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Top Creators Asmongold, Emiru, Sodapoppin, and more are joined by industry leaders to revolutionize indie video game development
AUSTIN, Texas, June 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- One True King (OTK), award-winning gaming and media collective, announced today during their 2023 Games Expo their latest business venture, Mad Mushroom, a next-generation indie video game publishing company positioned to revolutionize the gaming industry. By utilizing the power of gaming influencers and media platforms, Mad Mushroom will provide indie game developers unparalleled game visibility, marketing, and distribution.
With the unique perspective of top OTK owners and creators like Asmongold, Emiru, Esfand, Extra Emily, and Sodapoppin, and a roster of industry veterans, Mad Mushroom aims to build an efficient and optimized publishing group. Their goal is to deliver a diverse portfolio of high-quality indie games across genres by offering gamers a direct, authentic pipeline to small studio releases and upcoming titles.
"Gaming is at the core of what we do," Tips Out, OTK CEO and co-owner. "Mad Mushroom is a natural next step for us at OTK, and allows us to utilize our combined knowledge of the games industry to help develop and support games that we know our creators and audiences will love. We can showcase these games and studios to millions of gamers from a single stream, giving them immediate exposure and hopefully long-term success."
With nearly 20 years of video games industry experience working at top companies such as Activision Blizzard, Square Enix, KRAFTON and currently serving as the Founder & Chief Consultant at Sibs Consulting, LLC, Mike Sibowitz brings a wealth of expertise to the Mad Mushroom team as a leading advisor.
Alongside the co-owners and creator staff of OTK, Mike and the team at Mad Mushroom will be focused on the following key initiatives:
- Helping smaller studios avoid predatory publishing deals and high user acquisition costs
- Offering full-service game testing and reviews
- Access to influencer marketing and creators for distribution across diverse gaming audiences
Through their combined knowledge and expertise, Mad Mushroom aims to empower indie developers and support their journey to success in the gaming industry.
"Our goal at Mad Mushroom is to entitle indie developers with flexible publishing options and personalized guidance. What sets us apart is our unprecedented exposure through the extensive influencer talent and creators within the OTK Network. By harnessing their power, we can amplify the reach and visibility of indie games, revolutionizing the industry and helping them thrive," said Mike Sibowitz, Mad Mushroom lead advisor.
OTK's unique approach to variety gaming has launched several indie titles, like Among Us and Dark and Darker, to massive success, showcasing the remarkable impact of content creators across entertainment, technology, and merchandising. By leveraging these creators, including the creator roster of OTK's very own Mythic Talent, developers will have immediate access to influencer marketing techniques to maximize game reach and visibility in ways independent and even large-scale distribution cannot.
The announcement comes on the heels of the OTK Games Expo, the second annual live-streamed exposition of the indie gaming industry. The OTK Games Expo provides rising titles and indie developers the opportunity to interface with gamers and the gaming space through the lens of top OTK creators, showcasing the organization's commitment to bringing top-tier titles to their ever-growing audiences.
To learn more about Mad Mushroom visit madmushroom.gg.
ABOUT MAD MUSHROOM
Mad Mushroom is a dynamic and forward-thinking video game publishing company, uniquely positioned as the next-generation influencer-owned entity within the vast umbrella of OTK Network. With a team of seasoned industry experts, Mad Mushroom is committed to fostering a collaborative environment that nurtures creativity, encourages innovation, and propels promising indie games to new heights. Mad Mushroom is here to empower indie developers, engage gamers, and shape the future of interactive entertainment.
For more information, visit madmushroom.gg or follow Mad Mushroom on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and Facebook.
ABOUT ONE TRUE KING
One True King (OTK) is an award-winning media company owned by globally renowned gaming streamers Asmongold, Esfand, Tips Out, Sodapoppin, Emiru, Mizkif, and NMPLOL. Outside of daily gaming content & streaming, One True King focuses on pushing the boundaries of live streaming. OTK produces industry-leading live game shows, tournaments, in-real-life (IRL) streams, and podcasts, all tailored to millennial & Gen Z internet natives. OTK has quickly become the top most-watched organization on Twitch, reaching over 38 million followers across social platforms globally and amassing tens of millions of hours watched every month.
For more information, visit www.otknetwork.com or follow OTK on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
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A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) narrowly voted in favor of the country’s first RSV vaccine for older adults, paving the way forward for the shot to be approved by the full agency.
The panel voted 7-4 with one abstention that current data support the vaccine’s safety, and voted 7-4 with one abstention in favor of its efficacy, saying that the vaccine adequately protects older adults from lower respiratory tract disease related to RSV.
In August, Pfizer announced that the vaccine was more than 85 percent effective in preventing severe lower respiratory tract illness in older adults, as marked by three symptoms.
In healthy adults and older children, RSV typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms that go away with moderate rest and self-care. But it can result in severe illness in infants and older adults.
RSV causes between 60,000 and 160,000 hospitalizations annually for adults older than 65 in the U.S., and 6,000 to 13,000 deaths, according to federal statistics.
Like the flu, RSV season usually occurs during colder weather, though it hit unusually hard and early this year, contributing to a wave of respiratory infections that overwhelmed hospitals nationwide.
There is no vaccine for RSV in either adults or children.
FDA usually follows the panel’s recommendations, but it is not required to. The agency in December said it granted Pfizer priority review, which reduces the approval timeline by four months. The end of the review period is expected to be May 2023, Pfizer said.
Panel members expressed concern that the clinical trials did not include many cases of RSV among people who have other underlying health problems, putting them at greater risk. There were also concerns over the durability of protection.
“These were very stable patients, very — selected to be healthy, that produce good immune responses but were really not the ones that have the efficacy endpoints that are so necessary for decisionmaking,” said Steven Pergam, an infectious disease expert and medical director who voted “no” on the efficacy question.
Panelists who voted “no” on the vaccine’s safety were generally worried about its potential association with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder.
Pfizer said the reaction could have been due to other issues, but FDA flagged it as “an important potential risk” that would need to be closely tracked and studied further if the vaccine is approved.
While Pfizer’s was the first such shot to be voted through the advisory committee, a second one could follow on Wednesday, as the same panel meets to discuss the safety and efficacy of an RSV shot from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for people ages 60 and older.
Like Pfizer, GSK was also granted priority review for its vaccine candidate. GSK’s vaccine was about 83 percent effective in preventing lower respiratory tract disease in people aged 60 and over, and 94 percent effective in preventing severe disease. | 2023-02-28T23:54:57+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/hill-politics/fda-panel-narrowly-endorses-pfizer-vaccine-for-rsv-in-older-adults/ |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting babies and toddlers on a lower protein Nordic-style diet with a greater focus on plant-based food may be the key to healthier eating habits, according to new research being presented today at the 54th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN).
Babies fed taster portions of the new Nordic diet of fruit, berries, roots, and vegetables, as well as breast or formula milk, from the age of 4-6 months of age, were eating almost double the number of vegetables (46% more), than those fed a conventional diet, by 18 months of age.
Researchers from the University of Umeå, Sweden, Stockholm County Council Centre for Epidemiology, and the University of California, USA, followed two groups of babies from 4-6 months through to 18 months, as part of the OTIS trial. A total of 250 babies took part and 82% completed the trial.
Babies fed the new Nordic diet, who had been supplied with Nordic home-made baby food recipes, protein-reduced baby food products, and offered parental support via social media, consumed 42-45% more fruit and vegetables at 12-18 months of age, compared to those who were fed the conventional diet currently recommended by the Swedish Food Agency.
Lead researcher Dr Ulrica Johansson, a Medicine Doctor in paediatrics and registered dietitian at the University of Umeå, Sweden commented: "A Nordic diet with reduced protein introduced to infants naive to this model of eating, increased the intake of fruit, berries, vegetables, and roots, establishing a preferable eating pattern lasting over a 12-month period."
"A Nordic diet reduced in protein is safe, feasible and may contribute to sustainable and healthy eating during infancy and early childhood," she added.
The novel research could pave the way to broadening the taste spectrum in infants and potentially provide an effective strategy for instilling healthier eating habits early in life.
The Nordic diet has a higher intake of regionally and seasonally produced fruit, berries, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, tubers, and legumes, as well as whole grains, vegetable fats and oils, fish and eggs, and a lower intake of sweets, dairy, and meat.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republican candidate David Perdue on Monday accused Stacey Abrams of “demeaning her own race” in Abrams' recent criticism of Georgia's quality of life for its residents.
Abrams is bidding to be the first Black woman to be a governor of an American state. She's without opposition in her own primary Tuesday, while Perdue is trying to knock off incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp in the Republican primary.
Republicans have been roasting Abrams after she told a Democratic dinner in suburban Atlanta on Saturday that “I am tired of hearing about being the the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live." Abrams acknowledged the remark would draw fire, saying “let me contextualize” and saying that when Georgia has dismal rankings for mental health access and maternal mortality, “then you’re not the No. 1 place to live.”
But Perdue, in an interview with conservative radio host John Fredericks and former Trump adviser Peter Navarro on Monday, recast those and earlier Abrams remarks from a racist perspective.
He likened what Abrams said to her remarks in the 2018 campaign when she said that “I want to create a lot of different jobs, because people shouldn't have to go into agriculture or hospitality to make a living in Georgia.”
Republicans trumpeted that as an attack on farmers, a mostly Republican constituency. On Monday, Perdue made the remarks about African Americans.
“When she told Black farmers, you don't need to be on the farm, and when she told Black workers in hospitality and all this ... she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that," Perdue said. "I am over this. She should never be considered material for a governor.”
The Abrams campaign declined to comment. | 2022-05-24T01:42:12+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Perdue-says-Abrams-demeans-her-own-race-on-eve-17193725.php |
Crowds wait hours to view queen’s coffin as King Charles III spends quiet day reflecting
LONDON - Thousands of mourners spent hours in line for a few minutes to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II while it lay in state inside a Parliament building Thursday and as King Charles III spent the day in private to reflect on his first week on the throne.
The queue to pay respects to the late queen at Westminster Hall stretched to 4.4 miles (7 kilometers), past Tower Bridge. The line snaked along the south bank of the River Thames and then over a bridge to Parliament. People in line said they didn't mind the wait.
"I’m glad there was a queue because that gave us time to see what was ahead of us, prepared us and absorbed the whole atmosphere," health care professional Nimisha Maroo said. "I wouldn’t have liked it if I’d had to just rush through."
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Buckingham Palace released details of plans for the queen's funeral on Monday. It will be the first state funeral held in Britain since the death of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.
Royalty and heads of state from a round the world are expected to be among the 2,000 people attending the Westminster Abbey funeral service. A smaller burial service is planned for later Monday at Windsor Castle.
At the end of the day, the queen will be buried in a private family service at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
After a day of high ceremony and high emotion on Wednesday as the queen was borne in somber procession from Buckingham Palace, the king was spending the day working and in "private reflection" at his Highgrove residence in western England.
RELATED: Queen Elizabeth II's coffin lies in state after somber procession
Charles has had calls with U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron and is speaking to a host of world leaders — many of whom will come to London on Monday for the queen’s funeral.
Heir to the throne Prince William and his wife Kate visited the royal family’s Sandringham estate in eastern England to see some of the tributes left by well-wishers.
The couple walked slowly along metal barriers as they received bouquets from the public and chatted to well-wishers. Other royals fanned out across the U.K. to thank people for their support, with the queen's son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie visiting Manchester and his sister Princess Anne in Glasgow.
On Wednesday the queen left Buckingham Palace for the last time, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowd-lined streets of London to Westminster Hall.
RELATED: Most don't know life without Queen Elizabeth II — how will the world cope without her?
Charles, his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and her crown resting on a purple velvet pillow.
The military procession underscored Elizabeth’s seven decades as head of state as the national mourning process shifted to the grand boulevards and historic landmarks of the U.K. capital.
The 900-year-old Westminster Hall is now the focus of events, as the queen lies in state until Monday.
The display of mass mourning is an enormous logistical operation, with a designated 10-mile (16 kilometer) route lined with first aid points and more than 500 portable toilets. There are 1,000 stewards and marshals working at any given time, and 30 religious leaders from a range of faiths to stop and talk to those in line.
RELATED: Double rainbow over Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth's death is announced
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the Church of England, wore a high-visibility vest emblazoned with the words "Faith Team" as he spoke to mourners.
Welby, who led a service for the royal family when Elizabeth's coffin reached Westminster Hall, paid tribute to the queen as "someone you could trust totally, completely and absolutely, whose wisdom was remarkable."
Thousands have already paid their respects, filing past the casket draped with the royal standard and topped with a diamond-encrusted crown.
People old and young, dressed in dark suits or jeans and sneakers, walked in a steady stream through the historic hall, where Guy Fawkes and Charles I were tried, where kings and queens hosted magnificent medieval banquets, and where previous monarchs have lain in state.
After passing the coffin, most mourners paused to look back before going out through the hall’s great oak doors. Some wiped away tears; others bowed their heads or curtseyed. One sank onto a knee and blew a farewell kiss.
Keith Smart, an engineer and British Army veteran, wiped away tears as he left the hall. He had waited more than 10 hours for the chance to say his goodbye.
"Everybody in the crowd was impeccably behaved. There was no malice, everybody was friends. It was fantastic," he said. "And then, to come into that room and see that, I just broke down inside. I didn’t bow — I knelt to the floor, on my knees, bowed my head to the queen."
The late-night silence was broken when one of the guards standing vigil around the coffin collapsed and fell forward off a raised platform. The man, his chest adorned with medals, could be seen on livestreams of the queen’s coffin lying in state swaying on his feet before pitching forward onto the floor. Two police officers rushed to his assistance.
Crowds have lined the route of the queen’s coffin whenever it has been moved in its long journey from Scotland — where the monarch died Sept. 8, aged 96 — to London.
On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the hearse, with interior lights illuminating the casket, drove slowly from an air base to Buckingham Palace.
Earlier, in Edinburgh, about 33,000 people filed silently past her coffin in 24 hours at St. Giles’ Cathedral. | 2022-09-15T16:34:19+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/queens-coffin-crowds-lines-king-charles |
Ukraine: Russia hits power site by Kyiv, defends seized land
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile strike seriously damaged a key energy facility in Ukraine’s capital region, the country’s grid operator said Saturday as the Russian military strove to cut power in far-flung populated areas while also defending against Ukrainian counterattacks in occupied regions.
Kyiv region Gov. Oleksiy Kuleba said the strike on the unidentified facility did not kill or wound anyone. Electricity transmission company Ukrenergo said repair crews were working to restore electricity service but warned residents about further possible outages.
After a truck bomb explosion a week ago damaged the bridge that links Russia to the annexed Crimean Peninsula, the Kremlin launched what is believed to be its largest coordinated missile attacks in Ukraine since the initial invasion of the country in late February
This week’s wide-ranging retaliatory attacks, which included the use of self-destructing explosive drones from Iran, killed dozens of people. The strikes hit residential buildings as well as civil infrastructure such as power stations in Kyiv, Lviv in western Ukraine, and other cities that had seen comparatively few strikes in recent months.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, on Saturday urged Kyiv area residents and people in three neighboring regions to reduce their energy consumption during evening hours of peak demand.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow did not see a need for additional massive strikes but his military would continue selective ones. He said that, of 29 targets the Russian military planned to knock out in this week’s attacks, seven weren’t damaged and would be taken out gradually.
