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CINCINNATI, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brixey & Meyer Capital ("BMC") announced today a growth capital investment in MasVida Healthcare Solutions ("MasVida"). Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, MasVida provides respiratory, oxygen, wound therapy and other critical medical equipment along with hygiene products to post-acute care facilities across Texas. Josh Robertson will continue as the CEO of MasVida and both Josh and George Robertson will remain as owners in the business.
MasVida makes healthcare equipment rental simple and facility hygiene better by lowering the costs and raising the quality of care for its customers. MasVida's comprehensive solution drives improved outcomes with better products with same day guaranteed delivery, all at a manageable monthly payment.
"We are excited to partner with BMC as they share the entrepreneurial spirit that George and I have operated the business with over the years," said Josh Robertson, CEO of MasVida. "BMC's partnership is merely a continuation of our mission of providing best-in-class equipment and hygiene products when our customers need them the most."
"Partnering with MasVida allows us to help support and fuel the growth of the business in Texas and strategically across the United States," David Brixey, CEO of Brixey & Meyer Capital said, "the MasVida management team combined with this platform offers a diversified healthcare solution we are extremely excited to be a part of."
Brixey & Meyer Capital is a lower middle market private investment firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since its founding, BMC has closed twelve investments and raised over $124 million in committed capital to invest in lower middle-market companies. Brixey & Meyer Capital currently manages seven different platforms across a variety of industries. Follow Brixey & Meyer Capital on LinkedIn here.
MasVida Health is a full-service provider of durable medical equipment rental solutions coupled with its comprehensive cleaning, surface disinfection, and hand hygiene product offering. A unique floor-to-ceiling, science-based approach provides safer and healthier environments, reduces costs, and improves quality of life for patients and facility operators alike. MasVida is HQAA accredited and has delivered quality equipment and product to its customers for over 25 years.
MasVida provides the industry's only OneSource integrated medical equipment rental and facility hygiene solution to post-acute care facilities. OneSource is a customizable, bundled service approach for basic and advanced DME, hand hygiene, cleaning, surface disinfection, odor elimination, and infection prevention programs that improve outcomes for less.
Learn more by visiting MasVida Healthcare Solutions.
Contact: Patrick Odell, patrick.odell@bmcgrowth.com
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SOURCE Brixey & Meyer Capital | 2023-02-14T16:46:19+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2023/02/14/brixey-amp-meyer-capital-announces-growth-capital-investment-masvida-healthcare-solutions/ |
MOST Leads TTA Startups in VivaTech 2022
TAIPEI, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VivaTech 2022 has made a highlight for the global startup ecosystem, with more than 60 thousand participants. Numerous startup challenges were also held during the event, where over 39 nations were involved and competed. Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) presence were strong, leading 33 startups (27 onsite) to showcase Taiwan's innovation. Among these startups, 6 startups, including iStaging, FaceHeart, PanelSemi, Mindtronic AI, ible Technology, and AiSeed Tech, made it to the final of "Coup de Coeur". In addition to that, 3 Taiwanese startups were selected in the Innovation Challenge final, including iStaging, FaceHeart and E-Kids.
TTA Startups: FaceHeart, ible Technology, iStaging Won Judge's Favorites in Coup de Coeur
TTA startups have drawn attention from investors at the final of Coup de Coeur, where FaceHeart, ible Technology, and iStaging won "Judge's Favorites". Faceheart's solution is packed into FH Vitals™ SDK, allowing seamless integrations into a variety of settings to remotely measure key vital signs. It helps to improve human health by transforming the healthcare, home automation, and insurance industries through its proprietary video-based rPPG technology. On the other hand, ible Technology has the smallest wearable air purifier, Airvida, in world. The device removes PM2.5, virus and etc., which has been tested and verified by authoritative laboratories. Last but not least, iStaging is a SaaS provider of out-of-the-box Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions for Business. It aims to help companies and brands transcend physical spaces and products, by crafting immersive solutions that empower visualization and live interaction. Beside Coup de Coeur, iStaging was also shortlisted for the LVMH Selection, and is expected to have further cooperation.
TTA Startups Earned a Big Success
During VivaTech 2022, MOST forms TTA pavilion to showcase innovation in diverse industries. TTA startups have great success at VivaTech 2022; corporations, investors and media were interested in TTA startups, and 3 fine startups won Judge's Favorites in Coup de Coeur. TTA looks forward to further cooperation with the world and will continuously help Taiwan startups connect with global industries and further enhance domestic development of startups and innovation.
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ALPENA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 13-year-old Michigan boy who used a slingshot to save his 8-year-old sister from an attempted kidnapping said he was “freaking out” and simply reached for something that could stop the attack.
"So I grab my slingshot and open the window and I grab two things — a marble and a gravel rock or something,” Owen Burns told WWTV/WWUP-TV in Cadillac in northern Michigan.
Police said Owen struck the 17-year-old assailant in the head and chest, and his sister was able to get away.
“I was just lucky. He’s just a big target because he’s not like one Pepsi can,” Owen said.
The attempted kidnapping occurred on May 10 outside the family's home in Alpena Township. Owen's sister was outside looking for mushrooms.
"I say, ‘OK, be careful.' ... And then, boom, something happens,” he recalled.
Owen heard a scream while playing video games but figured his sister was just "messing around” with friends. A second scream alarmed him.
“So I looked out the window and saw her being abducted by a person and I’m like freaking out,” Owen said.
That's when he grabbed his slingshot. Police caught the suspect and said he had visible wounds. The teen has been charged with attempted kidnapping and other crimes.
State police 1st Lt. John Grimshaw said Owen's actions were “extraordinary.”
He said the boy saved his sister's life or at least prevented “something seriously bad happening to her.”
Owen said he had to act.
“If I wasn’t out there and I didn’t hear her scream, then she was gone," he said. | 2023-05-18T19:53:20+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/national/2023/05/18/michigan-boy-who-used-slingshot-to-save-sister-says-he-was-just-lucky/ |
Dump truck explodes after crash on Ohio highway
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - Several lanes were blocked on an Ohio highway following a crash and explosion on Thursday morning.
According to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, a dump truck traveling I-77 north struck an Ohio Department of Transportation vehicle that was on the shoulder just before 7:30 a.m. near the Graybill Road interchange in Green, WOIO reported.
The crash resulted in an explosion, and both vehicles caught fire, the sheriff’s office said.
According to the sheriff’s office, the driver of the dump truck suffered life-threatening injuries.
The Ohio Department of Transportation said their driver was seriously injured, but the injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Delays on I-77 north stretched out of Summit County into Stark County.
Copyright 2022 WOIO via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-12T22:38:01+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2022/05/12/dump-truck-explodes-after-crash-ohio-highway/ |
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons on murder charges — charges he could face the death penalty for.
Chad Doerman, 32, was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping and assault for the June 15 deaths of his sons, according to Clermont County court records.
Clayton Doerman, 7, Hunter Doerman, 4, and Chase Doerman, 3, were all killed. Prosecutors say he admitted to planning the shooting, but at a Friday arraignment, Doerman entered a not-guilty plea.
“This was the man that everyday they woke up looking to for protection, love and guidance in all things,” Clermont County’s chief prosecutor of Municipal Court, David Gast, said at a previous hearing.
“He was their world, he was their guardian and he executed them in cold blood,” Gast said.
The sheriff’s office said the 34-year-old mother, who was not identified, was outside the home and was shot in the hand while trying to shield her sons from their father.
The three little boys were described in their obituary as full of unconditional love for each other and anyone they met. They loved fishing, baseball, staying up past their bedtime and laughing together, the obituary stated.
Officials have not released a motive for the slayings, which occurred in Monroe Township, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of Columbus. Doerman is being held without bail and is currently in the Clermont County Jail.
Court records did not indicate whether he was represented by a lawyer at his most recent arraignment. Clermont County’s public defender’s office declined to say whether they represent him. | 2023-06-23T17:36:52+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ohio-father-accused-of-killing-his-3-young-sons-indicted-on-murder-charges/ |
Prosecutors and defense lawyers rested their case Friday in the trial of three men charged with assisting the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
An undercover FBI agent, Mark Schweers, told jurors that leader Adam Fox talked favorably about the Wolverine Watchmen, a paramilitary group whose members included Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar.
The trio is not accused of having a direct role in the Whitmer kidnapping scheme, which included a night ride to northern Michigan to scout her vacation home. The main charge is providing material support for a terrorist act, especially gun drills and ambush training with Fox in Jackson County.
The last witness for prosecutors was a gas station attendant who said Musico and Morrison regularly complained about the Democratic governor and her COVID-19 restrictions and wanted to harm her back in 2020.
“She's a Nazi. She's a tyrant,” Shawn Toth said, quoting the two.
The trial resumed Friday following a four-day suspension for an illness among the defense lawyers.
Morrison, Musico and Bellar chose not to testify. Defense attorneys briefly called a state police officer and recalled an FBI agent before resting their side of the case. Closing arguments were scheduled for Monday.
The trial in state court is an offshoot of the main case handled in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of a kidnapping conspiracy. Two men pleaded guilty and two more were acquitted.
Defense lawyers say Morrison, Musico and Bellar stopped associating with Fox by late summer when the kidnapping plot was accelerating. They also didn't participate in training that occurred on the same weekend as the trip to see Whitmer's home.
Bellar had moved to South Carolina by the end of July 2020, two months before the FBI broke up the plot with 14 arrests. Whitmer was never physically harmed: Undercover agents and informants were embedded in the group for months. | 2022-10-21T17:32:29+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/trial-testimony-ends-for-3-tied-to-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot |
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (KDVR) – A large party held Friday night ended with three teenage girls crashing into the front of a home after a police pursuit, authorities say.
According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, they received a noise complaint around 9:45 p.m. regarding a party that was being held in Highlands Ranch, a community roughly 20 miles south of Denver.
A large officer response was sent to the party after reports of shots being fired also came in to dispatch.
As this was going on, a white Mercedes fled the scene at a high rate of speed which instigated officers to initiate a pursuit. A Nest camera captured footage shared with Nexstar’s KDVR of the moment the Mercedes drove by one home, which you can view in the video player above.
The chase ended when the vehicle, which was occupied by three juvenile girls, crashed into the front of a nearby home, police say.
A viewer shared the below photos of the scene with KDVR.
Teenage girl crashes into home while fleeing Highlands Ranch party bust (Credit: Rebecca Pauly) Teenage girl crashes into home while fleeing Highlands Ranch party bust (Credit: Rebecca Pauly) Teenage girl crashes into home while fleeing Highlands Ranch party bust (Credit: Rebecca Pauly) Teenage girl crashes into home while fleeing Highlands Ranch party bust (Credit: Rebecca Pauly)
No one inside the home was injured.
The driver and one of the two passengers in the Mercedes were transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
Now, officials are looking into whether or not the driver was under the influence at the time of the crash. Additional details have not yet been released. | 2022-09-26T21:00:45+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/teen-crashes-mercedes-into-colorado-home-while-fleeing-party-bust-police/ |
Judge unseals documents in gay bar shooter’s past case
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge unsealed a dropped bomb threat case Thursday against the Colorado gay bar shooting suspect who threatened to become the “next mass killer” over a year before allegedly killing five people and wounding 17 others at the LGBTQ enclave Club Q.
Judge Robin Chittum said the public interest in the case outweighed the privacy rights of defendant Anderson Lee Aldrich.
“This interest is so significant I think I would even call it profound,” Chittum said. “To ... see what occurred in a case is very foundational to our system of government to have that scrutiny. ... And the only way for that scrutiny to occur is for this to be unsealed.”
In June 2021, Aldrich was arrested on allegations of making a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of about 10 homes. Aldrich, who uses they/them pronouns and is nonbinary according to their attorneys, had threatened to harm their own family and boasted of having bomb-making materials, ammunition and multiple weapons, according to law enforcement documents. They were booked into jail on suspicion of felony menacing and kidnapping.
The case was later dropped, and officials to date have refused to speak about what happened, citing a Colorado law that calls for dismissed cases to be sealed to prevent people from having their lives ruined if cases are never prosecuted.
But the prior arrest and Aldrich’s statements that day that foretold last month’s mass shooting have raised questions over why authorities didn’t seek to seize Aldrich’s guns under Colorado’s “red flag” law.
Aldrich also was the subject of a tip received by the FBI a day before the bomb threat. Agents closed out the case just weeks later.
The judge’s order to release the records comes after news organizations, including The Associated Press, sought to unseal the documents from Aldrich’s 2021 arrest.
It was unknown when unsealed documents will be posted online.
Chittum ruled despite objections from the suspect’s attorney and mother.
Public defender Joseph Archambault argued that while the public has an interest in the case, Aldrich’s right to a fair trial was paramount.
“This will make sure there is no presumption of innocence,” said Archambault.
An attorney for Aldrich’s mother argued that unsealing the case would increase the likelihood that Laura Voepel would suffer harm harassment, intimidation or retaliation.
Aldrich’s attorneys told the judge they would be filing a contempt of court motion against the sheriff’s office over an AP story that detailed what was in some of the sealed documents.
The documents were obtained by Colorado Springs TV station KKTV and verified as authentic to the AP by a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the sealed case and kept anonymous. Judge Chittum did not rule on the motion but said she would not let it hold up her decision about unsealing the case.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-08T17:03:47+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/12/08/judge-unseals-documents-gay-bar-shooters-earlier-case/ |
DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, outlines travel schedule for early state visits
By STEVE PEOPLES, HOLLY RAMER and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is working to push past an embarrassing beginning to his presidential campaign. The Republican outlined an aggressive travel schedule on Thursday, and his allies insist they remain well funded and well positioned for a long fight ahead. Still, DeSantis faced nagging questions about his rocky rollout during a Thursday conservative media tour. The 44-year-old governor formally launched his campaign Wednesday during an online conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk, but the audio stream crashed repeatedly. DeSantis’ allies privately acknowledge that the situation was an unwelcome distraction. But there is a broad sense that the announcement snafu will have limited long-term political consequences. | 2023-05-25T20:53:55+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/05/25/desantis-pushes-past-embarrassing-campaign-start-outlines-travel-schedule-for-early-state-visits/ |
Representatives for Madonna have confirmed she will postpone her upcoming "Celebration" tour after a serious health scare that sent the artist to a hospital's ICU.
In a post toInstagram, the singer's manager Guy Oseary wrote that Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which was discovered on Saturday June 24, and she was admitted to the ICU for several days.
Oseary said Madonna's health is now improving, but that "she is still under medical care."
"A full recovery is expected," the statement added.
Madonna's team has decided to "pause all commitments" including putting a pause on her upcoming, much anticipated tour which was set to launch on July 15 in Vancouver, Variety reported.
Madonna's management said more details on next steps would be shared with fans "soon."
A new start date for the tour would also be announced, the statement said.
Fans should expect to see rescheduled dates for shows during the tour.
The 64-year-old pop artist had a 35-city tour scheduled with tour stops in multiple countries through the end of this year.
The tour is expected to highlight songs and eras from Madonna's catalog of music, covering a career spanning more than 40 years.
The theme of the tour is expected to pay homage to New York City, where her career began.
Live Nation will be producing the tour, which includes U.S. dates in cities like New York, Chicago, Miami, Detroit and Los Angeles.
International tour stops have been scheduled for cities including Barcelona, Paris, Stockholm and London.
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WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department on Friday is launching the application process for cities to receive a total of $500 million in grants to become technology hubs.
The $500 million is part of a $10 billion authorization from last year's CHIPS and Science Act to stimulate investments in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and biotech. It's an attempt to expand tech investment that is largely concentrated around a few U.S. cities — Austin, Texas; Boston; New York; San Francisco; and Seattle — to the rest of the country.
“This is about taking these places on the edge of glory to being world leaders,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told The Associated Press. “My job is to enhance America's competitiveness.”
The Biden administration has made it a priority to set an industrial strategy of directing government investment into computer chips, clean energy and a range of other technologies. Officials say that being leaders in those fields will foster economic and national security, reflecting a belief that the best way to compete against China's ascendance will come from building internal strength.
The tech hubs are meant to build up areas that already have major research specialties but lack the access to financing that could fuel stronger growth and business formation in those fields. Pockets of the U.S. already have leading-edge tech such as medical devices in Minnesota, robotics in Pittsburgh and agricultural technology in Fresno, California. But the challenge has been finding ways to boost those fields so that government investment leads to more support from private capital.
To qualify for the tech hub money, each applicant will need a partnership that includes one or more companies, a state development agency, worker training programs, a university and state and local government leaders. Roughly 20 cities are expected to be designated as tech hubs with 10 eventually receiving funding.
President Joe Biden hopes to broaden the funding over time, requesting in his budget proposal that Congress appropriate another $4 billion for it over the next two years. Raimondo said that she expects a large number of applications from across the political spectrum.
The tech hubs program, formally the Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program, ties into a political message that Biden has delivered in speeches. The Democratic president has said that people should not feel forced to leave their hometowns to find good jobs nor should opportunity cluster in just a few parts of the country while other regions struggle.
“You shouldn’t have to move to Silicon Valley if you’re a scientist with a great idea,” Raimondo said. | 2023-05-12T16:48:49+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/commerce-department-starts-process-fund-tech-hubs-500-million-dollars-grants/507-c56af3c6-1e89-4533-bf48-2116f093f63d |
During his State of the Union address, President Biden drew some hearty laughs while extending an olive branch to the new speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy.
“Mr. Speaker,” Biden said, “I don’t want to ruin your reputation, but I look forward to working with you.”
Given the hyperpartisanship that afflicts Washington, the idea of a speaker from one party working with a president from another is indeed cause for incredulous chuckling.
We’re a long way from President Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill knocking off politics at 6 p.m. to knock back something stronger on occasion together. A long way from leaders of Senate Democrats and Republicans, George Mitchell from Maine and Bob Dole from Kansas, who considered each other friends first, adversaries second.
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Representative Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Salem, believes we need to get back to a time when compromise was considered a strength, not a weakness; when civility was considered normal, not an aberration; when calling out one’s own party on a matter of principle was admired, not considered an act of treachery.
“So many problems in politics and Washington today are due to the lack of political courage,” Moulton said. “What’s lacking in Congress is not intelligence. It’s courage.”
It’s the kind of courage Moulton observed as a Marine during four combat tours of Iraq. It’s the kind of courage displayed by those who join organizations like City Year, Teach for America, the Peace Corps. Moulton believes those who serve their country and fellow citizens are predisposed to finding compromise, to get the mission done. There’s some evidence backing his view.
It’s no coincidence that partisanship has risen as the proportion of veterans in Congress has declined, from more than 70 percent between 1965 and 1975 to about 18 percent today. About three-quarters of the 80 veterans serving in the House are Republicans.
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With that gap in mind, Moulton founded the Serve America PAC six years ago, to help elect Democratic candidates with military and public service backgrounds. It helped flip 18 congressional seats in 2018, giving Democrats control of the House. In 2020, it helped hold 16 seats and added two more to the Democratic House majority.
Last year, when Democrats were supposed to get hammered, a similar pattern held: Of the 18 incumbents Serve America backed, 15 kept their seats in battleground races as Republicans narrowly regained control of the House.
Serve America backed Representative Jake Auchincloss of Newton and Representative Jared Golden of Maine, who like Moulton are Marine combat veterans.
Golden voted against Biden’s “Build Back Better” spending package. Moulton voted for it, but admired Golden’s principled stand against it.
“Jared got a lot of backlash, but he showed political courage,” Moulton said. “That’s leadership. We need more of it. It’s often veterans who stand up to their party.”
Some of those who have stressed their commitment to public service and putting country before party have not survived today’s polarized political environment.
Navy veteran Elaine Luria, a Democrat who criticized Biden on military spending while angering Republicans by serving on the Jan. 6 House Select Committee, lost her Virginia congressional seat to a Republican Navy vet.
Two Republicans who Moulton admired for their willingness to put country before party are no longer in Congress: Liz Cheney lost her seat in Wyoming, while Adam Kinzinger of Illinois did not run again.
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Kinzinger’s farewell speech in Congress was notable for criticizing his own party for minimizing what happened during the Capitol insurrection, while also criticizing Democrats who complain about the lack of “good Republicans” while cynically funding the campaigns of MAGA candidates they believe are easier to defeat.
If elections have consequences, so does the character of candidates.
“A lot of people talk about flipping seats, investing in districts, but we’re investing in leaders,” Moulton said. “When we started this, we had to recruit people. Now, my phone is ringing off the hook. Veterans want to serve.”
Putting the public service back in public servants is good politics, for both parties, and the rest of us.
Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at kevin.cullen@globe.com. | 2023-02-10T00:06:50+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/09/metro/putting-public-service-back-public-servants/ |
WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX) confirmed today that each of the 11 nominee directors listed in its management proxy circular dated August 4, 2022 were re-elected by shareholders at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held virtually today. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors at the Meeting are set out below. Shareholders holding 225,160,163 common shares representing 83.45% of the outstanding common shares were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting.
On a vote by ballot, each of the following nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of OpenText to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of OpenText or until their successors are duly elected or appointed:
The results of other matters considered at the Meeting are reported in the Report of Voting Results as filed on SEDAR (https://www.sedar.com) and Open Text's Form 8-K filed on EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), each of which were filed on September 15, 2022.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster won a historic reelection bid on Tuesday as he faced voters one last time in his four-decade political career and they gave him a chance to be the longest-serving governor the state has ever had.
McMaster, 75, defeated Democrat Joe Cunningham, who repeatedly highlighted the 35-year age gap with his opponent. If he completes his second term, McMaster would serve as governor for 10 years, longer than any other executive in the state's history.
McMaster's argument for reelection has been simple — if you like what you've seen so far, I'll give you more. He has touted the booming economy and his willingness to fight Democratic President Joe Biden when needed.
At his short victory speech Tuesday night, McMaster quoted blues singer Bonnie Raitt, saying "let's give 'em something to talk about" for his final term and country singer Tim McGraw.
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"I like it, I love it, I want some more of it,” said McMaster, who also said hello to his two grandchildren, both born this year.
It was another big night for Republicans, who have not lost a statewide race since 2008.
Ellen Weaver was elected education superintendent, taking over for Republican Molly Spearman, who decided not to run again. There were questions whether Weaver is qualified. She only obtained a required master's degree just before the election.
Weaver said she is ready to restore trust lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"My message to parents: help is on the way. Your right to make choices for your children is paramount. I want to partner with you to restore trust in our education system through total transparency. And I will always fight to ensure that you are in the driver's seat of your child's education," Weaver said.
Secretary of State Mark Hammond was elected to a sixth term, Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers of Bowman won a fifth full term while Treasurer Curtis Loftis won a fourth term.
Republican Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom was unopposed for a sixth term and Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson had no opponent as he sought a fourth term.
This was McMaster's sixth time asking South Carolina voters to choose him over a Democrat in November. He lost his first two races — including getting just 36% of the vote against U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings in 1986. He won his last five elections as Republicans took over South Carolina.
A Democrat hasn't been elected governor in the state since 1998.
"South Carolina is booming and we are going to keep on booming," McMaster said.
Prior to McMaster's first election, he ascended from his previous role of lieutenant governor to finish the final two years of former Gov. Nikki Haley's term. If he completes a second full term, those 10 years will make him the longest-serving governor in the state's history. Haley resigned to join then-President Donald Trump's administration.
Cunningham, 40, took up McMaster's age head-on, proposing a constitutional amendment to require South Carolina officeholders to leave their jobs at age 72. While a direct shot at McMaster, it is also was a shot at Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the 82-year-old House majority whip and at 79-year-old President Joe Biden.
Cunningham said our society can only thrive when politicians are willing to call out everyone when they are wrong, not just members of the opposite party.
"You cannot have credibility stating something about one politician, but not acknowledging the faults within your own party," Cunningham said.
Cunningham also said while campaigning that the state needed bold change, suggesting legalizing and taxing marijuana and sports gambling and using that money to eliminate the state income tax.
The starkest difference between the two candidates was on the issue of abortion. McMaster said he would likely sign any additional restrictions from the General Assembly beyond the current six-week abortion ban under a state Supreme Court review.
Cunningham said he would veto any measure like that and Republicans are just below the two-thirds margin needed to override a veto in both the House and Senate.
Cunningham came on the political scene in 2018, flipping the 1st District U.S. House seat, only to lose it in 2020. He didn't say Tuesday night what he plans to do next, but suggested he would remain in politics.
"We are the best state in the entire country and I'm going to fight like hell to make sure we remain so," Cunningham said. | 2022-11-09T07:04:00+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/news/local/weathers-weaver-other-republicans-win-in-s-c/article_5bbf8bf7-0537-52ba-afcb-cad1f9b1dc46.html |
Expert advice on making your money work for you, both financially and in a socially conscious way
Target investments with return rates that mirror inflation
InvestigateTV - During times of high inflation, experts advise you find ways to maximize your investment returns. However for some, it is equally as important to put their money into socially conscious companies.
Danetha Doe is the creator of Money & Mimosas, a website where you can learn about building wealth in socially and environmentally friendly ways. She said it is important to be more mindful about how we spend, invest and save our money.
For example, if inflation is hovering around 8.6%, Doe explained that that you should look for a return as close as possible to 8.6%.
“If you look at your savings account, unfortunately, your savings account is not one of those places.” Doe continues, “Most savings accounts hover around 1% or less.”
Doe suggested looking for an investing platform like Steward, which allows you to invest in farmers practicing sustainability. Steward guarantees a 4.5% return.
While 4.5% doesn’t match 8.6% inflation, it’s still much closer than your savings account.
Another option if you care about sustainability is Carbon Collective’s 401(k) plan, which is a green plan. They only invest in sustainable products and companies.
For more information on investing, Investor.gov is filled with advice, explanations, and resources for all levels of investors.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has detailed information about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Funds.
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Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier and assistant general manager Marvin Allen held a news conference Wednesday to update the past month-plus of offseason moves and the outlook ahead of next week’s draft.
The Dolphins exercised quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s fifth-year option on his contract this offseason, which will keep him under contract through 2024. Grier noted “internal discussions” about all options being on the table when it comes to a long-term extension with Tagovailoa.
He added that the Jalen Hurts contract with the Philadelphia Eagles “didn’t really move our needle” as the Dolphins will continue to monitor quarterback contracts until it’s time to decide whether or not — or what — to pay Tagovailoa.
“We always hope Tua will be here, successful long-term with us,” Grier said.
Allen also offered his vote of confidence in Tagovailoa in his first public comments since the quarterback from Alabama was drafted with the No. 5 pick in 2020.
“We have all the faith in the world in him,” Allen said. “We feel, moving forward, he’s the quarterback that gets us to where we want to go.”
Tagovailoa also spoke to reporters Wednesday and admitted he considered retirement following multiple concussions in the 2022 season but ultimately decided to keep playing football. Grier noted ample conversations with medical professionals this offseason that give the franchise confidence in his health moving forward.
Grier described trading for former Los Angeles Rams star cornerback Jalen Ramsey as “the opportunity to add a very good player.”
“They reached out about him,” Grier said. “We had talks for a couple of weeks, and at the end of the day, for us, it made sense for the player, who he is.”
With the Dolphins yet to make a significant move to add a starting-caliber right tackle to compete with Austin Jackson at that spot, Grier said the team is indeed moving forward with Jackson at the position. The 2020 first-round pick heads into his fourth NFL season after a third where he injured his ankle in each of the two games he started.
“The expectation is Austin is the starter at right tackle,” Grier said. “We’re excited for him. I know he was frustrated with some of the injuries last year, but he’s been working hard. He’s been doing a lot of stuff here in the offseason.”
Grier added Pro Bowl left tackle Terron Armstead’s presence will continue to help Jackson and noted he plans to keep Robert Hunt at right guard.
Allen, while he likes the Dolphins’ running back group that returns on short-term deals, said the Dolphins will keep their eyes open on potentially adding another tailback. Rumors have been swirling around the organization with Minnesota running back Dalvin Cook at odds with the Vikings organization.
“We’re looking at all opportunities to bring in good football players,” Allen said. “Running back is a key component in this offense, so we’re going to look for the best players we can find.”
Grier said the team is hopeful to reach an extension with defensive tackle Christian Wilkins and said team has “had some good talks with his agent.”
The general manager touched on the two new additions at wide receiver, highlighting Braxton Berrios’ abilities in the return game while also working offensively in the slot. He said the Chosen Anderson acquisition had been developing over last couple of weeks. With Anderson being a South Florida product, Grier found out that the South Plantation High grad wanted to play at home.
Grier said the Dolphins had extensive conversations with Anderson, who has had on- and off-field troubles at his previous stops. The team came away impressed and believes Anderson understands where he stands in a receiving corps that is led by Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
Regarding the upcoming draft, in which the Dolphins have four picks, including second- and third-round selections, Grier said he looks to find balance between his best-player-available mentality and filling positions of need.
“It’s still a balance,” Grier said. “At the end of the day, you always have to look long term, and there’s guys here, just being realistic, on one-year deals. You might have a position you think is deep, but like last year, we had four linebackers on one-year deals.
“We always look for the best player, and then there’s some occasions where you do take position of need. But you try not to draft on need because I think that’s where you get in trouble.”
He added the team has brought in draft prospects at every position, except quarterback, for visits. With the potential for Miami to draft a tight end, Grier said the team is happy with its current group that includes Durham Smythe, Eric Saubert and Tanner Conner while Allen noted this 2023 draft class as one of the deepest in recent memory at the position.
“This is probably one of the deeper tight end drafts that there has been in the last several years,” Allen said. “So we feel good about having an opportunity to grab a good football player if he’s available when we’re picking. … There’s a strong chance that there’s going to be a lot of tight ends selected early.”
Grier also mentioned that a couple of teams in the bottom half of the first round have inquired with the Dolphins about whether they would like to move up into the first, but nothing serious has developed.
“We’ll look at it,” Grier said of the possibility of trades. “We’ll keep those options open.”
The Dolphins own four picks in the draft. The second-rounder being the No. 51 selection, plus the third-round pick that follows and selections in the sixth and seventh rounds.” | 2023-05-12T05:56:30+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/04/19/dolphins-gm-chris-grier-assistant-marvin-allen-assess-offseason-offer-outlook-on-draft/ |
- State-of-the-art sports lighting with Internet of Things controls enhances the broadcast and fan experience while optimizing facility operations
- New parking lot lighting helps improve pedestrian and driver visibility, comfort and security after evening events
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting and the Preferred Lighting Company of the National Hockey League (NHL®), and the Florida Panthers have recently upgraded FLA Live Arena with energy-efficient LED and connected lighting. This project brings together Signify's best-in-class Ephesus sports lighting by Cooper Lighting Solutions, Interact management software and Lumec outdoor lighting to help the venue shine for players and spectators and meet its sustainability objectives.
"Curating a world-class fan experience continues to be a driving mission of our franchise," said Rob Stevenson, Executive Vice President, People and Facilities, Florida Panthers. "Signify's cutting-edge lighting solutions not only provide us with the enhanced flexibility to bring FLA Live Arena to life in ways that were never before possible, but also notably increase the building's energy efficiency."
Transforming into a premium venue
The Panthers' new sports lighting system consists of Ephesus LumaSport 8 tunable white and Prism RGBA luminaires from Cooper Lighting Solutions that Stevenson and his team can dynamically control with the Interact IoT platform. The LumaSport 8 luminaires are adjustable to meet the NHL's high correlated color temperature (CCT) and light uniformity requirements, so the ice visually pops for players, fans and TV broadcasts. Operators can also produce colorful light displays with the Prism RGBA fixtures, to celebrate different moments during games or to support other events held at FLA Live Arena.
"The beauty of this system is that it seamlessly integrates with the arena's existing building controls, enabling the Panthers to have a single solution to easily manage their sports lighting," said Martin Stephenson, Head of North America Systems & Services and President & CEO, Canada, Signify. "The team could even extend the lighting and scene management across other areas of the arena, to drive further operational efficiency. With Interact, FLA Live Arena is a future-ready venue."
Assisting with security, energy-savings benefits
Signify and the Panthers also replaced its existing, high-maintenance High Pressure Sodium fixtures in the parking lot with Lumec RoadFocus Plus LED luminaires. The lighting is designed to improve visual acuity for drivers and helps create a sense of comfort as arena visitors walk to their cars after evening events, in addition to delivering greater energy efficiency.
