recognized for his more than 17 years of service helping to shape, structure and judge the AAF's American Advertising Awards, among other contributions. "AAF recognizes the importance of volunteer service if we want to truly be a unifying voice for advertising and support AAF on a local, district, regional and national level," said Steve Pacheco, President and CEO, the American Advertising Federation, adding, "As a former recipient of this award, I can testify first-hand to what it means to be on the receiving end."
2022-2023 BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT
AAF announced that Tiffany R. Warren, EVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Sony Music Group, will serve as Board Chair for a second year in 2022-2023. Ms. Warren was originally elected Board Chair for the 2021-2022 period. In addition, Helen Lin, Chief Digital Officer at Publicis, was named Vice Chair. Both roles go into effect July 1, 2022. "We are incredibly grateful and appreciative that Tiffany has agreed to serve as Board Chair for a second year and continue to lead our efforts to support the Mosaic Center, as well as add more HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions to our 130 college chapters," said Pacheco. He continued, "We are equally excited that Helen has agreed to serve as Vice Chair for the coming year, helping us to deepen and widen our relationships and expertise within the digital space. Helen is an ADCOLOR Legend, a multiple media all-star and Changing the Game Honoree, among other industry recognitions. I've said it numerous times before – we are fortunate to have such gifted talents as Tiffany and Helen in our corner."
The next ADMERICA conference will take place in St. Louis, MO on June 3-6, 2023.
ABOUT AAF
Established in 1905, the American Advertising Federation (AAF), acts as the "Unifying Voice for Advertising." Its membership is comprised of more than 50 corporate members made up of the nation's leading advertisers, agencies, and media companies; a national network of 150+ local clubs representing 40,000 advertising professionals; and more than 140 college chapters with 4,000 student members. The AAF operates a host of programs and initiatives, including Advertising Day on the Hill, the Advertising Hall of Fame, the Advertising Hall of Achievement, the American Advertising Awards, the National Student Advertising Competition, the Mosaic Awards, the Most Promising Multicultural Students Program and AdCamp for high school students. Follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, or find us at https://aaf.org.
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Family finds bear hibernating under deck
PLAINVILLE, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - We know this is the time of year that bears hibernate, but imagine finding one camping out right in your own backyard.
A family in Plainville, Connecticut, discovered a black bear taking refuge under their deck.
The bear has been there for several weeks. The family is following guidance from state environmental officials, and he’s welcome to stay for a while.
It was a walk outside that turned into a crazy encounter about two weeks ago.
“My dog started growling,” Vincent Dashukewich said. “That’s when my girlfriend got scared and ran to the house, and I turned my head and saw the bear, and we were staring right at each other. It’s pretty crazy.”
Dashukewich said the bear hadn’t done much but lounge around so far.
“He’s massive, yeah, but he’s super chill,” he said.
His family contacted the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).
“They said to just leave him alone, let him be as long as he’s not creating a disturbance or bothering anybody,” Dashukewich said.
Jason Hawley, a wildlife biologist with DEEP, said that finding a bear on your property is a common occurrence in Connecticut.
“We get about 15 to 20 calls a year about bears denning under decks and porches,” he said.
Hawley said there are measures you can take in this situation.
“The most important thing is to just leave it alone, so not go over and continuously be looking underneath, stay out of the area, and keep your dogs and kids away from the area,” Hawley said. “We encourage people to call us if they spot a bear underneath their deck. It could be a bear we’re looking for.”
Meanwhile, Dashukewich said it’s barely been an issue, and they’ve named the bear Marty.
“The reach has been crazy,” Dashukewich said. “The first TikTok videos blew up. That’s when I created the socials for Marty.”
The family has made Marty his own account on TikTok and Instagram under the username “marty.the.bear.”
They want to make his stay as comfortable as possible.
“They’re essentially sleeping, so you can think of it as a five-month-long nap,” said Dashukewich. “My parents are a little worried. They don’t want any problems happening, especially with the dog, so we’re just going to let him be and keep to himself.”
DEEP officials said Marty could be there until early March or longer.
Copyright 2023 WFSB via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-10T02:27:28+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/01/10/family-finds-bear-hibernating-under-deck/ |
Retailer offers opportunity for Midwest makers to submit their food products for potential inclusion in Frederik's by Meijer brand of elevated fare
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meijer is seeking products from Midwest chefs and culinary artisans to be featured in its Frederik's by Meijer line of premium and innovative food. Prospective vendors interested in partnering with the retailer to expand their retail-ready products onto its shelves under the retailer's foodie-focused line can submit for consideration by Friday, Oct. 21. Those selected will partner with Meijer to showcase their products in special "Midwest Made" packaging that highlights their stories.
The retailer launched its Frederik's by Meijer brand in October 2021 and it's quickly growing in popularity among customers. The Frederik's brand reflects the high standards and unique vision of its namesake, Fred Meijer, the retailer's co-founder and creator of the first-ever "one-stop-shopping" experience. His innovative spirit inspires the line, combining the finest ingredients with authentic and appealing flavors. The extension of the line will feature "Midwest Made" products in keeping with his passion for supporting local businesses and growing with his community.
"Frederik's makes high quality, innovative and unique foods accessible to our customers for those moments when they're looking to make dining memorable," said Peter Whitsett, Meijer Executive Vice President of Merchandising and Marketing. "We're excited to use Frederik's to highlight locally crafted products that show off the culinary talent and ingenuity found in our communities."