The Institute for the Study of War, a think tank based in Washington, interpreted Putin’s remarks as intended to counter criticism from pro-war Russian bloggers who “largely praised the resumption of strikes against Ukrainian cities but warned that a short campaign would be ineffective.”
“Putin knew he would not be able to sustain high-intensity missiles strikes for a long time due to a dwindling arsenal of high-precision missiles,” the think tank said.
Russian diplomat Konstantin Vorontsov said at Friday’s meeting of a United Nations General Assembly committee dealing with arms control that Russia would provide its ally Belarus with Iskander-M short-range missiles that could carry a nuclear or a conventional warhead, and modernize some of Belarus’ Su-25 ground attack jets for carrying nuclear weapons.
Vorontsov explained the move by citing Moscow’s concern about the possibility of the deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons in Poland near the borders of Belarus and Russia.
He emphasized that in compliance with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Russia had no intention for now of fitting nuclear warheads to Belarusian weapons systems or transferring nuclear warheads to the territory of Belarus.
Regions of southern Ukraine that Putin illegally designated as Russian territory last month remained a focus of fighting Saturday. Ukrainian forces pressed on with a campaign to recapture the mostly Russian-occupied Kherson region,
Kirill Stremousov, a deputy head of the administration Moscow installed in the region, reminded residents they could evacuate to Crimea and cities in southwestern Russia as Ukrainian forces try to advance toward the regional capital.
After the region’s worried, Kremlin-backed leaders asked civilians Thursday to evacuate to ensure their safety and to give Russian troops more maneuverability, Moscow offered free accommodations to residents who agreed to leave.
Ukrainian troops attempted to advance south along the banks of the Dnieper River but did not gain any ground, according to Stremousov.
“The defense lines worked, and the situation has remained under the full control of the Russian army,” he wrote on his messaging app channel.
Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman, said the military destroyed five crossings on the Inhulets River, another route Ukraine’s fighters could take to progress toward the Kherson region.
Konashenkov claimed Russian troops also blocked Ukrainian attempts to make inroads in breaching Russian defenses near Lyman, a city in the annexed Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine that the Ukrainians retook two weeks ago in a significant defeat for the Kremlin.
In the Zaporizhzhia region that borders Kherson, Gov. Oleksandr Starukh said the Russian military carried out strikes with Iranian-made kamikaze drones and S-300 missiles. Some experts said the Russian military’s use of the long-range missiles may reflect shortages of dedicated precision weapons for hitting ground targets.
To the north and east of Kherson, Russian shelling killed two civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Gov. Valentyn Resnichenko said. He said the shelling of the city of Nikopol, which is located across the Dnieper from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaged a dozen residential buildings, several stores and a transportation facility.
Fighting near the nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, has been an ongoing concern during the nearly eight-month war. The power station temporarily lost its last remaining outside electricity source twice in the past week, fueling fears the reactors could eventually overheat and cause a catastrophic radiation leak.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi reported that such fears were somewhat eased late Friday because Ukrainian engineers had managed after several weeks to restore backup power lines that can serve as a “buffer” in case of further war-related outages.
“Working in very challenging conditions, operating staff at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant are doing everything they can to bolster its fragile offsite power situation,” Grossi said. “Restoring the backup power connection is a positive step in this regard, even though the overall nuclear safety and security situation remains precarious.”
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The Broncos’ new alternative helmets are bringing back an old-school flair.
The team on Tuesday unveiled its new “snowcapped” alternate helmets. They will be worn with Denver’s all-orange alternate uniforms.
Kept these on ice. 🥶🧊
Introducing our new #Snowcapped Alt Helmet: pic.twitter.com/Iu5VU20pZ1
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) July 25, 2023
The helmet is all-white shell — the first time that has been used in team history — with a white face mask that pays tribute to Colorado’s snowcapped mountains. It features the Denver “D” logo, which first appeared during the ’60s and continued until 1996. It features a big orange letter “D” with a navy blue outline and a white horse on its hind legs.
The Broncos can wear the helmets up to two games in 2023, according to denverbroncos.com. Those games will be announced later this month.
Fans can see the helmet in person on Saturday at the Centura Health Training Center during Denver’s Back Together Weekend. It will also be on display during practice on Aug. 17. Complimentary tickets are required to attend the Broncos training camp practices.
Want more Broncos news? Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis. | 2023-07-25T17:34:27+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/07/25/broncos-unveil-snowcapped-alternate-helmets/ |
Updated February 1, 2023 at 4:29 AM ET
Authorities in Western Australia said Wednesday they had found a tiny capsule containing radioactive material that went missing during transport last month on an Outback highway.
The round, silver capsule — measuring roughly a quarter of an inch in diameter by a third of an inch tall, or the size of the pea — was found south of the mining town of Newman on the Great Northern Highway. It was detected by a search vehicle when specialist equipment picked up radiation emitting from the capsule.
Portable search equipment was then used to locate it about 2 meters (6.5 feet) from the side of the road.
"We have essentially found the needle in the haystack," Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said in a statement.
Earlier, authorities had said the capsule posed a radioactive substance risk in the regions of Pilbara, Midwest Gascoyne, Goldfields-Midlands and Perth, officials said.
"Exposure to this substance could cause radiation burns or severe illness – if people see the capsule or something that looks similar, stay away from it and keep others away from it too," Dr. Andrew Robertson, Western Australia's chief health officer and radiological council chair, said in a statement.
Inside the capsule is a small amount of radioactive Caesium-137, which is used in mining operations.
Authorities said the capsule can't be used to make a weapon, but it can cause health problems, such as radiation burns to the skin.
According to the state's Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the capsule was packed up on Jan. 10 for transport by road, and the shipment arrived in Perth on Jan. 16.
But when the gauge it was part of was unpacked for inspection on Jan. 25, workers discovered that the gauge had broken apart and the capsule was missing.
The capsule belongs to the mining company Rio Tinto, which said in a statement that it was sorry for the alarm caused by the missing piece.
The company said it had hired a third-party contractor to package the device and was working with that company to figure out what went wrong. Rio Tinto said it had also conducted radiological surveys of areas where the device had been as well as roads in and leading away from the Gudai-Darri mine site.
The more than 700-mile route from Perth to Newman is now the subject of a massive search. Officials from Western Australia's government as well as radiation specialists are slowly driving up and down the Great Northern Highway on the hunt for the capsule roughly as wide as a pencil eraser.
Authorities are warning anyone who may come across the capsule to stay at least 16 feet away from it and not to touch it but rather to call the fire and emergency services agency.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-01T10:05:48+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2023-01-31/a-tiny-but-dangerous-radioactive-capsule-is-found-in-western-australia |
GENOA, Italy, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's first simultaneous multi-channel/multi-nuclear 11.74T MRI system is currently under development at Gachon University Gil Medical Center (GUGMC).
In the first Half of 2022 GUGMC successfully completed the Site Acceptance Test of the Magnet, which is a core part of the brain-specific ultra-precision 11.74T MRI that is being jointly developed with ASG Superconductors (ASG) in Italy. GUGMC invited technical managers of ASG and experts from Korea for performance evaluation of the 11.74T MRI Magnet. Now one of the most sophisticated magnets in the world is "in operation" and fully serviced by ASG technicians onsite. At the same time the evaluation committee confirmed that the magnetic field reached the target field density while maintaining stability and uniformity.
The Site Acceptance Test evaluated three main criteria: 1) the internal temperature of the 11.74T MRI magnet (< 2.2K (Kelvin)), 2) the intensity of the magnetic field (11.74T at 2.2K) 3) the uniformity of the magnetic field. The test satisfied these three criteria allowing the project to proceed to the next step. The researchers at GUGMC are aiming to operate the world's first simultaneous multi-channel/multi-nuclear 11.74T MRI system before the end of this year combining the 11.74T magnet with gradient magnetic coils, RF coil s , electronic equipment, power supplies, etc.
Brain images acquired with the 11.74T MRI are expected to be almost 10 times more detailed than those obtained from a standard 1.5T MRI, providing researchers with ultra-high-resolution images of the brain structures for the early diagnosis and treatment of neuro-degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and stroke, etc.
Professor Woo-Kyung KIM, President of Gachon University Gil Medical Center (President of the Neuroscience Research Institute) said, "The ultra-high resolution brain images obtained from the 11.74T MRI system are expected to provide significant clues for the early diagnosis and treatment of neuro-degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and stroke, etc. This 11.74T project (Principal Investigator: Prof. Jun-Young CHUNG) is supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry for Health and Welfare, Korea."
Stefano Pittaluga Sales Manager UHF and MRI of ASG Superconductors said, "This is another important milestone for our superconducting technology track record in a very challenging and exclusive sector like Ultra High Field MRI magnets development. Furthermore, we're very proud to collaborate with such a prestigious institute as GUGMC and we're confident that in the coming years relevant improvements in healthcare will be achieved thanks to this very sophisticated MRI technology system magnet based on our cutting edge 11.74T magnet and GUGMC's scientific work"
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BMW took the wraps off updated versions of the X5 and X6 earlier this month, and on Tuesday it revealed the high-performance versions of the mid-size SUVs.
Both the updated X5 M and X6 M are offered as standard in Competition grade, and they each deliver 617 hp, which is the same peak output for the current Competition grade. However, there’s a new V-8 under the hood. It’s still a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 but it’s now paired to a mild-hybrid system, which is a first for a BMW M powertrain.
The mild-hybrid system delivers a 12-hp boost at times, for instance when accelerating off the line or during mid-range acceleration. According to BMW, that extra boost results in a noticeable improvement in power delivery. When it’s not aiding the engine, the electric motor can recover energy, as well as serve as the starter motor.
Performance estimates for both SUVs include 0-60 mph acceleration in 3.7 seconds and a top speed capped at 155 mph as standard or 177 mph with the available M Driver’s Package.
The 8-speed automatic also does some of the heavy lifting when it comes to performance. New on the updated X5 M Competition and X6 M Competition are shorter gear ratios in the first three gears, coupled with a wider ratio spread, to help efficiency. A revised design for the transmission’s hydraulic control is also said to result in sharper shifts.
When it comes to handling, the all-wheel-drive system has been improved with a new type of traction control system, referred to as near-actuator wheel slip limitation, which makes corrective inputs up to 10 times faster than the previous stability control system that the all-wheel drive relied on. There have also been refinements to the suspension and body to improve rigidity, including the addition of a shear panel and underfloor struts.
Other updates include modified toe-in values at the rear axle said to deliver improved agility at high speeds, as well as revised dampers that take into account body movement, road surface conditions, and steering inputs for their individual adjustment.
Stopping power in the updated X5 M Competition and X6 M Competition comes from six-piston calipers with 15.6-inch rotors up front and single-piston calipers with 15.0-inch rotors at the rear. The calipers come painted blue as standard but can be ordered in red or black. The standard wheels measure 21 inches up front and 22 at the rear.
Like the regular X5 and X6, the M versions receive plenty of styling tweaks with their update, including in the case of the M versions a front fascia design where the grille and central lower intake are finished in black and form an X-like shape. The X6 M Competition also features a unique lip spoiler. Out back sit BMW M’s signature quad-exhaust tips, which on both models are finished in black and measure four inches in diameter.
Inside, the traditional cowl over the digital instrument cluster is gone, leaving a 12.3-inch floating screen that connects with a similar 14.9-inch screen for the infotainment system. The rest of the dash has also been renewed, with fewer physical buttons as some controls have become digital. The central air vents have also been made very slim and are integrated within an ambient light bar lining the dash. Also fitted as standard is an M steering wheel with leather trim, as well as gearshift paddles in carbon fiber.
Production of the X5 M and X6 M takes place along with that of the X5 and X6 at BMW’s plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The vehicles will be in showrooms later this year as 2024 models. The 2024 X5 M is priced at $123,295 and the 2024 X6 M at $128,195. Both figures include a $995 destination charge.
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Gordon, seeking reelection, points to Wyoming improvements
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Following a first term fraught with a double dose of crises — the COVID-19 pandemic and crash in oil prices that combined knocked the wind out of Wyoming’s economy — Republican Gov. Mark Gordon is asking voters to give him four more years.
He faces a little-known Democrat, Theresa Livingston, of Worland, a U.S. Air Force veteran and retired educator and U.S. Bureau of Land Management employee.
Gordon faced criticism in the pandemic’s first year for public health restrictions that many in his party considered intrusive and heavy-handed, stirring talk he would face a serious primary challenge.
After lifting the restrictions in 2021 and shoring up his appeal to right-leaning voters on issues including abortion, he didn’t.
Last year, Gordon asked the National Rifle Association to consider moving its headquarters to Wyoming. Earlier this year, he signed into law a bill that would ban abortion in nearly all cases.
The NRA didn’t bite on his offer. The abortion law, which lawmakers crafted to take effect after the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversed the Roe v. Wade ruling in June, remains held up in state court and has yet to take effect. Even so, right-wing chatter about giving Gordon the boot diminished.
Meanwhile, one of the few Republicans who could have given him real trouble – Cheyenne attorney Harriet Hageman — ran for Congress instead, beating Liz Cheney in August.
Hageman finished third in the six-way GOP gubernatorial primary four years ago. Gordon won that year with 33% of the vote and this year dominated a four-way Republican field with 62%.
Gordon enters final stretch of the governor’s race coinciding with the national midterm elections boosted by good news: State revenues, thanks to higher oil and natural gas prices, are up, taking pressure off a funding picture that forced Gordon and legislators to enact steep spending cuts in 2020 and 2021.
Gordon claims success in getting Wyoming through the pandemic and recent struggles to maintain revenue from its fossil fuel industries. He has also led efforts, he said, such as promoting carbon capture, or pumping carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants underground so the greenhouse gas won’t contribute to global warming.
“I’ve really tried to focus on diversifying the economy and making Wyoming a better and stronger place to live. I think that’s shown its results,” Gordon said in a televised Oct. 13 debate hosted by Wyoming PBS and Wyoming Public Media.
Gordon, a Johnson County rancher and businessman who was state treasurer for eight years before becoming governor, now faces Livingston, who has no prior experience in elected office.
In 2020, Livingston lost a state Senate race to Ed Cooper, getting just 15% of the vote in the heavily Republican district covering Washakie and Big Horn counties and nearby areas.
Amid the uncertainty over whether Wyoming’s new abortion ban will take effect, ensuring women have all of their rights is Livingston’s top priority, followed by expanding access to Medicaid health coverage, like other states have done, under the Affordable Care Act.
She also supports diversifying Wyoming’s economy such as by mining more of the state’s rare earth minerals essential for renewable energy and electric vehicles.
“I believe there’s always a better way. I had students for many years when I worked for the BLM and that was our motto, and we always tried to prove a better way to do stuff,” Livingston said in the debate.
Wyoming voters will also be asked to consider two proposed state constitutional amendments. One would raise the mandatory retirement age of state judges from 70 to 75; the other would allow local governments to invest funds in equities.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — North Dakota State Penitentiary Warden, James P. Sayler, has resigned from his position, according to officials with the state penitentiary.
Sayler resigned from the position on March 5. He has served as the warden since 2019 and served as a correctional officer at the North Dakota State Penitentiary since 2002.
According to officials with the penitentiary, there is no timeline as of yet for selecting a new warden for the penitentiary. | 2023-03-14T19:57:54+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/north-dakota-state-penitentiary-warden-james-p-sayler-resigns-from-position/ |
BOISE, Idaho — Lawmakers in the Idaho House will soon get to debate a major question: should Idahoans with a low-level offense have the opportunity to have their ‘slate’ wiped cleaned?