"Sustainability is a priority for the Panthers and the NHL. Making the switch to Signify's LED and connected solutions puts us on track to achieve approximately 60% savings in our average annual energy usage and costs for sports lighting1, compared to our legacy metal halide fixtures," said Stevenson. "We're seeing positive ripple effects, as well; because the new sports lighting radiates less heat than our previous technology, we're requiring less HVAC assistance and power to maintain our ice quality."
Hear more about how Signify and the Panthers are working together to drive innovation in FLA Live Arena operations and the player and fan experience in this video.
NGU Sports Lighting partnered with Signify on the sports lighting installation at FLA Live Arena.
1According to a lifecycle analysis of the former and new sports lighting, conducted by NGU Sports Lighting
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About Signify
Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2022, we had sales of EUR 7.5 billion, approximately 35,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieved carbon neutrality in our operations in 2020, have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for six consecutive years and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019. News from Signify is located at the Newsroom, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.
About FLA Live Arena
Florida's premier sports and entertainment venue, FLA Live Arena is Florida's largest indoor arena and the second largest sports and entertainment venue in South Florida. Home of the NHL's Florida Panthers, the state-of-the-art FLA Live Arena continues to host hundreds of major concerts, events, and performance acts each year, which have included the likes of Elton John, Harry Styles, Beyonce, Lizzo, WWE, Billboard Latin Music Awards and more. In December 2020, FLA Live Arena became the first NHL arena to earn the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)'s prestigious Health-Safety Rating, which serves as the global benchmark for safety in public buildings. Located in Sunrise, Florida across from the Sawgrass Mills Mall, which attracts upwards of 30 million visitors annually, the Broward County-owned FLA Live Arena is one of the top-ranked venues of its kind in the world, servicing Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties and beyond. For more information about FLA Live and upcoming events, games, and concerts, visit www.flalivearena.com and follow @FlaLiveArena on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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BRANDENBURG, Germany — Deep in the pine woods just southeast of Berlin is a massive Tesla factory that opened earlier this year as Europe's first manufacturing outpost for Elon Musk's electric vehicle company.
The site's main facility has the same amount of space as 130 soccer fields, and it is humming with activity, churning out a few thousand vehicles a week.
But Musk's plan to triple the size of the operation is running up against one big problem: The plant is in a drought-stricken part of the country where water is scarce, and it takes a substantial amount of water to do things like paint exteriors, cast vehicle parts and cool heavy machinery.
Tesla's contract with the German government estimates that the expanded factory will use 1.4 million cubic meters of water every year, or roughly the same amount of water that a city of more than 30,000 people would consume.
So, as local leaders and Tesla officials scramble to find enough water to keep expanding the site, already the largest employer in this bucolic slice of eastern Germany, residents are worried about the possibility of a major shortage.
"The water problems are huge," said local activist Thomas Loeb, who is a member of Germany's Ecological Democratic Party. "And it's getting worse. We're getting less and less rain. If Tesla keeps needing more, the people will no longer have any drinking water."
The expansion of the site, officially named Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, is now on hold pending approval from environmental authorities. Tesla officials feel confident an additional build-out will be blessed by regulators, since the company has already started clearing trees in preparation.
But environmental activists and residents are right to be concerned about the strain of the factory's potential increased water demand, even if it pales in comparison to other industries, like coal-fired power plants in the area, said Irina Engelhardt, who heads the hydrogeology department at Berlin's Technical University.
"Due to a decreasing water availability and increasing water demand, there is a mismatch," said Engelhardt, who has pointed out that eventually there might not be enough water for everyone.
Brandenburg's years-long severe drought has created ideal conditions for wildfires to spread. Farmers in the area have reported severe harvest loss as a result of intense heat and the lack of rain, both effects of climate change, according to experts.
The water dispute has prompted lawsuits, and it caused the Tesla plant to delay its opening by six months. But Elon Musk literally laughed off the water problem when asked about it at a press conference last fall.
"This is completely wrong. There is water everywhere here," Musk said. "Does this seem like a desert to you?"
German official: Musk's water comment "not 100% helpful"
Mention Musk's remarks to Brandenburg's finance minister, Joerg Steinbach, and his eyes widen.
"In terms of the perception in the region, this was not 100% helpful," Steinbach said.
Steinbach was a key figure in enticing Tesla to open a plant in Germany. He said he has long known that building it up to full capacity would mean grappling with local water limitations.
"If you always use the water which is directly under your feet, you always run into that problem of whether it's sufficient for public use as well as industrial use," he said.
Government officials have been scouring the area for new water sources and have drilled wells in Hangelsberg, about 9 miles away from the plant. Steinbach said planners are now installing pipes from the wells to the Brandenburg factory. He would not say when he expects the project to be completed.
Engelhardt, the water expert at Berlin's Technical University, is skeptical that piping in water from another part of eastern Germany will be an enduring solution.
The new wells are "in my mind not a very sustainable and promising solution, as the water scarcity is similar in most parts of Southeast Brandenburg," she said. "I'm afraid there will be a time when a water shortage for some use will be a reality."
The concerns are not just about water, but also preserving trees and sand lizards
Building out the site in Germany is crucial to Tesla meeting its global demand for electric cars. Right now, the factory is making about 2,000 cars a week. Musk hopes to bring that number up to 5,000, but hurdles keep getting in the way.
"It's probably a bit of a culture shock for Tesla, especially for their boss, for their chief executive, Elon Musk," said Matthias Schmidt, a Berlin-based analyst who tracks electric cars in Europe.
It's not just water. Local activists fighting Tesla on everything from tree preservation to saving sand lizards have delayed the timeline.
"It's gotten to the stage with the Tesla facility that these pressure groups are slowing the progress down," Schmidt said.
It is a matter of perspective. Musk complains about delays, but German businesspeople talk about the relatively fast clip of the site's development as moving at "Tesla speed" — which is a sore point for local activists, who say there was not sufficient community input before the sprawling site was approved.
Getting Tesla's German factory operating at full capacity is crucial for Tesla to meet its growth targets in Europe, where about 20% of new cars sold are fully electric vehicles. Last month, European lawmakers reached a deal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2035. In the United States, California has also pledged to end gasoline car sales by that date.
Tesla, the world's most valuable car company, faces growing competition in the electric vehicle market from Volkswagen, GM, BMW and others. Analysts expect it to double the number of electric vehicles it produces in the coming years, using major plants in Fremont, Calif., and Shanghai, as well as Germany.
German residents on Elon Musk: Messiah or the devil?
Back at his government office, Steinbach notes that in surveys his department has conducted, the majority of residents in the Brandenburg area support the factory, which now employs about 7,000 workers. When the factory is fully built out, the company expects its workforce in Germany to be around 12,000.
But on Musk himself, like in America, people are divided.
"Fifty percent see the messiah in Elon Musk and Tesla. And for 50% it's coming from the devil," he said.
For Heidi Schroeder, a local resident and activist opposed to the site's expansion, the case against expansion is simple: Just stop now to save the local water supply.
"There's already a lack of water. Tesla will need a lot of water," she said. "We do not have this water."
As for Musk himself?
"Go away with your car. We do not want to have you here," she said. "Go to the Mars for instance. That would be beautiful."
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ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurricane Ian has flooded neighborhoods throughout Florida and has devastated many. In the wake of this natural disaster, Island Fin Poké Co. believes everyone must come together like family, or Ohana, and help each other in times of need. In support of the Florida community, the franchise will collect non-perishables and canned foods throughout the month for its local food pantries and Second Harvest, a central Florida food bank.
Island Fin Poké Co. is a Florida-based fast-casual concept known for its Hawaiian-style build-your-own poké bowls that are more than just a bowl, they're a lifestyle. The Island Fin Poké Co. brand is built on the principle of treating everyone like Ohana and is focused on offering a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, so each guest feels special during every visit, from the moment they walk through the doors until the time they leave.
Since the beginning of October, Island Fin Poké Co. has been collecting canned foods and non-perishables to donate to surrounding food pantries. In addition, at Island Fin's Lake Nona, Orlando, Fl. location, all donations will be donated to Second Harvest food bank because of the company's regular established collection times for donations.
"The damage from Hurricane Ian weighs heavy on our hearts and we continue to keep those who are impacted in our thoughts as the restoration efforts begin," says Island Fin Poké Co. CEO and co-owner, Mark Setterington. "We all must come together and support our communities by donating and helping those affected by this disaster."
Staying true to their brand, Island Fin Poké Co. looks to support the community in as many ways as they can, and collects and donates to local food banks twice a year. We all must come together and support our communities by donating and helping those affected by this disaster."
Guests who would like to help donate can drop off food items at any local Island Fin Poké Co. when the months of donations are announced. From there, Island Fin Poké Co. will work with local pantries to get the items where they need to go.
The company believes in not only offering healthy and customized poké bowls, but also in coming together during devasting times. To learn more about Island Fin Poké Co. and their locations to donate and help other Floridians, please visit https://www.islandfinpoke.com/. For media inquiries, contact PR@teaminnovision.com.
Island Fin Poké Co. is a Florida-based fast-casual concept known for its Hawaiian-style build-your-own poké bowls. From farm-to-fork, the brand uses the freshest ingredients to bring traditional flavors from the islands to local communities nationwide. Founded in 2017, Island Fin Poké Co. has 24+ locations open, with numerous others in various stages of development. Island Fin Poké Co. was listed in Fast Casual's 2022 Movers & Shakers List. For more information, or if interested in joining the brand's Ohana, please visit https://www.islandfinpoke.com/.
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Applications invited for Little Traverse Bay Watershed project grants
PETOSKEY — The Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation is currently seeking grant applications for its Little Traverse Bay Protection and Restoration Fund.
The fund was established in 2010 in a partnership between the community foundation and the CMS Land Company in recognition of the importance of the Little Traverse Bay as a natural resource. With the goal of protecting, enhancing and restoring this resource, the fund supports watershed projects that will protect the bay for current and future generations.
Grants from the Little Traverse Bay Protection and Restoration Fund are awarded annually to nonprofits, municipalities and schools addressing the priorities outlined in the region’s Little Traverse Bay Watershed Management Plan. In the 12 years since the fund’s inception, $428,000 has been awarded to organizations controlling and preventing invasive species, managing stormwater runoff, educating citizens on the importance of protecting the Little Traverse Bay, and much more.
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One recent grant supported the Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy’s efforts to prevent invasive species by installing a permanent boat wash station at Jones Landing. Completed in summer 2022, the boat wash station will both decrease the transmission of invasive species as well as educate recreational boaters about the importance of prevention.
Grant applications are due by Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Potential applicants are invited to call the community foundation to discuss their project before receiving an application. This year, the Little Traverse Bay Protection and Restoration Fund has approximately $60,000 to grant to eligible projects.
To learn more about the Little Traverse Bay Protection and Restoration Fund and how to apply for grant funding, contact Sarah Ford, director of community philanthropy, at (231) 348-5820 or visit www.phsacf.org. | 2022-12-25T15:38:56+00:00 | petoskeynews.com | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/environment/2022/12/24/applications-invited-for-little-traverse-bay-watershed-project-grants/69748995007/ |
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian biotechnology company Starpharma today announced it has signed a new DEP® Research Agreement with MSD, the trade name of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA.
This new DEP® program will generate and evaluate additional DEP® Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs).
This new agreement follows an earlier DEP® Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) agreement that Starpharma signed with MSD in February 2021 as well as an expanded DEP® Research Agreement with another large US biopharmaceutical company in June 2022.
"We are very pleased to add this new DEP® ADC program with MSD and to continue building on our partnership with them in such an innovative and valuable area. This new DEP® program underlines the potential clinical and commercial value our DEP® technology can deliver," said Dr Jackie Fairley, CEO of Starpharma.
"This is the second DEP® partnering agreement that Starpharma has signed in the last two months, signifying increased momentum and interest in the DEP® platform."
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have become an increasingly valuable class of therapeutic agents in oncology and hematology. The design of ADCs incorporates the specific cell targeting property of antibodies with the cell killing properties of chemically conjugated drugs, to provide a targeted therapeutic with minimal off target toxicities.
Starpharma's DEP® ADCs have the potential to overcome the limitation of relatively low drug loading that is a feature of first-generation ADCs. The DEP® technology allows precise attachment of drug loaded dendrimer(s) to targeting molecules with a high load of covalently link drug (4, 8,16, 32 drug molecules per dendrimer) providing a selective, homogeneous ADC with a significantly higher drug-antibody ratio (DAR) as compared to currently available ADCs.
Starpharma has previously demonstrated the advantages of DEP® in ADCs in multiple preclinical studies, including for DEP® HER-2 ADC, which showed significant tumour regression and 100% survival, outperforming Herceptin & Kadcyla in a human ovarian cancer model. DEP® ADCs are the subject of both internal and partnered DEP® programs.
Starpharma has multiple DEP® partnerships with leading, international companies, including AstraZeneca, MSD, and Chase Sun, and the company's DEP® technology has already yielded four clinical-stage oncology products.
For more information, visit www.starpharma.com
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Tech billionaires have lost hundreds of billions of dollars this year as stocks slid and many companies slowed their decade-long streak of constant growth.
It’s been a dreary year for tech stocks — and also for the massive wealth buckets of the executives and founders whose net worths are so closely tied to their company’s fortunes. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who once ranked in the top 10 richest people in the world, lost nearly $81 billion in net worth this year.
But the billionaires are far from destitute. Zuckerberg, for example, is still worth nearly $45 billion, or more than the GDP of Iceland. And several of the billionaires are actually worth more than they were in 2019, as the market’s accelerated growth during the early phase of the pandemic padded their portfolios before their wealth plunges this year.
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Tech stocks fell dramatically in 2022 as the pandemic sales bump that boosted many of them waned. Tech giants, which have grown at breakneck paces for the past decade, began hiring freezes and massive layoffs.
The broader markets also nosedived this year as investors and companies grappled with war overseas, rising inflation, and interest rates and increasingly budget-strapped consumers. Billionaires who made their fortunes in non-tech industries also shaved fortunes from their net worths.
But some of the most significant drops have hit tech moguls. See how much several tech leaders lost this year:
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Elon Musk
Total loss: $132 billion | Current net worth: $139 billion
Elon Musk lost $132 billion in net worth this year, a loss that exceeds the fortunes of each of the other wealthy men on this list.
The chief executive of Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter was the richest person in the world for much of this year. But Musk, who holds much of his wealth in Tesla shares, lost that crown as Tesla stock spiraled downward, plunging nearly 70 percent throughout the year.
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Tesla stock has felt the brunt of concern that demand for the electric vehicles is weakening in China, a major market for the company. Tesla also faced challenges tied to the rising cost of supplies to make the vehicles.
Some investors have also been wary about Musk’s focus on Twitter. He sold Tesla shares to help fund his $44 billion takeover of the social media company, and his short reign at the helm of Twitter has been marked by upheaval. The turmoil has made some Tesla investors uneasy, and they’ve urged Musk to once again focus on the car company.
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Jeff Bezos
Total loss: $84.1 billion | Current net worth: $108 billion
Jeff Bezos lost $84.1 billion this year as tech stocks tumbled from their stratospheric heights and Amazon shares plunged nearly 50 percent, marking one of its worst years ever on the market.
The founder and chairman of Amazon stepped down from his role as chief executive last year, but he remains its largest shareholder.
Amazon grappled with high inflation and slowing growth, as the huge bump in sales it experienced during the coronavirus pandemic waned this year. The company has not been immune to layoffs hitting the tech industry, and it is in the process of cutting about 10,000 people from its corporate divisions.
Bezos is also the founder of space travel company Blue Origin and owns The Washington Post, which he bought for $250 million in 2013.
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Mark Zuckerberg
Total loss: $80.7 billion | Current net worth: $44.8 billion
Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth plunged nearly $81 billion this year. The Facebook founder slid from the sixth-richest person at the end of last year to No. 25, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
It’s been a trying year for Facebook, which announced it was changing the name of its parent company to Meta last year. Zuckerberg, who still leads the company he founded as a college student, has orchestrated the company’s shift to focus more on the metaverse, a take on an interconnected digital world.
Meta reported its first two quarterly revenue drops this year as the company faces increased competition from TikTok and other, smaller social media apps, and a tougher digital advertising environment. The company warned it planned to lose even more next year as it builds out the metaverse. Meta announced it planned to lay off 11,000 workers this fall as it sought to cut expenses.
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Larry Page
Total loss: $44.6 billion | Current net worth: $83.8 billion
Sergey Brin
Total loss: $43.4 billion | Current net worth: $80.2 billion
Sergey Brin and Larry Page lost a collective $88 billion this year. The founders of Google and current board members of parent company Alphabet stepped away from their executive roles in 2019, but they still hold major sway over the business through a special class of voting shares. Page had served as chief executive while Brin was president of Alphabet.
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In a punishing year for digital advertising, even industry giants such as Alphabet have not been spared. Alphabet has slowed its hiring and has shuttered its cloud streaming service for video games, Stadia.
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Bill Gates
Total loss: $28.7 billion | Current net worth: $109 billion
The entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cofounder of Microsoft lost nearly $29 billion in 2022. Gates’s roughly 20 percent fall nearly matches the decline of the S&P 500 this year, meaning the billionaire’s losses have largely tracked with a broad barometer for the overall market and a gauge of the economy. In fact, he beat out the Nasdaq composite index.
Gates’s investments are diversified, with large stakes in multiple companies, opulent real estate, and huge swaths of farmland. But his most valuable single holding remains shares of Microsoft, which shrank by nearly 30 percent this year. While revenue for Microsoft’s cloud services increased by 24 percent during the company’s most recent quarter, sales for its Windows operating system fell by 15 percent. And Microsoft said it expects slowing growth for its cloud revenue next year, which sent Wall Street into selling mode. | 2022-12-28T23:23:56+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/28/business/these-tech-moguls-lost-combined-433-billion-this-year/ |
The 2023 Masters Tournament Odds & Preview: Tommy Fleetwood
From April 6 - 9, Tommy Fleetwood will hit the course at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia to play in the 2023 Masters Tournament. It's a par-72 that spans 7,545 yards, with a purse of $15,000,000.00 up for grabs.
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Tommy Fleetwood Insights
- Over his last 18 rounds, Fleetwood has finished better than par on 10 occasions, while also carding one bogey-free round and 12 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded a top-five score once and a top-10 score four times in his last 18 rounds.
- Over his last 18 rounds, Fleetwood has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on nine occasions.
- In his past five tournaments, Fleetwood has finished in the top five once.
- Fleetwood has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his past five tournaments. During that same span, he's posted a better-than-average score three times.
- Fleetwood has made the cut in four consecutive tournaments.
Over the last year
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Masters Tournament Insights and Stats
- In Fleetwood's previous six appearances at this tournament, he has finished in the top 20 three times. His average finish has been 26th.
- Fleetwood has made the cut five times in his previous six entries in this event.
- The most recent time Fleetwood played this event was in 2022, and he finished 14th.
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,294 yards, a good bit shorter than the 7,545-yard length for this week's event.
- In the past year, PGA Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while Augusta National Golf Club has a recent scoring average of +1.
- Augusta National Golf Club checks in at 7,545 yards, 244 yards longer than the average course Fleetwood has played in the past year (7,301 yards).
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -2. That is lower than this course's recent scoring average of +1.
Fleetwood's Last Time Out
- Fleetwood finished in the 59th percentile on the 20 par-3 holes at the Valspar Championship, with an average of 3.10 strokes.
- He finished in the 97th percentile on par 4s at the Valspar Championship, averaging 3.94 strokes on those 36 holes.
- Fleetwood was better than 87% of the field at the Valspar Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.50 strokes per hole, compared to the field average of 4.75.
- Fleetwood failed to card a birdie on any of the 20 par-3s at the Valspar Championship (the other competitors averaged 1.4).
- On the 20 par-3s at the Valspar Championship, Fleetwood had two bogeys or worse (less than the field average of 3.4).
- Fleetwood's five birdies or better on the 36 par-4s at the Valspar Championship were more than the tournament average (3.3).
- In that most recent tournament, Fleetwood's par-4 showing (on 36 holes) included a bogey or worse three times (better than the field's average, 6.0).
- Fleetwood ended the Valspar Championship recording a birdie or better on nine par-5 holes, while the field averaged 4.3 on the 16 par-5s.
- On the 16 par-5s at the Valspar Championship, Fleetwood had two bogeys or worse, more than the tournament average of 1.3.
Masters Tournament Time and Date Info
- Date: April 6 - 9, 2023
- Course: Augusta National Golf Club
- Location: Augusta, Georgia
- Par: 72 / 7,545 yards
- Fleetwood Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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CARMEL — The City of Carmel says its population is on track to reach 160,000 people within the next decade. To keep up with the extra residents and extra traffic, officials are sticking with the plan to use roundabouts to keep things flowing.
"On the east and west side, there's still some development taking place," Jeremy Kashman, Director of Engineering for the City of Carmel said. "A lot of people will say there's not a lot of room to grow, but it's still taking place."
Preparing for what's to come, the City of Carmel has already phased in many infrastructure projects to improve traffic flow to meet its population demand.
"If we could take care of the intersection today, then we'll save more money on future roadway expansion," Kashman said.
Converting many of their intersections to roundabouts to allow safer access in and around the city.
"The main thing that we're focusing on right now is fixing all the nodes," Kashman said. "So, placing a roundabout at the intersection of two roadways does a couple of different things, it provides a safer intersection, a more efficient intersection, and long-term it alleviates the possibility of us having to widen roads in the future."
"Roundabouts, they're okay, but we probably have too many already," resident Joe Kertis said.
Kertis said he and his wife moved to Carmel about 30 years ago, just wanting a small-town community. But seeing the developments happening is a bit concerning.
"The things they're doing, I don't understand it. We've talked (for) five or six years about maybe going to Noblesville, but Noblesville doing the same thing. Westfield doing the same thing. Fishers doing the same thing. There's a competition, I think," Kertis said.
Kashman said the city's infrastructure plan has become the blueprint for many big cities across the nation, eliminating as many traffic lights with more than 140 roundabouts and multi-use pathways.
"One thing the mayor likes to say is we're building a city for 50 or 100 years, not two years," Kashman said.
He said the growth is happening fast in Carmel, and they are doing whatever they can to perfect the quality of life for residents looking ahead. | 2022-08-23T05:26:45+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/carmel/city-of-carmel-planning-to-improve-infrastructure-as-growth-continues |
Which Valentine’s Day decor is best?
Decorating for Valentine’s Day might not be as popular as Christmas or Halloween, but plenty of people enjoy holidays so much that they like to decorate for each one. Like other holidays, there are plenty of decorations to choose from to turn your space into a Valentine’s Day haven. After all, who says Christmas and Halloween get to have all the fun?
In your search for Valentine’s Day decor, this casual-looking Cheerin Love Sign Decoration can add a subtle touch of love to your living space, while its thoughtful presentation means it’ll stand out.
What to know before you buy Valentine’s Day decor
Decor style and type
Valentine’s Day decorations come in all different forms. They can be centerpieces, banners, furniture or candles. Take the time to think about the type of decorations you want to achieve the ultimate Valentine’s Day feeling.
Functionality
Consider whether you want Valentine’s Day decorations that are functional and usable or simply for show. While centerpieces and banners are fun, they aren’t exactly functional. Items like drinkware, pillowcases and blankets are more multifunctional. They’re decorative while also holding liquid, protecting your pillows and keeping you warm. Consider mixing in decorations from both categories — some can be simply for the show, while others can be put to good use.
Size
A home is never too small or too big to hold the excitement of Valentine’s Day. If you have limited space, door decorations are perfect. They’re out of the way but still show off your love for the holiday. Flowers, candles and wall art are also smaller items that can fit in any space to bring Valentine’s Day to life in your home.
What to look for in quality Valentine’s Day decor
Material
When shopping for decorations for your home, keep an eye out for quality materials. Just because it’s a seasonal item doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be well-made and display craftsmanship. This, of course, depends on your budget and whether you plan on tossing the decoration after the holiday, taking it out for next year or keeping it out year-round.
Design and color
Valentine’s Day colors tend to be quite traditional — think reds, whites and pinks in all their various hues. The good news is that you don’t have to box yourself in with traditional colors. Try mixing in your own favorites to make your space pop. The most subtle change can make all the difference.
Versatility
Some Valentine’s Day decor can be used year-round. A tablecloth, for instance, always has a place in a home, even if there are hearts and “I love yous” scribbled throughout. Bigger, bolder and louder decorations, such as lawn decorations, are usually tucked away once the holiday ends. Versatile items tend to stretch your dollar a bit further, however.
How much you can expect to spend on Valentine’s Day decor
Considering that Valentine’s Day decor is available in an array of shapes and sizes, the cost varies. Handmade items are usually more expensive. You can find most Valentine’s Day decor items for anywhere from a few dollars to a little over $100.
Valentine’s Day decor FAQ
Is there such a thing as too much Valentine’s Day decor?
A. How much you choose to decorate is up to you. However, if you prefer to keep your space as tasteful as possible, it isn’t necessary to decorate every room. Subtle decor items like coffee mugs, small artwork, a door wreath, an accent pillow and a picture frame add a touch of Valentine’s Day cheer without being too over the top.
When can I begin decorating for Valentine’s Day?
A. Unlike Christmas, deciding when is the perfect time to begin decorating for Valentine’s Day can be tricky. Use your best judgment and consider that the holiday is in mid-February. The sooner you get started, the better decor items you’ll find. Most stores begin putting out Valentine’s Day decor at the start of the year.
What’s the best Valentine’s Day decor to buy?
Top Valentine’s Day decor
What you need to know: This “love” sign is perfect for Valentine’s Day but subtle enough to be displayed all year.
What you’ll love: The sign lights up with the help of 2 AAA batteries. It measures approximately 12 inches long and 4 inches high. It can stand independently or be hung on a wall.
What you should consider: The batteries aren’t included, so make sure to buy some to avoid disappointment on the day.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Valentine’s Day decor for the money
CNVoila Valentine’s Day Burlap Banner
What you need to know: Made of 100% jute burlap, this banner is reusable and will grab your loved one’s attention.
What you’ll love: The banner can be used indoors or outdoors. It comes with traditional Valentine’s Day colors of red, pink and white. The banner looks stunning showcased in any room and can be folded easily for storage once the holiday ends.
What you should consider: It’s a seasonal decoration that some will take down once Valentine’s Day ends.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
East Urban Home Rainbow Heart by Maggie Olsen
What you need to know: You can hang this canvas as Valentine’s Day decoration; it also looks great year-round.
What you’ll love: It’s printed on quality cotton canvas using fade-resistant archival inks. It’s available in a choice of eight sizes.
What you should consider: Though it’s sure to be something you reuse in years to come or display all year, it is expensive.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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DentalCAD customers can upgrade to an Ultimate Bundle for a one-time fixed fee
DARMSTADT, Germany, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- exocad, an Align Technology, Inc. company and a leading dental CAD/CAM software provider, today announced that it is offering a limited-time ultimate trade-up offer. exocad customers with a DentalCAD perpetual dongle activated before August 31, 2022, can take advantage of the "Upgrade to Ultimate offer" that allows customers to upgrade to an Ultimate Bundle for a one-time fixed fee, regardless of how old their software licenses are or how many modules have been activated. Ultimate Bundles provide the largest range of included exocad modules.
"We received a fantastic response when we offered this special promotion for the first time last year," said Novica Savic, CCO exocad. "Following positive feedback from our customers and the recent release of DentalCAD 3.1 Rijeka, we've decided to renew this limited-time offer as a way to help our customers get the most out of exocad's current software releases."
By accepting this offer, customers benefit threefold: They receive an upgrade to the most current software release DentalCAD 3.1 Rijeka, a license equipped with all Ultimate Bundle DentalCAD modules, and access to the next generation DentalCAD software within the next 12 months. The promotion is valid from October 1 to December 31, 2022. Interested customers may contact their preferred reseller for more information.
Additional information is available at https://promo.exocad.com/trade-up-2022
exocad GmbH, an Align Technology, Inc. company, is a leading dental CAD/CAM software provider. exocad vigorously pushes the boundaries of digital dentistry, providing flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use CAD/CAM software for dental labs and dental practices worldwide. More than 50,000 valued customers plan implants and create functional and refined restorations with exocad's DentalCAD, ChairsideCAD and exoplan software. exocad and DentalCAD, among others, are trademarks of exocad GmbH or one of its subsidiaries or affiliated companies, and are registered in the U.S. and other countries. For more information and a list of exocad reseller partners, please visit exocad.com.
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For a limited time only, Happy Meals aren't just for kids. McDonald's teamed up with the fashion streetwear brand Cactus Plant Flea Market to release an adult meal box, complete with a classic character toy.
"One day you ordered a Happy Meal for the last time and you didn't even know it," McDonald's said on its Facebook page earlier this month. But the fast food giant's upcoming campaign will give adults a chance to revisit a part of their childhood.
Starting next Monday and running through Oct. 30, McDonald's will offer the Cactus Plant Flea Market Meal Box, where adults can get a taste of childhood nostalgia. The box comes with a meal and a classic McDonald's character: Grimace, the Hamburglar, Birdie and newcomer Cactus Buddy.
Cactus Plant Flea Market fans can also win merchandise by participating in a sweepstakes through the McDonald's app.
"We're taking one of the most nostalgic McDonald's experiences and literally repackaging it in a new way that's hyper-relevant for our adult fans," Tariq Hassan, McDonald's USA Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer said in a statement Tuesday.
This isn't the first time McDonald's has teamed up with big pop culture names to boost sales. In 2020, it teamed up with American rapper Travis Scott, marketing his favorite meal: a Quarter Pounder, fries and a Sprite. And in 2021, McDonald's released the BTS Meal, a collaboration with the South Korean boy band.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fallout from the breach of a river dam along a front line of Russia's war in Ukraine continued to wreak havoc on lives, livelihoods and the environment on Wednesday.
When the Kakhovka dam ruptured on Tuesday, it sent a torrent of water from Ukraine's largest reservoir into streets and homes downstream on the Dnieper River where tens of thousands of people live — in the thick of a combat zone where shelling regularly takes place.
It's not clear what caused the breach: the structure had already been damaged in the war.
Ukraine's government, which controls the river's western bank and the city of Kherson, has accused Russian forces of blowing up the facility.
Officials in Russia, which controls the eastern bank for about the last 300 kilometers (about 185 miles) before the river reaches the Black Sea, has blamed Ukrainian military strikes.
WHAT ARE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS?
Authorities and rescue workers on both sides stepped up efforts Wednesday to pull beleaguered residents to higher and drier ground.
Volunteers in the city of Kherson buzzed around in inflatable motor boats to ferry people to safety or gather belongings left behind a day before.
Around 3,000 people were evacuated from both sides of the river, and water levels were continuing to rise, officials said.
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson regional administration, said some 1,700 people had been evacuated in Ukraine-controlled areas by early afternoon on Wednesday. Hundreds of calls for help were still pouring in to a government hotline, he said. The area has a population of about 42,000.
On the Russia-controlled bank, Moscow-appointed regional governor Vladimir Saldo said that 22,000 to 40,000 people remained in flooded areas. His deputy, Tatyana Kuzmich, said 1,274 people had been evacuated, and that the emergency response would last at least 10 days.
The head of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, tweeted about "concerning developments" in the wake of the dam breach. He said he would travel next week to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which sits upstream on the edge of the reservoir.
Water from the river is used for cooling at the nuclear plant — Europe's largest — but officials have said the dam breach poses no immediate risk to its safety.
WHO AND WHAT REMAINS AT RISK?
The office of Ukraine’s general prosecutor said water levels downstream from the dam rose as much as 12 meters (39 feet) above normal levels, causing flooding in more than two dozen villages and towns in liberated areas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram that hundreds of thousands of people were without normal access to drinking water. Evacuation efforts in occupied areas had “completely failed,” he wrote, and Kyiv would appeal for international support.
Experts warned about the possibility of an environmental disaster for wildlife and ecosystems. Some of the biggest minefields in Ukraine were inundated, raising the prospect that the explosives could be moved around.
Ukrainian authorities urged locals to drink only bottled water and avoid eating fish from the river, among other warnings.
WHY IS THE DAM IMPORTANT?
Operational since the mid-1950s under the Soviet Union, the dam and its associated hydroelectric power station are located about 70 kilometers (44 miles) east of the city of Kherson, and help bring electricity, irrigation and drinking water to a wide swath of southern Ukraine.