To qualify, makers must offer retail-ready products made in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky or Wisconsin that embodies the superior flavor and high-quality ingredients the brand stands for to create an elevated experience and memorable occasion for the customer.
Prospective vendors interested in learning more about what Meijer merchants are seeking for this opportunity can register for a webinar regarding product requirements, food safety standards and what it means to be "shelf-ready" here.
Applicants must submit their products via the retailer's partner, RangeMe, by Friday, Oct. 21. The Meijer Team will then select finalists to attend a training session before pitching their products live to Meijer merchants at an in-person event this fall.
"We're always looking to support local businesses and build partnerships that will invest back into the economies of the communities we serve," said Carla Hendon, Director of Supplier Diversity and Indirect Procurement. "This opportunity is particularly special because it gives us the chance to find niche culinary experiences and bring them to our customers on a larger scale."
While they may not qualify for this event, diverse or local vendors carrying services or products that do not fit the characteristics above are encouraged to submit their information for consideration through the retailer's prospective vendor page. Interested vendors can also learn more about Meijer and its commitment to supplier diversity here.
About Meijer: Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 262 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the "one-stop shopping" concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, pet departments, garden centers, toys and electronics. For additional information on Meijer, please visit www.meijer.com. Follow Meijer on Twitter @twitter.com/Meijer and @twitter.com/MeijerPR or become a fan at www.facebook.com/meijer.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B resolved a yearslong criminal case stemming from a pair of brawls at New York City strip clubs by pleading guilty Thursday in a deal that requires her to perform 15 days of community service.
The 29-year-old “WAP” singer agreed to a conditional discharge just as her case was about to go to trial, saying in a statement: “Part of growing up and maturing is being accountable for your actions.”
Cardi B, a New York City native whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges stemming from the August 2018 fights. Ten other counts, including two felonies, were dismissed. Two co-defendants also pleaded guilty.
According to prosecutors, Cardi B and her entourage were targeting employees of Angels Strip Club in Flushing, Queens, over an apparent personal dispute.
In one fight, chairs, bottles and hookah pipes were thrown as the group argued with a bartender. She and another employee had minor injuries.
“No one is above the law,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement. “In pleading guilty today, Ms. Belcalis Almanzar and two co-defendants have accepted responsibility for their actions. This Office is satisfied with the resolution, which includes appropriate community service.”
In 2019, Cardi B rejected a plea deal that would have given her a conditional discharge. Prosecutors then presented the case to a grand jury and obtained an indictment that included the two felony charges.
“I’ve made some bad decisions in my past that I am not afraid to face and own up to,” said Cardi B, adding that she wanted to set a good example for her two children.
“These moments don’t define me and they are not reflective of who I am now,” she added. “I’m looking forward to moving past this situation with my family and friends and getting back to the things I love the most—the music and my fans.”
Cardi B’s chart-topping hits include “I Like It” and the Maroon 5 collaboration “Girls Like You.” | 2022-09-16T11:22:40+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-cardi-b-pleads-guilty-resolving-case-over-nyc-club-brawls/ |
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel A. Cardona, Editor in Chief of The Texas Tribune Sewell Chan, and Terah Lyons join to discuss topics such as school safety, the teacher pipeline, ChatGPT, and HBCU funding
AUSTIN, Texas , March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With South by Southwest EDU® just under a week away, we're excited to share new and exciting Keynote and Featured Sessions being added to the lineup. Leading experts and advocates spanning policy, higher education and media have been confirmed to facilitate conversations dissecting several of the most pertinent topics impacting the education sector today ranging from school safety to the teacher pipeline. The newly added sessions are as follows:
Keynote Session:
Safer Schools: Students, Educators, & Mental Health One Year After Uvalde
On May 24, 2022, 19 schoolchildren and two educators were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in the second deadliest such shooting in U.S. history. The tragedy raised questions not only about gun safety and policing, but also about mental health, social media, loneliness, and the erosion of student well-being that began even before COVID-19. In partnership with The Texas Tribune, Sewell Chan, editor in chief, will moderate a panel with health and education experts and with the parent of a child whose life was taken in Uvalde.
Speakers:
Moderator - Sewell Chan, Editor in Chief, The Texas Tribune
Nick Allen, Ph.D., Ann Swindells Professor of Clinical Psychology, Center for Digital Mental Health, University of Oregon
Kimberly Mata-Rubio, Lexi's Mom & President, Lives Robbed
Odis Johnson Jr., Ph.D., Bloomberg Distinguished Professor & Executive Director, Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, Johns Hopkins University
Featured Sessions:
Supporting HBCUs for Equity in Education & Beyond
HBCUs are pillars of local communities, driving social, economic and cultural growth for all Americans. However, they continue to be under-resourced and undervalued. This conversation will explore how nonprofits, corporations and institutions of higher education must work together to invest in educational equity.
Speakers:
Mark Brown, Executive Director, Student Freedom Initiative (SFI)
Mambu Sherman, Executive Director, Southern Communities Initiative
Suzanne Walsh, President, Bennett College
Raise the Bar to Elevate & Diversify the Teaching Profession
Join a discussion of the teacher pipeline, both the shortages and the lack of diversity. How can we attract young people to the teaching profession as well as build a strong and diverse teacher pipeline to help school districts stem the tide of retirements and the current teaching shortage? You will hear about national and local strategies being used to recruit, retain, and support prospective teachers.