A group of lawmakers said yes.
“The current legislation creates a path which there is not in Idaho right now for people with relatively minor, nonviolent, non-sexual offenses to petition to seal their record,” legislative co-sponsor of House Bill 149, House Minority Leader, Democrat Ilana Rubel said.
Rubel is co-sponsoring the idea with Republican lawmakers Rep. Clay Handy and Senator Dave Lent. Rubel points out, there are a lot of consequences for people with convictions long after they serve their time and sentence. She said there are many collateral consequences that face people when they have a record in the U.S.
“Collateral consequences, which is all the other things that happen to you. The fact that now you can't get a job, you don't you can't get a license to do this, that or the other," Rubel said. "You can no longer be a foster parent. You can't adopt, you can't get into medical school. You can't get there's a million things that happen to you. Actually, technically, there are over 45,000 things that happen to you."
The idea is to remove minor convictions from public facing records for Idahoans with relatively minor, non-violent and non-sexual offenses on the misdemeanor level. Qualifying offenders would apply to the court for the ‘clean slate’ 5 years after the completion of a sentence, including probation, without any subsequent offenses. Rubel says she worked with major stakeholders to create a list of minor offenses that would qualify for this one-time opportunity. She added that the prosecutors wanted the list of offenses that would qualify to be very short.
"So to be clear, this is not for rapists and murderers. This is for the offenses like one time low level marijuana possession. At most, really, some of it is like littering, passing the school bus," Rubel said. "It's pretty minor stuff disturbing the peace minor in possession of alcohol. If you're busted with a beer at a party when you're 19, offenses like that. These are very low risk offenses."
Other states, 42 so far, have ‘clean slate’ programs similar to this concept, but to be clear Idaho’s would be for one single instance of minor crime, not a history of minor offenses.
“It's either a single offense or it can be multiple offenses if they're connected with the same incident. Let's say you're a teenager in college at a party but you get charged both with disturbing the peace for having too much loud music and for holding a beer while you're underage. Both of those would be sealable because they arose from the same incident,” Rubel said.
This proposal doesn’t act as a pardon or full cleanse of records, it simply removes a conviction or record from public view, promoting the idea of getting a job or housing.
“That's an important distinction. Some people refer to it as expungement. It's not expungement. It's when it's completely wiped off the face of the earth. This just means sealing, it will still be in law enforcement databases. Police will still be able to see it. And if you re-offend, that first offense will come back to haunt you and your subsequent offense will then be treated as a second offense and you will get the heightened penalties that come with the second offense. It's not completely wiped out, but it will largely be concealed from public view for purposes of job hunts and housing hunts and whatnot,” Rubel said.
Rubel believes this legislation will help promote better opportunities for Idahoans who truly made one mistake and are now paying for it for the rest of their life.
“It messes with people's lives in strange and unexpected ways. But I think we can open up new possibilities for people and enable them,' Rubel said. "These studies showed a sharp upturn in people's employment and their wages when they got this this remedy. So I really hope we can make a very positive impact in a lot of people's lives with this."
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MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO), a clinical stage biotechnology company whose proprietary INTASYL™ RNAi platform technology is designed to make immune cells more effective in killing tumor cells, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and provided a business update.
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"Expecting to commence the Phase 1 clinical trial in adoptive cell therapy (ACT) with our partner AgonOx, by the end of the second quarter of 2023 is the next major milestone in our development strategy," said Robert Bitterman, Phio Pharmaceuticals' President and Chief Executive Officer. "The trial in collaboration with AgonOx is designed to assess safety and potential enhanced therapeutic benefit from the administration of Phio's PH-762 treated 'double positive' CD8 tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (DP TIL) in patients with melanoma and other advanced solid tumors."
Recent Business Updates
- Presented two abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023 in April, which included:
- Will be presenting an abstract at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy in May 2023, which includes:
- Strengthened the balance sheet in April 2023 through an equity offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules for net proceeds of approximately $1.7 million, after deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses.
Financial Results
Cash Position
At March 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $9.0 million as compared with $11.8 million at December 31, 2022. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of 2023, the Company completed an equity offering of common stock and warrants for net proceeds of approximately $1.7 million, after deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses. The Company expects its current cash will be sufficient to fund currently planned operations into the first quarter of 2024.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses increased 35% to approximately $2.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared with approximately $1.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily driven by a ramp up in clinical-related expenses for the Company's planned intratumoral and ACT clinical trials with PH-762 as compared to the prior year period. The Company anticipates research and development expenses to continue to increase as a result of clinical-related activities as our pipeline programs progress in clinical development.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses increased 39% to approximately $1.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 compared with approximately $1.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to increased professional service fees for legal, patent and public relations related services as compared to the prior year period.
Net Loss
Net loss increased 36% to approximately $3.6 million, or $3.15 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared with $2.6 million, or $2.34 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The increase in net loss was primarily attributable to the increases in research and development and general and administrative expenses, as described above.
About INTASYL
INTASYL compounds are chemically modified siRNAs that provide efficient, spontaneous cellular uptake and potent, long lasting intracellular activity, targeting a broad range of cell types and tissues. INTASYL drugs are designed to precisely target specific proteins that reduce the body's ability to fight cancer, without the need for specialized formulations or drug delivery systems. INTASYL has demonstrated preclinical efficacy in both Direct-to-Tumor and Adoptive Cell Therapy (ACT) applications.
In comparison to biologics and cell and gene therapies, INTASYL has a favorable preclinical toxicity and safety profile, and a streamlined chemical synthesis that reduces costs and offers substantial dosing convenience to the prescriber and patient.
About Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO) is a clinical stage biotechnology company whose proprietary INTASYL™ RNAi technology is designed to make immune cells more effective in killing tumor cells. INTASYL is the only self-delivering RNAi technology focused on immuno-oncology therapeutics. INTASYL drugs are designed to precisely target specific proteins that reduce the body's ability to fight cancer, without the need for specialized formulations or drug delivery systems.
For additional information, visit the Company's website, www.phiopharma.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "intends," "believes," "anticipates," "indicates," "plans," "expects," "suggests," "may," "would," "should," "potential," "designed to," "will," "ongoing," "estimate," "forecast," "target," "predict," "could" and similar references, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of important factors, including, but not limited to, the impact to our business and operations by inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, recession fears, the development of our product candidates, results from our preclinical and clinical activities, our ability to execute on business strategies, our ability to develop our product candidates with collaboration partners, and the success of any such collaborations, the timeline and duration for advancing our product candidates into clinical development, the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals, the success of our efforts to commercialize our product candidates if approved, our ability to manufacture and supply our product candidates for clinical activities, and for commercial use if approved, the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our technology platform, our ability to obtain future financing, market and other conditions and those identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the caption "Risk Factors" and in other filings the Company periodically makes with the SEC. Readers are urged to review these risk factors and to not act in reliance on any forward-looking statements, as actual results may differ from those contemplated by our forward-looking statements. Phio does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its views, events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A man climbed the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City Tuesday morning as an anti–abortion protest.
Once at the top he was met by first responders and police.
During a stream on his Instagram he calls himself the ‘pro-live Spider Man.
His name is Maison Des Champs and he is no stranger to climbing buildings.
According to his public relations firm in the last month he has scaled other skyscrapers in major U.S. cities including the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, the New York Times Building.
He didn’t use any climbing gear only chalk for his hands as he scaled the 50 story building in downtown Oklahoma City.
He reached the top where officials were waiting for him and took him into custody.
He face possible charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct.
Meteorologist Emily Sutton says winds near the top of the building were around 35-40 mph.
The Devon Tower has 50 floors and is the tallest building in Oklahoma.
On his website, ProLifeSpiderMan.com he says he grew up in Michigan and has a love of climbing.
He claims in 2021 he climbed the 600ft Aria Hotel to protest Nevada’s Covid-19 Mandates. | 2022-06-14T17:14:15+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/oklahoma/live-man-climbing-the-devon-tower-in-oklahoma-city/ |
As it prepares to launch a global lineup of electric cars and trucks, Stellantis is also planning to build a very different kind of electric vehicle.
At CES in Las Vegas, the automaker announced that it will build the Archer Midnight electric aircraft, as well as provide $150 million in funding to California-based Archer Aviation in 2023 and 2024.
The Midnight is an electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft of the kind that’s become trendy among mobility startups. Using many wing-mounted small rotors to achieve lift, it has a range of 100 miles, but is optimized for 20-minute trips with a 10-minute charging stop in between, according to a Stellantis press release. Archer aims to achieve a payload of over 1,000 pounds and the ability to carry four passengers, plus a pilot.
Archer previously announced a manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia, which will now benefit from Stellantis’ manufacturing technology and expertise, as well as the promised funding. The goal is to start manufacturing aircraft in Georgia in 2024, with Stellantis as Archer’s exclusive contract manufacturing partner.
Stellantis has been a “strategic partner” of Archer in 2020. It began investing in the company in 2021 and plans to grow its stake through the purchase of Archer stock on the open market.
Several other automakers have expressed interest in electric aircraft, which have been pitched as an alternative form of transportation for cities. A 2020 report suggest General Motors was looking for ways to use its Ultium battery architecture in the electric air taxi market. Porsche and Boeing announced joint development of a “premium urban air mobility vehicle” in 2019.
Such vehicles may depend on more rapid deployment of the Megawatt Charging Standard formalized in 2022 for electric semi trucks. In the meantime, flying electric car racing has been discussed as one proving ground for the battery packs for these vehicles.
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LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shay by Le Portier, the new cognac release by Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, wins Platinum - Best in Class at the SIP Awards 2022 seeing Shay by Le Portier placed above all other established cognac greats in the category. This extraordinary award is reserved for 'a distinguished class that earned exceptional marks from judges'. The SIP Awards are the only internationally recognized spirits competition judged by consumers and present a unique award, unaffected by industry bias.
Shay by Le Portier was only released in November 2021 but has already become the highest-awarded VSOP for taste of 2022. It has now won SEVEN prestigious awards for taste and design, beating established brands such as Courvoisier and Rémy Martin, along with newer brands like Branson by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The remaining bottles of the inaugural release of this award-winning VSOP are now available to purchase here. This is the last opportunity to buy the coveted 'L' closure.
Awards list for Shay by Le Portier:
- Gold at The Spirits Business Design and Packaging Masters 2021
- Gold at The Spirits Business Cognac 2022
- Silver at the International Wine & Spirits Competition 2022
- Silver at the International Spirits Challenge 2022
- Awarded 93 points at the New York International Spirits Competition 2022
- Gold at The San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2022
- Platinum - Best in Class at the SIP Awards 2022
These internationally recognized competitions reward the finest products on the market and attract thousands of global entries from brands such as Martell and Rémy Martin including the oldest and largest of its kind, The San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The San Francisco World Spirits Competition has a judging panel made up of the most respected experts in the industry with Gold reserved for 'exceptional spirits that are near the pinnacle of achievement'. Winning Gold saw Shay VSOP placed above Courvoisier, Seifnette, and Camus.
Shannon is well-known for his appreciation of cognac, so when he decided to make his own, he turned to famed spirits expert, Jay Bradley. As the founder of The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. - winner of the World's Best Irish Single Malt at the World Whiskies Awards 2022 and creator of The Emerald Isle, an ultra-rare single malt that became the world's most expensive whiskey when it sold at auction for $2million - Jay's innovative crafting methods have been piling up the awards and records globally.
While Shannon knew exactly what he wanted from his cognac, the quality he likes to sip is more commonly found in an XO. So he set Jay on the task of creating a VSOP that drank like an XO. Years of work allowed Shannon and Jay to fine tune this Cognac, creating the same sophistication and complexity found in XO cognacs retailing at $500+, but in a VSOP that retails for $98.99.
As Shannon said, "When I decided to create my own cognac, I knew I had to find someone who really knew about taste and how to build up those layers of flavor I love. And who better to do it than the man behind the world's Best Irish Single Malt? But the flavors I love are in XO cognacs. So for Jay to be able to recreate them in a VSOP proves he was the man to choose. And now the best palates on the planet have recognized that Shay is basically an XO at the price of a VSOP."
Commenting on the awards, Jay Bradley said: "Shay by Le Portier is a gamechanger in the cognac market. Everyone knows Shannon and they all know how much he loves great cognac. So when we first met I knew that with his taste and my knowledge of how to create the incredible layers of flavor he loves, we could make something incredible. When I first tasted Shay by Le Portier, I was blown away by the sophisticated flavors and intense complexity that we'd been able to craft into a VSOP and I knew it was going to smash the competition. With seven huge awards in six months, I'd say we've already done it. Stay tuned though, this is just the beginning."
Shay VSOP is the first release from Le Portier, and the first drop sold out in just a few months. The remaining bottles featuring the inaugural 'L' are being rolled out across the U.S. now and this will be the final chance for collectors to get their hands on the all-important first letter.
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A new and exciting alliance, Le Portier is a luxurious addition to the cognac market. This collaboration between Shannon Sharpe and cask specialist, Jay Bradley, has seen the creation of a range of luxury cognacs that celebrate dedication, discipline and determination. Shay by Le Portier is a VSOP, but boasts an impeccable balance of Grand Champagne, Petite Champagne and Fins Bois that are closer in taste to an XO.
While the cognac is the star of the show, Le Portier's cognacs are designed to be displayed. Produced by an award-winning team, the bottles and accessories complement the fine quality of the cognac. The inaugural release, Shay, features collectible closures in semi-precious black obsidian, monogrammed with a silver letter. Each release will feature a different letter in LE PORTIER, allowing the buyer to acquire a slice of history and proudly display the full collection.
This premium cognac is dedicated to Shannon Sharpe's grandmother, Mary Porter. In naming Le Portier after her, he honors the sacrifices she made and the values she instilled in him. Le Portier is the French rendering of Porter and in producing a cognac of such note, Shannon honors the strong foundations Mary Porter built and that made him the man he is today.
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WASHINGTON – A former Ohio bar owner who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style stack formation with fellow members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group told jurors Wednesday that it was a “really stupid" decision, saying she got swept up in what seemed to be a "very American moment."
In a decision that surprised even the judge, Jessica Watkins took the the stand to testify in her defense as the high-stakes seditious conspiracy case against her, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and three others nears a close.
Watkins, an Army veteran who has been locked up since her arrest nearly two years ago, testified that she never intended to interfere with Congress' certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory and never heard any commands for her and other Oath Keepers to enter the building on Jan. 6, 2021.
Watkins recalled consuming a “steady diet” of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' “Infowars” show, which pushed the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. She called herself “just another idiot” in the mob on Jan. 6 and likened the scene outside the Capitol — where rioters smashed windows and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with police — to a Black Friday sale.
“Are you proud of what you did?” her attorney, Jonathan Crisp, asked.
“Not anymore,” Watkins replied.
Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, is the third defendant in the more than monthlong trial to take the witness stand — a move generally considered by defense lawyers as a last-resort option as it opens defendants up to intense cross-examination by prosecutors and often does more harm than good. Prosecutors will get a chance to question Watkins on Thursday.
Watkins took the stand in the seventh week of testimony in the case accusing Rhodes, Watkins and three others of a violent plot to stop the transfer of presidential power. Closing arguments could happen as early as this week.