Water in the reservoir is also channeled through a long canal that stretches to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed nine years ago.
Ukraine’s vast agricultural heartland, which is partially fed by the Dnieper River, is crucial to worldwide supplies of grain, sunflower oil and other foodstuffs. | 2023-06-07T14:47:44+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/ukrainian-dam-breach-whats-happening-and-whats-at-stake/AD4S6YVQERHB7OJD2OBXOOIEVI/ |
Ciara was spotted on Instagram and looked as beautiful as ever as she served face, body and style in her most recent post.
Taking to the platform, the songstress showed off her Art Basel Miami look as she rocked a cut ut black and silver look that was everything. The look featured a rhinestone encrusted bralette top and a black dress which she wore drapped over her toned body. She paired the look with black leather boots while showing off her fun and flirty side in the process. In the fun IG Reel, she served face as she donned a light beat, rocking a nude lip to perfection and wavy hair.
The starlet accessorized the cozy ensemble with minimal jewelry and posed for the fashionable post where she served face from all angles and definitely served face and body in the process.
“Art Basel Miami was such an amazing time! One of my highlights was seeing the new @bmwusa BMW XM in person. She’s a real beauty, ya’ll! She bad! #BMWPartner
#BMWXM #ArtBaselMiami” she captioned the video.
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Our leaders are gunning for a corporate tax cut. What about the rest of us?
Give a politician a surplus and they'll quickly find a way to use it.
And that spending rarely trickles down to the people who need it the most.
Pennsylvania is flush with cash right now thanks to $7.3 billion in taxpayer money President Joe Biden's administration sent the state last year as part of a COVID-19 stimulus.
Thus far, the Legislature has taken its time spending that money. As of late March, just shy of $5 billion had been spent or earmarked, according to the state treasurer's office.
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Democrats eyed the remainder to help fund educational and housing programs or to provide direct stimulus to low-income families. Republicans lobbied variously for more criminal justice spending or corporate tax relief.
It seems the business interests have won out.
On Tuesday, the state House overwhelmingly voted for HB1960, which reduces the state's corporate net income tax rate from 10% to 9% and calls for future cuts based on the level of budget surplus over time.
At this point, the bill is a fait accompli. In the House, eight progressive Democrats objected to it. It has bipartisan support in the Senate. And Gov. Tom Wolf, perhaps looking for compromise to bolster his larger education-heavy spending plan, has signaled his support.
We don't begrudge corporations their tax cuts, but why are they always the first to sidle up to the trough when 12% of Pennsylvanians are living below the federal poverty line?
There's something deeply cynical in a government that can justify such blatant injustice — never mind that the COVID aid that delivered us this surplus was designed to help those hurt by, you know, COVID.
In the short-term, HB1960 would reduce tax revenues by $128 million in fiscal year 2022-23, according to a House Republican fiscal analysis. Not terrible, considering the larger surplus.
But look further out and the policy's impact compounds.
Each 1% decrease in the corporate net income tax translates to between $400 million and $450 million in lost revenue per year, according to the analysis. If the bill's relatively low bar — a $500 million surplus in 2023-24 — is met, that could translate to a net tax revenue loss of between $800 million and $900 million per year by 2025.
The argument for reducing the tax is that Pennsylvania's is the second highest — behind New Jersey's 11.5% — in the nation. Our neighbors in New York, Virginia and West Virginia have corporate net income taxes in the 6%-to-7% range. Ohio doesn't have a corporate net income tax but does collect a 5% gross receipts tax, which isn't directly comparable.
Cutting corporate taxes could hypothetically make Pennsylvania more attractive to business — and thus put more Pennsylvanians to work.
But we humbly submit that Pennsylvania doesn't have an employment problem — with the current unemployment rate at a pre-pandemic level of 4.9%.
We have a quality of life problem (that 12% poverty rate).
The best way to fix that is to leave more money in the pockets of working people, not the corporations that employ them.
And there's already a bill sitting in committee — the so-called Fair Share Tax Plan (SB555) — that would do just that. It would split the state's personal income tax — currently a flat 3.07% — into two separate taxes: laborers would pay 2.8% of their wages while business profits, capital gains and estates would be taxed at 6.5%. | 2022-04-27T20:18:51+00:00 | yorkdispatch.com | https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/editorials/2022/04/27/our-leaders-gunning-corporate-tax-cut-what-rest-us/9553802002/ |
Enmore has got its very first country club – though don’t expect to see any blindingly white golf get-ups or stuffy membership options.
Found on the main strip, Enmore Country Club is a 60-seat neighbourhood bar by two hospitality mavens and all-round nice guys, Dan McBride and Dynn Szmulewicz. The duo sure know a thing or two about creating great watering holes, with the Sunshine Inn and the Little Guy already under their belts (and formerly the Golden Gully) – so it makes sense this that new spot is killer.
Inside, you’ll find a retro twist on a country club, complete with Big Cowboy Energy. The space, which has been designed by Creative Director of Doom Juice, Zachary Godbolt, has a retro vibe with wooden cladding, a handmade resin bar top, brass finishes and custom fabricated tables.
Of course, the drinks are the star of the show. The wine list, which is projected onto the walls, features mostly natural wines and is forever evolving; pull up a seat and chat to the team about their favourite drop of the week. Coasters display the cocktails on offer, and beers are sourced from local breweries. Be sure to ask the bar staff for the signature hard cherry cola, a grown-up version of the diner drink, made by McBride and Szmulewicz. And, don't think twice about ordering a county club sandwich.
Whether you’re just starting your night or are on your walk home, Enmore Country Club will be calling your name for a tipple or two. We say don’t think twice, and dive in.
Find out more information here. | 2023-04-06T17:37:03+00:00 | timeout.com | https://www.timeout.com/sydney/bars/enmore-country-club |
The fans of Texas Christian University’s baseball program have crafted a textbook example for making the best of a difficult situation.
Especially when that predicament was happening 857 miles away in Terre Haute, Indiana.
TCU fans responded magnificently to Indiana State University’s decision not to host this weekend’s super regional round of the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Both Texas Christian and Indiana State advanced to college baseball’s Sweet Sixteen by winning NCAA regionals. The next step — the super regionals — involve a best-of-three-games series at eight different sites around the country. The tournament bracket pitted the Sycamores against the Horned Frogs in a super regional series that could’ve been played in Terre Haute, given that ISU is seeded higher than TCU.
ISU declined to host the super regional, after the university had hosted the five-day Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and six-game NCAA regional on the preceding weeks, the latter of which drew a total attendance of 11,783 fans.
Thus, ISU and TCU were scheduled to play at the Horned Frogs’ home field, Lupton Baseball Stadium, in Fort Worth.
Athletic Director Sherard Clinkscales called that decision “excruciating,” citing conflicting overlap with the Special Olympics Indiana Summer Games. ISU, its staff and the city of Terre Haute have served as host site of that wonderful event — a community gem — for more than a half century, and Clinkscales said he decided ISU couldn’t deliver on that standing commitment while simultaneously hosting the super regional at a level worthy of both.
That move, announced Monday, understandably sparked waves of disappointment and criticism online from the ISU and Terre Haute communities — an uproar that shouldn’t continue to overshadow the excitement ahead for the Sycamores, the stellar atmosphere at Bob Warn Field for the MVC and regional tourneys, and the value of the Special Olympics.
TCU fans followed the situation from afar. They came up with their own grassroots response.
They began urging donations to Special Olympics Indiana. It caught on.
By Wednesday morning, those donations exceeded $30,000, said Carla Knapp, director of marketing and communications for Special Olympics Indiana. Those included more than 650 individual donors across 37 states, “but primarily Texas,” Knapp explained.
The gesture caught the Special Olympics Indiana team by surprise.
“Absolutely, this was very unexpected,” Knapp said Wednesday morning, “but we are truly grateful for the outpouring of support that we’ve received. That money is going to allow us to provide sports, fitness and leadership opportunities for the athletes and for programs across the state.”
Those donations couldn’t have come at a more important moment — just days before the Special Olympics Indiana Summer Games, which runs Friday through Sunday (the exact timespan of the NCAA super regional) in Terre Haute. “It’s our signature event for the year,” Knapp said.
And, it should be considered the same for Terre Haute.
The Summer Games bring 2,100 Special Olympians, more than 1,000 coaches, another 1,500 volunteers and the athletes’ families and caregivers to the city. “All of these folks are going to be coming to Terre Haute for three days of competition and festivities,” Knapp said.
The athletes — children and adults with intellectual disabilities — will compete at seven different venues on the ISU and Rose-Hulman campuses, as well as local bowling alleys in Terre Haute, just as they’ve done almost every year since 1971. The opening ceremony in Hulman Center, beginning with the Parade of Athletes at 7 p.m. Friday will draw “thousands and thousands of people,” Knapp said, “to celebrate these athletes.”
Incredibly, most of the donors responding to the furor on social media over super regional site decision have never seen the Special Olympics unfold in Terre Haute. They gave anyway.
The contributors include members of the Lupton Drinking Club, a small group of TCU baseball backers that enjoy a few beers and cheering alongside fellow supporters at Horned Frogs games. They emphasized, the LDC takes “zero credit” for initiating the donation effort.
“The change in super regional venue was a shock to TCU fans and quickly met with conflicting emotions,” club spokesman Kyle Mulloy told the Tribune-Star via email Tuesday night. “On one hand we were thrilled because postseason baseball at Lupton is revered, while also saddened that Terre Haute wouldn’t be able to experience their (well deserved) opportunity to host.”
They decided to help make the best of a difficult situation.
“Immediately, though, there was a sense from many Frog fans on Twitter that while a super regional cannot be replaced, we could certainly offer an olive branch,” Mulloy said. “Giving back to Special Olympics Indiana was the obvious choice. And before we sent out the tweet, donations had already been given.”
The LDC urged its few thousand followers to pitch in. “We thought, let’s take this great idea and run with it,” Mulloy said.
The team at Special Olympics Indiana got wind of the drive. “Since we’ve become aware of fans’ social media campaign, we’ve been tracking it,” Knapp said. “It’s a huge help.”
Though LDC members are Horned Frogs diehards, they even expressed an admirable bit of baseball benevolence for their Indiana State rivals.
“If TCU wasn’t playing Indiana State, we’d be rooting hard for the Sycamores,” Mulloy said. | 2023-06-08T23:17:02+00:00 | tribstar.com | https://www.tribstar.com/mark-bennett-cheers-to-tcu-fans-rallying-to-support-special-olympics/article_ec04f84d-eaa1-5a64-90fe-31ba9ddb2de6.html |
Astros vs. Nationals Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 13
Tuesday's contest between the Houston Astros (37-29) and Washington Nationals (26-38) squaring off at Minute Maid Park has a projected final score of 5-3 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of the Astros, who is listed as a small favorite by our model. The game will start at 8:10 PM ET on June 13.
The Astros will give the nod to Hunter Brown (5-3, 3.82 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 6 on the season, and the Nationals will counter with Patrick Corbin (4-6, 4.89 ERA).
Astros vs. Nationals Game Info & Odds
- When: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 8:10 PM ET
- Where: Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas
- How to Watch on TV: SportsNet SW
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Astros vs. Nationals Score Prediction
Our pick for this matchup is Astros 5, Nationals 3.
Total Prediction for Astros vs. Nationals
- Total Prediction: Under 8.5 runs
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Astros Performance Insights
- The Astros have played as the favorite in four of their past 10 games and have gone 2-2 in those contests.
- Houston and its opponents have combined to hit the over five times in its last 10 games with a total.
- The Astros have won three of their last four games against the spread.
- This season, the Astros have won 25 out of the 44 games, or 56.8%, in which they've been favored.
- This season Houston has won seven of its nine games, or 77.8%, when favored by at least -250 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Astros have a 71.4% chance to win.
- Houston has scored 298 runs (4.5 per game) this season, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- The Astros have a 3.34 team ERA that leads all MLB pitching staffs.
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OTTAWA, ON, April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Lumenix, a trusted industry provider of hardware, software, sensors, and AI technologies, is driving innovation in the field of healthcare technologies with its patient-centric, clinically validated Artificially Intelligent Monitoring System (AIMS). Lumenix will unveil and demo this technology at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS 2023) from April 17 – 21 in Chicago.
Clinically validated by the Federal Government of Canada, and guided by a team of leading international experts, AIMS is a state-of-the art, multifunctional AI platform technology that predicts and prevents adverse events in healthcare settings before they occur. Initially developed to help prevent the spread of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) caused by inadequate hand hygiene—one of the leading causes of death in North American hospitals—AIMS is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by using its networked system of 3D spatial sensors and predictive AI to contribute to the delivery of care by supporting healthcare professionals to achieve higher patient satisfaction, identify operating efficiencies, and generate high value insights with data that would be otherwise unobtainable.
"Lumenix is proud to be at the forefront of this transformative movement and we're excited to see the positive impact that AIMS 3.0 will have on the lives of patients and practitioners around the world. By seamlessly integrating cutting-edge technology with clinical workflows, we're improving patient outcomes and contributing to vital research in ways that are otherwise unattainable. Our innovative approach protects privacy while equally supporting clinicians to deliver the best-in-class healthcare.," says Scott Delaney, CEO and Chairman of Lumenix.
Originally developed by a multidisciplinary team of leading engineers and clinicians at Boston Children's Hospital, America's top ranked pediatric hospital, AIMS was acquired by Lumenix in 2020 and completed a clinical trial at The Ottawa Hospital—one of Canada's largest research and teaching hospitals—in 2021. Ever since, a global team of experts have been collaborating on the AIMS technology to meet the needs of healthcare institutions. AIMS is a purpose-built, autonomous enterprise solution, empowering healthcare professionals to create safer and more efficient clinical environments, making it the ideal solution for busy healthcare settings and shrinking budgets. Lumenix is utilizing next-generation technologies to solve healthcare challenges in a post-pandemic world.
With research and innovation at the foundation of this technology, AIMS underwent an extraordinarily successful clinical trial at The Ottawa Hospital where 93% of KPIs were met. AIMS demonstrated astute precision to help solve some of healthcare's most persistent data, quality and safety issues, such as hand hygiene performance.
"The AIMS platform enterprise solution enables patient safety by design. Continuous and comprehensive monitoring of patients and environments are central to ensuring carers can anticipate, identify, and respond to risk. This is at the foundation of ensuring patient and staff safety which in turn are necessary to patient centered care" says Alan Forster, EVP, and Chief Innovation and Quality Officer, at The Ottawa Hospital.
Built from the ground up with anonymity in mind, the ceiling-mounted device offers an easy-to-install platform solution that leverages deep learning models to analyze complex clinical environments and subtle human behaviors resulting in unbiased and reliable data that empowers management decisions and contributes to a learning health system. With user-friendly dashboards providing real-time data, insights, and reporting, AIMS is seamlessly contributing to the landscape of healthcare.
The AIMS platform technology is currently being deployed in Canada and the U.S. and is commercially available to hospitals and healthcare institutions. For more information about AIMS, please visit: www.aimsplatform.io or contact Lumenix at aimscommunications@AIMSplatform.io.
Lumenix is a leading provider of hardware, software, sensors, and artificial intelligence currently serving and trusted by thousands of clients across healthcare, commercial, residential, industrial and retail sectors in North America. Lumenix is committed to its vision of providing continuous value creation and enhanced safety for its partners and clients through the application of proprietary artificial intelligence, robotics engineering, inter-connectivity and clean technologies.
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I think I’ve finally figured out why Black white nationalist Jason Whitlock has taken on the role of commander-in-white-racist-protection. I believe I understand why wherever there’s a white man being accused of using racial slurs, Whitlock is there sporting his favorite cape and ready to leap tall cylinders of white tears in a single bound in order to shield a Caucasian from an onslaught of anti-bigot bullets.
I think Jason Whitlock has actually completely forgotten that he’s Black.
On Wednesday, Whitlock declared on his show Fearless With Jason Whitlock that if he were an NFL team owner, he would “think twice, three times, four times, five times before drafting a Black quarterback because of what the media will do.”
His general point appears to be that if he recruited a Black quarterback it would up the likelihood that he would be accused of racism if things didn’t go well with said Black quarterback. It’s almost as if, even in his wildest daydreams, Whitlock sees himself as a white man.
“This has nothing to do with the player, this has to do with what the media will do to that player,” Whitlock continued. “With Daniel Jones, if he succeeds or fails, if they cut him a year from now, two years from now, no one’s gonna call him a ‘victim,’ no one’s going to cape up for him. You can do whatever you want to a White quarterback. When it comes to a Black quarterback, if you don’t meet his every whim and demand you run the risk of being called a ‘racist,’ and I wouldn’t want that hassle if I’m an NFL owner. I wouldn’t want the hassle of the whole media— ‘oh, my God, you gotta pay him X, Y, and Z’… They only do this for Black quarterbacks, and I would just avoid the hassle of it and go find me a White one so that if I want to mistreat him, I can mistreat him. If I want to treat him well, I can treat him well. You don’t have that freedom [with a Black quarterback].”
There’s a lot of self-loathing stupidity to unpack here.
First, let’s start with the fact that rejecting a quarterback for any reason that is tied to his Blackness is racist. If you have a qualified quarterback who you’re rejecting solely because he’s Black, you are performing racism. It doesn’t matter what peripheral reasons you have to pass on Black quarterbacks besides skin color in and of itself. Whitlock is essentially advocating for an NFL where white franchise owners, including his imaginary self, routinely bar Black players from becoming quarterbacks because white men might be left vulnerable to allegations of racism, which is already a thing that happens and is bound to happen in a league that is nearly 60% Black at the player level (and only the player level). Again, Whitlock makes it his mission to protect whiteness at all costs, and it’s hard to imagine that can be the case for any other reason besides him seeing himself as a white man and one who would likely be accused of racism.
“The Baltimore Ravens, and not that they would ever state this publicly, but even behind the scenes they can’t say to the media ‘man, the guy hasn’t been available, he’s missed 10 of the last 22 games.’ You can’t even say that because, again, that would be ‘racist,’” Whitlock went on to say in an apparent reference to Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who has requested to be traded from the Ravens due to the team owners not being “interested in meeting my value.”
“But if it was a White quarterback you could say ‘we agreed with his decision to sit out the playoff game but it didn’t play well in the locker room, and it raised some questions,’” Whitlock continued. “You can’t say any of it. Logic, reason, and facts have nothing to do when you’re dealing with a Black quarterback. I’m saying it sincerely, I wouldn’t want the hassle of dealing with all these Black people in the media, and all over social media that are going to frame me as a bad person if I don’t give Lamar Jackson, or whatever Black quarterback is the flavor of the month his every demand. ‘I’m good, give me a White quarterback.’”
First of all, a white team owner being accused of racism simply for mentioning how many games a Black quarterback has missed is not a thing that happens outside of Whitlock’s wannabe-white mind. Secondly, if Whitlock is sincere about dodging situations that would cause “Black people in the media, and all over social media” to “frame me as a bad person,” then he should quit his current job. It’s almost as if Whitlock is completely oblivious to what Black people think and say about him right now in real life.
Again, if Whitlock’s alter ego, Jason White-lock, couldn’t handle discussions on racial bias in a predominately Black league, he shouldn’t have his imaginary job as an imaginary white franchise owner in the first place. But Whitlock identifies so easily with white fragility that he would ignore the racially coded language white NFL officials (and Deion Sanders) use when referencing Black quarterbacks.
But then again, if Whitlock was a white NFL owner who would do his best to sweep discussions on racism under the rug, he would be in good company.
NFL reporter Jim Trotter recently announced that he “was informed over the weekend” that his contract with the NFL Media Group “is not being renewed.”
It appears that Trotter got the axe for committing the cardinal Caucasian sin of making NFL commissioner Roger Goodell look silly during Super Bowl 2022 by asking him a simple-yet-relevant question: “Why does the NFL and its owners have such a difficult time, at the highest levels, hiring Black people into decision-making positions?”
From Deadspin:
Before he asked that, Trotter provided context about how most of the league’s franchises have had only one or zero Black coaches, how there still hasn’t been a Black majority owner, and the continued lack of diversity at NFL Media Group, where Black people are never, or are rarely in charge, of making decisions about a league that’s majority Black.
And at last month’s Super Bowl, Trotter again asked Goodell about the league’s lack of diversity.
“And yet a year later, nothing has changed,” Trotter said to the Commissioner after listing some facts. “James Baldwin once said, ‘I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.”
So, Goodell, once again, looked visibly flustered as he fumbled around for an answer to Trotter’s question, which he clearly didn’t have. Next thing you know, Trotter and the NFL Media Group are parting ways.
So, maybe Whitlock is white…I mean, right? Maybe he just knows white people because it takes one to know one and that’s why he’d rather deal with racism by eliminating those who bring it up rather than actually deal with the racism. Just ask Colin Kaepernick.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro’s candidate to serve as the state’s top election official is facing an unconventional multi-hearing confirmation process that began on Wednesday.
The Senate State Government Committee Chairman Cris Dush, R-Jefferson County, stated at the hearing’s outset that there would be no vote taken on whether to recommend Al Schmidt’s confirmation as secretary of the Department of State to the full Senate.
That’s a matter for another time.
He said a subsequent joint hearing would be held with the Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee, which has oversight of the licensing responsibilities that the department handles, at a later date.
In a sign of the growing importance that election administration has taken on in recent years, the purpose of Wednesday’s gathering was to get to know more about Schmidt and his views on “strengthening public confidence in every election at every level,” Dush said.
He further stated that even though Schmidt is a Republican, “party affiliation is not a rubber stamp for recommendation by this committee.”
Schmidt, fresh off last week’s primary election with no widespread snafus, was praised by Sen. Amanda Cappeletti, D-Delaware County, for a record that shows he is “committed to democracy and ensuring voters voices are heard.”
Along with serving as president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a non-partisan good government advocacy group, Schmidt formerly served as the Philadelphia city commissioner who oversaw elections. In that role, he gained national attention for enduring false accusations of widespread voter fraud by former President Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election that led to death threats.
In responding to questions during the three-hour hearing, Schmidt told the committee he shares its desire to improve voter access and improve election integrity.
Committee members grilled him about the security of mail-in voting and drop boxes, ridding the voter rolls of ineligible voters, and the lack of uniformity in election administration, among other issues.
But a predominant line of questioning focused on Pennsylvania’s participation in the Electronic Registration Information Center, a multi-state voter registration database that helps states maintain accurate voter rolls.
Schmidt indicated he sees it as beneficial for Pennsylvania to remain in ERIC that lists about two dozen other states as members that share information to help identify voters who moved out of state or have duplicate registrations.
“I think it’s a very valuable asset when it comes to maintaining election integrity and a very valuable asset when it comes to making voter rolls more accurate,” Schmidt said.
Dush, however, made it clear he has concerns about maintaining the state’s membership in ERIC now that eight states, all Republican leaning, have pulled out. He said his understanding is that those states withdrew over ERIC’s affiliation with liberal-leaning groups and is inclined to have Pennsylvania join them.
In a statement after the hearing, Dush said, “Restoring trust in our elections should not be a red or a blue issue. I am pleased that Acting Secretary Schmidt acknowledged many of the integrity concerns that I and my fellow Republicans have raised over the years. I look forward to further productive discussions on implementing commonsense reforms to fortify the electoral process, instill confidence in voters, and preserve the integrity of future elections.” | 2023-05-24T23:49:31+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2023/05/shapiros-pick-for-secretary-of-state-subjected-to-unconventional-confirmation-vetting.html |
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coldwell Banker Realty in Northern California is pleased to announce that one of the region's leading real estate teams, McNair Group, led by real estate powerhouse Billy McNair, has affiliated with the company's Menlo Park office. The team was formerly affiliated with Compass.
The team is consistently a top performing group, steadily appearing on the prestigious Real Trends Top 1000 and America's Best rankings. In 2021, McNair Group closed over $320 million in real estate sales. In 2019, the team's leader, McNair, ranked as the No. 12 individual agent in the U.S. on the Real Trends Top 1000 ranking, with over $227 million in closed sales volume.
With well over $1.5 billion in career sales, McNair brings an unparalleled skillset and expertise to the real estate brokerage business. He is an accomplished CEO and licensed attorney in the state of California, which enables him to successfully navigate his clients through the intricacies of the real estate transaction. McNair has a strong negotiating background, which ensures his clients receive the optimal terms in the transaction. In addition, he holds an MBA, giving him a strong financial background to analyze market conditions, investment opportunities, and macro and micro-economic trends.
In 2008, McNair launched the McNair Group to provide exceptional real estate services and the highest level of service to clients in the mid-Peninsula. The team possesses an exceptional knowledge of the Silicon Valley landscape. The team members have lived on the Peninsula for much of their lives, yielding an intimate knowledge of the real estate history, trends, and cycles that have influenced the unique Bay Area real estate market over the past four decades.
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"Our team's commitment to providing world-class service to our clients means that we constantly evaluate our own affiliations and resources. Coldwell Banker continues to be the North Star of the real estate industry in guiding agents and consumers home, especially through times of change and progress. That is why we are excited to partner our business with Coldwell Banker Realty, who we know will support our team in providing the highest-level of care our clients have come to expect."
-- Billy McNair, leader of the McNair Group
"Billy and his team provide the top-notch service and local market expertise to their clients. We are thrilled to welcome Billy back to Coldwell Banker, where together we will continue to elevate the real estate offerings for the Silicon Valley and beyond."
-- Jennifer Lind, president of Coldwell Banker Realty in Northern California
About Coldwell Banker Realty
Coldwell Banker Realty in Northern California is one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in Northern California and serves the markets from Carmel to Tahoe. The company has approximately 56 offices and about 4,000 affiliated agents. Real estate agents affiliated with the company are independent contractor agents and are not employees of the company. Coldwell Banker Realty is owned by a subsidiary of Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (NYSE:HOUS), the largest full-service residential real estate services company in the United States. For more information, please visit ColdwellBankerHomes.com. CalBRE #01908304.
Media Contact: Leah Wright, Leah.Wright@cbhomeoffice.com or 717.315.5472
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NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Newmark twists a “Batman” quote to jokingly refer to himself as “not the nerd you want, but maybe now and then I’m the nerd you need.”
Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, has since retired from the pioneering website that made him ultra-rich by expanding the world of classified ads onto the internet. But the 69-year-old self-proclaimed nerd says he’s now busier than ever as a philanthropist, with what he calls his particular skills — nurturing talent, directing people toward a goal, synthesizing expert knowledge — in high demand.
Through Craig Newmark Philanthropies, he launched the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York and has donated to numerous charities that support trustworthy journalism, voter protection, veterans and their families and encouragement for girls to seek careers in technology.
And in April, he committed $50 million in donations to the Cyber Civil Defense initiative. It is intended to help protect Americans from escalating cybersecurity threats.
Newmark sees the bulk of his philanthropic work as a way to help protect democracy, a cause to which he has already donated more than $250 million. That includes his latest donation — funding the Newmark Civic Life Series of Recanati-Kaplan Talks and an initiative of the 92NY Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact, which runs through the end of the year in New York City.
Topics include “The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of ‘The Big Lie’,” moderated by CBS News anchor John Dickerson on Sept. 18, and future events including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, New York Times reporter and author Maggie Haberman and the founders of Axios.
The Associated Press spoke recently with Newmark about the lecture series and why he believes democracy is in danger. The interview was edited for clarity and length.
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Q: Why did you want to sponsor this series?
A: Basically, our country and our democracy are under threat. And a guy like me, who doesn’t know a lot, figures, “I can work with other people to stand up and defend the country.” I’m doing that in a number of ways. One way is to work with 92NY. They get people who really know their stuff and who talk for the country. I’m not the right guy. It takes a kind of savvy that as a nerd, I lack.
Q: How does gathering people with varying viewpoints help solidify democracy?
A: Well, democracy is about getting people with different viewpoints to work together and get along. The deal is that some people will have strengths, where others have weaknesses and vice versa. There’s always a lot to learn. I’m trying to learn how to counter disinformation, and that’s a theme of these talks. But the more I learned, the more I realized that my confronting a disinformation professional makes me the person bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Q: How do you cut through the disinformation, especially as we approach the midterm elections?
A: I don’t know how to cut through it, but I can speak simple truths. Like the argument that things are thoroughly corrupt. You could show people that’s false. And generally speaking, the corruption argument comes from people pushing the message that says, “Abandon all hope.” If you abandon hope, you’ve lost. There’s still a lot of time to support democracy. It won’t be easy. My contribution will be to support people who are good at it. Like I’m hearing that pre-bunking, inoculating people against disinformation might be really helpful, along with flooding the zone with facts. There’s a lot more good actors than bad actors. The 92NY programs are about telling people who are potentially good actors that it’s time to stand up.
Q: And what do “good actors” need to do?
A: You have to find people willing to take a good honest look at what’s going on and challenge their own assumptions. And then act on that. It’s tough, because we all have confirmation bias. I have confirmation bias. I’ve learned through the decades that I’ve been very wrong at times. That’s why I act in a pretty restrained way. There’s a lot of good people doing a lot of this work. They need to talk to each other. They need to work with each other. Then, effectiveness is amplified. When people work together like that, people are also safer. If they work together en masse, creating a such a target-rich environment, it’s much more difficult for very bad actors to target them.
Q: Does that idea of collaboration extend to your philanthropy?
A: I have the disadvantage of being an amateur in philanthropy. But my biggest advantage is that I am an amateur in philanthropy. I’m not constrained by annual budget cycles and so on, although I have to deal with things like adjusting my burn rate because the biggest single area of expenditures is in supporting democracy. I’m trying to lead by example. And all I know is how to lead from the grassroots and the very bottom up. I have no skills for top-down leadership. I’m a black hole of charisma, you know; I absorb it without emitting any. So all I know is to stand up for things and nudge people to do so relentlessly.
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The 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro will feature Fox Shocks and rear disc brakes.
An Instagram post went live Tuesday on Toyota’s official account showing a Fox shock with a small remote reservoir and a rear brake disc, a feature still not offered on the current-generation Tacoma, which continues with rear drum brakes.
Toyota first teased the TRD Pro trim earlier in April, following an initial tease of the redesigned 2024 Tacoma in March. This will mark the first true redesign of the Tacoma in ages, as some parts of the truck are more than a decade old. They’ll be replaced by components from the full-size Tundra, including a shortened version of that truck’s TNGA-F body-on-frame platform (which also underpins the LC300 Land Cruiser that’s not sold in the U.S.) and, judging from leaked patent drawings, some similar-looking sheetmetal.
The returning TRD Pro model will be joined by a new Tacoma Trailhunter aimed at overlanding. Toyota announced the Trailhunter trim in November, stating it would proliferate across the automaker’s truck and SUV lineup. The teaser showing a Trailhunter-specific bumper from off-road accessories company ARB revealed the Tacoma will be the first Trailhunter model.
Toyota also previously confirmed the 2024 Tacoma will get a hybrid powertrain option. Base Tacomas are expected to have a 2.4-liter turbo-4 and an 8-speed automatic from the Highlander crossover SUV, but mounted longitudinally instead of transversely. The TRD Pro and other high-end trims will add a single electric motor to the turbo-4 powertrain.
The redesigned Tacoma will serve as the basis for a new 4Runner SUV, arriving sometime after the pickup. An electric Tacoma will eventually join the lineup as well.
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OPEC+ boosts oil output by slower pace than previous months
The OPEC oil cartel and its allies decided Wednesday to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in previous months at a time of high oil prices and unstable energy supplies exacerbated by the war Russia has waged on Ukraine.
The OPEC+ coalition said it will increase output to 100,000 barrels a day next month after raising it by by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August. The group considered what effects staggering inflation and rising COVID-19 rates may have on global demand for fuel in the fall, with gasoline prices at the pump still high.
OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and its allies, led by Russia, curtailed production during the pandemic as oil prices and demand plummeted, and those cuts are due to expire in September. The OPEC+ coalition has been gradually adding more oil and gas to the market as economies recovered.
Some OPEC nations, such as Angola and Nigeria, have been producing less than the agreed-upon amount. Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, on the other hand, have the capacity to increase production, although it’s unclear if they will want to.
Russia’s oil and natural gas exports to the world have declined as many nations imposed sanctions or curtailed buying from the major supplier due to its invasion of Ukraine. Russia also has reduced or cut off natural gas to a dozen European countries, further driving up energy prices, squeezing people’s spending power and threatening to cause a recession if nations can’t stockpile enough gas to get through the winter.