Speakers:
Miguel A. Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education
Javaid Siddiqi, President & CEO, The Hunt Institute
Michael Sorrell, President, Paul Quinn College
Teaching & Learning in the Age of AI: What's Next?
As OpenAI's ChatGPT continues to amaze with its abilities to craft essays, write computer code, and even pass a medical licensing exam, the potential of AI in education becomes increasingly clear. This panel will explore the current and future impact of AI on education, from smart teaching assistants to emerging ethical concerns. Join us as we explore cutting-edge advances and exciting possibilities for teaching and learning in the age of AI.
Speakers:
Moderator - John Bailey, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Terah Lyons, Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Cameron Wilson, President, Code.org
Fostering the Next Generation of Storytellers
Hear how these art industry leaders have overcome adversity in school and how identifying what they thought was a weakness as a superpower has allowed them to be successful today. They will do a deep dive into how to understand and support the next generation of creative leaders in and out of the classroom.
Speakers:
Phillip Boutté Jr, CEO & Co-Founder, 9B Collective Studio
Nicole Hendrix, Co-Founder & Executive Director, BRIC Foundation
Alison Mann, Manager & Co-President + Co-Founder & CEO, BRIC Foundation
Mike Uwandi, Concept Artist, 9B Collective Studio
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NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after a pair of exposés revealed Harvey Weinstein’s long trail of sexual abuse of women, “She Said,” a film that dramatizes the dogged fight to uncover years of allegations against the movie mogul, premiered Thursday at the New York Film Festival.
The film stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who helped uncover the many allegations against Weinstein. When news of their impending report was first leaked by Variety, Weinstein at the time commented: “The story sounds so good, I want to buy the movie rights.”
Instead, the movie that would become “She Said” was adapted from Twohey and Kantor’s 2019 book about the investigation. It unspooled Thursday at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, with numerous women who came forward to tell their story in attendance, including Ashley Judd. Weinstein, meanwhile, is currently being tried in Los Angeles for 11 counts of rape and sexual assault. He has pled not guilty.
The 70-year-old Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2020 for committing a criminal sexual act and third-degree rape.
One of the loudest of the film’s numerous standing ovations was for Judd, whose on-the-record account led The Times’ first report and whose bravery emboldened many others to speak out. Other women who came forward were also in the audience. Judd plays herself in the film.
“I just want to remember when I was speaking to my mother about all this, she said, ‘Oh, you go get ’em, honey,” Judd said in an on-stage conversation following the film, recalling that her father was with her after her 1996 meeting with Weinstein at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel. “When I came down from the hotel room, he knew something devastating had just happened to me by the look on my face.”
“It was very validating that someone finally wanted to listen and do something about it,” Judd added. “The film was the next step in that.”
That “She Said” was premiering in New York at a festival Weinstein once frequented made the evening particularly poignant. Eugene Hernandez, executive director of the festival, noted that “it’s a room Harvey Weinstein has been in.”
The movie, too, has been a subject in Weinstein’s current trial. During pre-trial hearings, Weinstein’s attorneys requested that the trial be delayed because of the release of “She Said,” arguing that it could influence jurors. Universal Pictures will open “She Said” in theaters Nov. 18. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench rejected the motion.
But the array of women on stage — including the stars, the Times reporters, director Maria Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz — made a powerful statement. “She Said” follows the ups and downs of Kantor and Twohey’s persistent investigation, battling against a decades-old wall-of-silence, a litany of NDAs and Weinstein’s own belligerent responses.
“The number of people who shared information with us was relatively small, and yet their impact was so large,” Kantor. said “We hope this film helps people remember that these personal stories really can make an enormous difference.”
The Times’ reporting on Weinstein, along with that of The New Yorker, was the catalyst not just for Weinstein’s dramatic downfall but the rapid expansion of the #MeToo movement begun by activist Tarana Burke that would spread throughout Hollywood and many other industries.
“She Said” follows in the tradition of investigative journalism films like “All the President’s Men” and “Spotlight,” with the notable difference that its protagonists are women balancing their 24/7 work lives with their young families. The film takes care to show the reporters as hard-working professionals not so unlike the young, ambitious women Weinstein preyed on.
Kazan took a moment to reflect on what’s changed in Hollywood in the five years since. There are now intimacy coordinators on set for sex scenes and a more open conversation about gender imbalance. But, she said, “there’s so much change left to be effected.”
“Anybody reading the newspaper headlines since let’s just say the beginning of May would know that we’re still living in an oppressive patriarchy,” said Kazan. “That’s not special to our industry.”
Judd added that, thanks to SAG-Aftra agreements, auditions no longer happen in hotel rooms. But she also made the point that something deeper has changed within women.
“I have reframed the experiences that I have had to understand that they were, in fact, harassment and assault, when I had previously minimized them,” Judd said. “I think that the individual transformation a lot of us have had as a result of what Tarana started and as a result of this reporting, has allowed women’s consciousness to transform and to set boundaries and reclaim autonomy and say, ‘This is the up with which I will not put. This is the hill on which I’m willing to die.’ ”
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in five years, the gender disparity in physician salaries narrowed, with the most significant change seen in primary care, according to the results of the 2023 Medscape Physician Compensation Report.