Jurors have heard how Watkins before the riot was messaging with people who expressed interest in joining her Ohio militia group about “military-style basic” training planned for early January. She told one recruit: “I need you fighting fit” by the inauguration, which was Jan. 20, 2021.
They have seen video of Watkins and other Oath Keepers shouldering through the angry pro-Trump mob and into the building in what prosecutors have described as military-style stack formation. They have also heard a recording of a channel called “Stop the Steal J6” on the walkie-talkie app Zello that Watkins used to communicate with others during the riot.
“We are in the mezzanine. We are in the main dome right now. We are rocking it. They are throwing grenades, they are fricking shooting people with paint balls. But we are in here," Watkins said in the recording.
“Get it, Jess. ... Everything we (expletive) trained for,” someone responded.
The defense has spent weeks hammering prosecutors’ lack of evidence of an explicit plan for the Oath Keepers to attack the Capitol before Jan. 6.
Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate from Granbury, Texas, told jurors that there was never a plan to attack the Capitol. He testified that he was surprised and upset when he learned that some group members had joined a pro-Trump mob in storming the building and that their only mission that day was to provide security for Trump ally Roger Stone and others at events before the rally.
Thomas Caldwell, another defendant whose trial testimony ended earlier on Wednesday, told jurors he wasn't serious when he floated the idea in messages before the riot of getting a boat that could ferry “heavy weapons” across the Potomac River into Oath Keepers' “waiting arms.” Caldwell, a retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer from Berryville, Virginia, described it as “creative writing."
Watkins’ lawyer told jurors during opening statements last month that she is a transgender woman who served as an Army Ranger but was discharged early — a decision that has “haunted her for the duration of her life.”
“She’s never felt like she fit in,” Crisp said. “A lot of the things she did that day were to try and fit in.”
Watkins told jurors that she struggled with her gender identity since she was a young child but kept it from her parents for years given her strict Christian upbringing. She described being confronted after a deployment to Afghanistan by a fellow soldier who borrowed her laptop and saw evidence of her contact with a support group for transgender people.
“I just panicked. Freaked out,” she said. “I panicked and went AWOL. I ran.”
Watkins said she went AWOL for about two months, spending time in Alaska before receiving an “other than honorable” discharge. She came out to her parents, who she said told her “never to come home again." Watkins said she reconciled with her parents roughly 15 years later, and they welcomed her back home.
Her fiancé, Montana Siniff, testified earlier this month that Watkins' 2003 discharge came after she was hazed on a deployment. “She was hazed to the point on one of her deployments that she absolutely feared for her life,” he told jurors.
Watkins' attorney didn't signal before Wednesday that she planned to testify. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta appeared frustrated that the court wasn't given a heads-up, telling Watkins' lawyer “it would have been nice to know this” before he told jurors earlier in the day that they may get the case by Friday.
Also on trial with Watkins, Rhodes and Caldwell are Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida chapter of the Oath Keepers, and Kenneth Harrelson, another group member from Florida. They face several other felony charges in addition to seditious conspiracy.
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Associated Press reporter Alanna Durkin Richer contributed from Boston.
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For full coverage of the Capitol riot, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siege | 2022-11-16T22:21:37+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2022/11/16/storming-capitol-was-really-stupid-oath-keeper-testifies/ |
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Few have navigated the turbulent politics of the Trump era like Nikki Haley.
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In early 2016, the then-South Carolina governor said she was “embarrassed” by candidate Donald Trump and decried his reluctance to condemn white supremacists. Nine months later, she agreed to join his Cabinet, serving as a key validator as Trump sought to win over skeptical world leaders and voters at home.
And shortly after Trump left the White House, Haley, whose resume by then included an ambassadorship to the United Nations, vowed not to step in the way if he ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Yet on Wednesday, she is poised to become the first major Republican candidate to enter the race against him.
“It’s going to be quite the high-wire act,” said veteran Republican strategist Terry Sullivan. “She says she’s always been an underdog. She will be again."
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The 51-year-old Haley may be the first to take on Trump, but a half-dozen or more high-profile Republicans are expected to join the GOP's 2024 presidential nomination contest over the coming months. Some would-be competitors may be more popular than Haley even in South Carolina, where she lives and has established a campaign headquarters.
Likely rivals include Sen. Tim Scott, a fellow South Carolinian and perhaps the most celebrated elected official in a state where Trump has already locked up endorsements from the governor and its senior senator, Lindsey Graham. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence could also be formidable foes should they run, as widely expected.
Indeed, on the eve of this week's announcement, there is broad agreement that Haley — the only Republican woman of color expected in the 2024 contest, a politician who loves to remind people that she has never lost an election — is about to be tested as never before.
Trump has stepped up his attacks on Haley in recent weeks. But allies describe the former governor, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, as a savvy executive uniquely positioned to lead a new generation of Republicans. They understand that the fight ahead could get ugly.
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“She took the bull by the horns and said, ‘That doesn’t matter to me, I’m going to run,'" said longtime supporter Gavin J. Smith. "She did that when she ran for governor, and that’s what you’re going to see when she runs for president.”
Perhaps more than anyone this young presidential primary season, Haley personifies the Republican Party's shifting views on Trump. Her reversal on whether to challenge the former president was based less on concerns about his divisive leadership or policy disagreements than the growing belief within the GOP that Trump is losing political strength.
Haley, like the vast majority of her party, largely supported Trump even after he inspired a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. It was not until Trump-backed candidates across several key states were defeated in last fall's midterm elections that a wave of high-profile Republicans began to openly weigh 2024 bids against him.
New York-based Republican donor Eric Levine says he's convinced that another Trump Republican nomination would lead to his party's destruction. Haley, he said, is among the three favorite Trump alternatives.
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“I think as a woman of color and a daughter of legal immigrants from India, she'd give the Democratic Party no reason to exist. All their woke crap goes out the window,” Levine said. “I think she's a spectacular candidate.”
Haley's announcement will take place Wednesday in Charleston, the historic coastal city where her campaign will be based. Almost immediately, she'll travel to meet voters in New Hampshire and Iowa.
She's entrusted her campaign to a collection of senior staff led by longtime aides. Betsey Ankney, who heads up Haley's PAC, will manage the campaign, with the PAC's development director, Mary Kate Johnson, as finance director, Haley’s team told The Associated Press.
Longtime Haley adviser Chaney Denton and Nachama Soloveichik, who was a spokeswoman for recently retired Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, will head up communications. Strategist Jon Lerner will serve as senior adviser, and Barney Keller of Jamestown Associates will be Haley's media consultant.
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For Haley, this week's launch marks a significant step on a long road that began in South Carolina's “Good Old Boys Club,” she wrote in a Friday fundraising appeal.
“People thought I was too brown … too female … too young … too conservative … too principled,” she wrote.
Born in 1972 in rural South Carolina, Haley has long spoken of a Southern rural childhood in which she felt she didn't fit. She was raised in the Sikh faith with a mother who wore traditional saris, and a father clad in a turban.
“Nikki has been regularly underestimated,” said Catherine Templeton, a Republican who served Haley in two roles, leading South Carolina’s labor and public health agencies. “But it makes her work harder.”
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In her first campaign in 2004, Haley, formerly an accountant, defeated the longest-serving member of South Carolina’s House. After six years in the Legislature, she was considered a longshot when she mounted her 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
The GOP field was filled with more experienced politicians, and at times, she faced blatant racism. Then-state Sen. Jake Knotts appeared on a talk show and used a racial slur in reference to Haley. He apologized, saying it was meant as a joke.
Still, Haley became the first woman and person of color elected South Carolina’s governor — and the nation’s youngest state executive. After winning reelection in 2014, her second term was marred by crisis.
She spent weeks attending funerals of Black parishioners gunned down by a self-avowed white supremacist at a Charleston church in 2015. Later that year, she pushed for and signed legislation to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, where it had flown for more than 50 years.
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Haley's political skills were tested in a different way in 2016, as Trump went from late-night television punchline to serious Republican presidential contender.
She endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ahead of South Carolina's high-stakes Republican primary, then backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz once Rubio was knocked out.
Then, Haley described Trump as “everything a governor doesn't want in a president." She also said she was “embarrassed” by his attacks against former President George W. Bush and condemned Trump's reluctance to disavow the KKK.
But shortly after Trump won the presidency, Haley agreed to serve as the new administration's ambassador to the United Nations, a Cabinet-level position.
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“I proudly serve in this administration, and I enthusiastically support most of its decisions and the direction it is taking the country," Haley said in a 2018 op-ed.
Later that year, Haley abruptly announced her departure from the U.N. in the wake of an ethics probe, fueling speculation that she might challenge Trump in 2020 or replace Pence on the ticket. Neither happened.
Instead, Haley returned to South Carolina, joined the board of aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. and hit the lucrative speaking circuit, reportedly commanding fees as high as $200,000. She also penned two books.
Her public support for Trump continued even after the attack on the Capitol.
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“I’m really proud of the successes of the Trump administration. Whether it was foreign policy or domestic policy, we should embrace those," she tweeted three weeks after the insurrection.
But it's unclear whether such platitudes will give Haley much cushion in a party that, for now, remains dominated by Trump and his supporters. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the No. 3 House Republican, has already endorsed Trump's 2024 bid. While she declined to comment directly on Haley's candidacy, she insisted that Trump would defeat any Republican challenger "by massive margins.”
“It is time for Republicans to unite around the most popular Republican in America,” she said of Trump. | 2023-02-13T05:52:17+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/haley-faces-high-wire-act-in-2024-bid-against-17780540.php |
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PALO ALTO, Calif., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kodiak Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: KOD), a biopharmaceutical company committed to researching, developing and commercializing transformative therapeutics to treat high prevalence retinal diseases, today reported business highlights and financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
"We are on the cusp of four Phase 3 study readouts in major indications, starting with results of our GLEAM, GLIMMER and DAYLIGHT studies expected in July and our GLOW study in September. Following our successful pivotal study readout in retinal vein occlusion last year, we look forward to unmasking the primary endpoint data in these next four studies shortly," said Victor Perlroth, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Kodiak Sciences. "Our regulatory strategy for tarcocimab tedromer is built on meeting the primary endpoint in two studies in diabetic eye disease (our GLEAM and GLIMMER studies in diabetic macular edema) and then meeting the primary endpoint in a single study in each of the other major retinal vascular diseases."
Dr. Perlroth continued, "Durability clearly matters to the community of retina patients, physicians and payers, and especially so in diabetic eye disease where many patients are working age and require good vision to maintain their livelihood. One third of anti-VEGF treated diabetic patients discontinue treatment each year, and so the promise of the anti-VEGF mechanism is not realized. Three out of our four ongoing Phase 3 studies of tarcocimab tedromer (tarcocimab, KSI-301) are in diabetic eye disease and are exploring 6-month dosing, the longest treatment interval that has been studied by any intravitreal biologic. If successful, we believe tarcocimab can be an important medicine for the 37 million people living with diabetes in the U.S. who are at risk of developing diabetic eye disease and losing vision."
Recent Business Highlights
- Tarcocimab pivotal program: We continued our ongoing Phase 3 studies of tarcocimab towards their primary endpoint readouts. The tarcocimab clinical program explores the potential for 6-month durability in patients with diabetic eye disease through the GLEAM and GLIMMER Phase 3 studies in diabetic macular edema ("DME") and the GLOW Phase 3 study in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy ("NPDR") without DME. The tarcocimab clinical program is also exploring the product's durability, efficacy and safety in retinal vein occlusion ("RVO") via the BEACON Phase 3 study and in wet age-related macular degeneration ("wet AMD") via the ongoing DAYLIGHT Phase 3 study. The BEACON study met its primary endpoint in 2022, and we expect to announce topline data for the four ongoing Phase 3 clinical studies in the third quarter of 2023. If successful, we expect to file a single Biologics Licensing Applications ("BLA") for tarcocimab in the four major retinal vascular disease indications, with the potential for flexible dosing regimens from every month to every 6 months.
- Clinical pipeline expansion: We expanded our development pipeline with the dosing of patients in the Phase 1 study of KSI-501, a first-in-class bispecific ABC designed to inhibit both VEGF-mediated angiogenesis and vascular permeability and IL-6-mediated inflammation. The Phase 1 study is an open-label, multiple ascending dose study and is initially enrolling patients with DME. The primary objectives of the Phase 1 study are to evaluate ocular and systemic safety, to establish a maximum tolerated dose and to explore bioactivity of KSI-501.
- Recent scientific presentations: We shared scientific presentations on our clinical and research pipeline programs at the ARVO 2023 Annual Meeting in April, including presentations on tarcocimab's nonclinical pharmacokinetics, distribution and excretion, and on KSI-501's molecular and biological characterization.
- Commercial Manufacturing: Our custom-built commercial scale manufacturing facility, Ursus, was commissioned as a cGMP facility in January 2023, and we began the manufacturing of commercial scale cGMP batches in the first quarter of 2023.
Expected Upcoming Events/Milestones
- Announce topline data for ongoing Phase 3 pivotal studies of tarcocimab:
First Quarter 2023 Financial Results
Cash Position
Kodiak ended the first quarter of 2023 with $421.2 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Net Loss
The net loss for the first quarter of 2023 was $70.8 million, or $1.35 per share on both a basic and diluted basis, as compared to a net loss of $95.7 million, or $1.83 per share on both a basic and diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2022. The net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 included non-cash stock-based compensation of $26.0 million, as compared to $28.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
R&D Expenses
Research and development (R&D) expenses were $56.5 million for the first quarter of 2023, as compared to $76.2 million for the first quarter of 2022. The R&D expenses for the first quarter of 2023 included non-cash stock-based compensation of $14.7 million, as compared to $16.0 million for the first quarter of 2022. The decrease in R&D expenses for the first quarter of 2023 was primarily driven by the maturation of the tarcocimab clinical program and the timing of manufacturing activities.
G&A Expenses
General and administrative (G&A) expenses were $18.1 million for the first quarter of 2023, as compared to $19.6 million for the first quarter of 2022. The G&A expenses for the first quarter of 2023 included non-cash stock-based compensation of $11.3 million, as compared to $12.1 million for the first quarter of 2022.
About tarcocimab tedromer (tarcocimab, KSI-301)
Tarcocimab is an investigational anti-VEGF therapy built on Kodiak's Antibody Biopolymer Conjugate ("ABC") Platform and is designed to maintain potent and effective drug levels in ocular tissues for longer than existing available agents. Kodiak's objective with tarcocimab is to enable earlier treatment and prevention of vision loss for patients with diabetic eye disease and to develop a new durability agent to improve outcomes for patients with retinal vascular diseases as a whole. The tarcocimab clinical program is designed to explore 6-month durability in patients with diabetic eye disease through the GLEAM and GLIMMER Phase 3 studies in diabetic macular edema ("DME") and the GLOW Phase 3 study in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy ("NPDR") without DME. The tarcocimab clinical program is also exploring the product's durability, efficacy and safety in retinal vein occlusion ("RVO") via the BEACON Phase 3 study and in wet age-related macular degeneration ("wet AMD") via the DAYLIGHT Phase 3 study. The BEACON study met its primary endpoint in 2022, and four Phase 3 clinical studies are expected to announce topline data in 3Q2023. If successful, Kodiak plans to file a single Biologics Licensing Applications ("BLA") for tarcocimab in the four major retinal vascular disease indications. The global tarcocimab clinical program is being conducted at 150+ study sites in more than 10 countries. Kodiak is developing and owns global rights to tarcocimab.