It was the first official monthly meeting of the OPEC+ group since its leader, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, died at age 63 in his home country of Nigeria last month. Haitham al-Ghais, a veteran of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, took over as secretary general of OPEC this week.
It was also OPEC’s first meeting since U.S. President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia last month, aiming to improve relations and hoping to encourage more oil production from the cartel. There was no oil production agreement announced after the meeting, but Biden said he expected OPEC to take steps to increase production in the coming weeks.
The price of oil rose sharply after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. But it has fallen somewhat since OPEC last met.
In the U.S., a gallon of regular gasoline was selling for $4.19 on average Tuesday. That’s substantially lower than in June, when the nationwide average surpassed $5 a gallon, but it’s still painfully high for many frontline workers and families to afford and about 32% higher than what drivers were paying a year ago.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
0-4-1-8, FIREBALL: 5
(zero, four, one, eight; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
0-4-1-8, FIREBALL: 5
(zero, four, one, eight; FIREBALL: five) | 2023-01-04T20:01:41+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Day-game-17694459.php |
No. 14 Texas Tech led for six-and-a-half innings during its Friday night series opener against Kansas State, but first baseman Roberto Pena erased that trend with a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and propelled the Wildcats to a 3-2 win at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.
Pena scored all three K-State runs in the victory, which improved the Wildcats to 10-6 in Big 12 play. Batting at the bottom of the lineup, Pena put the Wildcats on the board with a fifth-inning sacrifice fly off Tech starter Mason Molina, and played hero two innings later with the go-ahead blast off reliever Ryan Free, his 12th home run of the year.
Tech had its chance to shake things up, putting three runners on base over the final two innings, but the Red Raiders couldn't get much going against the K-State bullpen of right-handers Ty Ruhl and Tyson Neighbors. Ruhl tossed two shutout innings in relief of starter Owen Boerema and was credited with the win, while Neighbors picked up his eighth save of the year with a scoreless ninth inning against the top of the Tech lineup.
Pena's late dinger and Tech's lack of offensive production during the final innings arguably wasted a second consecutive solid start for Molina. Molina saw his ERA dip to 3.70 after tossing six innings of one-run ball against the Wildcats, striking out six and walking one in the process.
His lone blemish came on Pena's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth, which cut Tech's lead to 2-1. Tech had jumped ahead in the top half of the inning behind back-to-back RBI singles from redshirt freshman third baseman Kevin Bazzell and sophomore first baseman Gavin Kash off Boerema.
T5 | #TexasTech 2, Kansas State 0The Red Raiders strike first, as Kevin Bazzell and Gavin Kash each drill back-to-back opposite-field RBI singles. 45th RBI for Bazzell, 68th for Kash.Boerema has eclipsed 100 pitches.
— Chris Williams (@ChrisWilliamsDT) April 29, 2023
It was an otherwise lackluster night offensively for both teams, who combined to bat 2-14 (14 percent) with runners in scoring position, leaving a combined 17 runners on base in the process. Infielders Kaelen Culpepper and Nick Goodwin led K-State with two hits apiece, while redshirt freshman third baseman Kevin Bazzell recorded his fifth career three-hit game to lead Tech.
The Red Raiders will look to even the series Saturday with right-hander Trendan Parish on the mound. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. | 2023-04-29T10:32:22+00:00 | dailytoreador.com | https://www.dailytoreador.com/sports/late-k-state-homer-dooms-no-14-tech-in-series-opener/article_cf2ef8e4-e626-11ed-982f-379c8ff9aba2.html |
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc. (CSE: GET) (OTCQB: GMETF), a leading game technology company partnered with the world's biggest IPs to launch, operate, and monetize web3 games, today announces the launch of Karateka - the world's first playable digital fighters for fantasy games. The digital fighters are in partnership with Karate Combat and set to presale in February. Learn more and sign up for early access at karateka.io.
Karateka leverages GameOn's proprietary PLAYN3XT platform. Fans will buy playable digital fighters, craft a lineup they have true ownership in, and win exclusive prizes driven by real world Karate Combat events. Prizes include VIP tickets to shows, joining the broadcast booth with commentators, fighter meet-and-greets, signed merchandise, and $KARATE tokens. The platform bridges to web3 without the need for wallets or cryptocurrency, making it easy and seamless for all sports fans to engage.
Karate Combat recently announced that it will become the first professional sports league to launch a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and transition governance to its fans and athletes. Since debuting in 2018, the league has become one of the world's fastest growing sports franchises, with global distribution in 100+ countries and partnering with CBS, Globo, Eurosport, BeIN, & ESPN. KC37 saw a league-record 10M total viewers.
"Karateka and GameOn's PLAYN3XT platform ushers in the next generation of fantasy sports," said Matt Bailey, CEO of GameOn. "Our technology will launch, manage, and monetize the full stack of this product, from the digital fighter sales to fantasy gameplay. We can't wait to share our most ambitious product yet in Q1."
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GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc.
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By JOE McDONALD
AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) — China’s auto sales rose 9.5% last year as electric vehicle purchases nearly doubled, but demand in the global industry’s biggest market slumped in December, foreshadowing weaker growth this year, a trade group reported Thursday.
Sales of SUVs, sedans and minivans rose to 23.6 million, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Total vehicle sales, including trucks and buses, edged up 2.1% to 26.9 million.
In December, sales fell 6.7% from a year earlier to 2.3 million as consumer spending weakened under pressure from anti-virus restrictions that kept millions of people at home and an economic slowdown caused by tighter controls on corporate debt. Total vehicle sales fell 8.4% to 2.6 million.
CAAC forecast steady growth this year but said annual sales might rise only 3%.
The economy is rebounding following the ruling Communist Party’s surprise decision to lift anti-virus controls on travel and business. But the recovery is expected to be rocky as China copes with a surge in infections and weakening U.S. and European demand for its exports.
Global automakers are looking to China to propel sales growth at a time when U.S. and European demand is flat to declining.
The World Bank and private sector forecasters have cut their outlooks for China’s economic growth last year to as low as below 3%. The International Monetary Fund expects a recovery to 4.4% this year, but that still would be among the lowest levels of the past three decades.
Sales of gasoline-electric hybrids and pure electric vehicles rose 93.4% in 2022 to 6.9 million, according to CAAC. Sales of pure electrics were up 81.6% at 5.4 million vehicles while those of hybrids soared 160% to 1.5 million.
Sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles tumbled 25.3% in December to 1.3 million.
China accounts for more than half of global EV sales. The ruling party subsidized the industry’s launch to get an early lead in an emerging technology but has since shifted the financial burden to automakers by imposing sales quotas. They are investing billions of dollars in developing models that Chinese drivers will want to buy without subsidies and have formed partnerships to share the soaring costs.
EVs made up 25.6% of vehicle sales, CAAC said.
China’s annual auto sales peaked in 2017 at 24.7 million but collapsed in 2020 to 20.2 million after dealerships closed as part of efforts to contain COVID-19. They have gradually recovered since then.
Sales of Chinese brands grew 22.8% in 2022 to 11.8 million, accounting for 49.9% of the market, according to CAAC. Sales rose 12.7% in December from a year earlier to 1.3 million.
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NESCOPECK, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lines of campers and RVs sit outside Briggs Farm in Nescopeck Thursday morning. The reason? The Briggs Farm Blues Festival is back.
“I fell in love with this festival the first time I came out and I make it a point to always show up every year so I’ll be coming as long as they’re having it.”
Festival-goers like Steve Luken got to the site more than 12 hours before the festival kick-off, all to get their spot in line.
The Blues Fest is celebrating its 26th year, taking place on a farm that has been in Alison Briggs’ family for over 200 years.
“Blues has been part of our country’s history for a very, very long time. We’ve always loved it. So we wanted to bring this to the people in our area.”
Briggs says it takes all year to plan the three-day festival, welcoming thousands of guests to their home.
“They are family and a lot of them will actually text me during the year and they’ll have ideas or they’ll have seen a band that they like and they’ll tell us about it.”
Briggs’s son Dylan and his wife Dena took over planning the huge event that he’s attended since he was 18.
“It was a lot of fun, I mean it was a big kind of party for us when I was younger, and over the years it became more and more responsibility as it grew.”
Day-of tickets are also sold at the festival. The event kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday and runs through Saturday. | 2023-07-06T23:15:08+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/local-news/briggs-farm-blues-festival-celebrates-26th-year/ |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
9-4-4
(nine, four, four)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
9-4-4
(nine, four, four) | 2023-01-11T06:12:43+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17709617.php |
- COP28 Presidency hosts 'Youth Stocktake' side event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58), to assess challenges and opportunities to enhance youth inclusion in climate negotiations
- COP28 Presidency and COP28 Youth Climate Champion's team announced the delivery of an action plan on the road to COP28 to improve youth engagement structures
- 100 young people selected for the COP28 International Youth Climate Delegates Program, of which 74% represent least-developed countries and small-island developing states
- The program expands and empowers youth inclusion in the multilateral climate process through capacity-building and participation in key climate events
BONN, Germany, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The incoming COP28 Presidency today hosted the first 'Youth Stocktake' side event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58), which assessed the opportunities and challenges for youth participation in climate negotiations and multilateral climate processes.
The concept of a Youth Stocktake was announced at the event to accompany the first Global Stocktake, by conducting an assessment of the advancements and gaps for youth inclusion in the UNFCCC negotiation process. Set to be delivered at COP28, the first Global Stocktake reviews progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement and is a critical turning point for efforts to address climate change by delivering an ambitious response and to course correct.
The SB58 side event was attended by Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President-Designate of COP28 UAE; Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC; Shamma Al Mazrui, UAE Minister of Community Development and COP28 Youth Climate Champion; Razan Al Mubarak, COP28 High Level Champion, representatives from Parties, the United Nations and youth stakeholders.
"COP28 is determined to ensure that youth voices and ambitions are a focal point of the climate process. Through this Youth Stocktake, we will identify the gaps for youth inclusion and build on efforts to enhance access, capacity and resources for young people," said COP28 President-Designate Dr. Al Jaber. "Within the COP28 team, nearly 70% of our negotiators are under the age of 35. The COP28 Presidency and the Youth Climate Champion are committed to supporting and enabling greater access for youth especially from underrepresented communities through key initiatives such as the International Youth Climate Delegates Program."
"Meaningful youth engagement in the UNFCCC requires more than attending the conference. We need all voices to be heard. We must continue and enhance our support to young people so that you can meaningfully engage and influence the process, and influence the trajectory for global climate goals and commitments. I hope the Youth Stocktake will improve our understanding of where we are in ensuring youth participation in the process. Something we have all committed to", said Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Simon Stiell.
"Equitable climate action calls for youth to be heard, given access and enabled to contribute to decision-making. As we approach COP28, our vision is clear: each subsequent COP must surpass its predecessor. The COP28 International Youth Climate Delegate Program recognizes that youth have a pivotal role to play in the success of COP28 and climate progress," said COP28 Youth Climate Champion Al Mazrui. "Youth hold the key to our shared future, their passion and innovation ignite change. We are committed to enhancing youth participation within the COP28 Presidency and the COP process, strengthening platforms that advance the youth climate agenda, formalizing their involvement, relaying and amplifying their voices, and empowering them through capacity building."
"Success is incumbent on authentic inclusivity. Everyone is needed if we are to succeed," said UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP28 Ms. Al Mubarak. "We need to deliver for our youth and children by mobilizing support for youth-led solutions and ensuring that the non-state actors and the private sector support capacity-building, skills development and green jobs opportunities."
During the session, youth leaders highlighted notable milestones of youth inclusion including the establishment of YOUNGO; the annual Conference of Youth which precedes COP and local pre-COP youth conferences, which took place in 80 countries in 2022. Speakers at the event also discussed progress made on the Global Youth Statement, an annual comprehensive set of youth policy proposals agreed to by global youth organizations, paragraph 64 of the COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact, and paragraph 55-57 of the COP27 Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan.
At the event, YOUNGO and youth leaders discussed persistent challenges faced by young people, including the lack of resources and funding for youth climate volunteers; gaps in education and capacity building to understand the complex negotiation topics, a lack of formalized processes for youth policy proposals to be considered by governments, and a disconnect between youth needs in formal negotiation spaces.
Young people called on the UNFCCC to reform international youth policy input processes and establish an accessible catalog of capacity-building content. Based on recommendations at the event, the incoming COP28 Presidency and the Youth Climate Champion agreed to deliver a roadmap and action plan on the road to COP28 to improve UNFCCC youth engagement structures.
First Cohort of the COP28 International Youth Climate Delegate Program Selected
The COP28 Presidency have also selected the first International Youth Climate Delegate Program (International YCDP) cohort of 100 youth delegates, representing the world's least-developed countries, small island developing states, Indigenous Peoples, and minority groups.
Seventy-four percent of the delegates represent least-developed countries and small-island developing states across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and North Africa. The cohort of delegates include 12 from Indigenous communities and 10 from conflict areas. Fifty-six delegates are female, six are People of Determination, and 72 of the 100 delegates have never attended a COP.
The COP28 Youth Climate Champion team and YOUNGO oversee the International YCDP program. Six youth delegates from the International YCDP and three from the UAE Youth Climate Delegate Program participated in the SB58 as party observers.
The program was designed to provide a platform for the needs and policy proposals of youth in global climate decision-making, build climate capacity, knowledge, and networks among youth, and establish a model for equitable youth inclusion in all future COPs.
Leading up to COP28, youth delegates will be involved in capacity-building sessions, follow the UNFCCC negotiation process closely throughout the year, gather inputs from their home countries to build a youth-centered strategic plan for COP28, and participate in key climate events.
For all media enquiries and requests for interviews, please contact communications@cop28.com For up-to-date COP28 news, follow us on Twitter @COP28_UAE
Notes to Editors:
COP28 UAE:
- COP28 UAE will take place at Expo City Dubai from November 30-December 12, 2023. The Conference is expected to convene over 70,000 participants, including heads of state, government officials, international industry leaders, private sector representatives, academics, experts, youth, and non-state actors.
- As mandated by the Paris Climate Agreement, COP28 UAE will deliver the first ever Global Stocktake – a comprehensive evaluation of progress against climate goals.
- The UAE will lead a process for all parties to agree upon a clear roadmap to accelerate progress through a pragmatic global energy transition and a "leave no one behind" approach to inclusive climate action.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Environmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end retail giant Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster.
Whole Foods recently said that it will stop selling lobster from the Gulf of Maine at hundreds of its stores around the country. The company cited decisions by a pair of sustainability organizations to take away their endorsements of the U.S. lobster fishing industry.
The organizations, Marine Stewardship Council and Seafood Watch, both cited concerns about risks to rare North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear. Entanglement in gear is one of the biggest threats to the whales.
The decision by Whole Foods was an “important action to protect the highly endangered” whale, said Virginia Carter, an associate with the Save America’s Wildlife Campaign at Environment America Research & Policy Center.
“With fewer than 340 North Atlantic right whales in existence, the species is swimming toward extinction unless things turn around,” Carter said.
Whole Foods said in a statement last week that it’s monitoring the situation and “committed to working with suppliers, fisheries, and environmental advocacy groups as it develops.”
The company’s decision to stop selling lobster drew immediate criticism in Maine, which is home to the U.S.’s largest lobster fishing industry. The state’s Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and its four-member congressional delegation said in a statement that Marine Stewardship Council’s decision to suspend its certification of Gulf of Maine lobster came despite years of stewardship and protection of whales by Maine fishermen.
“Despite this, the Marine Stewardship Council, with retailers following suit, wrongly and blindly decided to follow the recommendations of misguided environmental groups rather than science,” Mills and the delegation said.
Whole Foods was not the first retailer to take lobster off the menu over sustainability concerns. HelloFresh, the meal kit company, was among numerous retailers to pledge to stop selling lobster in September after California-based Seafood Watch placed American and Canadian lobster fisheries on its “red list” of seafoods to avoid. | 2022-11-27T03:54:46+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/ap-whole-foods-decision-to-pull-lobster-divides-enviros-pols/ |
Which Tonka truck is best?
Tonka has long been known for making steel toys focused on trucks and machinery from the construction industry. These rugged, metal, to-scale model vehicles are the toughest toys in the business. Tonka trucks recreate the authentic look and feel of heavy-duty construction equipment and last for generations.
If you are looking for a rugged toy that pushes around dirt, sand and gravel, take a good look at the Tonka Steel Classics Road Grader. This 18-inch-long, cold rolled steel toy has steerable front wheels and a scraper blade that adjusts up and down, left and right.
What to know before you buy a Tonka truck
Over more than 70 years, Tonka has developed a sterling reputation for building high-quality products that withstand the toughest of play. Tonka trucks are so durable that they are passed along from one generation to the next. All their trucks, vehicles and heavy equipment are well-built, so how do you choose? A good place to start is with your kid’s age.
Age
Tonka makes trucks for kids of all ages. For little ones as young as 1 year old, Tonka makes toy trucks with only large pieces that aren’t choking hazards. Look for age ranges on the box and use them as guidelines.
Size
Tonka makes trucks so small that kids can hold them in their hands. They also make toy trucks that are so large that small kids can ride on them. As kids get older, they may want bigger, tougher trucks that do more things.
Construction vehicles
The Tonka toys that are popular with most kids are from the world of construction vehicles. In construction, vehicles are made for many different purposes, but they must all be tough and durable. Kids who love the idea of building their own roads can choose from bulldozers, backhoes, scrapers, excavators, claws, loaders, dump trucks and concrete mixers.
Commercial and work vehicles
Lots of businesses and industries want their vehicles to be as tough and rugged as construction industry equipment. Tonka makes tow trucks, equipment carriers, garbage trucks, emergency vehicles, fire trucks, first-responder ambulances and lots of 4×4 off-roader trucks.
What to look for in a quality Tonka truck
Moveable parts
When kids play with tough construction equipment, they want to be in control of the work. Look for vehicles with steerable front wheels. Also look for road grader blades to adjust left and right to push the dirt to one side or another. Blades and scrapers that adjust up and down on graders and bulldozers allow kids to choose how much dirt, sand or gravel they move. Look for dump truck beds that tilt, loaders that scoop and lift and excavators with movable articulating arms.
Detail
The more detail a Tonka truck has, the more authentic the reproduction. Check to see what features are prominent on the Tonka trucks you choose. For example, does that tow truck have a real hook?
Collectibility
Tonka trucks have been a favorite of collectors for many years and there are several websites devoted to fans and collectors. Like all collectibles, unopened and unused Tonka trucks in their original packaging are worth more than toys that have been played with. However, most kids will probably want Tonka trucks because they’re fun to play with and enjoy the collector cards that come with some models.
How much you can expect to spend on Tonka truck
Tonka trucks for little tykes typically cost $10-$20. Most Tonka trucks cost $20-$50. A few Tonka Steel Classics cost as much as $200.
Tonka truck FAQ
Are all Tonka trucks made entirely of steel?
A. Most Tonka trucks are made primarily of steel. Certain Tonka truck parts, such as tires and treads, are made of rubber or plastic. Some Tonka trucks may have a few plastic parts, but the bodies are always made of steel.
Are all Tonka trucks yellow and black?
A. Yellow and black have long been the color of construction equipment and are still the color standards today. Yellow was chosen in the early days because it was highly visible. Tonka’s construction vehicles are yellow and black, but there are Tonka commercial and work vehicles in other colors, too.
What’s the best Tonka truck to buy?
Top Tonka truck
Tonka Steel Classics Road Grader
What you need to know: This 18-inch-long road grader is one of Tonka’s most rugged pieces of cold-rolled steel toy machinery.
What you’ll love: The scraper blade adjusts up, down and through 180 degrees of rotation. The lever axle steering turns the huge front wheels so it can scrape, grade and smooth earth, sand and gravel like its real-life namesake. This Tonka product comes with a collector card.
What you should consider: This big, metal toy is best for kids who are big enough to handle it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Tonka truck for the money
Tonka Metal Movers Dump Truck & Bulldozer Combo Pack
What you need to know: Push through the dirt and load up the dump truck with the diecast metal bulldozer and dump truck.
What you’ll love: This Tonka truck includes Tonka Dirt, a no-mess sand compound that mimics the condition on construction sites where this bulldozer and dump truck work. Kids take these 4-inch-long trucks wherever they go. This combo pack comes with two bonus collector cards.
What you should consider: Smaller Tonka trucks like this are for small kids.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: The tires on this 17-inch-long dump truck transform into literal claws to climb steep surfaces.
What you’ll love: Take on any rugged terrain with The Claw’s expandable “Claw Grip” wheels. Press the bright orange hub, and the tires turn into claws. Press the buttons on top, and the cab lights up, and the siren wails. Put rocks and sand in the metal bed, and dump the load with a simple tilt function that is easy for young kids to use.
What you should consider: This truck does not come with a collector card.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
1158 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Alameda County through 1215 PM PDT...
At 1157 AM PDT, the public reported a strong thunderstorm near Sunol,
or near Fremont, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Pea size hail and locally stronger erratic wind gusts
possible with isolated ponding of rainfall.
SOURCE...Publically reported on social media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Fremont, Union City and Sunol.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3762 12196 3762 12189 3757 12191 3755 12186
3757 12185 3756 12183 3757 12179 3759 12178
3760 12181 3761 12182 3761 12177 3748 12182
3750 12190 3754 12190 3758 12195 3760 12192
3760 12195 3758 12197 3758 12198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 280DEG 18KT 3756 12193
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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April 5, 1941 - March 18, 2023
NEW BERLIN, Wisc. — A celebration of life for Charles R. Nash (Chuck), who passed away on March 18, 2023, will be held Saturday, June 24, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 1700 N Towanda Ave, Normal IL. Please join with family and friends to remember Chuck and celebrate his life with us and with God.
In lieu of flowers, consider honoring Chuck with a donation to the International Essential Tremor Foundation. | 2023-06-18T05:41:23+00:00 | pantagraph.com | https://pantagraph.com/obituaries/charles-r-nash/article_cd75570a-e508-56be-a481-8f035a8eefed.html |
VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota’s Flagship University is the first SD Board of Regents school to receive an ideas program grant.
The University of South Dakota is one of 34 US colleges to receive a grant to expand study abroad programs.
USD will use the grant to develop a first-year study abroad tour to study how that impacts long-term success.
The U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students, or IDEAS program, started in 2016. | 2023-06-14T17:50:46+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/usd-receives-grant-to-expand-study-abroad-program/ |
VILLANOVA, Pa. — Zach Freemantle scored 29 points, including eight in a row during a crucial stretch late in the second half, to lead No. 18 Xavier to its ninth straight victory, 88-80 over Villanova on Saturday.
It was Xavier’s first victory at Villanova since joining the Big East in 2013.
“It felt really good,” Freemantle said. “We were not going to lose this year.”
Cam Whitmore scored 26 points, Caleb Daniels had 23 and Eric Dixon added 19 for Villanova (8-8, 2-3).
“Hats off to Xavier,” Villanova first-year coach Kyle Neptune said. “They’re a really elite offensive team.”
The Wildcats have been the standard bearer of the Big East over the last decade, winning seven of the last nine regular-season titles and five conference tournament titles. They also captured two NCAA titles over that span while accumulating 22 NCAA tournament wins.
That was all under coach Jay Wright, who surprisingly retired after last season. Neptune is in the tough position of replacing a Hall of Famer while trying to fend off teams wanting payback for Villanova’s dominance under Wright.
The Musketeers sensed their chance for revenge in the second half and took advantage.
“What Jay Wright built here and what they’ve meant to the Big East conference speaks for itself,” Xavier coach Sean Miller said. “We’re not the only program that’s had a tough time on this court, or against Villanova. To be able to come in here today, we’re thrilled we were able to win.”
Whitmore tied the game at 44 with a 3-pointer 4:19 after the break before the Musketeers took control. Jack Nunge, Boum and Kunkel each nailed 3s during an 11-3 run over the next 3:09 that pushed Xavier’s advantage to 55-47 with 12:32 left. Freemantle’s drive with 8:41 to play made it 59-50, matching the Musketeers’ largest lead of the contest.
The Wildcats twice cut the margin to four before Freemantle gave Xavier breathing room.
The 6-foot-9 senior from Teaneck, New Jersey hit a 3 late in the shot clock, rebounded Kunkel’s 3-point miss on the next possession with a basket from close range and finished the pivotal stretch with a corner 3 to give Xavier a 69-60 lead with 4:28 remaining.
“I knew I had to get it up because anything is better than a turnover; I was going to shoot that one regardless,” Freemantle said of the first 3.
On the rebound: “I jumped over a guard. I’m a big. The law of verticality. That was a layup.”
On the final 3: “(The defender’s) standing in the paint. That was kind of disrespectful, so I had to shoot that one.”
Freemantle made 12 of 17 field goals, including 2 of 2 from 3-point range, and grabbed 11 rebounds.
“He was clearly the best player in the game,” Miller said.
The Musketeers, fresh off knocking off then-No. 2 and undefeated UConn 83-73 last Saturday, came out strong.
Xavier jumped out to a 16-7 lead on Kunkel’s 3-pointer with 14:05 left in the first half. But Villanova netted 13 of the next 15 over 6:19 to take a 20-18 lead as the Musketeers missed seven of eight field goals. The teams stayed close from that point until the break, with Xavier scoring the final five points on Hunter’s dunk and Boum’s 3 with 54 seconds to play.
BIG PICTURE
Xavier: The Musketeers are in great position to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018, when they made their fifth consecutive trip to the Big Dance. Xavier had been a regular in the tournament at that point, having reached in 12 of 13 seasons before the current drought.
Villanova: The Wildcats will look to rebound against DePaul on Tuesday. Villanova has a 22-game winning streak against the Blue Demons.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Villanova: Sophomore guard Jordan Longino (left leg) didn’t play after getting hurt late in the first half of Wednesday’s 73-57 win at Georgetown. He is averaging 6.7 points per contest.
UP NEXT
Xavier: Hosts Creighton on Wednesday.
Villanova: At DePaul on Tuesday.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Space Launch System rocket, powered by the Boeing [NYSE: BA] -built core stage, lifted off at 1:47 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center. Eight and a half minutes into flight, the core stage completed its mission and separated from the upper stage of the rocket, sending NASA's Orion spacecraft on its first journey around the Moon.
"Today, this country now has a super-heavy lift launch capability for the first time in 50 years," said Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing's Space and Launch division. "This test flight was a demonstration of engineering innovation, and we are ready to support NASA and their international partners in returning humans to deep space exploration."
During the mission, the core stage demonstrated several important functions, including fueling both tanks, actuating the hydraulic system, igniting the engines, running thrust vector control programs in flight, depleting the fuel tanks, shutting down the engines, and conducting successful separation and disposal maneuvers.
"It was an absolutely beautiful launch – visually and technically," said John Shannon, vice president and program manager of Boeing's SLS program. "This rocket controls incredible forces while speeding through the atmosphere. It performed the mission as we designed it to do, and we thank our team and partners for all their hard work in making this first launch a success."
The core stage of the rocket stands at 212 feet (almost 65 meters), and is comprised of a 196,000-gallon liquid oxygen, a 537,000-gallon liquid hydrogen tank, along with an intertank section joining the two fuel reservoirs, a forward skirt on top that connects to the upper stage, and an engine section with four RS-25 engines combining for 2.2 million pounds of thrust. A Boeing team manufactures the core stage at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, and uses components made by more than 430 suppliers across the United States.
The Boeing team is preparing the next stages for their respective flights. Core Stage-2, or CS-2, will launch the first crew of the Artemis program and is in the final assembly area at Michoud. CS-3 is manifested to launch the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo, which will include the first woman and first person of color. That stage, as well as CS-4, are already in work at Michoud. Additionally, the structural test article of a newer, more powerful upper stage known as the Exploration Upper Stage is in fabrication.
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company's core values of safety, quality and integrity. Join our team and find your purpose at boeing.com/careers.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of announcing its coveted Platinum Marcom Award win for its "Boom de Yada: An Ode to Endodontics" video, the American Association of Endodontists has announced that the Association has won several additional MarCom Awards this year: four Platinum Awards, five Gold Awards, and four Honorable Mentions total! Additionally, the Association has picked up two Viddy Awards!
MarCom Awards are administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization, founded in 1995, consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, digital, and web professionals. AMCP administers recognition programs, provides judges, and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the community.
MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work, and generosity of industry professionals. Since its inception in 2004, MarCom has evolved into one of the largest, most-respected creative competitions in the world. Each year about 6,500 print and digital entries are submitted from dozens of countries.
The award-winning projects largely demonstrate the Association's strength in keeping up with cutting-edge digital trends, including impactful PR campaign activations and social media efforts. Peruse the winning creative:
"Boom de Yada: An Ode to Endodontics"
Video/Audio | Video/Film | Nonprofit
"Worth Saving World: Worth Saving PR Campaign Member Visibility Communications"
Strategic Communications | Communications/Public Relations | Communication Plan
"Your Natural Teeth Are Worth Saving – A Multi-Year Consumer Engagement Initiative"
Strategic Communications | Communications/Public Relations | Public Relations Program
"A Healthier Mouth = A Healthier You Campaign"
Strategic Communications | Communications/Public Relations | Public Relations Program
"You Rock: AAE'S 2021-2022 Year-in-Review Video"
Video/Audio | Video/Film | Nonprofit
"AAE Influencer and 'Endofluencer' Campaign"
Digital Media | Social Media | Influencer Content
"Save Your Tooth Month 'Endofluencers' – Class of 2022"
Digital Media | Social Media | Influencer Content
"Save Your Tooth Month 2022"
Strategic Communications | Communications/Public Relations | Communication Program
"Save Your Tooth Month Satellite Media Tour"
Strategic Communications | Media Relations/Publicity | Publicity Campaign
Honorable Mentions:
"Treasure Your Natural Teeth: :30 AND :60 AAE Videos Aired on DirectTV and Major Morning Network Shows"
Video/Audio | Television (Broadcast & Cable) | PSA
"A Lot of Friends: AAE's Facebook Presence"
Digital Media | Social Media | Facebook Site
"Socially Trendy: Innovative AAE Social Graphics"
Digital Media | Social Media | Social Content
"Engaging Members and The Public Alike: AAE's Vivid Instagram Presence"
Digital Media | Social Media | Instagram Site
Viddy is one of the oldest, largest, and most respected awards programs in the video industry. Now in its 27th year, Viddy recognizes excellence in the way video is created, produced and delivered. The award was created by Society Awards, the most prestigious custom design and manufacturing firm in the awards industry. Society Awards produces the Golden Globes, Emmys, CLIOs, MTV, Academy of Country Music, YouTube, and many other prominent awards.
The AAE won Viddys for the following videos:
Platinum: "You Rock: AAE'S 2021-2022 Year-in-Review Video"
Non-Broadcast | Long Form Videos > 3 Minutes | Nonprofit
Gold: "Boom de Yada: An Ode to Endodontics"
Non-Broadcast | Short Form Web Videos < 3 Minutes | Branded Content
"As you review these awards, a theme starts to emerge: The AAE is truly an association leader in terms of developing compelling digital content and keeping up with digital and social trends," said Executive Director Ken Widelka. "It's also clear that we have a powerful message to share: Today's root canal is painless and state-of-the-art. Root canals are nothing to fear, and saving your natural teeth is critically important."
And many more such activations are in store. The Association's Board is placing a strong focus on the public – in fact the AAE's 2022-2025 Strategic Plan proclaims that The public will value saving their natural teeth and seek endodontists – the specialists in saving teeth – for their care. Key outcomes for this goal include increasing the value the public places on saving their natural teeth and increasing public awareness of the specialized training and expertise of endodontists. Additionally, the Association advocates for public awareness of the relationship between oral health and systemic health.
"We have increased AAE's digital presence and initiated influencer campaigns, to build our connections with the public," Widelka continued. "And the term 'endodontist' is on its way to becoming a household name. We're just getting started."
The AAE is headquartered in Chicago and represents more than 8,000 members worldwide. Endodontics is one of 12 dental specialties formally recognized by the American Dental Association. The AAE, founded in 1943, is dedicated to excellence in the art and science of endodontics and to the highest standard of patient care. The Association inspires its members to pursue professional advancement and personal fulfillment through education, research, advocacy, leadership, communication and service. For more information about the AAE, visit the Association's website at aae.org. For more patient focused information, visit aae.org/patients.