In a year when physician salaries overall continued to climb, women in primary care earned 19% less than male physicians, compared to 25% less in 2018. The disparity also narrowed within specialties, from a 36% difference in 2018 versus 31% in 2022. Women in primary care earned an average $239,000 in 2022 as compared to $286,000 for male physicians. For specialists, men earned an average $415,000 versus $327,000 for women.
The racial disparity gap did not budge, however, with African American and Black physicians earning 13% less than white physicians, as seen in previous reports.
Highest and Lowest Salaries, by Specialty and Region
As in previous years, the highest paid specialties included plastic surgery ($619,000), orthopedics ($573,000), cardiology ($507,000) and urology ($506,000). Lowest paid specialties were infectious disease ($262,000), family medicine ($255,000), pediatrics ($251,000) and public health and preventive medicine ($249,000).
States with the highest earning physicians were Wisconsin, Indiana, Georgia, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The lowest salaries were in Maryland, Colorado, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Arizona.
More than 10,000 U.S.-based physicians were surveyed for the report across 29 specialties. The survey was conducted from October 7, 2022, to January 14, 2023. The Medscape Report is the most comprehensive and widely used physician salary survey in the U.S., assessing compensation, hours worked, time spent with patients, and what they find most rewarding -- and challenging -- about their jobs.
Click here to view the full report: https://www.medscape.com/2023-compensation-overview
Additional Highlights:
Salary Increases and the Physician Shortage
The report showed the average physician salary at $352,000, up about 4% over the previous year and more than 17% percent higher than in 2018. Specialty salaries also rose, from $368,000 in 2021 to $382,000 in this year's report.
The rise in physician incomes is the result, in part, of a physician shortage, exacerbated by retirements and the impact of burnout, with more physicians making career shifts within medicine, including reduced shifts, shift work, and a move to virtual care.
Satisfaction, Challenges, Competition
Although more than half of physicians (52%) are satisfied with their salary, the report showed growing concern with reduced insurance reimbursements, notably from Medicare and Medicaid, and competition from allied health professionals.
While most physicians said they would continue to see Medicare and Medicaid patients, the percentage dropped from 71% to 65% from the previous year.
Similarly, insurance reimbursement was among the issues cited by the 27% of doctors who said they would not choose medicine as a career if they could do it all over again. Other factors included industry issues (rules and regulations, long hours) and frustrating patients.
More than 1 in 4 physicians said the most significant competition for patients was from allied healthcare professionals, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants and alternative practitioners, i.e., chiropractors and naturopaths.
Still, most physicians (73%) said they would choose medicine again, citing the rewards of doing something they're good at (30%), gratitude from and relationships with patients (24%), and helping others (19%).
"While there is more work to be done, the progress on gender pay disparities was a positive development in this year's report," said Leslie Kane, MA, Senior Director, Medscape Business of Medicine. "That said, the issue of physician burnout, fueled by long hours and bureaucratic burdens, continues to have an impact on how physicians view their careers, their satisfaction with pay, and other aspects of medicine.
"At a time of growing physician shortages, it's important for institutions and organizations to continue to examine industry norms and practices that can hinder physician satisfaction with their career choices."
Medscape Survey Methods:
The 2023 Medscape Physician Compensation Survey was completed by 10,011 physicians representing 29 specialty areas. Respondents were invited to respond to the online survey. The margin of error for the survey was +/- 0.98% at a 95% confidence interval.
About Medscape
Medscape is the leading source of clinical news, health information, and point-of-care tools for health care professionals. Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the most robust and integrated medical information and educational tools. Medscape Education (medscape.org) is the leading destination for continuous professional development, consisting of more than 30 specialty-focused destinations offering thousands of free C.M.E. and C.E. courses and other educational programs for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. Medscape is a subsidiary of WebMD Health Corp.
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Arizona State basketball ready for quick turnaround against TCU in March Madness
NCAA First Round West Region glance.
The Arizona State Sun Devils face the TCU Horned Frogs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night.
Here's what to know before the West Region game in Denver.
No. 6 TCU (21-12) vs No. 11 Arizona State (23-12)
Time: 7:05 p.m.
Site: Ball Arena, Denver
TV/radio: truTV/Arizona Sports 98.7 FM
At stake: The winner advances to second-round play on Sunday against the winner of Grand Canyon (24-11) and Gonzaga (28-5), which will be played at 4:35 p.m.
About ASU: The Sun Devils advanced with a 98-73 thrashing of Nevada on Wednesday in Dayton in a First Four play-in. It was ASU's best performance of the season as it shot 63.6% (25-for-55) with 21 assists and only seven turnovers. It marked the highest shooting percentage in a game in coach Bobby Hurley's eight-year tenure. D.J. Horne led the offensive onslaught with 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the field. Desmond Cambridge Jr. added 17 while brother Devan added 15. ASU got 33 points from its bench. ASU was the fifth-place finisher in the Pac-12 in the regular season.
More:Arizona State vs. TCU basketball picks, predictions, odds: Who wins March Madness game?
About TCU: The Horned Frogs have defeated five nationally ranked foes, most notably Kansas 83-60 on Jan. 21 at Kansas. They made it to the Big 12 tournament semifinal before losing to Texas 66-60. Senior guard Damion Baugh (12.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 5.8 apg) and junior guard Mike Miles (17.3 ppg) were second-team All-Big 12 selections while senior forward Emanuel Miller (12.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg) was an honorable mention selection. Rounding out the starting lineup are senior forward Chuck O'Bannon (7.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg) and junior forward Xavier Cork (4.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg). TCU was the fifth-place finisher in the stellar Big 12.