About the GLEAM and GLIMMER Studies
The Phase 3 GLEAM and GLIMMER studies are global, multi-center, randomized pivotal studies designed to evaluate the durability, efficacy and safety of tarcocimab in patients with treatment-naïve diabetic macular edema ("DME"). In each study, patients are randomized 1:1 to receive either tarcocimab or aflibercept. The tarcocimab arm is treated with a proactive, individualized dosing regimen of every 8-, 12-, 16-, 20- or 24 weeks after three monthly loading doses. The aflibercept arm is treated with a fixed dosing regimen of every 8-weeks after five monthly loading doses, per its label. The primary endpoint for both studies is at year one. We expect to announce topline data from GLEAM and GLIMMER in July 2023. If successful, we expect that data from our GLEAM and GLIMMER studies will serve as the primary basis for regulatory approval of tarcocimab. Additional information about GLEAM (also called Study KS301P104) and GLIMMER (also called Study KS301P105) can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov under Trial Identifiers NCT04611152 and NCT04603937, respectively (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04611152 and https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04603937).
About the GLOW Study
The Phase 3 GLOW study is a global, multi-center, randomized pivotal superiority study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tarcocimab in treatment-naïve patients with moderately severe to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy ("NPDR"). Patients are randomized to receive either tarcocimab every six months after initiating doses given at baseline, 8 weeks and 20 weeks into the study, or to receive sham injections. The primary endpoint is at one year. Outcomes include changes in diabetic retinopathy severity, measured on a standardized photographic grading scale, and the rate of development of sight-threatening complications due to diabetic retinopathy. We believe tarcocimab has the potential to be the longest-interval intravitreal therapeutic option for patients with diabetic retinopathy. We expect to announce topline data from GLOW in September 2023. If successful, results from the study are intended to serve as the basis for the potential approval of tarcocimab in NPDR. Additional information about GLOW (also called Study KS301P106) can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov under Trial Identifier NCT05066230 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT05066230).
About the DAYLIGHT Study
The Phase 3 DAYLIGHT study is a global, multi-center, randomized pivotal study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of high-frequency tarcocimab in patients with treatment-naïve wet age-related macular degeneration (wet "AMD"). Patients are randomized to receive either tarcocimab on a monthly dosing regimen or to receive standard-of-care aflibercept on a fixed dosing regimen of every 8-weeks after three monthly loading doses per its label. The primary endpoint is at year one. The DAYLIGHT study is intended to evaluate the safety and efficacy of tarcocimab in treating high need patients with wet AMD. We expect to announce topline data from DAYLIGHT in July 2023. If successful, results from the study are intended to serve as the basis for the potential approval of tarcocimab in wet AMD. Additional information about DAYLIGHT (also called Study KS301P107) can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov under Trial Identifier NCT04964089 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04964089).
About the BEACON Study
In the Phase 3 BEACON study, tarcocimab dosed every two months met the primary endpoint of non-inferior visual acuity gains compared to aflibercept dosed every month in patients with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion ("RVO"). Tarcocimab is the first anti-VEGF therapy to achieve non-inferiority in visual acuity gains while doubling the treatment interval in patients with RVO. The BEACON study is a global, multi-center, randomized study designed to evaluate the durability, efficacy and safety of tarcocimab in 568 patients with treatment-naïve macular edema due to RVO, including both branch and central subtypes. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive tarcocimab 5 mg or aflibercept 2 mg. Patients who received tarcocimab were treated with a proactive, fixed regimen which included two monthly loading doses followed by treatment every 8 weeks, and patients receiving aflibercept were treated monthly as per its label. In the study, tarcocimab was well tolerated with a low rate of intraocular inflammation and no new or unexpected safety signals. Results from the BEACON study are intended to serve as the basis for the potential approval of tarcocimab in RVO. Additional information about the BEACON study (also called Study KS301P103) can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov under Trial Identifier NCT04592419 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04592419).
About Ursus
Ursus is a commercial scale manufacturing facility dedicated to the manufacture of Kodiak's Antibody Biopolymer Conjugate ("ABC") medicines. Ursus was designed, built and commissioned in collaboration with Kodiak's long-term CDMO partner Lonza and is located in the IBEX Biopark of Lonza AG in Visp, Switzerland. Ursus is custom designed to fulfill the requirement of premium manufacturing of complex antibody conjugate biotherapeutics and is expected to have the capacity to supply over 10 million dose equivalents annually. Ursus achieved mechanical completion in the first half of 2022 and was commissioned as a cGMP facility in January 2023. Kodiak began the manufacturing of commercial scale cGMP batches in Ursus in the first quarter of 2023.
About KSI-501
Also built on Kodiak's ABC Platform, KSI-501 is an investigational, first-in-class bispecific ABC designed to inhibit two mechanisms implicated in retinal diseases: vascular endothelial growth factor ("VEGF") and interleukin-6 (IL-6). IL-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine and growth factor implicated in the pathophysiology of multiple retinal diseases and, in conditions for which anti-VEGF treatment is used, elevated levels of ocular IL-6 have been associated with poor anti-VEGF treatment response. KSI-501 is a trap-antibody fusion biopolymer conjugate designed to provide potent inhibition of (i) VEGF-mediated angiogenesis and vascular permeability through a soluble decoy receptor inhibiting the binding of VEGF-A and PLGF to their cognate receptors and (ii) IL-6 mediated inflammation through an antibody that binds soluble interleukin-6, inhibiting its binding to both soluble and membrane-bound IL-6 receptors. In cell-based assays, KSI-501 inhibits angiogenesis and also normalizes inner and outer blood retinal barriers; dual inhibition of VEGF and IL-6 by KSI-501 confers superior normalization of cell morphology and junctional biology compared to either anti-VEGF or anti-IL-6 monotherapy. We believe KSI-501 has the potential to become a new category of retinal medicines with greater therapeutic efficacy than existing therapies while also benefiting from the promising long-interval durability of Kodiak's ABC Platform. A Phase 1 study of KSI-501 is currently dosing patients in the United States to evaluate the safety, tolerability and bioactivity of KSI-501 in DME patients.
About Kodiak Sciences Inc.
Kodiak (Nasdaq: KOD) is a biopharmaceutical company committed to researching, developing and commercializing transformative therapeutics to treat high prevalence retinal diseases. We are focused on bringing new science to the design and manufacture of next generation retinal medicines to prevent and treat the leading causes of blindness globally. Our antibody biopolymer conjugate platform, or ABC Platform™, uses molecular engineering to merge the fields of antibody-based and chemistry-based therapies and is at the core of Kodiak's discovery engine. Kodiak's lead investigational medicine, tarcocimab tedromer, is a novel anti-VEGF antibody biopolymer conjugate being developed for the treatment of retinal vascular diseases including diabetic eye disease, the leading cause of blindness in working-age patients in the developed world, and wet age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in elderly patients in the developed world. The tarcocimab clinical program is designed to assess the product candidate's durability, efficacy and safety in major retinal vascular diseases in parallel, through the GLEAM and GLIMMER studies in diabetic macular edema, the BEACON study in retinal vein occlusion, the GLOW study in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and the DAYLIGHT study in wet age-related macular degeneration. Phase 3 data across the tarcocimab clinical program are expected in 3Q2023. Kodiak has leveraged its ABC Platform to build a pipeline of product candidates in various stages of development. KSI-501 is our dual inhibitor antibody biopolymer conjugate targeting both VEGF (VEGF-trap) and IL-6 (anti-IL-6 antibody) and is being investigated in a Phase 1 clinical study initially in patients with diabetic macular edema. We are expanding our early research pipeline to include ABC Platform based triplet inhibitors for multifactorial diseases. Kodiak is based in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, please visit www.kodiak.com.
Kodiak®, Kodiak Sciences®, ABC™, ABC Platform™ and the Kodiak logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Kodiak Sciences Inc. in various global jurisdictions.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical fact and include statements regarding: the expected timing of clinical study readouts; the objectives and anticipated benefits of our tarcocimab clinical program and the regulatory strategy for tarcocimab; the potential benefits of tarcocimab for people with diabetic eye diseases and to improve outcomes for patients with retinal vascular diseases as a whole; the potential for a single BLA submission in multiple retinal vascular disease indications, with the potential for flexible dosing regimens from every month to every 6 months; the potential benefits of KSI-501, including its potential to be a first-in-class bispecific ABC inhibiting both VEGF and IL-6; expectations regarding our commercial manufacturing capabilities; and planned expansion of our research pipeline. . Forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "expect," "plan," "believe," "intend," "pursue," and other similar expressions among others. Any forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the risk that cessation or delay of any of the ongoing clinical studies and our development of tarcocimab or KSI-501 may occur; the risk that preliminary safety, efficacy and durability data for our tarcocimab product candidate may not continue or persist; the risk that tarcocimab may not have the impact on the treatment of diabetic eye diseases or improve outcomes for patients with retinal vascular diseases as expected; future potential regulatory milestones of tarcocimab or KSI-501, including those related to current and planned clinical studies, may be insufficient to support regulatory submissions or approval; our research and development efforts and our ability to advance our product candidates into later stages of development may fail; the risk that KSI-501 may not inhibit VEGF and IL-6 or have an impact on the treatment of patients as expected; any one or more of our product candidates may not be successfully developed, approved or commercialized; our manufacturing facilities may not operate as expected; adverse conditions in the general domestic and global economic markets, which may significantly impact our business and operations, including our clinical trial sites, as well as the business or operations of our manufacturers, contract research organizations or other third parties with whom we conduct business; as well as the other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our most recent Form 10-K, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and Kodiak undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Kodiak®, Kodiak Sciences®, ABC™, ABC Platform™ and the Kodiak logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Kodiak Sciences Inc. in various global jurisdictions.
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Joey Baker and Jaelin Llewellyn have eight years of college experience between them and 165 games.
For a Michigan basketball team that has five freshman, two redshirt freshmen*, and no players with more than two years in the program, those aforementioned graduate transfers are critical.
They bring experience, but also skills Michigan could use.
*Will Tschetter is a redshirt freshman after not appearing in any games last season. Isaiah Barnes is still awaiting word on his waiver after appearing briefly in two games last season.
For the third straight year, Michigan head coach Juwan Howard landed a grad transfer point guard out of the transfer portal. As he did with Mike Smith (Columbia) and DeVante’ Jones (Coastal Carolina), Howard studied Llewellyn’s Princeton tape before recruiting him.
What stood out? “His level of production with the ball in his hands, whether decision making or shooting,” Howard said on Thursday (Aug. 11).
Llewellyn averaged 15.7 points and 2.5 assists per game last season and was named to the All-Ivy League first team. As Michigan’s starting point guard -- this writer’s prediction; Howard wouldn’t comment on potential lineups -- Llewellyn will find himself coming off a bunch of ball screens. His ability to be a threat to score, drop it inside to center Hunter Dickinson, or spray to shooters on the perimeter will be key to Michigan’s offensive success.
Llewellyn made 39 percent of his 3-pointers last season. Michigan lost its top three outside shooters, as far as total makes, from a year ago. Howard wanted Llewellyn to help replace some of that. That Llewellyn is also a top-notch athlete made Howard’s decision to pursue the point guard a “no brainer.”
Baker, from Duke, will also be a key rotational piece, if not a starter. Michigan him at 6-foot-7 and as a guard; he told MLive he viewed himself as a shooting guard or small forward. It doesn’t matter too much in Michigan’s offense. He’ll get more opportunity than he did at Duke, where he averaged 11.9 minutes per game last season.
“We need Joey,” Howard said.
Baker has yet to fully participate in practice. He had hip surgery in April, which delayed his on-court debut, and still isn’t appearing in contact drills.
Michigan will travel to Europe next week and play three exhibition games over 10 days. Baker will make the trip but may not play. “We’re looking at it day by day,” Howard said. “There’s a slight chance that he will play. But we’re going to be smart about it. If he’s not ready, I’ll listen to the trainer and doctors, and we’ll wait until we return. We’re going to need a healthy Joey for November.”
Like Llewellyn, Baker brings shooting to Ann Arbor: He hit 41 percent last season. He was a co-captain at Duke. “The key word is leadership,” Howard said about his two transfers. Eli Brooks was the ultimate captain for Michigan the past couple of years. He’s not walking through the Crisler Center door. But Llewellyn and Baker are “great locker room guys,” Howard said. “They’ve adjusted to our culture right away.”
Though the duo has several similarities, there’s one key distinction. Baker won a lot of games at Duke, claiming multiple ACC titles and reaching the Final Four in March. Llewellyn has never played in the NCAA Tournament.
Baker wants to keep winning at a high level, while having a bigger role in that success. Llewellyn, for the first time, wants to experience college basketball’s biggest stage.
Michigan is counting on them both. | 2022-08-15T17:19:36+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2022/08/what-michigan-can-expect-from-transfers-joey-baker-and-jaelin-llewellyn.html |
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NEW YORK, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear Channel Outdoor, Airports Division, the Americas-based airports business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), announced today the results of a comprehensive consumer insights study reinforcing airport advertising is a highly-effective media for brands to reach a valuable audience of Frequent Flyers. The CCO-commissioned Nielsen Scarborough recontact study provides insights into frequent and business travelers' responses to airport advertising, and the behaviors they take after seeing an ad.
83% of Frequent Flyers notice airport advertising with 3-out-of-4 associating airport advertising with high-quality brands.
With average dwell times of an hour plus, the airport offers unique opportunities to connect consumers with brands. More than 3-out-of-4 (79%) Frequent Flyers would like to try new products at the airport, 63% are interested in signing up for a travel rewards program, and nearly half (47%) find it appealing to take a photo at a branded selfie station.
This new research explores multiple audience segments, including how consumers engage with brands within the airport environment as well as the receptiveness of the elusive business decision maker.
Business Frequent Flyers are Back: 87% plan to take 3 or more business trips in the next 12 months.
A fundamental goal of the study was to understand the renewed wave of Business Frequent Flyers. The results affirmed that elite business decision makers are not only flying, but they are tuned into airport advertising.
More than half (56%) of Business Frequent Flyers recalled ads after seeing them in the airport. Additionally, nearly half (49%) took action after noticing an ad at the airport. Actions included: visiting a brand's website (47%), downloading an app (36%), and sharing with a colleague (26%).
"We have come a long way in the airport advertising sector and are now delivering brands increased engagement that drives results from the coveted audience segment of Frequent Flyers," said Morten Gotterup, President, Clear Channel Outdoor, Airports Division. "Again and again airport advertising is translating dwell time into inspiring and innovative brand experiences that matter. This important research underscores the power of all the touchpoints throughout the airport that convert into media platforms from the moment a traveler walks into an airport, for the duration of their journey before departure, and then again at their destination. With a current surge in air travel demand and airlines already catering to travelers by adding more flights to their summer schedules, now is the time for brands to consider activating influential and impactful ad campaigns to reach coveted business and leisure travelers."
Access the complete study to discover:
- Why social media advertising components amplifies exposure and reach.
- What leading technology solutions Business Frequent Flyers are researching and investing in for their companies.
- How airport advertising influences future vacation planning and current tourism activities.
The proprietary Nielsen Scarborough recontact airports study, conducted from October 12-31, 2022, consisted of 1758 online survey respondents and was conducted on behalf of Clear Channel Outdoor's Airports Division.