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There were standout plays and players in the football games around East Texas over the weekend.
Numerous gridders had standout performances and were nominated for Player of the Week honors.
The Tyler Morning Telegraph and ETVarsity.com Players of the Week for Week 3 of the high school football season include: Offense — Rusk wide receiver Brailen Trawick; Defense — Troup defensive tackle Cooper Reid; and Special Teams — Lindale placekicker Seth Baggett.
To nominate someone for the Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, please email sports@tylerpaper.com by noon Monday. Please also include a head shot/photograph of the player.
OFFENSE
Rusk's Trawick had 14 catches for 258 yards and four touchdowns in the Eagles' thrilling 45-42 win over the Athens Hornets on Friday at Jim Swink Field in Rusk.
On the season, Trawick has 18 catches for 401 yards and six TDs.
Trawick and his teammates return to play on Friday, traveling to Alvarado (2-1). Rusk (3-0) is a 21-point favorite over the Indians according to TexasFootball.com.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Charles Head Stadium in Alvarado.
DEFENSE
Troup’s Cooper Reid had nine tackles and two tackles for loss before suffering a head injury during the game.
The Troup junior underwent brain surgery Friday night and remains in a medically induced coma in ICU at a hospital in Tyler. His family continues to ask for prayers from the community.
The Tigers (2-1) defeated Buffalo 39-22 in Troup. They are scheduled to play Omaha Paul Pewitt on Friday at Brahmas Stadium in Omaha. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Lindale's Seth Baggett booted a 36-yard field goal, which proved the difference in the Eagles' 30-27 win over rival Van on Friday at Mal Fowler Field at Van Memorial Stadium.
Baggett hit the FG with 5:51 on the clock in the fourth quarter to put Lindale ahead 30-20. He also made three PATs.
The Eagles (2-1) play host to Gilmer (3-0) on Friday at Eagle Stadium in Lindale.
Previous Tyler Morning Telegraph and ETVarsity.com Players of the Week were: Offense — Week 1: Canton running back Kameron Shaw; Week 2: Winnsboro quarterback Kyler Finney; Defense — Week 1: Rusk linebacker Chad McCuin; Week 2: Tyler Legacy defensive lineman Jordan Renaud; and Special Teams — Week 1: Grace Community placekicker/punter Blake Harmon; Week 2: Tyler Legacy placekicker Christian Baxter. | 2022-09-13T21:52:35+00:00 | tylerpaper.com | https://tylerpaper.com/players-of-the-week-rusks-brailen-trawick-troups-cooper-reid-lindales-seth-baggett/article_13668d38-3308-11ed-9767-abf6e471bc37.html |
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
- Ram 1500 REV to provide customers the industry's best combination of range, towing, payload and charge time
- All-electric, zero-emission Ram 1500 REV to be offered in two choices:
- All-new 2025 Ram 1500 REV capable of:
- Ram 1500 REV XR with class-shattering range to follow
- Built on new STLA Frame body-on-frame architecture designed specifically for full-size electric vehicles featuring a body-on-frame design that incorporates the battery pack efficiently
- New powered front trunk (frunk) offers best-in-class 15 cu.-ft. of storage
- Ram 1500 REV Tungsten trim sits atop the lineup and raises the no-compromise benchmark again for upscale pickup trucks with new, ultra-premium 23-speaker Klipsch audio system
- Ram 1500 REV launch is a critical step in the electrification strategy outlined in the Stellantis long-term strategic plan Dare Forward 2030
The all-new, all-electric 2025 Ram 1500 REV – the first battery-electric light-duty pickup truck from Ram Truck – makes its world debut today at the New York International Auto Show. The entire Ram lineup will provide customers with electrified solutions that deliver disruptive, leading-edge advanced technology in the years to come.
"The all-electric Ram 1500 REV is a monumental milestone on our continued journey to offer the industry's best electrified solutions and further fortifies our award-winning lineup," said Mike Koval Jr., Ram brand CEO – Stellantis. "We believe in bringing the right range of powertrain solutions to our customers and will continue to redefine the pickup truck segment. Our all-new Ram 1500 REV pushes past the competition in areas customers care about most, including range, towing, payload and charge time."
The 2025 Ram 1500 REV will offer customers two all-electric options, including a standard 168-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack with a targeted range of up to 350 miles and an optional 229-kWh large battery pack with a targeted range of up to an unsurpassed 500 miles. Both can add up to 110 miles of range in approximately 10 minutes with 800-volt DC fast charging at up to 350 kW, offering customers quick and convenient charging solutions.
Vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid bi-directional charging affords the Ram 1500 REV the flexibility to charge another Stellantis battery-electric vehicle or provide power back to the grid. With Ram's mission to make lives easier, the truck can also send power to a home during a storm, run the tailgate party or provide power at the camp or jobsite. An onboard power panel in the bed can provide up to 7.2 kW while an available onboard power panel in the front trunk (frunk) provides up to 3.6 kW.
Other targeted performance figures include a 0-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds, 654 horsepower and 620 lb.-ft. of torque, up to 24 inches of water fording, up to 14,000 pounds towing and a maximum payload capacity of 2,700 pounds.
Ram is committed to innovation and powertrain leadership with a lineup that consists of anything and everything truck buyers want and need, meeting real-world demands. Today, Ram offers the most fuel-efficient 4x4s and the quickest, fastest and most powerful pickup truck straight from the factory.
The 2025 Ram 1500 REV is available in five trims, including Tradesman, Big Horn/Lone Star, Laramie, Limited and, introducing an all-new trim, Tungsten.
Ram 1500 REV is part of Ram's significant contribution to Stellantis' Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan to lead the way the world moves by delivering innovative, clean, safe and affordable mobility solutions. As part of Dare Forward 2030, Stellantis is investing more than €30 billion through 2025 in electrification and software to deliver battery-electric vehicles that meet customer demands.
The all-new Ram 1500 REV XR with class-shattering range will follow the introduction of the all-electric Ram 1500 REV.
No-compromise electrified benchmark with segment-leading capability, power, performance and efficiency
The Ram 1500 REV delivers consumers a new level of performance with dual 250-kilowatt (kW) electric drive modules (EDMs) that combine the motor, gearbox and inverter along with all-wheel-drive capability. The 2025 Ram 1500 REV features one EDM on the front axle with an automatic wheel-end disconnect that allow the front wheels to spin freely in certain conditions, maximizing efficiency. A 250-kW EDM is positioned on the rear axle available with an electronic-locking rear differential.
The standard 168-kWh battery pack has a targeted range of up to 350 miles and the optional 229-kWh large battery pack has a targeted range of up to an unsurpassed 500 miles. Both can add up to 110 miles of range in approximately 10 minutes with 800-volt DC fast charging at up to 350 kW, offering customers a quick and convenient recharging solution. Lives will be made easier courtesy of vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-home and vehicle-grid bi-directional charging that can send power to a home during a storm, run the tailgate party or provide power at the camp or jobsite. An onboard power panel in the bed can provide up to 7.2 kW while the available onboard power panel in the frunk provides up to 3.6 kW.
The 2025 Ram 1500 REV is built on the all-new STLA Frame designed specifically for full-size electric vehicles featuring a body-on-frame design. The all-new high-strength steel frame is comprised of advanced materials to be lightweight yet stiff and durable. The STLA Frame is wider in the middle to efficiently incorporate the battery pack while still using protection afforded by the frame rails. A full-length aero belly pan further enhances the segment's most slippery truck with an estimated .340 coefficient of drag.
Drivers will enjoy class-leading ride and handling, a multi-link independent rear suspension with standard, segment-exclusive, active-level, four-corner air suspension with adaptive damping. The adjustable air suspension enables five different modes: entry/exit, aero, normal, off-road 1 and off-road 2. All-new 22-by-9-inch aluminum wheels wrapped in 275/50R22 Pirelli Scorpion all-season tires achieve an unmatched combination of wear resistance and reduced road noise.
Autonomous vehicle capabilities include Hands-free Active Driving Assist and ParkSense Automated Parking System. Active Driving Assist is available for hands-on-wheel/eyes-on-road and hands-free/eyes-on-road automated driving using lane centering with adaptive cruise control. The system uses multiple sensors, including radars and cameras, to dictate appropriate roads for the technology.
Modern design showcases all-new face of Ram's electrified future
The 2025 Ram 1500 REV boasts a modern, contemporary design aesthetic that telegraphs the bold, heroic presence Ram is known for while evolving its DNA to signify an electrified future. The all-new face is instantly recognizable while being provocative in its graphic presence and visual architecture. The all-electric Ram 1500 REV includes signature lit "tuning fork" premium LED headlamps, a lit R-A-M badge reimagined in a modern, contemporary script and a one-touch power operated frunk with a best-in-class 15 cu.-ft. of space available. The Ram 1500 REV embraces a modern, body-color front fascia to differentiate it from the rest of the light-duty lineup while maintaining Ram's DNA.
Ram's first fully electrified light-duty truck stays true to its roots with muscular body lines and fender openings that have been stretched to cover 20- or 22-inch all-terrain tires. The all-electrified Ram 1500 REV features a specific, newly designed hood that is both svelte but muscular, maximizing internal frunk volume by conscientious sculpting of the external surface. A taut, arcing body-side character line stretches from front to rear, while sophisticated sculpture ensures a cohesive, modern side profile that is in harmony with the front and rear.
The charge port has been thoughtfully placed on the driver's side front quarter panel and, when plugged in, is illuminated by blinking premium LED lighting. An audible sound signals the Ram 1500 REV is plugged in and charging has begun. The charge port features Level 1 and Level 2 AC charging on the top half and DC fast charging on the bottom half of the charger.
Transitioning to the rear of the Ram 1500 REV, Tungsten models feature an all-new power tailgate and a new, modern and contemporary R-A-M badge. Like the front, the rear of the Ram 1500 REV features an all-new, EV-specific, premium LED taillight design that spans onto the tailgate, indicating it is Ram's all-electric light-duty offering.
The new 2025 Ram 1500 REV offers the best lockable bed storage in the segment with the unique and convenient RamBox featuring a 115-volt outlet. RamBox is illuminated, highly versatile, weatherproof, lockable and includes drain plugs on the bottom of the storage bins.
Authentic, premium materials compliment the most technologically advanced Ram 1500 ever
The new 2025 Ram 1500 REV raises the benchmark for pickup truck interiors once again with a variety of authentic, premium materials that are both comfortable and durable. The interior design team focused on premium textures, colors, materials and continuing to enhance functionality for unexpected luxury throughout. Authentic and premium materials include carbon-fiber, metal and leather elements that combine to deliver a level of luxury only seen in a Ram truck.
The most technologically advanced Ram 1500 ever offers a host of leading-edge features incorporated into the segment's leading interior, including the advanced Uconnect 5 system with a new 14.5-inch touchscreen, 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a segment-first 10.25-inch passenger screen, digital rearview mirror, Head-up Display (HUD) and a Klipsch Reference Premiere audio system.
Other enhanced features include an e-shifter (P/R/N/D functionality with new buttons for eco mode, axle lock, hill-descent control and to open and close the frunk), new regen buttons (normal or one pedal driving with max regen), a redesigned starter button that now features an illuminated power symbol, push-button trailer steering knob and an accessory switch bank that, when equipped with the 14.5-inch touchscreen, uses buttons both on the bottom of the touchscreen and directly off screen below.
The new Ram 1500 REV Tungsten trim gives customers an ultra-premium experience while staying true to the hardworking nature of the Ram 1500. Tungsten's Indigo/Sea Salt interior includes new platinum patina/semi-bright dual-textured metal accents featuring diamond knurling, suede-wrapped headliner, A- and B-pillars and visors, and heated and ventilated premium quilted leather driver and front passenger seats with 24-way power, including memory settings and a massage function, power lumbar support and four-way powered headrests. Other features that give Tungsten a well-crafted, high-quality feel and appearance include a Tungsten badge on the center console featuring inlaid lettering and diamond knurling, which also proudly displays the vehicle identification number or VIN, brushed platinum patina aluminum litho bezels, a unique shifter center cap, an ultra-premium Klipsch Reference Premiere audio system with 23 speakers, all-new dual wireless chargers and a metal pedal kit.
The most technologically advanced Ram 1500 ever
The all-new, all-electric 2025 Ram 1500 REV features the latest, most advanced Uconnect system ever, with a 12- or new 14.5-inch touchscreen display and intuitive user experience. The Uconnect 5 system offers even more connected services and features for unmatched ease of use.
A few highlights of the system include:
- 12- and new 14.5-inch reconfigurable touchscreen displays that feature split-screen capability for dual application operation
- New 10.25-inch passenger screen with three major functions: co-pilot (navigation, device management), entertainment (via HDMI) and the ability to view the exterior vehicle cameras
- EV Pages showing:
The 2025 Ram 1500 REV features a 10.25-inch passenger screen. Only visible to the front passenger and with dynamic touchscreen control, it offers three major functions: co-pilot (navigation, device management), entertainment (via HDMI) and the ability to view the exterior vehicle cameras. The front passenger screen features an HDMI plug, which lets occupants connect their phone or tablet, turning the touchscreen into a mirrored extension of their device, allowing internet searches, music and app use to project through the Uconnect 5 system.
The 2025 Ram 1500 REV features a full-color HUD that is configurable up to 10 inches and features several different content areas at once, including Lane Departure, Lane Keep Assist, adaptive cruise control, turn-by-turn navigation, current speed, current gear and speed limit. All HUD settings can be personalized and saved within the driver profiles.
Tailored to the Ram 1500 REV's battery-electric capabilities, the 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster includes a new screen that shows charge schedule (estimated charge times for both Level 1 and Level 2 chargers) and one pedal driving. Nearly two dozen different menus are offered, including driver-assist technologies such as adaptive cruise control, active driving assist, drowsy driver detection and speed limit traffic signs display.
Smartphone as a Key, in coordination with the Ram app, enables customers to use their smartphone as a key to access and start the vehicle without their phone leaving their pocket. Ram owners can also create digital keys that can be shared with other smartphones, with full control over the access. The card key is a backup that can be used in case the phone battery is dead or if the driver doesn't have their phone with them. A traditional key fob is standard, but the smartphone and card key options give customers more flexibility in terms of how they access their trucks.
Ultra-premium Klipsch Reference Premiere audio system provides exceptional sound quality
The new Ram 1500 Tungsten earns its place atop the lineup with an ultra-premium 23-speaker Klipsch Reference Premiere audio system as standard equipment. Stunning audio performance is delivered through the exquisite, segment-exclusive Klipsch audio system, which employs 23 specifically tuned speakers, including a high-performing 12-inch subwoofer.
Ram Truck Brand
In 2009, the Ram Truck brand launched as a stand-alone division, focused on meeting the demands of truck buyers and delivering benchmark-quality vehicles. With a full lineup of trucks, the Ram 1500, 2500/3500 Heavy Duty, 3500/4500/5500 Chassis Cab and ProMaster, the Ram brand builds trucks that get the hard work done and families where they need to go.
Ram continues to outperform the competition and sets the benchmarks for:
- 1,075 lb.-ft. of torque with Cummins Turbo Diesel
- Towing capacity of 37,090 lbs. with Ram 3500
- Segment first 1,000 lb.-ft of torque with Cummins Turbo Diesel
- Payload of 7,680 lbs. with Ram 3500
- Most luxurious: Ram Limited with real wood, real leather and 12-inch Uconnect touchscreen
- Best ride and handling with exclusive link coil rear and auto-level air suspensions
- Most interior space with Ram Mega Cab
- The most cargo space available in any traditional full size cargo van
- Most capable full-size off-road pickup – Ram Power Wagon
- Ram 1500 TRX is the quickest, fastest and most powerful mass-produced pickup truck in the world
- Most awarded light-duty truck in America
- Highest owner loyalty of any half-ton pickup
The latest J.D. Power APEAL study, which rates the emotional bond between customers and their vehicles, named the 2022 Ram 1500 as the best vehicle in the large light-duty pickup category. This marks the third straight year Ram 1500 has received top honors.
The Ram 1500 lineup includes the Know & Go mobile app featuring an immersive experience for customers who want to learn more about their vehicles.
Ram is part of the portfolio of brands offered by leading global automaker and mobility provider Stellantis. For more information regarding Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), please visit www.stellantis.com.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - An Urbana man is recovering from a wound to the hand Sunday morning after firing his gun upon hearing other shots fired nearby.
Champaign PD says patrol officers heard shots fired and saw multiple cars leaving the parking lot of a business in the 700 block of N. Hickory Street around 1:49 a.m. Sunday morning.
Once arriving, police found evidence of an injured person, but no shell casings.
Minutes later, a 31-year-old Urbana man walked into a hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound.
Police say the man was in the parking lot when he heard gunfire in the area. He attempted to pull out his own legally owned firearm. The weapon was discharged and struck the man in the hand.
He is recovering at the hospital and is in stable condition.
He was issued a notice to appear for Negligent Discharge of a Firearm.
Officers are working with nearby businesses to identify the source of the initial shots heard that led to this self-inflicted shooting incident.
Any resident or business in the nearby area with exterior surveillance camera systems is encouraged to notify the police department. It is believed video footage may be of investigative assistance.
At this time, the investigation is ongoing.
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STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The trial law firm Silver Golub & Teitell LLP has named Daniel S. Jo to the firm's partnership. Mr. Jo is a member of the firm's Medical Malpractice, Serious Personal Injury, and Commercial & Corporate Disputes practices.
Mr. Jo represents individuals and the families of individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries as a result of the negligence or recklessness of others, including product liability and cases of wrongful death and serious personal injury as a result of medical malpractice.
"Daniel is a key member of the team representing clients in medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases and has helped recover millions of dollars for clients," said Angelo A. Ziotas, a senior partner at Silver Golub & Teitell. "We are proud and delighted to welcome him to the partnership," Mr. Ziotas said.
Mr. Jo joined the firm in 2011, representing clients in complex civil litigation matters, including claims related to Bernard L. Madoff's Ponzi scheme, significant ERISA liability incurred in connection with a complex corporate reorganization, and wrongful death as a result of defects in aircraft engine components.
Mr. Jo began his legal career as a corporate litigator at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York, where he represented institutional clients in matters related to the Enron class action, the SEC's investigation of the New York Stock Exchange, and complex disputes between industry leaders over long-term supply contracts.
He is a former president and board member of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association and currently serves as the president of the association's Educational Foundation. He is also a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; Fairfield County Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Asian American Bar Association of New York; and the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York. He is a graduate of Cornell Law School and Dartmouth College.
About Silver Golub & Teitell
Silver Golub & Teitell is a firm of trial lawyers who thrive in high-stakes litigation. For nearly 50 years, we have represented individuals and plaintiffs in medical malpractice, personal injury, class action and complex civil litigation cases. We have returned billions of dollars in jury verdicts and settlements to our clients.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is suggesting its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea.
The highly questionable claim appeared to be an attempt to hold its rival responsible amid increasing tensions.
For years, activists have flown balloons across the border to distribute propaganda leaflets, and North Korea has expressed fury at the activists and at South Korea's leadership for not stopping them.
A state media report Friday said officials were ordered to deal vigilantly with “alien things” and balloons blown across the border.
Global health authorities say the coronavirus is spread by people in close contact who inhale airborne droplets and it's more likely to occur in enclosed spaces than outdoors.
North Korea is believed to have gone through a wave of COVID-19. Amnesty International says North Korea has rejected vaccines from the World Health Organization operation that distributes the shots across the globe. | 2022-07-01T18:05:33+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/n-korea-suggests-balloons-flown-from-south-brought-covid-19 |
- Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex to become new home for Perfect Game regional and national baseball and fastpitch softball tournaments
- Perfect Game to collaborate with the City on renovations to 16 turf fields, upgrades to concession and dining areas and installation of state-of-the-art technology throughout the complex
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Perfect Game, the world's largest amateur baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced it has reached an agreement with the city of Chesterfield, MO on a 10-year lease to operate the 176-acre Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex, effective 2023. The Complex is home to the Chesterfield Baseball Softball Association and its 6,000 youth participants.
In accordance with the terms of the agreement, Perfect Game and the City of Chesterfield will work together to:
- Renovate the 16 turf fields in the Complex;
- Improve Wi-Fi signals throughout the Complex:
- Wire the facility for live streaming video capabilities;
- Leverage DiamondKast, Perfect Game's official scoring system, which allows statistics from Perfect Game associated games to be populated in real-time to Perfect Game web-based event, organizational, team and player profiles;
- Construct and/or upgrade new access gates, concession/dining areas and merchandise kiosks.
"We are excited to partner with the city of Chesterfield to turn the Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex into one of the nation's top baseball and softball facilities, complete with unprecedented, best-in-class and state of the art amenities," said Perfect Game CEO, Rob Ponger. "Perfect Game and the City are making a substantial commitment to help turn the Complex into a world class facility that will annually play host to thousands of athletes and their families from the Chesterfield Baseball Softball Association and across the country. Perfect Game is confident that this partnership will have a sizable economic impact on the city and surrounding communities."
In addition to 16 lighted fields, the Complex features the Catch 22 Miracle Field, created in collaboration with former St. Louis Cardinals player and manager Mike Matheny, future Hall of Famer and recently retired Cardinals legendary player, Albert Pujols and the Municipal Parks Commission.
Once Perfect Game and the City of Chesterfield completes the renovations, the Complex will become a highly sought-out destination for travel baseball and fastpitch organizations across the Midwest and beyond because of the family-friendly amenities in and outside the facility. The area, just 25 miles west of St. Louis, is close to The Gateway Arch, Saint Louis Zoo, Six Flags, and the St. Louis Science Center, to name just a few of the region's family-friendly attractions. Nearby St. Louis Lambert International Airport serves St. Louis and southern Illinois by operating more than 250 daily departures. Chesterfield is also home to thirteen major hotels and two major shopping venues - Chesterfield Commons and St. Louis Premium Outlets – more than 50 restaurants and an array of entertainment options minutes from the Complex including, Top Golf, Sky Zone, Bounce U., AMC Theatres and the Chesterfield Amphitheater.
Including those at Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex, Perfect Game has recently unveiled its 2023 events and tournaments schedule and is now accepting registrations. Baseball information can be found here and softball can be found here.
For more information, please visit PerfectGame.org.
Media Contact: For Perfect Game, Greg Bouris, power x communications, 516-510-3112; gbouris@powerxcommunications.net
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Trial date set for murder-for-hire case in Brownsville
A trial date has been set for a man accused of hiring two other men to kill a woman in Brownsville.
Jose Rodriguez is accused of hiring Charly Torres and Jonathan Martinez to kill Adela Gonzalez Martinez in November 2020, according to the indictment against them.
Prosecutors say Adela Martinez was shot in the head with a firearm.
RELATED: Suspects in Brownsville murder arrested
The three men were arrested last year.
“The state's very concerned about anybody getting out because we have other witnesses that are out there in this community that could be in jeopardy,” said Cameron County Assistant District Attorney Peter Gilman.
A trial is set to begin on April 3. | 2022-11-11T23:24:08+00:00 | krgv.com | https://www.krgv.com/news/trial-date-set-for-murder-for-hire-case-in-brownsville |
Nationals first. Alex Call reaches on error. Throwing error by Jose Ramirez. Dominic Smith singles to right field. Alex Call to third. Joey Meneses singles to shallow left field. Alex Call scores. Jeimer Candelario doubles to right field. Joey Meneses scores. Luis Garcia grounds out to shallow infield, Andres Gimenez to Josh Bell. Jeimer Candelario to third. Keibert Ruiz singles to deep right field. Jeimer Candelario scores. Lane Thomas reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Keibert Ruiz out at second.
3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Nationals 3, Guardians 0.
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Guardians second. Josh Bell grounds out to first base, Dominic Smith to Chad Kuhl. Andres Gimenez singles to shallow right field. Will Brennan strikes out swinging. Andres Gimenez steals second. Myles Straw singles to center field. Andres Gimenez scores. Cam Gallagher grounds out to shallow infield, CJ Abrams to Dominic Smith.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Nationals 3, Guardians 1.
Guardians fourth. Josh Naylor flies out to deep left field to Alex Call. Josh Bell walks. Andres Gimenez walks. Josh Bell to second. Will Brennan singles to left center field. Andres Gimenez to third. Josh Bell scores. Myles Straw singles to deep right center field. Will Brennan to third. Andres Gimenez scores. Cam Gallagher flies out to deep left field to Alex Call.
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2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Guardians 3, Nationals 3.
Nationals fourth. Luis Garcia singles to right field. Keibert Ruiz doubles to deep right center field. Luis Garcia scores. Lane Thomas grounds out to shallow infield, Jose Ramirez to Josh Bell. CJ Abrams grounds out to second base, Andres Gimenez to Josh Bell. Keibert Ruiz to third. Victor Robles grounds out to shortstop, Jose Ramirez to Josh Bell.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Nationals 4, Guardians 3.
Guardians fifth. Steven Kwan grounds out to second base, Luis Garcia to Dominic Smith. Amed Rosario triples to center field. Jose Ramirez homers to right field. Amed Rosario scores. Josh Naylor grounds out to first base, Dominic Smith to Chad Kuhl. Josh Bell doubles to deep left center field. Andres Gimenez grounds out to first base, Dominic Smith to Erasmo Ramirez.
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2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Guardians 5, Nationals 4.
Guardians ninth. Amed Rosario strikes out swinging. Jose Ramirez walks. Josh Naylor walks. Josh Bell doubles to deep left field. Oscar Gonzalez scores. Andres Gimenez grounds out to first base, Dominic Smith to Thaddeus Ward.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Guardians 6, Nationals 4. | 2023-04-16T02:17:05+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/cleveland-washington-runs-17899762.php |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell won praise for his deft leadership during the maelstrom of the pandemic recession. As threats to the U.S. economy have mounted, though, Powell has increasingly struck Fed watchers as much less sure-footed.
Inflation has proved higher and far more persistent than he or the Fed’s staff economists had foreseen. And at a policy meeting last week, Powell announced an unusual last-minute switch to a bigger interest rate hike than he had previously signaled — and then followed with a news conference that many economists described as muddled and inconsistent.
It’s been a sharp turnaround for Powell, who is widely credited with preventing what could have been a far worse economic crisis during the pandemic and who last month won an easy bipartisan Senate confirmation for a second four-year term.
Now, as he confronts chronically high inflation, plunging financial markets and the growing threat of a recession, Powell is facing questions — and criticism — surrounding his stewardship of the Fed at a time when its challenges are multiplying.
Thanks to a once-in-a-century pandemic, the first major European war in decades, and soaring gas and food prices that the Fed has limited power to affect, Powell could become the first Fed chair since Paul Volcker in the early 1980s to grapple with “stagflation,” a miserable combination of slow economic growth and high inflation.
Struggling to curb the worst inflation outbreak in four decades, Powell last week engineered a three-quarters-of-a-point increase in the Fed’s short-term interest rate — the largest single rate hike in a quarter-century. It was an unexpectedly aggressive move after Powell had made clear a month earlier that a more modest half-point rate hike was coming.
At his news conference, Powell defended the Fed’s decision by noting that the most recent inflation readings had been even more worrisome than expected. The Fed’s hike will make it more expensive for many consumers and businesses to borrow.
Yet Powell’s explanation was faulted by many Fed watchers, with some complaining that he had failed to articulate a coherent and consistent policy.
“The Fed was ad-libbing, scrambling to catch up to the painfully higher inflation,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “The Fed doesn’t have a script and is kind of making it up as it goes here.”
William Dudley, who, as the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, served with Powell on the Fed’s Board of Governors, said on a think tank webcast last week that the central bank’s leader was putting its credibility at risk.
“When the Fed changes their mind at the last minute like this,” Dudley said, “it does have the potential to undermine the credibility” of its critically important communications with markets and the public.
As those criticisms echo, Powell will visit Capitol Hill this week to give his semi-annual testimony to House and Senate committees, where he could face tougher questions than at any other point in his tenure as Fed chair. He will testify one year after he stressed his confidence to Congress that inflation was temporary and would likely “wane.”
It has not. In May, the government reported, consumer prices accelerated 8.6% from a year earlier. At his news conference last week, Powell said the Fed had been surprised by the latest figures, which have been fueled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, still-clogged global supply chains, labor shortages and surging demand for services from rents to airline tickets to restaurant meals.
“We’re not seeing progress and we want to see progress and that’s really another part of why we did what we did today,” Powell said Wednesday.
The Fed’s huge rate hike and Powell’s comments renewed concerns among economists about where he has taken the Fed. Most analysts have sharply criticized the Powell Fed for waiting too long to tighten credit when inflation took off last year and warn that it’s now having to raise rates so fast as to risk tipping the economy into recession.
“Our worst fears around the Fed have been confirmed,” Ethan Harris, global head of economics at Bank of America, said in a client note last week. “They fell way behind the curve and are now playing a dangerous game of catch up.”
A related concern is that Powell has said the Fed will keep raising rates until there is “clear and compelling” evidence that inflation is declining toward its 2% annual target. But rate hikes typically take months to slow the economy. The Fed could end up raising rates more than is needed before it recognizes that inflation is falling, thereby elevating the likelihood of a recession.
“A hard landing is probably pretty likely,” Dudley said. “The risk of a hard landing has gone up.”
Last week, Powell expressed some optimism about the economy’s durability, though his confidence was more muted than in past months. He continued to hold out hope that the Fed could achieve a “soft landing,” meaning growth that would be slow enough to tame inflation without causing a downturn and widespread job losses.
Dudley suggested that Powell should do more to prepare the public for the likelihood of real economic pain.
Last week, the Fed’s policymakers updated their economic projections to show, for the first time since they started raising rates in mid-March, that they expect unemployment to rise and the economy to weaken over the next two years. Still, the projected increases were small, with unemployment rising to 3.9% by the end of 2023, just three-tenths of a point above its current level.
Many outside economists are more pessimistic, raising the question of whether the Powell Fed is still underestimating the damage the economy may absorb.
“They’ve gone from terribly unrealistic to marginally plausible in their forecasts,” Dudley said.
Other economists noted what appears to be a central contradiction in Powell’s comments: He said the Fed is raising rates more quickly and likely to a higher level than it had expected just three months ago because gas and food prices, the most visible signs of inflation, keep rising.
Yet “Powell openly admits the Fed has no control over” those supply shocks, said Krishna Guha, an economist at investment bank Evercore ISI. “Aspects of the press conference … did not seem perfectly coherent or wise.”
Powell can draw some solace from the fact that other central banks around the world also appear to be struggling to control inflation. On the same day that the Fed raised its key rate by three-quarters of a point, the Swiss National Bank announced a surprise half-point increase, its first hike of any size in 15 years.
The Bank of England has faced criticism for raising its key rate by a quarter-point for five straight meetings, a pace that some observers still consider too slow to counter inflation that could reach 11% this fall. The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased its benchmark rate twice in the past five weeks, after leaving it at nearly zero for 11 years.
Some economists speculate that in announcing last week’s surprisingly large rate hike, Powell intended to confound expectations by showing increased resolve by the Fed, even to the point of risking a recession if necessary to defeat high recession.
“They are taking a risk of overshooting, but I suspect that it’s a deliberate risk, given the priority they have of getting inflation down,” said Donald Kohn, a former vice chair of the Fed who is now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
At the same time, most Fed watchers acknowledge that Powell’s tenure has been unusually challenging, starting with constant public attacks from former President Donald Trump — who had appointed him Fed chair — and later the pandemic recession and surging inflation exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“In the past year, it seems like everything’s gone wrong,” said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Financial Group. “I think we’re actually due for a little bit of good luck. There is still a path for the economy to get through this without a full-on recession.” | 2022-06-22T15:21:01+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/ap-business/feds-powell-facing-rising-criticism-for-inflation-missteps/ |
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida woman is being accused of arming herself with spray paint and committing a crime at a South Florida church.
Forty-four-year-old Alfa Illescas was charged with criminal mischief.
Police arrested Illescas Sunday night after, they said, surveillance video caught her in the act, breaking an altar outside, spray painting the walls, and trashing the courtyard.
She is still behind bars and is being held on a $6,000 bond.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grown by the community, for the community, eight gardens across the Inland Empire – including one that involves fish – are providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables for neighbors facing food insecurity.
For the last year, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) has worked closely with community partners to support these gardens, including an inspiring collaboration with Music Changing Lives (MCL) Chief Executive Officer Josiah Bruny, to bring a new community garden to San Bernardino.