Of note: This will be the fifth game in 10 days for the Sun Devils and the eighth consecutive road game . . . Freshman G Austin Nunez (concussion) has missed the last seven games but might be able to go in this one. Jamiya Neal has filled in admirably in his absence . . . ASU's six wins on a neutral court are tied for third in the nation . . . The Sun Devils are 14-1 when Devan Cambridge scores in double figures. The lone setback was a 77-72 road setback at USC that closed the regular season.
They said it: "Especially compared to the Pac-12 tournament, the games were back to back. And now we have that one day, and I think that's all we need. We just need that one day, and we're definitely going to maximize that time off and get ready for the next one."
- ASU's Desmond Cambridge Jr on the quick turnaround from one game to another
"It's your goal as a coach to get your team ready for big moments and ready for big games. We've been on the road every week for almost a month now. So you're concerned about just making sure they had the appropriate energy. I thought we handled them well coming into this to make sure that we were prepared and the guys got their reps, but with them having a full tank of gas. They had it early. Their activity on defense was outstanding, and then offensively they were moving the ball and sharing the ball and executing. For us to finish with 21 assists and seven turnovers is what you hope for as a coach, that your team is playing that unselfishly."
- ASU coach Bobby Hurley on his team's recent win and moving forward in the tournament
- Thursday's NCAA Tournament game picks: West Virginia vs. Maryland | Furman vs. Virginia | Utah State vs. Missouri | Howard vs. Kansas | Charleston vs. San Diego State | Princeton vs. Arizona | Illinois vs. Arkansas | Auburn vs. Iowa | Oral Roberts vs. Duke | Colgate vs. Texas | Boise State vs. Northwestern | No. Kentucky vs. Houston | Louisiana vs. Tennessee | Penn State vs. Texas A&M | UNC Asheville vs. UCLA
- Friday's NCAA Tournament game picks: USC vs. Michigan State | Kennesaw State vs. Xavier | UC Santa Barbara vs. Baylor | VCU vs. Saint Mary's | Vermont vs. Marquette | North Carolina State vs. Creighton | Iona vs. UConn | Providence vs. Kentucky | Drake vs. Miami | Grand Canyon vs. Gonzaga | Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis | Montana State vs. Kansas State | Kent State vs. Indiana
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The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But once they're fully grown, the can be over three feet long.
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The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But once they're fully grown, the can be over three feet long.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Bucks vs. Heat - April 22
Giannis Antetokounmpo and his Milwaukee Bucks teammates face the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, at 7:30 PM ET on Saturday.
With prop bets in place for Antetokounmpo, let's dive into some stats and trends to assist you in making good predictions.
Giannis Antetokounmpo Prop Bets vs. the Heat
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Insights vs. the Heat
- This season, he's put up 17.2% of the Bucks' attempted field goals, as he's averaging 20.3 per contest.
- This season, he's accounted for 3.9% of his team's three-pointers made, averaging 0.7 per game.
- Antetokounmpo's opponents, the Heat, have one of the slowest offensive tempos, ranking 29th, averaging 99.2 possessions per game, while his Bucks average 102.4 per game, which ranks 12th among NBA teams.
- Defensively, the Heat are second in the NBA, conceding 109.8 points per contest.
- Conceding 41.9 rebounds per game, the Heat are the sixth-ranked squad in the NBA.
- The Heat concede 25.6 assists per game, 14th-ranked in the league.
- The Heat concede 13.1 made 3-pointers per game, 28th-ranked in the league.
Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. the Heat
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Editor’s Note: The Tri-Cities is growing and News Channel 11 wants to keep you informed of new construction underway commercially and residentially. Our weekly series “Who’s Building That?” uses public documents, research, community connections and hard work to bring you information about who’s building or renovating what, where, and for what use. You’ll also get facts and figures about project costs and potential property tax revenue as well as trend data. Don’t drive by and wonder anymore!
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Biscuits appear headed back to the former Bojangles restaurant near East Tennessee State University, and this time an established name in the local restaurant scene will run the show.
City of Johnson City building permits show Alex and Breelyn Bomba as owners for a renovation of the 2,700-square-foot space at 1709 W. State of Franklin Road. If the name survives — and it’s registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office as of Jan. 23 — the joint will be called Biscuit Doodle.
The most recent drawings from a permit originally applied for in late January show seating capacity of about 75 people. For the particularly curious, equipment notes include the presence of a “Carnival King” waffle maker.
The Bojangles at the location closed in the fall of 2022. Alex and Breelyn Bomba operate a local cured meats store, Cured Fine Meats, and run the catering arm of Jonesborough’s Main Street Cafe and Catering.
The Bombas also have spearheaded the annual Jonesborough Farm to Table Dinner for a number of years. This year’s dinner is set for Aug. 19.
The permit shows about $175,000 worth of work being done in the former fast-food restaurant. The owners have elected not to answer questions about the timeline for opening, menu and other information pertaining to the new restaurant.
WHAT: New “Biscuit Doodle” restaurant in a former Johnson City Bojangles.
WHERE: 1709 W. State of Franklin Road.
WHO: Alex and Breelyn Bomba, area restauranteurs and entrepreneurs.