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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) is at the forefront of driving innovation in the out-of-home advertising industry. Our dynamic advertising platform is broadening the pool of advertisers using our medium through the expansion of digital billboards and displays and the integration of data analytics and programmatic capabilities that deliver measurable campaigns that are simpler to buy. By leveraging the scale, reach and flexibility of our diverse portfolio of assets, we connect advertisers with millions of consumers every month across more than 500,000 print and digital displays in 22 countries. More information is available at investor.clearchannel.com, clearchanneloutdoor.com and clearchannelinternational.com.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Deadly falls from the border wall, bodies found in the desert, canal drownings and now, 50 people dead inside a trailer in San Antonio.
The mounting toll of migrants dying in transit to jobs and family members in the interior of the United States is prompting advocates and lawmakers to call for expanding legal pathways into the country and a crackdown on smugglers who put thousands in danger every day.
Late Monday, authorities in San Antonio converged on a remote back road in the southeast portion of the city where a municipal worker alerted them to a body on the ground and others in the back of a trailer, The Associated Press reported. Authorities believe the dead and 16 rescued alive and taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses are migrants.
Further details are pending, but immigrant advocates say the incident illustrates how federal deterrence policies are forcing migrants to have to risk their lives to come into the U.S.
“This is a serious tragedy caused by the deterrence policies on the U.S.-Mexico border, applied by the federal and the Texas governments,” said Fernando Garcia, executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights. “Title 42, MPP, the border wall and Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star are clearly responsible for this catastrophic human rights crisis.”
International aid organizations say at least 600 migrants died last year while attempting to cross the U.S. border (some died on the Mexican side, the bodies of others haven’t been recovered), but Garcia said the figure is closer to more than 1,000.
“This is an unsustainable situation. We demand immediate action to prevent more unnecessary deaths and immigration border policy solutions that save lives, not lead people to their death.”
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, who has coauthored immigration reform legislation and is spearheading the creation of processing centers that minimize the time migrants spend in federal immigration custody, agreed there’s a need to expand legal pathways to safe and humane immigration.
“How many more deaths will it take to make clear Title 42 and MPP do nothing to deter or end migration, and instead put already desperate people in increasingly dangerous positions?” Escobar said. “My heart breaks for the victims’ families. It’s on Congress to act to stop the next tragedy.”
Title 42 is a public health order that lets immigration officials immediately expel non-citizens without proper documents to be in the country. MPP is the “Remain in Mexico” program forcing asylum seekers to wait across the border to be called to asylum hearings in the U.S.
But disempowering human trafficking organizations should be a top priority, said U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, whose district stretches from Northeast and Far East El Paso to San Antonio.
The death of the 50 migrants “is yet another example of the ruthlessness that human smugglers display as they seek to profit off their victims. Unfortunately, situations like these are common along the Texas border and will likely continue until enforcement efforts against criminal operations are scaled up,” Gonzales said.
He called on “disincentivizing” the transnational criminal organizations that control the illegal passage and transportation of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“We’re on a path to exceed record-breaking numbers of migrant deaths and rescues,” he said. “This is the devastating reality of the crisis at our southern border. Current open-border policies are anything but compassionate. Instead, they have encouraged hundreds of thousands of migrants to rely on a ruthless smuggling industry run by cartels.”
According to the latest figures from the Department of Homeland Security, border agents and port of entry officers encountered 239,416 unauthorized migrants at the Southwest border just in May. That brings the total to 1,536,899 encounters on the Southwest border since October 1, and 1.75 million encounters nationwide.
President Biden on Tuesday morning commented on the imperative to crack down on smuggling organizations. But he also asked that people refrain from using the tragedy for political grandstanding.
“This incident underscores the need to go after the multi-billion dollar criminal smuggling industry preying on migrants and leading to far too many innocent deaths,” the president said. “My Administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking to enter the United States between ports of entry.” | 2022-06-28T19:17:21+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/border-report/migrant-tragedy-spurs-calls-for-reform-crackdown-on-smugglers/ |
The history of autism as a collection of traits remains relatively new. In 1943 Austrian-American scientist Leo Kanner was the first to clearly define autism in children. A year later pediatrician Hans Asperger in Vienna also described similar traits in children at his clinic but nearly two decades earlier it was a Russian doctor, Grunya Sukhareva who first described children with autism in the 1920’s.
As the research into autism continues, there’s still much scientists are still discovering about how the brain works and why autism arises.
Most notable, is that autism is now viewed on a broader spectrum and is frequently overshadowed by other disorders like ADHD, OCD, depression, even anorexia. Many people are discovering that they are autistic later in life.
So does the increase in autism diagnosis mean that autism is on the rise?
Jonathan Bastian talks with Francesca Happe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at King's College in London about how the research advanced to better understand what it means to be autistic?
Happe explains one reason that girls and women were historically underdiagnosed; “Autistic women work very hard to appear neurotypical non autistic, often because they've been bullied or ostracized because of their autistic behaviors,’ says Happe. “They might, for example, pick a woman in their workplace who seems to be socially successful, and copy everything about her how she walks, how she talks, what she talks about, how she does her hair, her makeup, what she wears, and that's their way of trying to mask so that they won't attract negative attention.”
Asked whether society is becoming more accepting and accommodating of neuro-divergence, Happe says not yet; “we are not doing a good enough job at being accepting, really accepting of neuro divergence because autistic people shouldn't have to be non authentic, “ says Happe. “We all have different ways of behaving for different settings; in a job interview, I'll behave differently from how I will with my family, but I can do that without feeling that erodes my sense of self, whereas autistic people clearly have had such negative experiences of being identified as autistic, that they feel that they just can't be their real self.”
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(The Hill) – At least two people were killed in a shooting at a park in Louisville, Kentucky, over the weekend, less than a week after a mass shooting at a bank in the city left five people dead.
Two people died and four others were injured after shots were fired into a crowd at Chickasaw Park in Louisville on Saturday. Police responded to reports of the shooting around 9 p.m., and two victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Louisville Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said at a press conference on Saturday night that while there were hundreds of people in the park at the time of the attack, police had no witnesses to the shooting. Humphrey also said it was unclear who opened fire.
“I want to speak directly to whoever the shooter is,” Humphrey said. “Turn yourself in. The best thing for you to do is to turn yourself in. We know that this will not end well. The best-case scenario is for you to turn yourself in and stop this.”
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg (D) also reflected on the gun violence in the city over the past week, saying it had been “an unspeakable week of tragedy.”
“On Monday, we lost five of our fellow citizens to a horrific act of workplace gun violence,” Greenberg said. “And now, five days later, we’re at another scene of a reckless act of gun violence.”
One of the people who was injured in the latest shooting was in critical condition and underwent surgery.
The park where the shooting happened over the weekend is approximately five miles away from the bank that was the site of the shooting last week that killed five people and injured others. The shooter in that incident, a bank employee, was also killed by police.
Saturday’s shooting continues a string of mass shootings in the U.S., including one last month that left three children and three adults dead at a private school in Tennessee, that has renewed debate in the U.S. over gun control and gun rights. | 2023-04-16T20:19:46+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/2-dead-4-injured-in-louisville-shooting-days-after-mass-shooting-at-bank/ |
Former San Antonio police officer who shot unarmed teen in a McDonald’s parking lot has been indicted for attempted murder, prosecutor says
By Ashley Killough, CNN
A former San Antonio police officer has been indicted on attempted murder and assault charges after he shot an unarmed 17-year-old in a McDonald’s parking lot in October, prosecutors announced Thursday.
A grand jury handed down the indictment for James Brennand, who was a San Antonio Police probationary officer with seven months of experience when the shooting took place. He is charged with one count of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales told reporters.
“Justice means making sure that man never works as a member of law enforcement, making sure that that man never has a gun and a badge,” Gonzales said.
Erik Cantu was eating a meal in his car outside a McDonald’s on October 2 when Brennand approached the vehicle, thinking it was a car that had previously evaded him, according to police. Body camera footage shows Brennand opened the door, and a visibly startled Cantu backed up and started to drive away with another passenger inside. Brennand fired his weapon 10 times at the car.
Cantu was critically injured with wounds to vital organs and spent nearly eight weeks in the hospital. His family announced his release last week, saying he still has a long road of recovery ahead.
Brennand’s defense attorney Nico LaHood told CNN Thursday, “Until this day, James Brennand has been tried in the court of public opinion without the benefit of his side of the story being known.”
“We anticipate more information will be revealed that will further shed light on this incident,” LaHood added.
Brennand was fired from the San Antonio Police Department days after the shooting. Just over a week after the incident, he turned himself in to police and was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant — one for each passenger. He was released from custody after posting $100,000 bond for each count, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said at the time of the arrest, “There is no question in anybody’s mind looking at that (body camera) video that the shooting is not justified.”
The police chief has said Brennand’s actions violated the department’s policies against shooting at moving vehicles.
Each count of aggravated assault Brennand faces carries a sentence of five to 99 years, and the attempted murder charge added by the grand jury carries a sentence of two to 20 years.
Asked if he’ll be seeking the maximum penalty, Gonzales said, “The maximum punishment appears to be appropriate.”
CNN has reached out to a lawyer for Cantu’s family for reaction to the indictment.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cherry Bekaert LLP ("the Firm") is pleased to welcome Ward Melhuish as Federal Government Sector Advisory Leader and Managing Director in the Advisory Services practice. He will join the Firm's Government & Public Sector Advisory Services leadership team to strengthen and advance our solutions to Federal Government agencies across a full suite of areas including Digital Advisory, Accounting Advisory, Cybersecurity & Information Assurance, Risk Advisory, Grants Management, and Regulatory Compliance. Ward will work closely with Christian Fuellgraf, Government & Public Sector Leader and Denise Lippuner, State & Local Government Advisory Leader.
"I am delighted to welcome a forward-looking leader like Ward, who will drive innovative, digitally transformative advisory and accounting solutions to Federal Government clients," said Christian Fuellgraf, Government & Public Sector Leader and Principal, Advisory Services. "The expansion of our advisory capabilities to the Federal Government through Ward's leadership and our new GSA Schedule Contract will help to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the business of government."
Ward brings over 25 years of government consulting experience, specializing in cost and performance management services, including strategy development, operational deployment, process improvement, organizational change, human capital management, value-based assessment, performance measurement, cost assessment and analytics. Ward has worked with agencies within the Departments of: Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, Treasury and Transportation, as well as independent agencies and corporations such as the United States Postal Service and Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.
Srikant Sastry, Managing Principal, Advisory Services concludes: "At Cherry Bekaert, we are committed to bringing in new talent and capabilities, allowing us to deliver digitally driven and industry-aligned solutions resulting in better business outcomes for our Government & Public sector clients. Our new Government & Public sector advisory leaders, Christian, Ward and Denise will guide all levels of Government forward to harness their full potential."
Ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., Cherry Bekaert serves clients across all 50 U.S. states and internationally. Services and solutions span the areas of transaction advisory, risk and accounting advisory, digital solutions, cybersecurity, tax, benefits consulting, and wealth management. Industries served include government and public sector, government contractors, healthcare and life sciences, hospitality and retail, industrial manufacturing, not-for-profit, private equity, professional services, real estate and construction and technology. We exercise a deliberate curiosity to know our clients' industries and work collaboratively to create shared success.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Social media companies are once again in the spotlight after a bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky, killed five people in a mass shooting and livestreamed the attack on Instagram.
Tech companies have gotten better in recent years at cooperating to tamp down the spread of mass shooting videos on mainstream platforms. But there's still no easy way to stop shooters from broadcasting their grisly crimes without shutting down livestreaming services altogether.
Here's what we know so far about what happened in Louisville:
HOW DID META RESPOND?
Instagram parent company Meta, which also owns Facebook, said in a statement that it quickly removed the livestream of the Louisville shooting on Monday morning.
But Meta did not immediately respond to questions Tuesday about how long it took to take down the livestream — or how many people watched it before it was removed.
Instagram allows users to anonymously report livestreams. Once a report has been submitted, the company’s policy states that it will review the broadcast “as quickly as possible” and remove those that violate its policies. Depending on the severity of the situation, the company may decide to end a live broadcast, disable the account or contact law enforcement.
IS THIS THE FIRST LIVESTREAMED SHOOTING?
No. All told, there have been seven perpetrator-produced videos of violence posted on social media in the past four years that major companies have tried to keep off their platforms, according to the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism.
In September, a gunman livestreamed his attack on people in Memphis, Tennessee, during a rampage that killed four and wounded three, police said. The shooting came four months after a white gunman massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers — and wounded three — in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that was livestreamed on the Amazon-owned gaming platform Twitch.
The platform said it removed that video in less than two minutes, which was not fast enough to prevent copies of the clip from spreading to other social media sites. But the removal was considerably faster than the 17 minutes it took Facebook to take down a livestreamed attack in 2019 at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. That shooting killed 51 people.
Also in 2019, another gunman killed two people during a shooting at a German synagogue that was also livestreamed on Twitch.
Last June, two Muslim men in India were accused of slitting the throat of a Hindu tailor and posting a video of it online amid rising tensions between Hindus and Muslims in the country.
HOW HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES CHANGED THEIR TACTICS?
The methods to curb attack videos have evolved since 2014, when Islamic State militants in Syria began sharing grisly propaganda videos of the beheadings of kidnapped journalists and other hostages.
While those events were not shared live, it was "really the first time that there was a major terrorist incident designed for the social media era. And platforms realized that they had to do something,” said Courtney Radsch, a fellow at the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy.
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube formed a group in 2017 called the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. Its mission expanded after the Christchurch killings “spurred a much more aggressive effort to not only eradicate” terrorist content online, but also to go after mass killing videos “perpetrated by white nationalists and other types of extremists,” said Radsch, who serves on a committee for the group.
The group, known as GIFCT, now has nearly two dozen members, including Amazon, Airbnb, Dropbox, Discord and Zoom. Whatever platform has the original video will submit a “hash” — a digital fingerprint corresponding to that video — and notify the other member companies so they can restrict it from their platforms. While not perfect, experts say the response has grown quicker and also now encompasses PDF files to stop the spread of manifestos.
“Unfortunately, as these have continued to occur, the more of these we’ve gone through with our members, the more everyone strengthened their muscle memory around this,” said Sarah Pollack, a spokesperson for GIFCT.
A day after the Louisville shooting, clips from the gunman’s livestream were not easily findable on Instagram or other popular social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. The first calls to police were around 8:30 a.m. Monday By midday, the GIFCT had put out its highest-level alert for coordinating efforts to stop the video’s spread.
WHAT MORE COULD BE DONE?
It’s hard to know if the effort to slow the spread of videos has done anything to deter the violence itself.
“There’s a tension between platforms “wanting to give their users new capabilities and opportunities to engage” and the risks of livestreaming, said UCLA's Radsch.
Livestreaming, "with no delay, with no real oversight, can present really challenging situations when users use your platform to livestream terrorism, extremism, violence, suicide.”
She said platforms still need to take more seriously whether to adopt additional precautions.
“The challenge is, any precaution you put in place for a mass violence event could also potentially be leveraged to prevent livestreaming of police brutality or pro-democracy protests,” she said. “So it really is a double-edged sword.”
Also, while mainstream companies are coordinating their response, they have little influence over the “dark web” forums that are still trying to collect and share the videos — other than preventing them from obtaining footage in the first place.