Located on the corner of Electric Avenue and North 40th Street in San Bernardino – once one of the largest dumping sites in the city – the land has been transformed into MCL's Urban Garden. In addition to addressing food insecurity, the garden aims to provide a safe space where neighbors can come together to learn, exercise, eat, explore, relax and have fun.
Home to Soulful Sunday events every fourth Sunday of the month, local residents are invited to visit the garden for gardening workshops and various volunteer opportunities, while enjoying music, food and more. Information on Soulful Sunday events can be found on MCL's Facebook page.
"The best part about this project is that it's all led by the community," said Bruny. "Working together, we can bring more love to the region and those who need it most. We look forward to leveling up in our efforts to make the Inland Empire a better place for us all."
In addition to sponsorship, IEHP supports the garden by providing volunteers through the company's team member Helping Hearts program and Health Education team. Volunteers work alongside program leaders pulling weeds, planting trees, spreading mulch, building garden beds and irrigating crops.
"Through the right partnerships, compassion and drive to heal and inspire the human spirit, these gardens are thriving and bringing a diversity of wellness opportunities to our neighbors," said IEHP Senior Community Health Director Cesar Armendariz. "We appreciate the love Music Changing Lives has for the Inland Empire and the people who live here and look forward to continuing to plant and harvest more gardens for a healthier community."
The health plan also provided sponsorship to "Jardín Comunitario de la Salud" – Spanish for "Community Garden of Health" – to help support a large aquaponics garden at the Loma Linda University Health SACHS clinic in San Bernardino.
The first of its kind in the Inland Empire, the garden is home to a large quantity of fish that work symbiotically, nourishing garden beds and working to create food that can be harvested and consumed by the community.
Gardens are located in Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Jurupa, Perris and San Bernardino. For more information on local community gardens, visit: riversidefoods.org.
To our media friends, IEHP is happy to help arrange photo, video and interview opportunities at any of these garden sites – yes, including the garden that has put fish to work!
With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. In its 26th year, IEHP is supporting more than 1.5 million residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medicaid or Cal MediConnect Plans and has a growing network of over 7,800 providers and nearly 3,000 team members. Through dynamic partnerships with providers and community organizations, paired with award-winning service and a tradition of quality care, IEHP is fully committed to their vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. For more information, visit iehp.org.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Al Roker is recovering after he was hospitalized last week for blood clots, the NBC “Today” show weather anchor said Friday.
“So many of you have been thoughtfully asking where I’ve been. Last week I was admitted to the hospital with a blood clot in my leg which sent some clots into my lungs,” Roker, 68, announced on Instagram.
“After some medical whack-a-mole, I am so fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery,” he wrote. “Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers and hope to see you soon. Have a great weekend, everyone.”
His co-anchors wished him well online and on the show.
“Al Roker– hurry back to us… counting the days xoxoxo,” Hoda Kotb said in a comment on Roker’s post.
“He’s in good spirits, we’ve all talked to him,” Savannah Guthrie said on Friday’s show.
Roker’s wife, ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts, posted that she was grateful for “the top notch medical care and prayer warriors from every corner.”
“We love you dearly sweet Al and can’t wait to get you home,” Roberts wrote, adding heart emojis.
It wasn’t immediately announced whether Roker would be able to co-host NBC’s coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which he has done since 1995.
Roker also was off the air in 2020 for two weeks after he underwent successful surgery for prostate cancer.
Roker said he went public with his diagnosis to highlight the risk of prostate cancer, especially among Black men. | 2022-11-19T21:19:22+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/ap-today-show-anchor-al-roker-hospitalized-for-blood-clots/ |
Astros vs. Blue Jays: Odds, spread, over/under - June 5
When the Toronto Blue Jays (33-27) and Houston Astros (35-24) meet in the series opener at Rogers Centre on Monday, June 5, Alek Manoah will get the call for the Blue Jays, while the Astros will send Brandon Bielak to the hill. The game will start at 7:07 PM ET.
The Blue Jays are the favorite in this one, at -120, while the underdog Astros have +100 odds to win. Toronto is favored on the run line (-1.5). The over/under is 10 runs for the game.
Astros vs. Blue Jays Time and TV Channel
- Date: Monday, June 5, 2023
- Time: 7:07 PM ET
- TV: SNET
- Location: Toronto, Ontario
- Venue: Rogers Centre
- Probable Pitchers: Manoah - TOR (1-6, 5.46 ERA) vs Bielak - HOU (2-2, 3.19 ERA)
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- The Blue Jays have entered the game as favorites 38 times this season and won 22, or 57.9%, of those games.
- When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, the Blue Jays have a record of 19-15 (55.9%).
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Toronto has a 54.5% chance to win.
- The Blue Jays went 5-1 across the six games they were favored on the moneyline in their last 10 matchups.
- Over its last 10 outings (all 10 of them had set totals), Toronto and its opponents combined to hit the over three times.
- The Astros have been victorious in seven, or 58.3%, of the 12 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
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Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) on Tuesday defended TikTok as an “incredible organizing tactic,” throwing her support behind the platform amid a bipartisan effort by lawmakers to crack down on the popular video sharing app because of national security and data privacy concerns.
“We can think about privacy and security and make sure that we’re doing everything to ensure that, but also, banning TikTok is not, you know, the answer right now,” Lee told The Hill when asked about her stance on banning the app.
“It is an incredible organizing tactic too, so we want to make sure that we’re protecting it — keeping it safe — but protecting it,” she added.
Lee — a freshman lawmaker who is part of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — joins a small but growing group of Democratic lawmakers opposed to banning TikTok, which includes Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).
Lee noted the popularity of TikTok among young people. A 2022 Pew Research survey found that 67 percent of teens use the video sharing app. She also underscored the role the platform has played in connecting politicians to the American people.
“This is an app that has connected people, especially across the younger generations,” Lee said. “I know for certain that it has been able to allow us to, you know, reach folks where they are, particularly as, you know, candidates, as politicians, obviously not just TikTok but so many of these social media apps.”
“So I think it’s really funny, right, that we see, you know, the attempts to ban it now when we recognize the power that it holds for those of different generations to finally be able to connect and to organize and to mobilizing,” she added.
A growing number of lawmakers in recent weeks have expressed skepticism about TikTok, which is owned by China-based company ByteDance. Members from both parties have raised concerns about national security, data privacy, the spread of misinformation and safety for minors who utilize the app. Those worries were highlighted during a blockbuster hearing with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew last week.
Lawmakers in both parties and chambers have introduced legislation to place a check on TikTok. A bill sponsored by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) would give the president the ability to ban TikTok, while a proposal from Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) would give the Commerce Department the ability to review, prevent and mitigate risks presented by technology linked to foreign adversaries, such as China.
The White House has backed the legislation sponsored by Warner and Thune.
It remains unclear, however, if any of the proposals will receive a vote in the House. House Republicans did advance a third TikTok-bill — titled the Deterring America’s Technology Adversaries Act (DATA Act) — in March, but it has not been brought before the full chamber.
The measure, introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), calls for amending an existing exemption under the Berman Amendments — which restrict the president from regulating informational materials to encourage the exchange of ideas across country — so it does not pertain to “sensitive personal data.” | 2023-03-28T22:46:49+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/pennsylvania-progressive-defends-tiktok-as-incredible-organizing-tactic/ |
CLEVELAND, Ohio – You don’t hear the term B-side much these days. Back in the day (as they say), a B-side was a song placed on the back of a single with the A-side – the song intended to be a hit on the radio -- on the front.
Even as vinyl has made a comeback, the art of a double-sided single has been lost outside of collector circles. Still, it’s a rich part of rock and roll history. Some of the greatest recordings of all time began their life as B-sides.
This list collects the greatest B-sides of all time. But first, there are rules. Because this is Cleveland, we framed the list under the umbrella of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Meaning, that to be eligible, a song had to have been recorded by a Rock Hall inductee.
We also focused on true B-sides. Some singles functioned as double A-sides, meaning while they may have been intended to be B-sides, the label quickly caught on and issued two A-sides for promotional runs. Think Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog,” The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows.”
It’s a lost art form. Thus, we admit some fan favorites may have gotten lost in the shuffle. But here are our rankings of the 45 best B-sides that ever existed.
45 | Bruce Springsteen - “Pink Cadillac” (1984)
A-side: “Dancing in the Dark”
Bruce Springsteen’s career is not heavy on fantastic B-sides. But his best-known one, “Pink Cadillac,” arrived when flipsides started to become a bit of a force in the record industry. It helps that it was the music boom of the 1980s and that “Pink Cadillac” was attached to “Dancing in the Dark,” Springsteen’s biggest single ever. There isn’t much to “Pink Cadillac” other than Springsteen using a car as a metaphor for sex. It’s hard to believe its origins date back to Springsteen’s writing sessions for “Nebraska,” as “Pink Cadillac” is a driving rocker that fits perfectly with the vibes of “Born in the U.S.A.,” an album it was bumped from in favor of “I’m Goin’ Down.”
44 | Yes - “Long Distance Runaround” (1971)
A-side: “Rundabout”
You’re not going to find many B-sides from the golden era of progressive rock. If a band like Yes or Rush had anything left over, you could rest assured it was making it somewhere in a composition on an album. Indeed, “Long Distance Runaround” did make its way onto Yes’ masterful 1971 album “The Fragile.” But the Jon Anderson track earned more attention when it was featured as the B-side to “Roundabout,” earning its own share of radio airplay.
43 | The Go-Go’s - “Speeding” (1982)
A-side: “Get Up and Go”
The Go-Go’s “Vacation” is as essential a California album as you’ll find. And though it’s not featured on the album, “Speeding” fits the mold as a song about getting a car and going fast. It was featured as the B-side of the album’s second single, “Get Up and Go,” “Speeding” mixes elements of new wave and old-school pop and found its way onto the soundtrack to “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”
42 | Ray Charles - “Born to Lose” (1962)
A-side: “I Can’t Stop Loving You”
If you’re looking for a way to further appreciate Ray Charles’ “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music” -- one of the most influential albums in the history of popular music -- listen to the original versions of the 12 songs. Charles’ uncanny knack for interpretation is never more apparent than on “Born to Lose,” which served as the B-side to the hit “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” The original “Born to Lose” is an old-school western swing anthem by Ted Daffan’s Texans. Charles turns it into a majestic mix of pop and soul with an orchestral backing.
41 | ZZ Top - “Just Got Paid” (1974)
A-side: “La Grange”
There’s a reason “Just Got Paid” has stuck around in ZZ Top’s setlist to this day (often with an extended intro). The second track from 1972′s “Rio Grande Mud” was a sign of things to come, foreshadowing the thrilling Southern blues of 1973′s “Tres Hombres.” “Just Got Paid” would later get slapped on the B-side to ZZ Top’s signature song “La Grange,” where it fits perfectly.
40 | Blondie - “Fade Away and Radiate” (1978)
A-side: “Picture This”
Ballads may not have been Blondie’s thing. But there’s as much intensity oozing from “Fade Away and Radiate” as any song the band ever released. The track was featured on “Parallel Lines” and included as the B-side to lead single “Picture This.” If the guitar parts on “Fade Away and Radiate” feel extra special, it’s because they’re the work of King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp in a guest appearance.
39 | The Rolling Stones - “Bitch” (1971)
A-side: “Brown Sugar”
It says a lot about the quality of “Sticky Fingers” that “Bitch” might be the least spectacular song on the album. That’s only because it lacks a little bit of the blistering guitar work of the album’s other tunes. Thankfully, the saxophone and trumpet work from Bobby Keys and Jim Price, respectively, more than makes up for it. “Bitch” continues to the exceptional groove from Side One to Side Two of “Sticky Fingers” and was a worthy B-side to “Brown Sugar.”
38 | Stevie Wonder - “Contusion” (1977)
A-side: “As”
Stevie Wonder and his team of session players were in full virtuoso mode throughout “Songs in the Key of Life.” And it doesn’t take long to show. “Contusion,” a stunning blend of jazz and rock that’s mostly instrumental,” shows up as track-four on the album’s first side. It’s ultimately a brilliant setup for the smash “Sir Duke” and served as the B-side to the single version of Wonder’s iconic love song “As.”
37 | Albert King - “Down Don’t Bother Me” (1987)
A-side: “Crosscut Saw”
“Down Don’t Bother Me” is a song that can get lost on Albert King’s iconic blues album “Born Under a Bad Sign” given the colossal blues tracks that surround it. Even as the B-side to the funkier “Crosscut Saw,” “Down Don’t Bother Me” takes a back seat. And still, it features brilliant guitar work from King whose voice carries a hefty swagger.
36 | Tina Turner - “Don’t Turn Around” (1986)
A-side: “Typical Male”
When Albert Hammond and Diane Warren teamed up to write “Don’t Turn Around” for Tina Turner, they felt they had a huge hit on their hands only to have the song relegated to the B-side of 1986′s “Typical Male.” But “Don’t Turn Around” would live on in cover versions by Luther Ingram, Aswad, Bonnie Tyler, Eyes, Neil Diamond and Hammond himself in 2010. But the version you know best came from Ace of Base in 1993, which was a massive global hit in reggae fusion/dance music form.
35 | Def Leppard - “Tear It Down” (1992)
A-side: “Animal”
Everything about Def Leppard’s “Hysteria” album was meticulously constructed, from the band’s song craftsmanship to Mutt Lange’s glossy production. Even the B-sides were plotted. “Tear It Down,” which arrived on the flipside to lead single “Animal,” was part of an extra recording session intended to produce B-sides for the band’s upcoming singles. None of them were better than “Tear It Down,” which got its own radio airplay and was so liked by Def Leppard that the band rerecorded it for 1992′s “Adrenalize.”
34 | Duran Duran - “Khanada” (1981)
A-side: “Carless Memories”
It didn’t take long for Duran Duran to become a force with its B-sides. “Khanada,” the flipside to the group’s second single “Careless Memories,” has become the bigger fan favorite through the years thanks to its euphoric mix of guitar, bass and synths, not to mention Simon Le Bon’s emotional vocal performance.
33 | Jerry Lee Lewis - “You Win Again” (1957)
A-side: “Great Balls of Fire”
“You Win Again” is a prime example of how diverse a performer Jerry Lee Lewis was and why he’s now been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. The blissful song peaked at No. 4 on the country charts and it couldn’t be more different than its A-side -- “Great Balls of Fire.”
32 | The Cure - “The Exploding Boy” (1985)
A-side: “In Between Days”
“The Exploding Boy,” the B-side to one of The Cure’s greatest songs “In Between Days,” is the sound of Robert Smith bursting with joy. It’s arguably the happiest-sounding song he ever wrote with his voice and the band’s instrumentation feeling as vulnerable as ever.
31 | Nirvana – “Dive” (1990)
A-side: “Sliver”
“Sliver” was Nirvana’s final single on Sub Pop. But it was the B-side, “Dive,” that suggested what was to come. The track was Kurt Cobain and company’s first collaboration with producer Butch Vig, previewing the layered, more polished sound that would drive “Nevermind” to massive fame.
30 | The Beatles - “Revolution” (1968)
A-side: “Hey Jude”
The Beatles recorded three versions of “Revolution” in 1968. The one that served as the B-side to “Hey Jude” was, arguably, the least dynamic. And that was the point. “Revolution” is the more pop-friendly version of “Revolution 1″ (and anything is more pop-friendly than “Revolution 9″). And it does the trick as a bouncy anthem with hard guitar sounds that eventually spiral out of control.
29 | Crosby, Stills & Nash - “Long Time Gone” (1969)
A-side: “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
The members of Crosby, Stills & Nash were capable of writing songs that captured the times. It was David Crosby’s turn on “Long Time Gone.” He wrote the song in response to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in 1968. The joy and innocence of the 1960s were coming to an end and Crosby saw it for what it was.
28 | Carl Perkins - “Honey Don’t” (1956)
A-side: “Blue Suede Shoes”
When it was recorded in late 1955, “Honey Don’t” looked to be Carl Perkins’ big single on Sun Records. Ultimately, however, it took up the B-side to “Blue Suede Shoes.” Some rockabilly fans will swear to this day “Honey Don’t” is the better tune and Perkins’ singing and guitar playing certainly make a case for it. “Honey Don’t” would become a standard in its own right with nearly two dozen notable cover versions, including one by The Beatles.
27 | The Kinks - “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” (1966)
A-side: “Sunny Afternoon”
The Kinks’ “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” never reached the mainstream heights of A-side “Sunny Afternoon. But it’s gone on to be a fan favorite. Ray Davies wrote the anthem of rebellion, but it’s Dave Davies who sings lead, delivering a menacing vocal over a roaring blues-guitar that stays with you.
26 | Radiohead - “Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)” (1997)
A-side: “Paranoid Android”
You’re not going to find many B-sides from the 1990s and later on this list, simply because the concept of a B-side mostly went out the window as vinyl declined. But “Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)” did arrive on the flipside to Radiohead’s vinyl version of “Paranoid Android,” the lead single from “OK Computer.” And it’s the perfect B-side, consisting of multiple parts just like the A-side, thrillingly moving from Thom Yorke on acoustic guitar to endless layers of distortion.
25 | Prince - “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?” (1982)
A-side: “1999″
If there’s a king of the B-sides, it’s Prince. So much so that we had to exclude songs like “Shockadelica,” “She’s Always in My Hair” and “Another Lonely Christmas” from this list to make it fair for everyone else. It’s hard to believe “How come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?” wasn’t the A-side of something, rather than a B-side to “1999.” It was very stripped down for Prince during that era. But what a vocal performance, highlighted, even more, when it was showcased on his 2002 live album “One Nite Alone... Live!”
24 | Depeche Mode - “Dangerous” (1986)
A-side: “Personal Jesus”
“Dangerous” was left off the original release of 1990′s “Violator.” But DJs didn’t care. The song, which was released as the B-side to “Personal Jesus,” still got play on alternative radio. It’s quintessential Depeche Mode, showcasing a sense of darkness that’s as sensual as it is terrifying.
23 | Michael Jackson - “Workin’ Day and Night” (1979)
A-side: “Rock with You”
It’s crazy how Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall” has defied any negative classifications as a “disco album.” I suppose when you make music that good, who can hate it? “Workin’ Day and Night” isn’t an earth-shattering pop song. It’s simply a joyous dance tune (like most of the tracks on “Off the Wall”). In single form, it gave fans a piece of the album experience, serving as the B-side of the hit “Rock with You,” the song that precedes it on the “Off the Wall.”
22 | Led Zeppelin - “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” (1970)
A-side: “Immigrant Song”
Believe it or not, this is the only non-album B-side Led Zeppelin ever released. The band wasn’t much about 45 singles. “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” takes a back seat to its A-side “Immigrant Song” (as most songs would). But it’s no stretch to say “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” would have fit nicely as another gem on the backend of “Led Zeppelin III.”
21 | Patti Smith - “Piss Factory” (1974)
A-side: “Hey Joe”
In typical Patti Smith fashion, “Piss Factory” pulls no punches. The track, written by Smith and Richard Sohl, began as a poem Smith wrote during her time as a factory worker and documents the life of the poor, working woman. “Piss Factory” served as the B-side of Smith’s first single, “Hey Joe,” and was an early example of her influential proto-punk sound.
20 | The Pretenders - “My City Was Gone” (1982)
A-side: “Back on the Chain Gang”
Nicknamed “The Ohio Song,” the Pretenders’ “My City Was Gone” was the B-side of “Back on the Chain Gang,” the group’s first single released following the death of James Honeyman-Scott. Needless to say, frontwoman Chrissie Hynde was at her most reflective. “My City Was Gone” documents her return to her native Akron to find an area that was in decay. The Pretenders may have formed in England, but Hynde remained an Ohio woman at heart.
19 | Little Richard - “Ready Teddy” (1956)
A-side: “Rip It Up”
“Ready, set, go man go...” Though it was a B-side, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Little Richard song with a hotter opening than “Ready Teddy.” The release’s A-side, “Rip It Up,” is equally fiery. But “Ready Teddy” drew attention with covers by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and others. But no one could touch the original, one of the great performance records of early rock and roll.
18 | Peter Gabriel - “Don’t Break This Rhythm” (1986)
A-side: “Sledgehammer”
Peter Gabriel’s landmark solo album “So” was all about his fusion of pop, rock and world music. Thus, it’s odd that “Don’t Break This Rhythm” -- the Gabriel song from that era that most embodies his sound – didn’t make the cut. It did find life on the B-side of his mega-hit “Sledgehammer” and remains a fan-favorite.
17 | The Velvet Underground - “Here She Comes Now” (1968)
A-side: ”White Light/White Heat”
Short, simple and still stunning. Lou Reed intended “Here She Comes Now” to be a Nico song. Once it became a Velvet song, Reed sang the lyrics himself during its barely more than two-minute runtime. “Here She Comes Now” is one of The Velvet Underground’s shortest and sweetest tracks, but there was something magical about its aura to the point where Nirvana recorded an excellent cover of the song.
16 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience - “51st Anniversary” (1967)
A-side: “Hey Joe”
As the B-side to “Hey Joe,” “51st Anniversary” would get overshadowed by the guitar wizardry Jim Hendrix would showcase with future singles. But the track, powered by his heavy guitar sound, is an early example of Hendrix’s ability to write a simple, straightforward hard rock song, making it look very easy.
15 | Prince - “17 Days” (1984)
A-side: “When Doves Cry”
While most Prince songs, especially those from his “Purple Rain” era, feature endless amounts of swagger, “17 Days” finds Prince wallowing in self-pity over a hypnotic drum beat and magnetic synths. And you can’t get enough of it. As the B-side to “When Doves Cry,” “17 Days” rates among Prince’s finest hidden gems.
14 | The Beatles - “Rain” (1966)
A-side: “Paperback Writer”
Like its A-side, “Paperback Writer,” The Beatles recorded “Rain” during the sessions for “Revolver.” Neither song made the album, but both would prove essential. The John Lennon-penned “Rain” marked the first song released using a reversed sound (the vocals) technique, something The Beatles would make famous on the groundbreaking “Revolver” cut “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
13 | Ritchie Valens - “La Bamba” (1958)
A-side: “Donna”
“La Bamba” existed for a while as a Mexican folk song. But it wasn’t until Ritchie Valens recorded it that it became a seminal rock and roll record. Del-Fi Records originally released it as the B-side to Valens’ single “Donna,” which was a huge hit in its own right, reaching No. 2 on the charts. However, it’s “La Bamba” everyone remembers as a landmark moment in Chicano rock.
12 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - “A Fork in the Road” (1965)
A-side: “Tracks of My Tears”
One of the great album closers in music history, The Miracles’ “A Fork in the Road” didn’t get much attention when it was released as the B-side to the group’s smash “Tracks of My Tears” in the summer of 1965. But as The Miracles’ “Going to a Go-Go” album reached legendary status, “A Fork in the Road” became a highlight of Smokey Robinson and company’s live shows.
11 | Sly & the Family Stone - “Sing a Simple Song” (1968)
A-side: “Everyday People”
At a certain point, it just seemed like Sly Stone was messing with his listeners. In 1968, Sly & the Family Stone released the brightest, most radio-friendly single of the band’s career with “Everyday People.” Yet, on the flip side was “Sing a Simple Song,” a funk odyssey that would take psychedelic soul to new heights, while showcasing Stone’s mastery in the recording studio. It was as if Sly was mocking what he’d just done on the flipside.
10 | Buffalo Springfield - “Mr. Soul” (1967)
A-side: “Bluebird”
“Mr. Soul” is one of the most personal and important songs in Neil Young’s career. Released as the B-side to Buffalo Springfield’s “Bluebird,” “Mr. Soul” documents Young’s dismissal of rock and roll stardom (He wrote it after having an epilepsy attack at a show). “Mr. Soul” would set the stage for the rest of Young’s career, both thematically and sonically. The double drop D tuning would become a hallmark of his greatest songs, including “Cinnamon Girl.”
9 | Aretha Franklin - “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” (1967)
A-side: “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)”
The history behind the recording of “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” is rather tumultuous. It was the final track recorded, but only partially, at FAME Studios for Franklin’s first album on Atlantic Records. As the story goes, Franklin’s husband Ted White got into a racially charged argument with session trumpeter Ken Laxton. Franklin and White left with an unfinished version of the song. No matter. Franklin would go on to finish “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” in New York City, in just one take.
8 | Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Born on the Bayou” (1969)
A-side: “Proud Mary”
Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded so much music in such a short period in the late 1960s, some of those songs were bound to end up as B-sides, even if they sounded like A-sides. That was the case with “Born on the Bayou,” featured on the flip side of CCR’s “Proud Mary.” It’s quite the compliment to say “Born on the Bayou” may very well be the better song, featuring one of the most powerful vocal performances of John Fogerty’s career.
7 | Simon & Garfunkel - “The Only Living Boy in New York” (1970)
A-side: “Cecilia”
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s relationship was complex. Consider that “The Only Living Boy in New York,” a moving song about loneliness, was written by Simon after Garfunkel headed to New Mexico to make his acting debut. You can feel heartbreak over friendship in every lyric Simon sings. It’s pure poetry that takes on a mythical vibe as Garfunkel sings the background in the chorus.
6 | Neil Young - “Sugar Mountain” (1977)
A-side: “Loner”
Neil Young was a poor 19-year-old who could barely afford food when he penned “Sugar Mountain.” But the song, which would serve as the B-side of “Loner” (and then “Cinnamon Girl”), marked a huge breakthrough, earning Young critical acclaim and applause from his fellow folk artists. Joni Mitchell famously recorded “The Circle Game” as a response to Young’s ultimate coming-of-age manifesto.
5 | Fleetwood Mac - “Silver Springs” (1977)
A-side: “Go Your Own Way”
“Silver Springs” was supposed to be Stevie Nicks’ ultimate song about her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham on “Rumours.” But the track in its original form (10 minutes) was too long for the album (Nicks wasn’t told about it being cut until after the fact). Thus, it became the B-side to “Go Your Own Way.” It wasn’t until a live version was released as a single from 1997′s “The Dance” that “Silver Springs” got its worthy recognition as an emotional tour de force and one of the finest songwriting showcases of Nicks’ career.
4 | The Beatles - “I Am the Walrus” (1967)
A-side: “Hello, Goodbye”
“I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob...” I think most people can agree that “I Am the Walrus” is one crazy piece of work, which of course was the point. John Lennon wrote the track as a jab at scholars who were devoting seemingly endless think-pieces to The Beatles’ catalog. For a while, Lennon’s intentions paid off. “I Am the Walrus” would serve as a key component of The Beatle’s “Magical Mystery Tour,” considered by many to be among the Fab Four’s most uneven efforts. But time has been kind to “I Am the Walrus,” now recognized as a genius moment of surrealism with stunning production.
3 | David Bowie - “The Man Who Sold the World” (1970)
A-side: “Life on Mars?”
David Bowie’s mainstream breakthrough wouldn’t come until 1971′s “Hunky Dory.” But some in the rock and roll world began to take notice of his genius a year earlier with the haunting rock song that served as the title track to his third album. “The Man Who Sold the World” would eventually serve as the B-side to reissues of “Space Oddity” and “Life on Mars?,” where it finally got public attention. And while “The Man Who Sold the World” would never become a big hit, it’s one of Bowie’s most celebrated songs, magnified by Nirvana’s stunning cover during the band’s “MTV Unplugged” performance in 1993.
2 | Prince - “Erotic City” (1984)
A-side: “Let’s Go Crazy”
If there was to be a photo next to the term “B-side” in a dictionary, it should be the vinyl cover of “Erotic City.” It’s not just the quality of Prince’s flipside to 1984′s “Let’s Go Crazy” or the sexual nature of the song. It’s that “Erotic City” has taken on mythical status in Prince’s catalog, being released in multiple versions. It doesn’t just top the list of greatest Prince rarities but ranks among the 10 best tracks of his storied career. “Erotic City” is, arguably, the funkiest Prince ever got, channeling George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic for one of the most memorable B-sides of all time.
1 | Pearl Jam - “Yellow Ledbetter” (1992)
A-side: “Jeremy”
You can’t go wrong labeling any one of the songs from this top-10 as the greatest B-side of all time. But there is only one track on this list that can potentially lay claim as being the greatest song of an artist with a lengthy career. Pearl Jam’s “Yellow Ledbetter” was an outtake from the band’s debut album “Ten” and became the B-side to “Jeremy,” a song whose video would take over MTV. Historically, “Jeremy” marked the moment Pearl Jam ascended to superstar status. But go to any Pearl Jam concert these days and “Yellow Ledbetter” -- equipped with Mike McCready’s incendiary guitar solo -- is sure to be a standout, singalong moment. It’s truly iconic. | 2022-09-15T09:46:58+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/45-greatest-b-sides-in-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-history.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — Fordham has parted ways with women's basketball coach Stephanie Gaitley on Thursday night the school announced.
Gaitley took over the program in 2011 and in her 11 years at the school became the program's winningest coach. She had nine postseason berths and won two Atlantic-10 championships.
She has coached for 36 years and was 684-393 in her career having previously coached at Monmouth, LIU Brooklyn, Saint Joseph’s, and Richmond. Gaitley was 220-123 at Fordham, including going 18-11 this past season. She led the Rams to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and 2019.
Fordham athletic director Ed Kull will appoint an interim head coach with the July recruiting period starting in a few days. | 2022-06-30T23:55:11+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Fordham-parts-ways-with-women-s-basketball-coach-17277930.php |
The former treasury chief was runner-up to Liz Truss in the contest to replace scandal-plagued Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Truss quit after a turbulent 45-day term.
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The former treasury chief was runner-up to Liz Truss in the contest to replace scandal-plagued Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Truss quit after a turbulent 45-day term.
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BOSTON, June 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The SVB Securities management team bidder group led by CEO Jeff Leerink, and backed by The Baupost Group, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement with SVB Financial Group (Pink Sheets: SIVBQ) to purchase SVB Securities following a competitive bidding process. Upon closing of the transaction and completion of its rebranding, Leerink Partners will continue as a leading healthcare-focused investment bank.
"The management team and I are excited to return to our heritage of owning and leading the premier healthcare investment bank and relaunching the business under the trusted Leerink Partners brand," stated Jeff Leerink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our firm has been a strategic advisor to our corporate and investor clients for almost three decades and this transaction allows us to continue to provide our healthcare clients with the highest quality advice and execution services they have come to expect for their M&A, capital raising, and investment needs."
Leerink continued, "I would like to thank our entire team for its incredible efforts over many years and particularly over the last few months. I also want to thank our valued clients for their continued loyalty and support."
The investment bank has raised more than $230 billion of capital and advised on nearly $80 billion of M&A transactions for healthcare clients. With the strong financial backing from The Baupost Group, the firm is extremely well positioned to continue to build on its leadership position in healthcare investment banking.
"Baupost has been a client of the firm for many years, and we know firsthand that when it comes to advisory, trading, or research in the healthcare and biopharma industry, no one is better than Jeff and his extraordinary team," said Josh Greenhill, Partner, The Baupost Group. "When we got the chance to back them, we jumped at it."
"The rapid evolution of the healthcare and life sciences industry presents a tremendous growth opportunity that is being driven by next generation drug discovery and development technologies, a growing emphasis on improving patient outcomes and experiences, the challenges of managing the health issues of an aging population, and the uptick in consolidation across the industry", stated Dr. Daniel Dubin, Vice Chairman and Global Co-head of Healthcare Investment Banking, "I look forward to partnering with my fellow Global Co-Head of Investment Banking, Barry Blake, to leverage the sophisticated knowledge of our team to uniquely advise clients on how to capitalize on the growing complexity in our industry."
The management-led buyout is subject to final confirmation from the United States Bankruptcy Court and regulatory approval as well as other customary closing conditions.
About SVB Securities
SVB Securities is a leading investment bank providing a complete suite of financial solutions comprising of M&A advisory, equity, debt, and derivative capital markets, equity research, and sales and trading capabilities. The firm's strategic focus on the healthcare industry empowers it to provide unique advice and insights to its clients. The firm is a broker-dealer registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
About The Baupost Group
The Baupost Group is a Boston-based investment manager with a long-term, value-oriented approach. Since 1982, the firm has been thoughtfully stewarding and compounding capital on behalf of families, foundations and endowments, as well as employees who collectively are the firm's largest client. Baupost manages roughly $26 billion with a broad and flexible charter, investing in a wide range of asset classes, including significant holdings in publicly traded debt and equity securities, private debt, real estate, and private equity. CEO and Portfolio Manager Seth Klarman has overseen Baupost's investments from the company's inception.