WHEN: Unknown, but building permit is in effect through August. | 2023-04-12T22:04:45+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/whos-building-that/plan-bombas-to-open-biscuit-doodle-in-old-bojangles/ |
NPR's A Martinez talks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about what the White House is doing to tamp down the highest rate of inflation in four decades and record gas prices.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about what the White House is doing to tamp down the highest rate of inflation in four decades and record gas prices.
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Threat of a changing market isn't getting these buyers and sellers in the market down.
BOISE, Idaho, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As news headlines boast of rising interest rates and volatile housing markets, the buyers and sellers in the market are giving their view on the industry and shedding some light on a normalizing market.
"We wanted to take advantage of the market, so we listed our home and had 13-14 offers. It was insane," said Annellie Tate, who just went under contract on a new construction home built by CBH Homes. "There were so many what if's with the other resale houses - it wasn't what we wanted. We did a self-guided tour in Locale, and the whole time I kept saying, 'is this where we are going to live? I love this place.' It was a surreal experience. I couldn't be happier. It was so fast, easy and seamless."
COVID-19 pushed the real estate market into a frenzy of growth and rising home prices from 2020-2021. 2020 and 2021 were an anomaly. As the market begins to correct, home prices normalize. "Even now, we're still barely over a month's supply," said Brett Hughes, broker and owner of Boise Premier Real Estate in a recent Idaho Press article. "People keep hearing stats like inventory is up double… It's up from two weeks to a month. That is not very much." Boise Regional Realtors' May Market Report showed the median sales price increased from May 2021 to May 2022 by 16.1% but CBH expects to see these prices level off, creating more opportunities for new buyers.
"We don't have a crystal ball, but we can focus on the facts: rates are historically low, the demand for housing is still there, and Boise is an amazing place to live. With all that in mind, yes, it's still a good time to buy a home," said Corey Barton, President/Owner of CBH Homes.
Dave Ramsey, financial guru, in a recent show said, "the best time to buy a house in the next 5 years is right now… 5 years from today, houses are going to be more expensive. They're as cheap as they're going to be. This is the best price you're going to get to buy that home. If interest rates rise, buy the home then refinance."
Annellie told CBH, "It was so relieving to work with CBH. I said we should go buy a lottery ticket because we feel so lucky." A home is always a good investment and now is better to buy than later. CBH Homes currently has over 200 homes available and a promotion of up to $20,000 in extras towards a rate buydown, landscaping, and more. CBH encourages buyers to take advantage of these prices before they're gone. Click here to learn more.
About CBH Homes: CBH Homes has been building dreams for Idahoans for over 30 years, and for 19 of those, CBH Homes is Idaho's #1 Builder, an Idaho Best Place to Work, now ranked #36 in the nation and proudly working with over 23,000 happy homeowners. Cbhhomes.com RCE-923
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Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Friday's results
Brandon 5 Prince Albert 4
Swift Current 4 Winnipeg 3
Saskatoon 4 Red Deer 3 (OT)
Medicine Hat 4 Calgary 3
Regina 5 Prince George 1
Portland 3 Victoria 1
Kamloops 3 Vancouver 0
Tri-City 4 Lethbridge 2
Spokane 2 Kelowna 1
Saturday's results
Brandon 4 Swift Current 2
Winnipeg 6 Prince Albert 4
Moose Jaw 5 Red Deer 2
Saskatoon 2 Medicine Hat 1
Seattle 3 Victoria 0
Everett 4 Portland 3 (OT)
Tri-City 5 Kelowna 1
Vancouver 6 Kamloops 5 (SO)
Lethbridge 3 Spokane 0
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Moose Jaw 3
Regina 8 Edmonton 2
Prince George 6 Vancouver 3
Kelowna 5 Everett 2
Tuesday's results
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Prince George at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Portland, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Calgary at Regina, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 5 p.m.
Spokane at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Vancouver, 7 p.m. | 2022-12-06T08:02:15+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17633950.php |
CHEQ will use the funds to onboard more venues, allowing users to send food and drinks to each other at a variety of restaurants, bars, hotels, and stadiums in key markets around the country.
KIRKLAND, Wash., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CHEQ, Lifestyle Technology, Inc. ("CHEQ"), the first mobile payments platform for the restaurant and hospitality industry to enable social purchasing and gifting, allowing users to pay for and send drinks to one another for on-premise consumption has raised $8M in Seed funding led by WestRiver Group with participation from Harvard's Yard Ventures, Flamingo Capital, and other investors.
Since its inception in 2021, CHEQ has achieved rapid growth through long-term agreements with professional sports teams in key geographies, significantly increasing its market awareness and ability to attract and onboard new users, restaurants and other venues. To date, CHEQ has signed agreements with the Miami Marlins, Miami Dolphins, Washington Commanders, Tennessee Titans, and University of Washington Huskies.
"We've been inspired by the stories of how users are engaging creatively with the social purchasing and gifting features of CHEQ. Friends sending a beverage remotely for a birthday, parents sending their college student a latte to help study for finals, or a bachelorette receiving presents from her friends who couldn't attend the party – the variety of use cases has exceeded our expectations. This validates our mission of creating a more engaging consumer experience built around the commonality of sharing a human connection with people you care about when you can't be there in person" said CHEQ's CEO, Thomas Lapham.