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O'Brien reported from Providence, Rhode Island.
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Moose guided out of Alaska hospital after wandering into building
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - So this moose walks into a medical building...
While that could be a setup to a bad joke, it actually happened in Anchorage on Thursday.
A young moose trudging through the snow looking for a meal spotted green plants in the lobby of a medical building in the Providence Alaska Health Park and decided to drop in for a dose of greenery.
The ingenious — or lucky — moose triggered the sensors on the automatic doors to the building that houses the hospital’s cancer center and other medical offices, said Randy Hughes, the hospital’s director of security.
FILE - A moose being guided out of Providence Alaska Health Park medical building on April 6, 2023. (Providence Alaska )
"We received a call from one of our tenants advising that a moose had just walked into the building," Hughes said.
Hughes believes it’s the same moose that has been hanging around campus. And even though moose are commonplace in Alaska, they made an announcement over the intercom of the moose’s presence out of safety concerns.
"But it seemed like it was a magnet for people to come and see it," he said. "It’s not every day you get a moose walking into a building, so everybody was excited to take pictures and stuff like that."
On one video posted on social media, a woman wearing a mask and dressed in scrubs can be heard saying, "That’s crazy," as she walked by the moose, snapping a photo with her phone.
The moose was too preoccupied eating the office plants to notice the stir he was causing.
RELATED: Alaska man saves young moose from choking on trash bag
Security officers formed a semicircle to corral the moose and shoo it out the door. One officer even grabbed a piece of the plant the moose had been eating and tried to lure it out.
"Finally, I think it had enough of everybody watching him, watching him eat," Hughes said.
The moose vacated the building but hung around in the building’s semicircular drive for a bit before heading to the other side of the building to bed down for an afternoon.
This wasn’t the first time a moose went inside one of the hospital complex’s buildings, and bears have tried to get into the emergency room before.
Hughes said there’s "never a dull moment here at the hospital." | 2023-04-08T15:10:59+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/moose-guided-out-of-alaska-hospital-after-wandering-into-building |
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A 47-year-old man is dead after a shooting in Greensboro.
Greensboro police said they responded to the 1600 block of East Washington Street for a welfare check on June 9 around 4:30 p.m. and found a man dead with a gunshot wound.
Officers have identified the man as Christopher Savalas Parson Sr., 47.
The incident is being investigated as a homicide.
The investigation is ongoing.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman left a hospital in Washington after a two-day stay, his office said Friday, following a spell of lightheadedness that prompted the visit as he recovers from a stroke he suffered last year on the campaign trail.
In a statement, Fetterman’s office said he was discharged from George Washington University Hospital after tests found no evidence of a new stroke or a seizure.
“In addition to the CT, CTA, and MRI tests ruling out a stroke, his EEG test results came back normal, with no evidence of seizures. John is looking forward to spending some time with his family and returning to the Senate on Monday,” Fetterman’s communications director Joe Calvello said in the statement.
Fetterman checked himself in on Wednesday after feeling lightheaded during a Senate Democratic retreat.
He continues to suffer the aftereffects of the stroke, in particular auditory processing disorder, which can render someone unable to speak fluidly and quickly process spoken conversation into meaning.
In November, Fetterman, 53, won the seat held by now-retired Republican Pat Toomey, spending the last five months of the campaign recovering from the stroke even as he waged a hard-fought contest against GOP nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Fetterman, who was Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, defeated the celebrity heart surgeon by 5 percentage points, flipping a seat that was key to Democrats holding the Senate majority. More than $300 million was spent during the campaign, making it the most expensive Senate race in 2022.
Fetterman is an outsized presence on Capitol Hill, standing 6-foot-8 with a clean-shaven head and a goatee, and is a rising star in progressive politics.
His campaign was temporarily derailed on May 13, just days before the Democratic primary, when he suffered a stroke that he said nearly killed him.
He underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator to manage two heart conditions, atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy, and spent much of the summer recovering and off the campaign trail.
He refused to release his medical records or allow his doctors to answer reporters’ questions, as Oz made an issue of whether his opponent was honest about the effects of the stroke and whether Fetterman was fit to serve. The Democrat insisted his doctors said he could have a full recovery.
The effects of the stroke were apparent in Fetterman’s uneven performance during the fall campaign’s only debate when he struggled to complete sentences and jumbled words.
On election night, he told cheering supporters he ran for “anyone that ever got knocked down that got back up.” | 2023-02-11T22:36:46+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-tests-negative-sen-john-fetterman-leaves-hospital/ |
Includes Interactive 3D Animated Entrance Installation, Exclusive Portrait Studio and 3D Marketplace Showcase
NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), one of the leading global creative platforms for transformative brands and media companies, today announced it will be bringing a multi-dimensional immersive experience to this year's Cannes Lions festival. As the world's largest 3D marketplace, Shutterstock, powered by TurboSquid is curating a colorful and futuristic experience featuring AR, VR and 3D elements that will highlight its impressive collection and capabilities. The experience will run throughout the festival from Monday, June 20 through Friday, June 24 at Croisette Corner Square Reynaldo Hahn, Boulevard de La Croisette.
At the space, guests will enter a whole new experience of dimension through a 3D animated entrance installation. Once inside, they will have the exclusive opportunity to be photographed in a portrait studio hosted by renowned photographer David Fisher. Additionally, guests will be able to interact with a dynamic AR exhibit and bring images to life using their smartphones to unlock custom 3D effects, as well as sample Shutterstock's 3D marketplace through a rotating on-site showcase.
"As we enter the age of the Metaverse, Shutterstock continues to evolve and remains at the forefront of creative innovation, and we are thrilled to have such a powerful presence and showcase our unmatched 3D capabilities at Cannes Lions, a festival that emphasizes the value of creativity," said Jamie Elden, Chief Revenue Officer at Shutterstock. "Shutterstock's transformation as the premium destination for 3D models and as a leading platform for creatives comes to life with our 3D Gallery Experience, which allows attendees to become immersed in the dimensions of our Shutterstock world."
Shutterstock will also be hosting the following panels in the space:
- Defying Dimensions: Virtual Production and the 3D Future
- Defying Limitations: Ensuring Diversity and Equity in the Metaverse
- Defying Ambiguity: Demystifying NFTs and the Metaverse
"With Shutterstock's recent strategic mergers and acquisitions, this is the perfect time to share our story at Cannes Lions 2022," added Jason McClelland, Chief Marketing and Customer Care Officer at Shutterstock. "Shutterstock remains committed to looking ahead at the future of marketing and the creative industries, and we look forward to discussing these topics, Shutterstock's place during these exciting times and more."
Additionally, through its Create Fund Artist Investment Program, the Company is launching the Shutterstock Diversity in 3D Program, which offers a total of $30,000 in production grants to three 3D artists from diverse backgrounds to help diversify Shutterstock's content collection, as well as provide professional and financial support. All 3D artists selected for this grant will receive a 100% royalty rate for one year, pre-production and marketing support for their work using Shutterstock platforms, personalized content briefs, and a dedicated account manager.
For more information about TurboSquid by Shutterstock, visit www.turbosquid.com.
To RSVP, please contact Annelise Hackett at annelise.hackett@civic-us.com.
ABOUT SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), is one of the leading global creative platforms for transformative brands and media companies. Directly and through its group subsidiaries, Shutterstock's comprehensive collection includes high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, 3D models, videos and music. Working with its growing community of over 2 million contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 405 million images and more than 25 million video clips available.
Headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock has offices around the world and customers in more than 150 countries. The Company also owns Splash News, the world's leading entertainment news agency for newsrooms and media companies, Pond5, the world's largest video marketplace, TurboSquid, the world's largest 3D content marketplace, PicMonkey, a leading online graphic design and image editing platform; Offset, a high-end image collection; Shutterstock Studios, an end-to-end custom creative shop; PremiumBeat, a curated royalty-free music library; Shutterstock Editorial, a premier source of editorial images and videos for the world's media; Amper Music, an AI-driven music platform; and Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media offering.
For more information, please visit www.shutterstock.com and follow Shutterstock on Twitter and on Facebook.
ABOUT TURBOSQUID
Founded in 2000, TurboSquid is the world's leading source for stock 3D models. Their customers include over half of the Fortune 100 and a diverse set of industries including film and television, retail, gaming, news media, advertising, architecture and defense. Powered by a passionate community of millions of artists from around the globe, TurboSquid is dedicated to improving how 3D models are built, bought and used.
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– Brand's Second-Largest Franchisee Continues to Invest with Leading Fast Casual Seafood Restaurant–
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Captain D's, the nation's leading fast casual seafood restaurant, announced today the opening of its newest franchised location in Memphis, kicking off a pipeline of new development planned for the area with Nufish, LLC, led by Operating Partner Joe Springer. Located at 4735 Getwell Road, the new restaurant marks the 11th Captain D's location in Memphis, all owned and operated by Springer and Nufish. The group, which is the second-largest franchisee in the seafood brand's system, has also signed a new agreement to develop 10 additional restaurants throughout the Memphis region, including Mississippi and Arkansas.
"Experienced multi-unit franchisees like Joe Springer and the Nufish group have been an integral part of our sustained growth over the years," said Brad Reed, chief development officer of Captain D's. "In addition to being one of our largest operators, he is also one of our most successful, achieving same-store sales increases across all of his restaurants for the last 12 years. Joe's dedication to customer service and community involvement has allowed Captain D's to become a staple in Memphis, and we look forward to further expanding our footprint in the region."
Since first signing on with Captain D's in 2009, Springer has continued to spearhead the brand's development in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. The Nufish group has steadily grown its portfolio, currently operating 20 locations and leveraging Springer's nearly two decades of experience in the restaurant industry. He maintains a deep understanding of the market and opportunities for the brand within it, building a robust pipeline with this new 10-unit agreement as well as completing a previous five-unit development deal with the opening of the Getwell Road location.
Captain D's franchising momentum is a testament to the brand's unique positioning within the fast casual segment, which has enticed its existing franchisee base to continue investing while also attracting best-in-class operators looking to diversify their portfolios with a leading franchise concept.
"I've been fortunate to spend the past 13 years of my career as a multi-unit franchisee within the Captain D's system. The brand has continued to provide unparalleled support to its operators, and its sustainable franchise model has enabled us to see consistent success across all our locations," said Joe Springer. "With the flexible prototypes and real estate options Captain D's offers, we continue to see opportunities for growth and are excited about this newest restaurant as well as those to come."
The newest Captain D's at 4735 Getwell Road in Memphis features a vibrant, coastal design and welcoming atmosphere, serving high-quality seafood with warm hospitality at an affordable price. With dining room seating for 42, the restaurant also has drive-thru, carry out, and call-ahead ordering options. Hours of operation are Sunday - Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Call-ahead orders can be placed by calling (901) 356-9063.
This year, Captain D's is set to open 14 restaurants across markets in Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee and more. Two of these openings will be both franchise and company debuts of the new 'Express' prototype, a significantly smaller footprint featuring only a drive-thru and walk-up windows for ordering and picking up. Additionally, Captain D's is continuing to successfully convert vacant restaurant properties with a franchise opening in Elberton, Georgia, earlier this year, and two more conversions in Florida this summer. The brand remains focused on corporate and franchise development in target markets throughout the South, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, including Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
With more than 530 restaurants in 23 states, Captain D's is the fast-casual seafood leader and number one seafood franchise in America ranked by average unit volume. The company is currently seeking single and multi-unit operators to join in the brand's rapid expansion. For more information about franchise opportunities, visit www.captaindsfranchising.com or call 800-314-4819.
ABOUT CAPTAIN D'S
Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Captain D's has more than 530 restaurants in 23 states. Captain D's is the nation's leading fast casual seafood restaurant and was named the #1 seafood chain in the QSR 50, ranked by AUV. Founded in 1969, Captain D's has been offering its customers high-quality seafood at reasonable prices in a welcoming atmosphere for 50 years. Captain D's serves a wide variety of seafood that includes freshly prepared entrees and the company's signature batter dipped fish. The restaurants also offer premium-quality, grilled items such as shrimp, Tilapia and Salmon, as well as hushpuppies, desserts and freshly brewed, Southern-style sweet tea, a Captain D's favorite. For more information, please visit www.captainds.com.
Contact:
Nate Rubinstein
Fish Consulting
954-893-9150
nrubinstein@fish-consulting.com
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For Gunnar Henderson, “Star Wars” Lego sets aren’t only a way to compete with Orioles prospect Colton Cowser, though their 2023 race is set to begin soon. They’ve also helped Baltimore’s prized rookie put his mind at ease amid a relatively slow start to his first full major league season.
Hits have been hard to come by for Henderson, a 21-year-old infielder who began this year as baseball’s unanimous top prospect and a favorite to be American League Rookie of the Year. That’s why many nights, he’s found himself piecing together a Lego Imperial Star Destroyer.
“Everybody has their own way to decompress, and it’s just something that just kind of gets your mind off everything,” Henderson said. “You just go back home, build for a little bit, and then eventually you come out with something fully made. It’s definitely different, but I enjoy it.”
Modeling the triangular spaceship from the opening scene of the franchise’s first film, “A New Hope,” the nearly 5,000-piece set includes more than 20 bags of pieces, most filled with hundreds of Lego bricks each; Henderson said working through one bag usually takes him three or four days, depending on how intensely he works and how tired he is when he gets home from a game. But taking that time has proven worthwhile to separate himself from what happens on the field, where he has at times expressed his frustrations with slammed helmets and bats.
He entered Wednesday’s game with the Kansas City Royals batting .184, the seventh-lowest average among players with at least 90 plate appearances while striking out in more than 30% of them. But thanks to an AL-best 20.6% walk rate, he’s managed a strong .361 on-base percentage, fueling a weighted runs created plus — an all-encompassing offensive metric — just above league average.
Last month, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde described Henderson’s start as a case of a “young player pressing,” adding that, when talking with Henderson, he tries to get him to think about “anything but baseball.” Building after games has helped Henderson do that.
“It just takes your mind off stuff, especially whenever you’re going through a little bit of a struggle,” Henderson said. “You can sit there and go back home and that’s all you think about because if you sit there — we’re all humans — that’s what you’re gonna do. You’re gonna think about, ‘Something’s not going right.’ I feel like that just gets me settled back down. It just gets me ready for the next day.”
He’s comforted knowing he endured a similar stretch at the start of last season, the one that propelled him to the majors and the top of prospect lists. Last April with Double-A Bowie, he hit .250 with a .450 slugging percentage, both of which proved to be his lowest marks for any month in which he played more than five games. But he counteracted those figures by walking more than he struck out, posting a .435 on-base percentage.
It was during that early stretch with Bowie that he learned the value working with Lego could have, helping him focus on the positive aspects of his performance. He’s tried to carry the same approach throughout the start of this season.
“You actually have an honest reflection,” Henderson said. “You can kind of look back and say, ‘Yeah, I’m getting walks. I’m not hitting it the way I want to, but I’m getting one thing accomplished, and being able to have success in one way, it leads to the other.’
“It’s just at a different level. Yeah, it’s weighted a little bit different here, but still honestly on the same path. Maybe not hitting as early as I was last year, but still taking my walks and getting on base and trying to help the guys out behind me.”
During spring training that year, he was walking around Target with his girlfriend, Katherine Lee Bishop, when they passed through the Lego section. One set — the helmet of a Dark Trooper from the Disney+ “Star Wars” show “The Mandalorian” — caught his eye. He figured it would be a good way to pass time after morning workouts.