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(The Hill) – After a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon spent several days flying across the U.S. this week, the U.S. military shot down the aircraft off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday afternoon.
President Biden said on Saturday that he had ordered the military to down the balloon “as soon as possible” after he was briefed on the matter on Wednesday.
The decision raised questions on timing, as lawmakers and industry pundits had pushed the Biden administration to take care of it much sooner.
National security officials warned Biden that “the best time to do that was when it got over water” due to safety concerns associated with shooting it down over land, the president told reporters on Saturday.
The balloon was traveling about 60,000 feet above the ground and was estimated to be the size of three buses. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin echoed Biden’s claims after news broke that the U.S. military shot it down.
“U.S. military commanders had determined downing the balloon while over land posed an undue risk to people across a wide area due to the size and altitude of the balloon and its surveillance payload,” Austin said in a statement on Saturday.
“Today’s deliberate and lawful action demonstrates that President Biden and his national security team will always put the safety and security of the American people first,” he added.
Still, Republican lawmakers criticized Biden for not acting sooner as tensions rise between the U.S. and China.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called the Biden administration’s response to the balloon an “embarrassing display of weakness.”
“The [administration] should have taken care of this before it became a national security threat,” McCaul said in a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), who serves as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that he is “deeply concerned” about the decision to allow the balloon to traverse the U.S. this week.
Rogers also accused the Biden administration of attempting to “hide this national security failure from Congress and the American people.”
The Chinese surveillance balloon reportedly first entered U.S. airspace in Alaska on Jan. 28, according to Reuters. It then traveled into Canadian airspace on Jan. 30 before returning to U.S. airspace via Idaho on Jan. 31.
Reports of the balloon emerged one day later, as it passed through Montana, leading U.S. defense officials to confirm the presence of the balloon on Thursday.
“It is clear that standard protocol for defense of U.S. airspace was ignored,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement, adding, “The White House owes Congress and the American people answers about this failure.”
However, several Democratic lawmakers accused their Republican colleagues of “playing politics” with the issue.
“All of us who serve here spend time and care on national security,” Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) said on Twitter. “It is possible to express concerns about surveillance and other issues with the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] without trying to create unnecessary panic for political gain.”
While most Democrats defended Biden’s decision to wait to shoot down the spy balloon over safety concerns, some expressed interest in receiving a briefing from the Biden administration to learn what went wrong.
“Glad that [the president] shot down the Chinese balloon but these aerial threats are not new,” Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) said in a tweet. “We need to take them seriously and implement new measures to prevent surveillance in our airspace.”
“I commend our great military for successfully and safely downing the spy balloon,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) tweeted. “Now it’s time for the CCP to explain their violation of our airspace and for the US to ensure this is the last balloon that flies over our country.”
“I look forward to receiving a briefing from the [administration] on the balloon’s capabilities, what if any assets have been surveilled, and our plan to stop this from happening in the future,” he added.
China acknowledged on Friday that the balloon was one of its own but claimed that it was primarily used for meteorological research and had been blown off course.
“The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure,” a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
However, the Biden administration and lawmakers have maintained that the balloon was surveilling “strategic sites” in the U.S. and even postponed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing over the “unacceptable” presence of the balloon in U.S. airspace.
“We have noted the [People’s Republic of China] statement of regret, but the presence of this balloon in our airspace is a clear violation of our sovereignty as well as international law,” a senior State Department official said on Friday. | 2023-02-06T14:59:41+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/why-the-us-waited-to-shoot-down-the-china-balloon/ |
The U.S. Consumer Safety Product Commission is recalling 8,200 Murphy beds after they are blamed for injuring 62 users.
According to the CSPC, there have been 146 reports of beds falling or breaking. The agency said the beds can detach or break from the wall, posing serious impact and crush hazards.
The faulty beds caused broken bones, bruising, lacerations, concussions and other injuries, the CSPC noted.
The units were sold under the brand names “Ivy Bronx,” “Orren Ellis,” “Stellar Home Furniture” and “Wade Logan”. These wall beds are installed vertically and are sold in five colors: White, Rustic Gray, Espresso, Cinnamon and Tuxedo, the CSPC said.
The beds are sold under the following part numbers:
- S214 (Double Bed, Doors Installed Vertically)
- S215 (Queen Bed, Doors Installed Vertically)
- S234 (Double Bed, Doors Installed Horizontally)
- S235 (Queen Bed, Doors Installed Horizontally)
The beds were sold online from 2014 through 2022 for between $1,200 and $1,500.
The CSPC said users with recalled beds should contact Cyme Tech at 833-408-0501 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or email at murphybed@realtimeresults.net to schedule a free inspection and repair of the bed. | 2022-09-08T17:52:28+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/national/some-murphy-beds-recalled-after-products-caused-injuries |
MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Sunday, June 11
The Texas Rangers versus the Tampa Bay Rays is a game to catch on a Sunday MLB slate that features a lot of exciting contests.
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The Detroit Tigers (26-36) host the Arizona Diamondbacks (39-25)
The Diamondbacks will take to the field at Comerica Park against the Tigers on Sunday at 11:35 AM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- DET Key Player: Spencer Torkelson (.225 AVG, 5 HR, 26 RBI)
- ARI Key Player: Corbin Carroll (.306 AVG, 13 HR, 32 RBI)
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The Cleveland Guardians (30-34) play host to the Houston Astros (37-28)
The Astros will take to the field at Progressive Field against the Guardians on Sunday at 12:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 12:40 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.278 AVG, 10 HR, 38 RBI)
- HOU Key Player: Alex Bregman (.247 AVG, 9 HR, 39 RBI)
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The Atlanta Braves (40-24) take on the Washington Nationals (25-38)
The Nationals will take to the field at Truist Park versus the Braves on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.333 AVG, 13 HR, 37 RBI)
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.284 AVG, 9 HR, 30 RBI)
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The Baltimore Orioles (40-24) take on the Kansas City Royals (18-46)
The Royals hope to get a road victory at Oriole Park at Camden Yards versus the Orioles on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- BAL Key Player: Adley Rutschman (.274 AVG, 8 HR, 28 RBI)
- KC Key Player: Bobby Witt Jr. (.235 AVG, 10 HR, 27 RBI)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates (33-30) play the New York Mets (31-34)
The Mets will look to pick up a road win at PNC Park versus the Pirates on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet PT
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.278 AVG, 7 HR, 38 RBI)
- NYM Key Player: Francisco Lindor (.218 AVG, 12 HR, 43 RBI)
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The Philadelphia Phillies (31-33) play host to the Los Angeles Dodgers (37-28)
The Dodgers hope to get a road victory at Citizens Bank Park versus the Phillies on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- PHI Key Player: Nicholas Castellanos (.310 AVG, 7 HR, 36 RBI)
- LAD Key Player: Freddie Freeman (.340 AVG, 12 HR, 43 RBI)
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The Toronto Blue Jays (36-30) face the Minnesota Twins (33-32)
The Twins hope to get a road victory at Rogers Centre against the Blue Jays on Sunday at 1:37 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Bo Bichette (.319 AVG, 14 HR, 43 RBI)
- MIN Key Player: Carlos Correa (.212 AVG, 8 HR, 29 RBI)
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The Tampa Bay Rays (47-20) play host to the Texas Rangers (41-22)
The Rangers will look to pick up a road win at Tropicana Field against the Rays on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.296 AVG, 7 HR, 30 RBI)
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.297 AVG, 9 HR, 50 RBI)
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The Chicago White Sox (29-37) take on the Miami Marlins (36-29)
The Marlins will hit the field at Guaranteed Rate Field versus the White Sox on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- CHW Key Player: Andrew Vaughn (.244 AVG, 8 HR, 40 RBI)
- MIA Key Player: Luis Arraez (.402 AVG, 1 HR, 30 RBI)
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The Milwaukee Brewers (34-31) host the Oakland Athletics (16-50)
The Athletics will hit the field at American Family Field versus the Brewers on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIL Key Player: Christian Yelich (.253 AVG, 7 HR, 25 RBI)
- OAK Key Player: Esteury Ruiz (.265 AVG, 1 HR, 26 RBI)
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The St. Louis Cardinals (27-38) host the Cincinnati Reds (30-35)
The Reds will look to pick up a road win at Busch Stadium against the Cardinals on Sunday at 2:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- STL Key Player: Paul Goldschmidt (.284 AVG, 10 HR, 28 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Jonathan India (.275 AVG, 6 HR, 31 RBI)
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The Colorado Rockies (26-40) face the San Diego Padres (31-33)
The Padres will take to the field at Coors Field against the Rockies on Sunday at 3:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- COL Key Player: Charlie Blackmon (.265 AVG, 5 HR, 26 RBI)
- SD Key Player: Juan Soto (.262 AVG, 10 HR, 31 RBI)
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The San Francisco Giants (32-32) take on the Chicago Cubs (28-36)
The Cubs will look to pick up a road win at Oracle Park against the Giants on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:05 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- SF Key Player: LaMonte Wade Jr (.273 AVG, 8 HR, 20 RBI)
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.279 AVG, 4 HR, 28 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Angels (35-31) face the Seattle Mariners (31-32)
The Mariners will look to pick up a road win at Angel Stadium of Anaheim against the Angels on Sunday at 4:07 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:07 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.281 AVG, 18 HR, 46 RBI)
- SEA Key Player: Julio Rodríguez (.250 AVG, 12 HR, 36 RBI)
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The New York Yankees (38-28) host the Boston Red Sox (32-33)
The Red Sox will look to pick up a road win at Yankee Stadium versus the Yankees on Sunday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.256 AVG, 11 HR, 28 RBI)
- BOS Key Player: Masataka Yoshida (.305 AVG, 7 HR, 33 RBI)
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Do you often find yourself making a last-minute Thanksgiving trip to the store? Here's a look at where you might be able to find that missing essential ingredient — and where to avoid until Black Friday.
Though many major grocery chains were open for Thanksgiving in years past, that number has shrunk greatly as more companies now let their associates stay home. Target has made its Thanksgiving closures permanent since an initial one in 2020, and Walmart has stayed closed on the holiday since the same year.
As for retail and fashion chains, most are pointing customers to online shopping opportunities instead of in-person Thanksgiving deals — though Black Friday is another story.
This is a national list, and hours may vary at the local level. It's a good idea to call ahead or visit the store's website to double check hours at your local store.
Stores that are open on Thanksgiving 2022
- Big Lots: Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- CVS: 24-hour CVS Pharmacy locations will keep their regular hours. Non-24-hour locations will close at 5 p.m. Select locations might have further reduced hours or close for the day, so CVS recommends calling ahead or checking online.
- Dollar General: The chain said locations in most states will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Dollar Tree and Family Dollar: The company that owns both discount chains says most locations are open on Thanksgiving, but will close several hours early.
- Kroger-operated stores (Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, Smith’s, etc.): The company said its family of stores will be open, but hours will vary by location.
- Walgreens: Most Walgreens stores will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 24-hour locations will be open. Select pharmacies will be open with modified hours; the chain recommends checking first with its online store locator.
- Whole Foods: The chain says holiday hours may be limited and vary by location. Customers can check their store's hours online.
Stores that are closed on Thanksgiving 2022:
- ALDI
- Army and Air Force Exchange
- Athleta
- AT&T
- Banana Republic
- Best Buy
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Costco
- Gap
- Home Depot
- Homegoods
- Homesense
- JCPenny
- Kohl's
- Macy's
- Marshall's
- Old Navy
- Petco
- Petsmart
- Publix
- Sam's Club
- Sierra
- Simon Malls
- Target
- Trader Joe's
- T.J. Maxx
- Walmart
- Ulta Beauty
Bloomingdale's, Burlington, Lowe's and REI have closed for Thanksgiving in years past but have not confirmed their plans for 2022 yet.
This list will be updated as more companies confirm their plans for the holiday. | 2022-11-14T17:41:50+00:00 | 11alive.com | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/whats-open-closed-thanksgiving-2022/507-09567ac4-d4d4-427b-a1a0-939eb44ee7ef |
A 70-year-old woman has died after being hit by a vehicle in Luzerne County, according to a story from WNEP.
The incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday along Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard near Coal Street.
Witnesses told police that a woman was pushing a shopping cart along the side of the road when she walked with the cart into oncoming traffic and was struck by a pickup, the news outlet said.
The victim was identified as a resident of Sherman Hills in Wilkes-Barre. She was taken to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries.
No charges will be filed against the driver, WNEP reported. | 2022-12-15T15:21:43+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/12/pa-pedestrian-dies-after-being-struck-by-vehicle.html |
CALGARY, AB, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) ("CP") today announced it has reached a tentative collective agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division (TCRC-MWED) covering approximately 2,600 engineering services employees in Canada.
"By working collaboratively with our valued union partners, we've reached another negotiated tentative agreement this year," said Keith Creel, CP's President and CEO. "We thank the TCRC-MWED for working collaboratively with us throughout this negotiation. This tentative agreement is a testament to the hard work and commitment of both sides."
Details of the tentative agreement will not be released publicly until the agreement has been ratified.
CP has successfully negotiated agreements with multiple unions representing craft employees in recent months, resulting in the ratification of 16 agreements in 2023 in Canada and the United States.
Forward looking information
This news release contains certain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating, but not limited to, collective bargaining between CP and its labour unions, and CP's business, operations and service. This forward-looking information also includes, but is not limited to, statements concerning expectations, beliefs, plans, goals, objectives, assumptions and statements about possible future events, conditions, and results of operations or performance. Forward-looking information may contain statements with words or headings such as "financial expectations", "key assumptions", "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "plan", "will", "outlook", "should" or similar words suggesting future outcomes.
Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information as actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance. By its nature, CP's forward-looking information involves numerous assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information, including but not limited to the following factors: ratification of the tentative agreement; changes in business strategies; general North American and global economic, credit and business conditions; risks in agricultural production such as weather conditions and insect populations; the availability and price of energy commodities; the effects of competition and pricing pressures; industry capacity; shifts in market demand; changes in commodity prices; uncertainty surrounding timing and volumes of commodities being shipped via CP; inflation; changes in laws and regulations, including regulation of rates; changes in taxes and tax rates; potential increases in maintenance and operating costs; uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types of claims and litigation; labour disputes; risks and liabilities arising from derailments; transportation of dangerous goods; timing of completion of capital and maintenance projects; currency and interest rate fluctuations; effects of changes in market conditions and discount rates on the financial position of pension plans and investments; and various events that could disrupt operations, including severe weather, droughts, floods, avalanches and earthquakes as well as security threats and governmental response to them, and technological changes. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. These and other factors are detailed from time to time in reports filed by CP with securities regulators in Canada and the United States. Reference should be made to "Item 1A - Risk Factors" and "Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Forward-Looking Information" in CP's annual and interim reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Forward looking information is based on current expectations, estimates and projections and it is possible that predictions, forecasts, projections, and other forms of forward-looking information will not be achieved by CP. Except as required by law, CP undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and east coasts. CP provides North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP. CP-IR
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SOURCE Canadian Pacific | 2023-03-17T22:01:26+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2023/03/17/cp-tcrc-mwed-reach-tentative-collective-agreement/ |
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will roll into Wisconsin tomorrow, with 13 shows scheduled over the next three days. Each show will serve as a fundraiser for the local food bank.
Wisconsinites wishing to attend a Holiday Train show should bring a donation of cash or a non-perishable food item for the local food bank. All donations stay local to help feed those in need in the community, and the food bank will have a station set up at each site to collect donations. Each show will feature a half-hour live concert by Alan Doyle and Kelly Prescott.
The Wisconsin shows will occur at:
- Sturtevant, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Amtrak station;
- Caledonia, Dec. 8 at 8:15 p.m. at County Road G and 5½ Road;
- Wauwatosa, Dec. 9 at 4:15 p.m. at the Harwood Avenue crossing;
- Hartland, Dec. 9 at 5:45 p.m. at the Cottonwood Avenue crossing;
- Oconomowoc, Dec. 9 at 6:45 p.m. at the South Silver Lake Street crossing;
- Watertown, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. at Brandt Quirk Park;
- Columbus, Dec. 9 at 9:15 p.m. at the Amtrak station;
- Portage, Dec. 10 at 1:15 p.m. along Averbeck Street adjacent to the rail yard;
- Wisconsin Dells, Dec. 10 at 2:45 p.m. at the Amtrak station;
- Mauston, Dec. 10 at 4:15 p.m. at the Division Street crossing;
- Tomah, Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Amtrak station;
- Sparta, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at the corner of S. Water Street and Milwaukee Street;
- La Crosse, Dec. 10 at 8:30 p.m. at the Amtrak station.
Since its inception in 1999, the CP Holiday Train has raised more than $21 million and 5 million pounds of food for community food banks across the U.S. and Canada. CP strongly encourages attendees to bring cash donations since local food banks have agreements to purchase food at a discount.
Holiday Train fans can follow the train via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @CanadianPacific. A live train tracker will be available at cpr.ca/holidaytrain.
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train tours Canada and the U.S. in November and December raising money, food and awareness for the important work that food banks do in their communities. Professional musicians play free half-hour concerts from the brightly decorated train's stage. CP makes a donation to the local food shelf at each stop and encourages attendees to also donate. Since its inception in 1999, the Holiday Train has raised more than $20 million and 5 million pounds of food for community food banks. A full schedule, a list of performers and promotional materials are available on cpr.ca/holidaytrain.
Canadian Pacific is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and east coasts. CP provides North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP.
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SOURCE Canadian Pacific Holiday Train | 2022-12-07T21:42:55+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/12/07/holiday-train-prepares-raise-money-bring-joy-wisconsin-communities/ |
Fed faults Silicon Valley Bank execs, itself in bank failure
WASHINGTON (AP) — Silicon Valley Bank failed due to a combination of extremely poor bank management, weakened regulations and lax government supervision, the Federal Reserve said Friday, in a highly-anticipated review of how the central bank failed to properly supervise the bank before it collapsed early last month.
The report, authored by Federal Reserve staff and Michael Barr, the Fed’s vice chair for supervision, takes a critical look at what the Fed missed as Silicon Valley Bank grew quickly in size in the years leading up to its collapse. The report also points out underlying cultural issues at the Fed, where supervisors were unwilling to be hard on bank management when they saw growing problems.
“The Federal Reserve did not appreciate the seriousness of critical deficiencies in the firm’s governance, liquidity, and interest rate risk management. These judgments meant that Silicon Valley Bank remained well-rated, even as conditions deteriorated and significant risk to the firm’s safety and soundness emerged,” the report said.
Silicon Valley Bank was the go-to bank for venture capital firms and technology start-ups for years, but failed spectacularly in March, setting off a crisis of confidence for the banking industry. Federal regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 after customers withdrew tens of billions of dollars in deposits in a matter of hours.
Two days later, they seized Signature Bank of New York. Although regulators guaranteed all the banks’ deposits, customers at other midsize regional banks rushed to pull out their money — often with a few taps on a mobile device — and move it to the perceived safety of big money center banks such as JPMorgan Chase.
The report also looks at the role social media and technology played in the bank’s last days. While the bank’s management was poor and ultimately that was the reason the bank failed, the report also notes that social media caused a bank run that happened in just hours, compared to days for earlier bank runs like those seen in 2008.
Although the withdrawals have abated at many banks, First Republic Bank in San Francisco appears to be in peril, even after receiving a $30 billion infusion of deposits from 11 major banks in March. The bank’s shares have plunged 57% this week after it revealed the extent to which customers pulled their deposits in the days after Silicon Valley Bank failed.
The nation’s banks are regulated by a troika of regulators: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All have been criticized for potentially missing signs that Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank might be in trouble.
Barr appeared at two hearings in Congress last month and acknowledged that Federal Reserve bank supervisors had warned Silicon Valley management as early as the fall of 2021 of risks stemming from its business model, but the bank’s managers failed to take the steps necessary to fix the problems.
Republicans at both hearings had criticized federal regulators for failing to act with the proper sense of urgency.
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Sweet reported from New York.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-28T15:28:51+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/04/28/fed-faults-silicon-valley-bank-execs-itself-bank-failure/ |
Brittney Griner said she’s “grateful” to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. Her comments came a week after she was released from a Russian prison, freed in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange.
“It feels so good to be home!” Griner posted to Instagram on Friday in her first public statement since her release. “The last 10 months have been a battle at every turn. I dug deep to keep my faith and it was the love from so many of you that helped keep me going. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone for your help.”
Griner was arrested in February in Russia on drug-related charges and was later convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian jail. After months of strained negotiations, and an extraordinarily rare public revelation by the Biden administration that it had made a “substantial proposal” to bring home Griner and another detained American, Paul Whelan, the case resolved last week with a prisoner swap in which the WNBA star was exchanged in the United Arab Emirates for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
“President Biden, you brought me home and I know you are committed to bringing Paul Whelan and all Americans home too,” Griner said. “I will use my platform to do whatever I can to help you. I also encourage everyone that played a part in bringing me home to continue their efforts to bring all Americans home. Every family deserves to be whole.”
Whelan’s brother David said last week in a statement that he was “so glad” for Griner’s release but also disappointed for his family. He credited the White House with giving the Whelan family advance notice and said he did not fault officials for making the deal.
“The Biden administration made the right decision to bring Ms. Griner home, and to make the deal that was possible, rather than waiting for one that wasn’t going to happen,” he said.
Griner also thanked the military staff and medical team in Texas, where she was receiving care after returning to the U.S. last week. She wrote that she would “transition home to enjoy the holidays with my family” but did not say where.
While WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said she was going to give Griner all the time she needed to decide whether she wanted to play basketball again, Griner made it clear that: “I intend to play basketball for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury this season, and in doing so, I look forward to being able to say ‘thank you’ to those of you who advocated, wrote, and posted for me in person soon.”
“Amazing timing for her to be home before the holidays,” Engelbert told the AP in an interview Thursday. “It’s a great story for all who know her.”
The Mercury open the season on the road against the Los Angeles Sparks on May 19. The team’s first home game is two days later against the Chicago Sky. | 2022-12-17T13:36:58+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-brittney-griner-says-shell-play-basketball-again/ |
Eagles’ OL Josh Sills indicted on rape and kidnapping charges originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Eagles reserve offensive lineman Josh Sills has been indicted on rape and kidnapping charges in his home state of Ohio.
Sills, 25, was indicted by a Guernsey County (Ohio) Common Pleas Court grand jury on one count of rape and one count of kidnapping, both first-degree felonies.
According to a press release from the Ohio Attorney General’s office and the Guernsey Count Sheriff's office, these charges stem from a December 2019 incident.
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The indictment says, “Sills engaged in sexual activity that was not consensual and held a victim against her will. The crime was immediately reported, and the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office conducted a detailed investigation.”
The Eagles did not immediately have a comment on the charges.
Sills was issued a summons to appear in Guernsey County Common Pleas court on Feb. 16, just four days after the Eagles will play in Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona.
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The case is being prosecuted by the Special Prosecutions Section of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Sills was signed by the Eagles as an undrafted free agent out of Oklahoma State this past spring and is just finishing up his rookie season in the NFL. Sills played in just one game this season. He has been inactive for the Eagles’ two playoff games this season. | 2023-02-01T18:18:00+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/eagles-lineman-josh-sills-indicted-on-rape-kidnapping-charges-in-ohio/3060567/ |
Which slow cookers are best?
A slow cooker can be a convenient, useful addition to your kitchen. With some simple prep work, all you have to do is toss in the ingredients before letting the slow cooker do its thing for hours at a time, filling your house with the aromas of a delicious meal. The best slow cookers can maintain a high cooking temperature for long periods while also enabling cooking techniques such as sauteing and steaming.
For a high-end slow cooker that will also look great on your dinner table, consider the All-Clad Slow Cooker.
What to know before you buy a slow cooker
Temperature
It is essential that a slow cooker accurately maintains temperature while cooking. Slow cookers work by braising foods, simmering them over time at a constant temperature and allowing heat to transfer evenly throughout. This makes a slow cooker ideal for making recipes that call for soft vegetables and rich, succulent meats. It is best if a slow cooker’s temperature does not rise above 180 degrees so that it does not overcook foods such as meats.
Removable lining material
Depending on the slow cooker, the insertable pot inside may be made of metal, ceramic or porcelain. These materials conduct heat well, but note that both ceramic and porcelain linings will be more susceptible to damage if dropped and are heavier than metal linings.
“Keep warm” function
The keep-warm function on a slow cooker allows food to continue to simmer after cooking. This function ensures that the food does not go cold without overcooking it, and it is an essential aspect of any slow cooker.
What to look for in a quality slow cooker
Capacity
Many slow cookers range in sizes between 1.5 to 8.5 quarts. When deciding on size, consider what meals you intend to make with your slow cooker. For most households, a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker would be ideal. However, if you plan on entertaining guests for functions or parties, get a larger slow cooker or a casserole dish.
Shape
Most slow cookers will be round or oval-shaped. This does not affect the cooking process too much, but you might prefer one shape over the other depending on the types of dishes you wish to prepare. For stews and soups, circular slow cookers work perfectly, but certain cuts of meat might fit better in an oval-shaped slow cooker.
Controls
Some slow cookers have a dial or knob that is adjusted to set temperature and cooking time for your meal. However, other slow cookers come with complete LED displays with controls for determining temperature, type of cooking and timers.
How much you can expect to spend on a slow cooker
Basic slow cookers can cost anywhere between $15-$50. Higher-end, programmable slow cookers with multiple cooking modes and other features can cost anywhere between $50-$150.
Slow cooker FAQ
Can slow cookers be used when I’m not home?
A. Most slow cookers can continue to cook while being left unattended, making them great for multitasking. However, it is still recommended that users keep an eye on their slow cooker.
How do I clean a slow cooker?
A. Most slow cookers have inserts that can be removed from the base to wash. Some are dishwasher-safe, while others should be washed by hand.
What’s the best slow cooker to buy?
Top slow cooker
What you need to know: The All-Clad slow cooker is a high-end model with one of the best digital displays on the market.
What you’ll love: This slow cooker offers cook times between four and 20 hours and has a keep-warm mode that can work up to six hours. It also is sleek enough to double as a serving dish.
What you should consider: Some users have reported that the glass lid is prone to shattering when handled roughly.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Top slow cooker for the money
Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker
What you need to know: The Instant Pot Duo is a 7-in-1 multi-cooker that can operate as a great slow cooker and meal prepper.
What you’ll love: Other features of this cooker include steaming, sauteing and warming. It has a delay capacity of up to 24 hours.
What you should consider: Some users have reported faulty heating after several years of extended use.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This versatile cooker is excellent for those who will be making a wide variety of dishes with their slow cooker.
What you’ll love: It includes options for slow cooking, sauteing and steaming and can switch between modes at the touch of a button. The cooking pot is also dishwasher-safe.
What you should consider: This product does not come with a delay timer.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon and Bed Bath & Beyond
Maxi-Matic Electric Slow Cooker
What you need to know: The Maxi-Matic slow cooker has an attractive stainless steel finish and ceramic insert pot.
What you’ll love: With an intuitive and straightforward knob design, you can choose the temperature and how long you would like to cook. Great for meals such as soups, stews and fondue.
What you should consider: Some users have reported that the pot’s exterior can get incredibly hot.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Crock-Pot Oval Manual Slow Cooker
What you need to know: This 7-quart slow cooker can serve more than nine people, making it ideal for dinner parties and gatherings.
What you’ll love: Features a keep-warm setting that can keep food at its optimal serving temperature for hours. Additionally, it is safe to use in both the microwave and oven up to 400 degrees.
What you should consider: Some users have reported that the lid does not fit snugly.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
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BETHESDA, Md. (AP) _ Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. (HST) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations.
The Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $279 million, or 39 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 26 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $116 million, or 16 cents per share.
The lodging real estate investment trust posted revenue of $1.07 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $948 million.
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Girl Scouts roll out a new cookie flavor
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 1:28 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - The Girl Scouts revealed the latest cookie in their lineup, the Raspberry Rally.
Raspberry Rally is described as a sister cookie to Thin Mints.
The cookie infused with raspberry flavor of mint and dipped in the same chocolate coating.
Raspberry Rally will be the first Girl Scout cookie available only for online purchases and delivery directly to homes.
A local Girl Scout will place the order for you online. The group said the goal is to help them build e-commerce skills.
The new cookies will be available during the 2023 cookie season, which runs from January to April.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-16T19:38:52+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/2022/08/16/girl-scouts-roll-out-new-cookie-flavor/ |
This weekend is the last time visitors will get to ride Splash Mountain at Disney World
ORLANDO (Gray News) – Walt Disney World’s popular but controversial ride Splash Mountain is in its final days.
This weekend will be the last time visitors to Magic Kingdom in Orlando will have the chance to ride the attraction, which opened in 1992.
Disney announced in summer 2020 that Splash Mountain would be reimagined as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, based on the 2009 animated film “The Princess and the Frog,” which features Disney’s first Black princess, Tiana.
Splash Mountain was originally based on the controversial 1946 Disney film “Song of the South,” which critics say portrays racial stereotypes.
Splash Mountain’s overhaul to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure begins Monday, according to Disney World’s website. The new, reimagined ride is set to open in late 2024.
At the time the announcement was made in 2020 about the changes to the ride, Disney said the Splash Mountain at Disneyland in California would also become Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. However, a final closing date for that Splash Mountain, which opened in 1989, has not been set.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-19T19:37:36+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/01/19/this-weekend-is-last-time-visitors-will-get-ride-splash-mountain-disney-world/ |
Teen’s arm severed while reportedly attempting to ‘subway surf’
NEW YORK (WABC) - A 15-year-old had to have his arm amputated after he and some friends reportedly tried to ride on top of a New York subway car.
“I saw the police putting up the tape and the actual body on the floor,” an eyewitness, Christian Mojica, said.
It was a tragic and horrific sight for morning commuters at the subway station as the teen lay unconscious, in his own blood, his arm severed.
“I don’t want to see like, I didn’t want to see it,” Mojica said. “Like, it’s not pretty. I saw face, blood and slumped over like a person slumped over ... then I just left, but it wasn’t pretty.”
Investigators said the incident happened Monday at about 10:30 a.m.
They reported the victim was with three other friends who were trying to “subway surf” or ride on top of the subway car. But the teen fell as he climbed on top and was struck by the train.
“Kind of like laying half off the, you know the yellow divider, the area where you’re not supposed to step. Half of his legs were there, then his other half was like, laying on the floor,” Mojica said.
Another eyewitness said he saw the ambulances, firefighters and police arrive but didn’t know what happened.
The teen was taken to the hospital, where his arm had to be amputated. He is reported to be in stable condition. His name has not yet been released.
“It’s very traumatizing, and I hope everybody there is able to come back from it because it’s not nice,” Mojica said. “I wish the best for anyone who is related to him or anything like that.”
Subway officials said they’re seeing an alarming increase in passengers riding outside of the train.
So far this year, it has happened 627 times, compared to only 96 last year.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-30T15:42:23+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/08/30/teens-arm-severed-while-reportedly-attempting-subway-surf/ |
A dive bar isn't merely a place to drink in the middle of the day. You should also get a story — and maybe even a bit of history — with your glass. You'll find all of that and more at Mac's Club Deuce. The bar opened in 1926, many decades before South Beach became a haven for craft cocktails and frozen blender drinks. Of course, you still can't get a smoked rosemary old-fashioned or a pink flamingo surprise (or whatever it is they're pouring these days on Ocean Drive) at Mac's Club Deuce. The Deuce serves up unadorned drinks in a low-key setting. Two of the bar's most famous characters, owner Mac Klein and former frequenter Anthony Bourdain, have since gone to the last call in the sky, and South Beach continues to overdevelop, but the Deuce endures. | 2022-06-22T16:17:44+00:00 | miaminewtimes.com | https://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2022/eat-and-drink/best-dive-bar-14715442 |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the latest school shooting in Colorado highlights the need for more action to fight gun violence.
As a manhunt unfolded in Denver for the suspect in another school shooting, Democrats unveiled legislation to establish a new Federal Gun Violence Prevention Office to help coordinate information about shootings in the United States.
Senators Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy and Representative Maxwell Frost say the new federal office would ensure cooperation in collecting, analyzing and sharing gun violence data.