In addition to social purchasing and gifting, the CHEQ platform handles all forms of on-premise payments, including mobile, self-service kiosks, and traditional point of sale (POS) terminals as well as the backend payment processing. Venues are empowered with the option to choose any combination of offerings and configure a solution that fits their needs. "We believe operators know best how to run their businesses, and our job is providing a superior payments platform that makes their job easier and delivers meaningful ROI. This approach is resonating across the industry and has been a key driver of growth for us" said CHEQ's Chief Revenue Officer, Jake Stone. "Our milestone partnership with Pepsi further accelerates this trend," he continued.
"CHEQ was built from the ground up to address the significant limitations of traditional mobile payment and legacy POS solutions." said Anthony Bontrager, Managing Director at WestRiver Group and CHEQ board member. "The ability for sports teams, restaurants and other venues to interact with their consumers before and after their visit creates a unique engagement dynamic previously unavailable and enhances the overall experience for the consumer. We are thrilled to lead this investment round and excited at the multitude of opportunities ahead as CHEQ continues its rollout in key markets across the US."
CHEQ is the world's first social payments platform, connecting consumers and businesses to create frictionless, amazing in-person experiences. CHEQ's universal ordering and payment app can be used by any restaurant, café, bar, or stadium to make transactions fun, easy, and worry- free. Users can even send food and drinks directly to their friends from anywhere in the world. CHEQ lets venues retain their unique branding within the app and keep their direct relationships with their guests.
To learn more about CHEQ visit www.cheqplease.com. For media information write to media@cheq.io.
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HUNTSVILLE — Nell Askew, 96 passed away Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Huntsville, Alabama. A graveside service will be held Thursday, July 14, at Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia, is assisting the family.
Ms. Askew was born on June 28, 1926, in Tuscumbia, Alabama to Grady and Florence Jackson. She was a long-standing member of First Baptist Church in Tuscumbia. Ms. Askew was also an active member in local homemaker and garden clubs for many years, serving in various leadership roles for these organizations.
She was a beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend. Throughout her life Nell was a living example of friendship and hospitality. Her door was always open and there was always a seat at her table, whether it be for a meal, a cup of coffee, or a haircut. She was an avid gardener and could often be found working in her yard. Those that remember her are thankful for the lessons she taught them and the example she set for them. She will be missed by all that knew her.
Ms. Askew was preceded in death by her parents, Grady and Florence Jackson; her first husband, Harold Crawford; her second husband, Manard Askew; her sisters, Bettye and Jo; and her grandchild, Jade-Michael McCrary.
Nell is survived by her daughters, Susan Dill (Charlie), Kathryn McCrary, and Jenny McCann (Ricky); six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a half-sister, Beth Cornelius (David), and many loving nieces and nephews.
Family members will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Helen’s Place, 151 Voekel Road, Huntsville, AL 35811; or First Baptist Tuscumbia, 203 North Dickson Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674.
Please visit morrisonfuneralhomes.com to leave tributes and condolences for the family. | 2022-07-13T05:12:35+00:00 | timesdaily.com | https://www.timesdaily.com/obituaries/delores-vernell-nell-crawford-askew/article_913424ed-a4c2-5037-9dbd-66f276853193.html |
Musk says Twitter in precarious position, defends cost cuts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk is defending his massive cost-cutting at Twitter as necessary for the social media platform to survive next year, in part due to debt payments tied to his $44 billion takeover of the company. Musk described Twitter as like a plane that is headed towards the ground at high speed with the engines on fire and the controls don’t work. He was speaking to a late-night audience on a Twitter Spaces call Tuesday. That’s after Elon Musk said earlier on Tuesday that he plans on remaining as Twitter’s CEO until he can find someone willing to replace him in the job. | 2022-12-21T17:48:51+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/12/21/musk-says-twitter-in-precarious-position-defends-cost-cuts/ |
Woman Mortified After Accidentally Sending ‘Vagina Surgery’ Photos to Random Email Instead of Doctor
A woman on TikTok was mortified when she realized she accidentally sent photos of her vagina that were meant for her doctor to an unknown email.
User @chezablondebitch, a.k.a. Rhys, is a transgender woman who recently underwent gender confirmation surgery.
As part of her postoperative care, her doctor asked her to send daily updates and photos to ensure the healing process was going as planned.
"Girls, I've done something really stupid - I'm just going to get straight to it," Rhys says in her TikTok as she recounts what happened.
"So, obviously I've just had vagina surgery. And, my doctor goes, 'You're going to have to send us emails and photos of it, just to make sure that it all looks ok,'" Rhys explains.
"So, I'm sending two or three photos once a day or every other day," she continues. "My doctor calls me and goes, 'We haven't got any pictures. Is everything alright?' And I was like, 'I've been sending loads!'"
The doctor rechecked her email and confirmed they hadn't received anything. That's when Rhys realized what she'd done.
"Turns out, I've been sending pictures of my fanny to the wrong f---ing email address!" Rhys says. "So, if anyone's got them, I'm really sorry ... I don't really know what to do!"
Watch her harious TikTok below:
Rhys' viral video has garnered over 15 million views as of publishing, as well as countless comments.
"Some guy's out there trying to explain the emails to his wife," one viewer commented, adding a laughing emoji.
"I laughed way too much at this! I'm howling!" someone else wrote.
"Ohhhh so that's what was in my email this morning," another TikTok user joked. | 2022-06-29T14:17:42+00:00 | newstalk1290.com | https://newstalk1290.com/woman-sends-nsfw-photos-random-email-instead-doctor/ |
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could alter the already intense battle over water rights in the parched American Southwest.