“We’re not winning if gun violence is the leading cause of child death in the United States of America,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said.
The office would also establish a council of justice department officials, health care professionals and gun violence survivors to help make policy recommendations.
Sen. Murphy says doing more to deal with gun violence is critical.
“We are losing a generation of kids because we pay attention to the mass shootings, but we don’t understand the trauma that those kids are going through every single day,” Murphy explained.
But passing any new gun legislation or restrictions will be an uphill fight as highlighted by the Republican bill last week to strengthen gun rights.
“Why do we have the second amendment? So, you can defend yourself,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said.
School shooting survivor David Hogg made a personal plea for Americans to support gun violence prevention measures, saying, “if all of the parents behind us that have lost children, literally the worst thing that can happen to a child, can stand with us. Then so can you.” | 2023-03-22T23:27:34+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/democrats-unveil-plan-to-create-gun-violence-prevention-office/ |
NEW YORK (PIX11) — If you’re looking for something to put a little spring in your kid’s step during mid-winter break, try the Launch Trampoline Park in Queens.
New York Living’s Ben Aaron has an inside scoop on the park and what to except.
Watch the video player for more. | 2023-02-22T20:57:05+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/new-york-living/beat-boredom-blues-at-queens-launch-trampoline-park/ |
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — James Knox was glad to get out of the big city.
Part of a network of activists who believe U.S. elections are unreliable, Knox has unsuccessfully tried to convince supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county and home to Phoenix, that they should throw out elections that Republicans lost and get rid of voting machines.
So earlier this past week, Knox went somewhere more hospitable to his project — nearly 200 miles south of his home in the Phoenix exurb of Queen Creek to Cochise County. During last year’s elections, the county’s conservative-majority Board of Supervisors tried to count all ballots by hand — until a judge blocked that — and then refused to certify the results until a judge ordered them to do so.
“Here, it’s a little bit easier to be heard by the board,” Knox said before the latest supervisors’ meeting, where members discussed replacing the respected elections director, who resigned after objecting to the board’s decisions.
Last year was a tough one for the election denial movement in Arizona. Its candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general all lost. But it’s still thriving in rural Cochise County, a vivid example of how paranoia about elections fanned by former President Donald Trump maintains a stubborn grip in rural parts of the country.
Trump last year backed a slate of candidates for top state election positions in Arizona and elsewhere who parroted his lie about losing the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud. Every one of those candidates lost in the battleground states that typically decide the presidency. But the election conspiracy movement maintains a firm hold in beet-red rural spots such as Cochise County, a swath of the Sonoran Desert dotted with ranches, small towns and U.S.-Mexico border communities that encompasses an area larger than Rhode Island and Connecticut combined.
The county’s respected elections director, Lisa Marra, who had opposed the board’s voting moves, recently resigned from the nonpartisan position after five years in the job. The two Republicans on the three-member board are seeking to replace her with the elected county recorder, David Stevens, another Republican.
Stevens is a friend of former GOP state Rep. Mark Finchem, who attended Trump’s rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, that preceded the Capitol riot and who ran unsuccessfully last year for secretary of state, Arizona’s top election post. Finchem had said he would not have certified President Joe Biden’s 2020 win in Arizona.
Stevens was prepared to oversee Cochise County’s hand count when Marra objected last year, and only stopped once a judge ruled that it violated state law. Stevens and the two Republican board members have appealed that ruling. The recorder recently joined a nonprofit founded by Finchem to focus on election “integrity.”
In Arizona, elected recorders such as Stevens already play a part in elections. They register voters, distribute mail ballots and verify signatures on the ones sent back, while the nonpartisan election director handles the counting. Stevens said he has always been a fair broker in elections and that in 2020, he spoke more to Democratic groups about voting than Republican ones.
Still, many residents are furious at Stevens’ new role.
“Recorder Stevens has proven he’s part of the crazy conspiracy crowd,” said Jennifer Druckman, a retiree who was one of dozens who spoke out against Stevens getting expanded responsibilities to oversee elections in the county.
Cochise is staunchly conservative — Trump won the county by 20 percentage points in 2020 even as Biden took the state. But the backlash to the election chaos has been palpable.
Activists are circulating petitions to recall Supervisor Tom Crosby, one of the two Republicans who voted for the hand count in October. Crosby also refused to certify the county’s vote tallies as a way to stop the state from finalizing election results in December after Democrat Katie Hobbs defeated Republican Kari Lake for governor.
After a judge ordered the Cochise County board to certify the election, Crosby skipped the next meeting, leaving fellow Republican Peggy Judd and Democrat Ann English to take the vote. It was a dramatic example of how the once-routine task of formalizing election results became charged with politics as Trump allies in scattered rural counties in the West targeted certification as a way to disrupt elections.
In an interview after this past week’s meeting, Crosby scoffed at speakers’ claims that he represents a threat to democracy.
“The ‘Big Lie’ is that checking voting machines is subverting democracy,” Crosby said. “My constituents feel like, if we can’t check ‘em, we don’t want ’em.”
Election officials, including in Cochise County, check the accuracy of their machines by comparing their tabulations with paper ballot receipts, but Crosby said he still had broader suspicions. Crosby also dismissed the recall effort.
“If it’s leftists bashing me or patriots saying I’m wonderful, the message is the same,” he said.
But not everyone upset at Crosby is a leftist. Greg Lamberth, a retired engineer and lifelong Republican, is one of the people circulating petitions to recall the supervisor.
“I don’t see Mr. Crosby as acting in a way that gives us a functional government in Cochise County,” Lamberth said in an interview, noting the county has already spent more than $100,000 in legal fees related to its election adventures.
A former Marine, Lamberth is also disappointed in Stevens, a onetime military information technology specialist.
“He knows damn well that a hand count is less accurate than a machine count,” Lamberth said.
That’s why election officials decades ago largely turned away from hand counts and used tabulators to tally up ballots. Trump and his allies have attacked those devices, making unsupported allegations they were rigged against him in 2020, sometimes insinuating that foreign powers such as Venezuela were behind it. Those allegations triggered pushes for hand counts in a few rural counties in Nevada and New Mexico.
Stevens said in an interview that last October, a small group of conservative citizens approached him and asked whether the county could tally all ballots by hand rather than rely on machines. Stevens said he told them no — it was too close to the election to change procedure.
But Stevens suggested the county conduct a parallel hand count to check the machines’ accuracy. Other election officials were alarmed, warning it could fan misinformation about the true tally in statewide races. A judge ruled the county didn’t have discretion to pursue a full hand count; the county is appealing.
Stevens stressed that none of this was his idea or that of the supervisors.
“All this comes from the grassroots,” he said in an interview in his office in the county building, where a pockmarked target from a shooting range hung from the wall and assembled Lego Star Wars sets sat on his coffee table.
While Stevens knocked down some prominent Arizona election conspiracy theories, saying most were a product of people not understanding the complexity of the elections process, he said he didn’t want to dismiss the value of a hand count.
“I try not to have preconceived notions — let’s find out,” Stevens said.
Elisabeth Tyndall, the chairwoman of the county’s Democratic Party, said the problem is that Cochise’s Republican power structure simply cannot say “no” to its base.
“We have had Republican leadership pretty much forever,” Tyndall said. “They haven’t held their fellow Republicans accountable for nonsense.”
Despite their overwhelming numerical advantages at the ballot box, many Cochise Republicans still see themselves as an aggrieved minority that needs to get more aggressive.
Bob McCormick, 82, a retired real estate agent, was a member of the small group that initially met with Stevens. He said their numbers are now more than 100.
Still, McCormick knew as he waited to enter the supervisors meeting that he was outnumbered by angry Democrats wanting to vent at the Republican supervisors and Stevens.
“For every 10 of them, one of us shows up,” McCormick said of Democrats. “We really don’t fight. Until we change the whole system, we’re going to be in trouble.”
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After careful consideration, and at the recommendation of Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, the investment adviser to Morgan Creek - Exos Active SPAC Arbitrage ETF (the "Fund"), the Board of Trustees of Listed Funds Trust approved the closing and subsequent liquidation of the Fund pursuant to the terms of a Plan of Liquidation. Accordingly, the Fund is expected to cease operations, liquidate its assets, and distribute the liquidation proceeds to shareholders on or about March 24, 2023 (the "Liquidation Date"). Shares of the Fund are listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc.
The Fund has begun liquidating its portfolio assets and will continue through the Liquidation Date. As a result, during this period, the Fund will increase its cash holdings and deviate from its investment objective, investment strategies, and investment policies as stated in the Fund's Prospectus and SAI.
The Fund will no longer accept orders for new creation units after the close of business on the business day prior to the Liquidation Date, and trading in shares of the Fund will be halted prior to market open on the Liquidation Date. Prior to the Liquidation Date, shareholders may only be able to sell their shares to certain broker-dealers, and there is no assurance that there will be a market for the Fund's shares during that time period. Customary brokerage charges may apply to such transactions.
If no action is taken by a Fund shareholder prior to the Liquidation Date, the Fund will distribute to such shareholder, on or promptly after the Liquidation Date, a liquidating cash distribution equal to the net asset value of the shareholder's Fund shares as of the close of business on the Liquidation Date. This amount will include any accrued capital gains and dividends. Shareholders remaining in the Fund on the Liquidation Date will not be charged any transaction fees by the Fund. The liquidating cash distribution to shareholders will be treated as payment in exchange for their shares. The liquidation of shares may be treated as a taxable event. Shareholders should contact their tax adviser to discuss the income tax consequences of the liquidation.
Shareholders can call 1-855-857-2677 for additional information.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Los Angeles City Hall in turmoil, voters Tuesday have a stark choice in selecting their next mayor: a progressive Democratic congresswoman who could become the first Black woman to hold the job, or a billionaire Republican-turned-Democrat whose election would represent a turn to the political right for the liberal city of nearly 4 million.
The election has historical dimensions, coming as the City Council contends with a racism scandal that led to the ouster of its former president and calls for the resignation of two more members, an unabated homeless crisis, corruption probes and widespread concern with crime that has ranged from daytime robberies on city sidewalks to smash-and-grab thefts at luxury stores.
The favorite is U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, a former state Assembly leader who has the advantage of being a lifelong Democrat in a city where Republicans are almost invisible. She’s backed by President Joe Biden and the Democratic establishment and has been promising to use her skills as a coalition builder to heal a wounded city.
Developer Rick Caruso is campaigning on an abrupt change in direction, arguing that Bass and other longtime politicians are part of the problem that has led LA into multiple crises. He is promising to expand the police department to deal with rising crime rates and quickly get ubiquitous homeless encampments off the streets.
The winner will replace beleaguered Democrat Eric Garcetti, who will conclude two uneven terms with his nomination to become U.S. ambassador to India stalled in the Senate, apparently over sexual misconduct allegations against a former top Garcetti adviser.
A looming question is who will show up. Los Angeles voters are notoriously indifferent to the scrum of local politics, and turnout in midterm elections historically falls off steeply from presidential election years. Those casting votes are expected to tilt heavily Democratic, however, an advantage for Bass, who has held an edge in polls.
She's counting on strong support from white liberals and Black voters. The backbone of Caruso's coalition will include independents, the city's sprinkle of Republicans and Latinos, while his campaign is attempting to lasso voters who turn out only sporadically, including in lower-income areas, and those who skipped the June primary.
The race has been shaped in large part by Caruso’s lavish spending –- and his unavoidable advertising. City records show his campaign treasury has topped $80 million so far, most of it his own money. Bass, with just a small fraction of that amount at her disposal, has said “it’s not the power of the money, it’s the power of the people.”
The election is testing whether voters in the heavily Democratic city are willing to turn away from their liberal tendencies and embrace an approach that would place a strong emphasis on public safety.
City Hall has been in Democratic hands for decades. Caruso's candidacy shares some similarity to 1993, when LA voters turned to Republican Richard Riordan to lead the city in the aftermath of the deadly 1992 riots that erupted after four white police officers were acquitted of assault in the beating of Black motorist Rodney King.
The mayor’s race is among a list of competitive contests around in the state where political loyalties are being tested by questions about the direction and effectiveness of California’s left-leaning government. | 2022-11-08T14:36:40+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/LA-in-crisis-Troubled-city-has-stark-choice-for-17567390.php |
click to enlarge Courtesy of Broadway in Detroit
The cast of Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations.
The audience can barely contain their excitement as the lights dim at the Detroit Opera House, illuminating a marquee for the Temptations.
When the Temps finally take the stage with their unmistakable harmonies and signature dance moves, all bets are off. The audience erupts in applause and the collective joy is tangible as they sing along with the Motown group.
In reality, they’re just actors playing Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, and David Ruffin, but if you close your eyes, you could easily be fooled into believing you were at a 1970s Temptations concert.
Dominique Morisseau’s broadway musical
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations finally made its way back to Detroit this week after a successful season on Broadway. The homecoming is two years in the making, as the Detroit show was originally supposed to happen in 2020 but was pushed back due to COVID-19.
The musical recounts the group’s turbulent rise to becoming the No. 1 R&B group of all time, told through the eyes of Temptations founder Otis Williams. It feels more like being at an actual Temptations concert with frequent asides by Williams (played by Marcus Paul James) as he gives behind-the-scenes insight through the Temps’ hurdles.
We guess we should put a spoiler alert on this review, but if you’re familiar with the story of the Temptations, the musical’s plot won’t come entirely as a surprise.
After moving to Detroit from Texarkana, Texas, Otis Williams got wrapped up in the street gang life and spent several months in juvenile detention. Upon release, he dedicated his life to music, eventually forming the Temptations when he was around 19 years old. The group signed with Motown Records and went through several lineup changes as they navigated infighting, addiction, life on the road, and race relations as their music grew in popularity across the country. By the end, each member of the “classic five” has his tragic date with death, except Williams, who is the last living original Temptation.
Even if you’re familiar with the Temptations’ fascinating story, the musical takes the audience on a ride that feels as if you were watching it happen in real-time.
All the pivotal moments are present. There’s the 1966 Motown picnic where Temps’ lead vocalist David Ruffin publicly battered fellow Motown singer Tammi Terrell, who he was dating at the time. We witness how the anti-Vietnam War anthem “War” was originally written for the Temps but was ultimately given to Edwin Starr, who got a No. 1 hit with the track.
We even see how
“Papa Was a Rolling Stone” nearly wasn’t recorded because the opening lines
“It was the third of September/ That day I’ll always remember, yes I will / ‘Cause that was the day that my daddy died” offended frontman Dennis Edwards. Apparently, his father actually
had died on Sept. 3.
Through it all, we see how the Temptations was a true brotherhood, even when the members were at each other’s throats.
click to enlarge Courtesy of Broadway in Detroit
The show felt like an actual Temptations concert.
And the actors hit all the notes (both literally and figuratively), from Harrell Holmes Jr.’s spot-on depiction of Melvin Franklin’s deep bass voice to Jalen Harris’ imitation of Eddie Kendricks’ falsetto.
The only part of the production that felt slightly off was the lackluster performance of what was supposed to be the Supremes. But even that (kinda) makes sense, as the musical wasn’t about them — it was the Temps' time to shine.
Though audience members may know how this story ends, the fascination and wonder lie in the journey. Morisseau’s witty and masterful storytelling coupled with the cast’s brilliant performance and an impeccable live orchestra bring it all together.
Morisseau’s work has a knack for
making us laugh and then cry only a few minutes later. There are silly moments like David Ruffin ambushing the group onstage after being kicked out and starting a back-and-forth mic battle with Dennis Edwards. But when "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" pauses at
“and when he died” for Williams to tell the story of each member's death, it’s hard not to get choked up.
After two hours of watching James play Williams at the media night we attended, the
real Otis Williams took the stage and gave praise to Detroit, which he says will always be home. He was joined by Morisseau and Shelly Berger, who managed the Temps for the past 30 years. It was a fitting and heartfelt reunion for the larger-than-life show.
Older generations of Temptations fans will probably delight in all the moments in the group’s career they may remember happening. Younger fans who weren’t around for Motown’s heyday (like me) will probably learn more than they’ve ever wanted to know about the group. Both will walk away with a newfound respect and appreciation for the Temps.
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Time of the Temptations
runs at the Detroit Opera House through Aug. 28. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Sunday evenings, and a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets start at $35. For more information, see broadwayindetroit.com.
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- 72% and 36% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death observed in the dMMR/MSI-H population and overall patient population, respectively
- Clinically meaningful overall survival trend observed at interim analysis
- Results presented in same-day presentations at ESMO Virtual Plenary and SGO Annual Meeting and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Regulatory submissions planned for the first half of 2023
LONDON, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced interim results from Part 1 of the RUBY/ENGOT-EN-6-NSGO/GOG3031 phase III trial investigating Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) plus standard-of-care chemotherapy (carboplatin-paclitaxel) followed by dostarlimab-gxly compared to chemotherapy plus placebo followed by placebo in adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.
Hesham Abdullah, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Oncology Development, GSK said: "These positive results from the RUBY trial bring us one step closer to addressing the significant unmet needs of endometrial cancer patients and add to the growing body of evidence on dostarlimab-gxly, strengthening our belief in its potential to transform cancer treatment as a backbone immuno-oncology therapy."
A statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression free survival (PFS) was observed for dostarlimab-gxly plus carboplatin/paclitaxel in the mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) population (n=118) and in the overall population (n=494) versus placebo plus chemotherapy. The separation of the lines in the accompanying Kaplan-Meier curve illustrate the significant reduction in risk of disease progression or death in patients with dMMR/MSI-H primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer in the dostarlimab plus chemotherapy treatment arm compared to the placebo plus chemotherapy treatment arm.
Dr. Mansoor Raza Mirza, Chief Oncologist, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark and RUBY principal investigator, said: "Clinical practice has been waiting decades for a meaningful advancement in the standard of care for primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. The results from the RUBY clinical trial, especially given the difficult-to-treat histologies included in the trial, demonstrate support for a new treatment standard with the addition of dostarlimab-gxly to current standard-of-care chemotherapy."
Additionally, at this first interim analysis, there was a clinically meaningful overall survival trend in the overall population among patients receiving dostarlimab-gxly plus chemotherapy followed by dostarlimab-gxly. The analysis was done at 33% maturity and statistical significance was not reached. OS follow-up continues and further analysis is planned. PFS and OS summaries are listed below.
The safety and tolerability profile of dostarlimab-gxly in combination with carboplatin/paclitaxel in the RUBY phase III trial was generally consistent with the known safety profiles of the individual agents. The most common (>45%) treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) in both treatment arms in the dMMR/MSI-H and overall populations were nausea, alopecia and fatigue, as well as anemia in the placebo plus chemotherapy arm in the dMMR/MSI-H population. Severe and serious TEAEs were approximately 10% higher in the dostarlimab-gxly plus carboplatin-paclitaxel arm compared with the placebo plus carboplatin-paclitaxel arm in the overall population. The nature and types of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in the dostarlimab-gxly plus chemotherapy safety profile were consistent with the mechanism of action of dostarlimab-gxly and similar to those reported for other PD-(L)1 inhibitors. In the overall population, 38.2% of participants in the dostarlimab-gxly plus carboplatin-paclitaxel arm and 15.4% of participants in the placebo plus carboplatin-paclitaxel arm had irAEs assessed by the investigator as related to dostarlimab-gxly or placebo, respectively. The most frequently reported dostarlimab-gxly-related irAE categories were endocrinopathies (15.8% dostarlimab-gxly-related versus 3.3% placebo-related) and skin adverse reactions (14.1% dostarlimab-gxly-related versus 3.7% placebo-related). Discontinuation of dostarlimab-gxly or placebo due to a TEAE occurred in 17.4% of patients in the dostarlimab-gxly plus chemotherapy treatment arm and 9.3% of patients in the placebo plus chemotherapy treatment arm in the overall population.
These data were shared in a European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Virtual Plenary, presented in a late breaking session at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer (March 25-28) and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine.
RUBY is part of an international collaboration between the European Network of Gynaecological Oncological Trial groups (ENGOT), a research network of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) that consists of 22 trial groups from 31 European countries that perform cooperative clinical trials; the GOG Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the standard of care in gynecologic oncology; and the Nordic Society of Gynaecological Oncology – Clinical Trial Unit (NSGO-CTU), a non-profit organization aiming to improve the practice of prevention, diagnosis and treatment for gynecological cancers by supporting research and conducting clinical trials across countries.
GSK's ambition is for dostarlimab-gxly to become the backbone of the Company's ongoing immuno-oncology-based research and development program when used alone and in combination with standard of care and future novel cancer therapies, particularly for patients who currently have limited treatment options. Dostarlimab-gxly is being investigated in registrational enabling studies as monotherapy and as part of combination regimens, including in patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, patients with Stage III or IV non-mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer, and patients with other advanced solid tumors or metastatic cancers.
About endometrial cancer
Endometrial cancer is found in the inner lining of the uterus, known as the endometrium. Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in developed countries, with approximately 417,000 new cases reported each year worldwide[i], and incidence rates are expected to rise by almost 40% by 2040.[ii][iii] Approximately 15-20% of patients with endometrial cancer will be diagnosed with advanced disease at the time of diagnosis.[iv]
About RUBY
RUBY is a two-part global, randomized, double-blind, multicenter phase III trial of patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. Part 1 is evaluating dostarlimab-gxly plus carboplatin-paclitaxel followed by dostarlimab-gxly versus carboplatin-paclitaxel plus placebo followed by placebo. Part 2 is evaluating dostarlimab-gxly plus carboplatin-paclitaxel followed by dostarlimab-gxly plus niraparib versus placebo plus carboplatin-paclitaxel followed by placebo. The primary endpoints in Part 1 are investigator-assessed PFS based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.1 and OS. The statistical analysis plan included pre-specified analyses of PFS in the dMMR/MSI-H and ITT populations and OS in the overall population. Pre-specified exploratory analyses of PFS in the MMRp/MSS population and OS in the dMMR/MSI-H populations were also performed. RUBY Part 1 included a broad population, including histologies often excluded from clinical trials and had approximately 10% of patients with carcinosarcoma and 20% with serous carcinoma. In Part 2, the primary endpoint is investigator-assessed PFS. Secondary endpoints in Part 1 and Part 2 include PFS per blinded independent central review, overall response rate, duration of response, disease control rate, patient-reported outcomes, and safety and tolerability.
About Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly)
Jemperli is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody that binds to the PD-1 receptor and blocks its interaction with the PD-1 ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2.[v]
Jemperli is not approved anywhere in the world for use in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy (carboplatin-paclitaxel) followed by dostarlimab-gxly for primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.
Jemperli was discovered by AnaptysBio, Inc. and licensed to TESARO, Inc., under a collaboration and exclusive license agreement signed in March 2014. The collaboration has resulted in three monospecific antibody therapies that have progressed into the clinic. These are: Jemperli (GSK4057190), a PD-1 antagonist; cobolimab, (GSK4069889), a TIM-3 antagonist; and GSK4074386, a LAG-3 antagonist. GSK is responsible for the ongoing research, development, commercialisation, and manufacturing of each of these medicines under the agreement.
Indications and Important Safety Information for JEMPERLI (dostarlimab-gxly)
JEMPERLI is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced:
- endometrial cancer (EC), as determined by an FDA-approved test, that has progressed on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing regimen in any setting and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation, or
- solid tumors, as determined by an FDA-approved test, that have progressed on or following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on tumor response rate and durability of response. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).
Important Safety Information
Severe and Fatal Immune-Mediated Adverse Reactions
- Immune-mediated adverse reactions, which can be severe or fatal, can occur in any organ system or tissue and can occur at any time during or after treatment with a PD-1/PD-L1–blocking antibody, including JEMPERLI.
- Monitor closely for signs and symptoms of immune-mediated adverse reactions. Evaluate liver enzymes, creatinine, and thyroid function tests at baseline and periodically during treatment. For suspected immune-mediated adverse reactions, initiate appropriate workup to exclude alternative etiologies, including infection. Institute medical management promptly, including specialty consultation as appropriate.
- Based on the severity of the adverse reaction, withhold or permanently discontinue JEMPERLI. In general, if JEMPERLI requires interruption or discontinuation, administer systemic corticosteroids (1 to 2 mg/kg/day prednisone or equivalent) until improvement to ≤Grade 1. Upon improvement to ≤Grade 1, initiate corticosteroid taper and continue to taper over at least 1 month. Consider administration of other systemic immunosuppressants in patients whose immune-mediated adverse reaction is not controlled with corticosteroids.
Immune-Mediated Pneumonitis
- JEMPERLI can cause immune-mediated pneumonitis, which can be fatal. In patients treated with other PD-1/PD-L1–blocking antibodies, the incidence of pneumonitis is higher in patients who have received prior thoracic radiation. Pneumonitis occurred in 2.3% (14/605) of patients, including Grade 2 (1.3%), Grade 3 (0.8%), and Grade 4 (0.2%) pneumonitis.
Immune-Mediated Colitis
- Colitis occurred in 1.3% (8/605) of patients, including Grade 2 (0.7%) and Grade 3 (0.7%) adverse reactions. Cytomegalovirus infection/reactivation have occurred in patients with corticosteroid-refractory immune-mediated colitis. In such cases, consider repeating infectious workup to exclude alternative etiologies.
Immune-Mediated Hepatitis
- JEMPERLI can cause immune-mediated hepatitis, which can be fatal. Grade 3 hepatitis occurred in 0.5% (3/605) of patients.
Immune-Mediated Endocrinopathies
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Hypophysitis
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Which Can Present with Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Immune-Mediated Nephritis with Renal Dysfunction
- JEMPERLI can cause immune-mediated nephritis, which can be fatal. Grade 2 nephritis, including tubulointerstitial nephritis, occurred in 0.5% (3/605) of patients.
Immune-Mediated Dermatologic Adverse Reactions
- JEMPERLI can cause immune-mediated rash or dermatitis. Bullous and exfoliative dermatitis, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), have occurred with PD-1/PD-L1–blocking antibodies. Topical emollients and/or topical corticosteroids may be adequate to treat mild to moderate non-bullous/exfoliative rashes. Withhold or permanently discontinue JEMPERLI depending on severity.
Other Immune-Mediated Adverse Reactions
- The following clinically significant immune-mediated adverse reactions occurred in <1% of the 605 patients treated with JEMPERLI or were reported with the use of other PD-1/PD-L1–blocking antibodies. Severe or fatal cases have been reported for some of these adverse reactions.
Infusion-Related Reactions
- Severe or life-threatening infusion-related reactions have been reported with PD-1/PD-L1–blocking antibodies. Severe infusion-related reactions (Grade 3) occurred in 0.2% (1/605) of patients receiving JEMPERLI. Monitor patients for signs and symptoms of infusion-related reactions. Interrupt or slow the rate of infusion or permanently discontinue JEMPERLI based on severity of reaction.
Complications of Allogeneic HSCT
- Fatal and other serious complications can occur in patients who receive allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) before or after treatment with a PD-1/PD-L1–blocking antibody, which may occur despite intervening therapy. Monitor patients closely for transplant-related complications and intervene promptly.
Embryo-Fetal Toxicity and Lactation
- Based on its mechanism of action, JEMPERLI can cause fetal harm. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with JEMPERLI and for 4 months after their last dose. Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions from JEMPERLI in a breastfed child, advise women not to breastfeed during treatment with JEMPERLI and for 4 months after their last dose.
Common Adverse Reactions
The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) in patients with dMMR EC were fatigue/asthenia, anemia, rash, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting. The most common Grade 3 or 4 laboratory abnormalities (>2%) were decreased lymphocytes, decreased sodium, increased alanine aminotransferase, increased creatinine, decreased neutrophils, decreased albumin, and increased alkaline phosphatase.
The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) in patients with dMMR solid tumors were fatigue/asthenia, anemia, diarrhea, and nausea. The most common Grade 3 or 4 laboratory abnormalities (≥2%) were decreased lymphocytes, decreased sodium, increased alkaline phosphatase, and decreased albumin.
Please see the full US Prescribing Information.
GSK in oncology
GSK is committed to maximizing patient survival through transformational medicines. GSK's pipeline is focused on immuno-oncology, tumor cell targeting therapies and synthetic lethality. Our goal is to achieve a sustainable flow of new treatments based on a diversified portfolio of investigational medicines utilizing modalities such as small molecules, antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates, either alone or in combination.
About GSK
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. Find out more at us.gsk.com/en-us/company
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
GSK cautions investors that any forward-looking statements or projections made by GSK, including those made in this announcement, are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such factors include, but are not limited to, those described under Item 3.D 'Risk factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2022, GSK's Q4 Results for 2022 and any impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
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.
Tuesday's results
Calgary 3 Saskatoon 2 (OT)
Victoria 4 Kelowna 2
Wednesday's results
Brandon 6 Regina 2
Calgary 3 Prince Albert 1
Moose Jaw 5 Lethbridge 3
Everett 3 Kamloops 2 (OT)
Friday's results
Prince Albert 2 Red Deer 1
Calgary 2 Moose Jaw 1 (SO)
Brandon 3 Portland 2
Swift Current 5 Saskatoon 4 (SO)
Seattle 6 Regina 0
Medicine Hat 3 Edmonton 2
Everett at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Vancouver at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's results
Red Deer at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Everett at Prince George, 6 p.m.
Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Calgary at Regina, 4 p.m.
Portland at Winnipeg, 5:05 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Portland at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Portland at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. | 2023-01-07T06:25:19+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17700975.php |
SYDNEY, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The famous Ukrainian Counter-Strike pro player Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko joins the SIDUS GATES GameFi publisher inside the crypto metaverse. He signed a 10-year contract for the release of exclusive NFT collections. To celebrate this extraordinary event, the team has launched a $100,000 giveaway!
"I studied many areas, including crypto technologies and NFT," he said. "I met the SIDUS METAVERSE founder and I was inspired by what they're doing, so I decided to join the team. I plan to use my vast experience in esports to help popularize new products, fit them to cybersports standards and attract a global audience.
We plan to release a limited-edition NFT collection. It will be represented by a new race: cyborgs with unique skins and value for all SIDUS users. Holders can receive a unique resource demanded by all SIDUS METAVERSE users."
A game publisher for a new era
SIDUS GATES is an exclusive game publisher that onboards gaming studios and their projects to SIDUS METAVERSE. All future games will adhere to a unified lore and utilize native tokens. With multiple games planned for the launch, Zeus and other players can apply their experience and skills to create products that can compete with giants.
"We're already tightly negotiating with multiple stellar esports athletes and plan to involve them in developing new products. I can't tell you names but they are pretty impressive."
SIDUS GATES, Co-Founder, CEO Roman Povolotski also commented on the latest addition to the team. "We are pleased to announce our partnership and will do our best with high-profile releases and gaming products," he said. "To celebrate this event, we decided to make a special giveaway worth $90,000! 300 NFT kits are at stake!"
Anyone can participate by filling out this form and share a huge prize pool with a guaranteed reward of $100-worth in-game gadgets: https://forms.gle/gj6iBe2HQkK6YyBK8
Road to metaverse gaming
Now it's official - Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko joins the metaverse as an ambassador and spokesperson for significant changes and NFT mass adoption. Let's watch his progress closely!
Find out more about SIDUS Metaverse:
Website | Twitter | Discord | Reddit | Telegram | Medium
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More Than 200 Transdev Teamsters Secure Higher Wages, Guaranteed Hours
SAN DIEGO, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Transdev workers represented by Teamsters Local 542 at Copley Park Place in San Diego have voted to ratify a strong contract, ending their strike. These bus workers provide paratransit services for the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS).
"The dedication and unity shown by Transdev Teamsters has been incredible," said Jaime Vasquez, Local 542 Secretary-Treasurer. "These workers provide essential services to riders in the San Diego community, and they would not settle for any less than they are worth. We are grateful to these resilient men and women for their commitment to the fight for a fair contract."
"After 37 days on the picket line, we are glad to be back to work and serving the San Diego community," said Steve Flores, Transdev paratransit driver and Local 542 shop steward. "Thank you to Local 542, members of the community, and everyone else who supported us while we were on strike. The support and solidarity we received is what helped us secure this strong Teamster contract."
The three-year contract includes a $2,000 signing bonus, guaranteed hours, increased wages, and defined language on breaks during shifts.
Teamsters Local 542 represents workers throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties, Calif. and Yuma, Ariz. For more information, go to teamsters542.org.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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