For more than 20 years, the Navajo Nation has fought for access to water from the lower Colorado River, which flows directly alongside the reservation's northwestern border.
The Navajo Nation reservation stretches across 27,000 square miles in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. Almost a third of the 170,000 people who live there do not have access to clean, reliable drinking water, the tribe says.
Thousands who live without running water must drive for miles to refill barrels and jugs to haul water home for drinking, cooking, bathing and cleaning. Others rely on unregulated wells.
But the issue of access to the Colorado River is extremely contentious.
A decades-long drought, exacerbated by climate change, has created the driest conditions that the American Southwest has seen in centuries. The region's water supply is dwindling as its population and agricultural output have boomed.
The river, which provides water for 40 million people across the entire Southwest, is already overtapped. The seven states that rely on the river have long been embroiled in litigation over the body of water. Recently, they have struggled to reach an agreement on how to cut back on their water use.
But the Navajo Nation says it has not been able to fully represent its own interests in disputes over water. Instead, they say they've been blocked in court by the U.S. federal government, which says it represents tribal interests in water disputes.
The tribe's claim stems from federal policies that forcibly relocated tribes and their citizens westward and onto reservations, including the Navajo Treaty of 1868, said Heather Tanana, a law professor at the University of Utah.
"When they established these reservations, that came with the promise that those lands would be permanent homelands for the tribe and their people," said Tanana, who is a citizen of Navajo Nation. "And I think everyone would agree you can't have a homeland of any kind without water."
Both the tribe and the U.S. government agree that Indian reservations, including the Navajo Nation, have a right to water.
Now, the Supreme Court must decide how far the federal government's responsibilities go in reserving that right.
"Is the federal government the trustee and the Navajo Nation the beneficiary, such that ordinary trust law principles can be applied?" said Gregory Ablavsky, who specializes in federal Indian law at Stanford Law School. Ordinarily, he explained, a beneficiary can sue a trustee for mismanaging the trust — in this case, water.
Sympathy for the tribe's position came from Justice Neil Gorsuch, a frequent supporter of Native rights who has often split from his fellow conservatives on cases involving Indian treaties.
"Could I bring a good breach-of-contract claim for someone who promised me a permanent home, the right to conduct agriculture and raise animals if it turns out it's the Sahara Desert?" Gorsuch asked during Monday's oral arguments. (No, the government's lawyer replied.)
The U.S. has argued that a broad ruling in favor of the Navajo Nation could force the federal government to conduct an assessment of the tribe's water needs and build water supply infrastructure. Those responsibilities belong to the tribe, the government says.
"Just as the 1868 treaty didn't impose on the United States a duty to build roads or bridges, or to harvest timber, or to mine coal, the 1868 treaty didn't impose on the United States a duty to construct pipelines, pumps or wells to deliver water," said Frederick Liu, an assistant to the solicitor general, addressing the court.
Several of the court's conservatives, including Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, appeared sensitive to that concern during Monday's hearing, which prompted assurances from Shay Dvoretzky, the attorney arguing on behalf of the Navajo Nation.
"The government hypothesizes a parade of horribles where the government would have to be building pipelines across miles and miles and miles of territory," Dvoretzky said. "We're not talking about anything like that."
States that rely on the Colorado River — including Arizona, California and Nevada — also oppose the tribe's efforts, saying that diverting water to the reservation would come at the expense of their states' populations and economies.
A favorable ruling would not immediately solve the tribe's water access issues, experts said. But it would allow the tribe's legal efforts around the Colorado River and other waterways to move forward.
"There isn't enough water. But that doesn't mean that the Navajo Nation does not have valid rights that should be enforced, that they should have the ability to develop their water and then play on the same level with every other stakeholder in the basin," said Tanana of the University of Utah.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-03-21T02:34:58+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/npr-news/2023-03-20/the-supreme-court-wrestles-with-questions-over-the-navajo-nations-water-rights |
Tigers Today podcast: Previewing the 2023 season, and remembering Jerry Green
Tigers Today host Tony Paul is re-joined by Tigers beat reporter Chris McCosky in Episode 5 of The Detroit News' podcast.
With the season set to begin on Thursday in Tampa, the Tigers continue to tinker with the roster, with most of the cuts made on Monday.
Here are the other highlights:
∎ 1:00: Tickets available for home opener vs. Red Sox
∎ 1:30: Tigers acquire Cubs infielder Zach McKinstry
∎ 3:40: Bullpen biggest concern
∎ 5:50: Transition year
∎ 9:10: Eduardo Rodriguez on season opener vs. Rays
∎ 13:30: Javier Baez settles in at shortstop
∎ 15:10: Vegas predicts 70-75 wins for Tigers
∎ 20:10: Parker Meadows starts year in Toledo
∎ 22:40: Joey Wentz sharp in spring training
∎ 23:30: Miguel Cabrera's limited role
∎ 27:40: AJ Hinch/Scott Harris on same page
∎ 32:30: Remembering Jerry Green
Previous Tigers Today podcasts
▶ Lynn Henning pinch-hits, 50 years after first Lakeland pilgrimage
▶ Talking Torkelson, plus Chris picks Opening Day roster | 2023-03-28T23:58:07+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2023/03/28/tigers-today-podcast-previewing-the-2023-season-and-remembering-jerry-green/70058091007/ |
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