The 693-piece build sparked a hobby. By midseason, he and Cowser, a fellow top Orioles prospect and “Star Wars” fanatic, were in a build-off, a race to see who could first put together a Millennium Falcon set with more than 7,500 pieces. Cowser was faster, completing his metaphorical Kessel Run in fewer parsecs by finishing off Han Solo’s iconic ship in September as Henderson was ending the season with the Orioles.
“Every time I would get a few bags done, I’d be like, ‘All right, I’m about to beat you now,’” Henderson said. “Of course, it ended up working out in his favor towards the end.”
The Star Destroyer set Henderson is working on now is discontinued, meaning it would have been tough for Cowser to get his hands on one for their rematch. Instead, they’ll go head-to-head to build the Razor Crest, bounty hunter Din Djarin’s ship from the first two seasons of “The Mandalorian.” They planned to each buy the set Thursday, or Star Wars Day, with “May the Fourth” being a play on the franchise’s popular “May the Force be with you” phrase.
Henderson said the Falcon has been his favorite build so far, with the Star Destroyer a possible contender once it’s complete. The almost 7,000-piece set of the AT-AT, another piece of Imperial weaponry first seen in “The Empire Strikes Back,” remains on his wish list. His favorite “Star Wars” movie is probably “Revenge of the Sith,” the 2005 climax of the prequel trilogy that sees Anakin Skywalker complete his fall to the dark side and become Darth Vader. In an MLB social media video this spring, Henderson offered Skywalker actor Hayden Christensen as one of his celebrity lookalikes, and ahead of Triple-A Norfolk’s “Star Wars” Night last summer, the Tides’ Twitter account made the same comparison.
In the franchise, Skywalker was believed to be the “Chosen One.” Of course, Henderson, top prospect status aside, doesn’t view himself that way nor does he need to, with a strong lineup around him and his on-base ability, base running and defense — which has improved after some early shakiness — enough for him to make an impact as his bat returns to form.
Skywalker was supposed to bring balance to the Force. Henderson hopes his game will balance out soon.
“It’s obviously not the way I want to be hitting right now, but it’s just the way the ball’s rolling,” Henderson said. “I know it’s gonna come around here soon. When it does, then I’ll be ready to go.”
() | 2023-05-04T17:52:44+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/04/building-up-how-lego-sets-have-helped-orioles-rookie-gunnar-henderson-decompress-through-early-season-struggles/ |
Sightseeing boat in Japan missing with 26 people on board after reports of sinking
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Japan’s coast guard dispatched patrol ships and aircraft to search for a sightseeing boat that went missing with 26 people on board after reporting it was sinking off the northern island of Hokkaido on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK said.
Authorities lost contact with the crew of the Kazu 1 boat after the crew reported water was flooding into the stern of the vessel and it had started to sink, NHK said. The crew also said those on board were wearing life jackets and the boat was keeling at a 30-degree angle, NHK said.
There were 24 passengers, including two children, on board and two crew members, the broadcaster said.
No one was immediately available for comment at the Japan Coast Guard outside of normal office hours.
The coast guard received contact from the ship at around 1:15 p.m. (0415 GMT) and had dispatched five patrol boats and two aircraft in the search, NHK said.
No one answered calls to the office of the company that runs the Kazu 1 sightseeing tours. According to its homepage, the ship holds 65 people. Tours around the Shiretoko area usually last around three hours, according to the tour company.
The boat left the Utoro port around 10 a.m. on Saturday, and was expected to return to port by 1 p.m., NHK said. Waves had been high and fishing boats in the area had returned to the port by mid-morning.
The sightseeing boat had been in the area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, in the northern part of Japan’s northernmost island and was believed to have been near the Kashinu Falls, NHK said.
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OSAGE COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) – The Osage County Sheriff’s Department says a girl drowned at a Kansas state park on Thursday.
Sheriff Chris Wells with the OCSD said in a press release that on Thursday, July 13, at 8:58 p.m., deputies were sent to Eisenhower State Park swimming beach at Melvern Lake on a possible drowning.
First responders arriving at the scene found that life-saving measures were already being attempted on the victim.
Sheriff Wells said attempts to revive the 2-year-old girl were not successful. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Both the sheriff’s office and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks are investigating the incident leading to the girl’s death.
The Osage County Sheriff’s Office would ask you to join us in our thoughts and prayer to the family and friends of the victim as well as the first responders who responded to this tragic incident.
Sheriff Wells | 2023-07-14T22:01:08+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/tragic-incident-2-year-old-drowns-in-kansas-state-park/ |
Norfolk Southern expands geographic area eligible for reimbursements
ATLANTA, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today provided an update on environmental monitoring and community assistance for the Village of East Palestine, Ohio. Norfolk Southern is committed to ensuring the health and safety of the community and to help the community recover and thrive. As of the evening of February 14, Norfolk Southern has:
- Completed more than 400 in-home air tests in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental agencies. In-home air monitoring has not detected substances related to the incident and does not indicate health risks.
- Implemented an extensive outdoor air monitoring program in the community. Thousands of data points have been collected, which continue to indicate no risk to health from incident-related substances. Air monitoring is also being conducted in the broader region outside of the Village of East Palestine.
- Actively sampling the Village of East Palestine's drinking water supply wells, drinking water system, and private wells in areas potentially impacted by the incident.
- Distributed over $1.5 million in direct financial assistance to more than 1,000 families and a number of businesses to cover costs related to the evacuation. Those include reimbursements and cash advancements for lodging, travel, food, clothes, and other related items.
- Established a $1 million fund available immediately to the community.
After a further review of areas affected by the evacuation orders and following discussions with East Palestine leaders, the company announced today that it is expanding the geographic area eligible for reimbursements for costs and inconvenience related to evacuating the region. All East Palestine residents in the 44413 zip code are now eligible. Residents should bring proof of residency with them to the Family Assistance Center.
Those in need of assistance should visit the Norfolk Southern Family Assistance Center at Abundant Life Church located 46469 State Route 46, New Waterford, Ohio, or call 1-800-230-7049. Residents who want air and water testing should contact the Residential Re-Entry Request Hotline at (330) 849-3919. If residents have further questions or concerns, they may call the CTEH Taggart Road Hotline at (234) 542-6474 to speak with a toxicologist.
This progress follows an announcement yesterday that the company is creating a $1 million fund to be available immediately as one component of its planned support for the community. The fund will supplement other efforts to support residents, businesses, and first responders, which include:
- Reimbursing the East Palestine Fire Department $220,000 to replace Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) air packs, which allow firefighters to breathe compressed air when responding to fires.
- Providing more than 100 air purifiers for residents to use in their homes. Air purifiers are also being purchased for the East Palestine municipal building in coordination with the City Manager.
- Coordinating and funded cleaning and air monitoring services for the East Palestine Elementary and High Schools.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
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BEIJING (AP) — Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou was suspended Wednesday after the city reported 64 coronavirus cases and workers who assemble Apple Inc. iPhones left their factory in the zone following outbreaks.
The announcement did not say whether the isolation of the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone was related to cases at the Foxconn factory. It gave no indication of what prompted the closure. It said no one can enter or leave for one week except to deliver food and medical supplies.
Separately, the government reported 64 confirmed cases had been found in Zhengzhou over the past 24 hours. It said 294 asymptomatic cases also had been found in the city of 12.5 million. It did not say how many were in the industrial zone.
Meanwhile, the government of Macao announced the southern Chinese territory it will test its 700,000 people on Friday and Saturday. The government said the mass testing is a precaution after an earlier round on Tuesday found no cases.
The ruling Communist Party is enforcing a “Zero COVID” policy that has closed areas throughout China for weeks to try to isolate every case.
That has kept China’s infection rate relatively low but has disrupted trade and business at a time when other countries are easing anti-virus curbs. Public frustration with the restrictions has boiled over into fights with police in some areas.
In Zhengzhou, everyone in the industrial zone will be tested every day for the coronavirus, the Airport District said. It did not say how many people might be affected.
Areas throughout China tightened restrictions on movement and canceled airline flights last month after new infections surged following the weeklong National Day holiday.
Residents of many parts of the Xinjiang region in the northwest were barred from leaving their homes in August and September. People in Urumqi and other cities who said they had run out of food and medicine posted appeals for help on social media.
Thousands of employees left the Foxconn Technology Group factory starting in mid-October after complaints people who contracted the virus received no treatment. Some accused the company of failing to enforce measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
Foxconn said Sunday it was using “closed loop management,” an official term for employees living at their workplace and avoiding contact with the outside. The company said ill employees were being treated but did not say if new infections still were occurring.
Also this week, visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were temporarily barred from leaving as part of virus testing the city government said Tuesday had extended to 439,000 people. The city health agency said visitors on Monday tested negative and were allowed to leave.
Last week, 1.3 million residents of Shanghai’s downtown Yangpu district were ordered to stay at home while they were tested.
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AP Writer Kanis Leung in Hong Kong contributed. | 2022-11-02T19:18:14+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/ap-china-closes-zone-around-iphone-factory-after-virus-cases/ |
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – The victims and families of the Uvalde mass shooting are in the thoughts and prayers of the Waco community.
A Prayer Vigil for the Uvalde community will be held this Thursday at the South Waco Community Center Pavilion, from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. This vigil will include prayers, speeches, and a balloon release.
The event will be hosted by Waco Hispanic Museum Chairman Luis Garcia, and co-hosted by Beverly Hills Mayor Lucyann Sanchez-Miramontez. | 2022-06-01T15:35:02+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/mclennan-county/prayer-vigil-to-be-held-for-uvalde-community/ |
Updated December 30, 2022 at 11:47 AM ET
Former President Donald Trump's tax returns from 2015 through 2020 have been made public by the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee — concluding a years-long political battle by Democrats to obtain and share the documents.
The committee released the tax returns Friday morning on its website and provided no new additional information or statements.
Today, the Committee released the final piece of supporting evidence in our investigation into the IRS's mandatory audit program under the prior administration.
— Ways & Means Committee (@WaysMeansCmte) December 30, 2022
Find Attachment E here ⬇️ https://t.co/i8iuviZaYe
The move comes over a week after the panel voted to release the former president's tax returns and announced that the Internal Revenue Service did not audit Trump in 2017 or 2018 when he was in office — something the IRS is required to do annually for the president and vice president.
"A president is no ordinary taxpayer," committee Chair Richard Neal said in a statement last week, following the announcement. "They hold power and influence unlike any other American. And with great power comes even greater responsibility."
The initial announcement was paired with a report from the nonpartisan congressional committee the Joint Committee on Taxation, which detailed the top findings from the six years of obtained tax returns from the former president and his wife, Melania Trump.
Notably, the report highlighted that the former president paid $0 in federal taxes in 2020 and just $750 in 2016 and 2017. In contrast, in 2018, he paid $999,466 and $133,445 in 2019.
It also found that Trump documented no taxable income in his joint returns for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020. Plus, there were millions of reported losses from the former president's business and personal income while in office.
Present on each year of Trump's tax returns was additional income in the form of related-party loans to several of Trump's children, totaling approximately $51,000 annually from 2015 to 2019 and $46,000 in 2020.
In a statement within an hour of the release Friday, Trump condemned the move by Democrats, saying they had "weaponized everything," adding, "that is a dangerous two-way street."
President Donald J. Trump:
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) December 30, 2022
“The Democrats should have never done it, the Supreme Court should have never approved it, and it’s going to lead to horrible things for so many people. The great USA divide will now grow far worse. The radical, left Democrats have weaponized…
Friday's release marks the end of a legal battle between Trump and the Democratic-led panel dating back to 2019. The nature of Trump's taxes has been in question since his 2016 campaign when he refused to voluntarily release the information, something previous presidential candidates have done.
This fall, Trump continued his attempts to halt the release of the information, requesting the Supreme Court bar the Ways and Means Committee from making the tax returns public. The high court blocked the request last month.
The release marks one of the final offensive moves for House Democrats before they lose a majority in the chamber come January, a move Republican opponents were aware of in the lead-up to Friday's announcement.
In a briefing to reporters Thursday morning, GOP aides argued that Democrats' decision to release the report could have political consequences, including the potential of future partisan-led investigations into public officials' finances.
"This is not what serious oversight looks like," a GOP aide told reporters, adding, "We're worried about a cycle of political retribution that might come from this and one that will make our politics even more divisive. We think folks will come to regret this. We think Democrats will come to regret this, and I think they may regret it sooner than they think."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-12-30T17:36:05+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/2022-12-30/house-democrats-release-trumps-tax-returns |
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Vinícius Júnior scored twice and assisted Karim Benzema to lead Real Madrid to its record-extending eighth Club World Cup title by beating Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal 5-3 on Saturday.
Federico Valverde added two more goals for the European champions in a final that turned into a shootout. Al-Hilal never led but showed it was no fluke that it upset Brazil’s Flamengo to reach the decider in Morocco’s capital.
Vinícius has been the target of racist slurs in the Spanish league and even had his effigy hung from a bridge, but has not let that negatively impact his performances.
The Brazil forward, who scored the only goal when Madrid beat Liverpool in last season’s Champions League final, leads Madrid with 16 across all competitions.
Vinícius opened the scoring in the 13th minute and curled home Madrid’s fifth and final goal in the 69th.
“Vinícius has been improving since last season just as the team has also grown. We won the Champions League and now the world title, and Vinícius has grown along the way,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. “We are thrilled with what he is doing, above all because he keeps getting better. He is much more decisive now and is making the difference in every match.”
Luciano Vietto scored twice and Moussa Marega once for the Asian champions, who fell behind early and never got closer than 2-1 by halftime.
Madrid last won the Club World Cup in 2018. It has succeeded in five different decades.
Benzema was a mild surprise in Madrid’s starting lineup a day after Ancelotti said it was touch-and-go if he could play at all. The Ballon d’Or holder missed Madrid’s last two games, including the 4-1 semifinal win against Egyptian club Al Ahly on Wednesday.
The France striker cued the opener after exchanges with Valverde and played Vinícius clear to beat goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayouf.
Valverde smashed a poor clearance between the legs of a defender, who deflected it slightly before it whizzed past Al-Mayouf in the 18th.
After struggling in the opening period to even connect three passes, Al-Hilal found its stride after Marega caught Madrid’s backline trying to spring an offside trap in the 26th. The former Porto striker streaked away unbothered, sized up Andriy Lunin and fired past Madrid’s backup goalie, who started for the injured Thibaut Courtois.
The goal settled Al-Hilal and Madrid was stymied until Vinícius made an exquisite pass to serve up a goal by Benzema. Vinícius used the outside edge of his right boot to bend a short cross around a defender and meet Benzema’s darting move. Benzema did the rest by using one touch to blast it in in the 54th.
Valverde added his second in the 58th.
Vietto scored on either side of Vinícius’ second goal, netting in the 63rd and 79th as Madrid’s defense failed to track the Argentine in the box.
A late miss by Marega denied providing Al-Hilal a chance to go for a last-gasp equalizer.
“This was the game of their lives, and you could tell it on the field, so we had to take this game seriously,” Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos said after collecting his sixth club world title across Madrid and former club Bayern Munich.
Al-Hilal’s squad included members of the Saudi Arabia team that stunned eventual champion Argentina at thes World Cup. Its star player against Madrid, however, was Vietto, a forward who played for several Spanish clubs, including Atletico Madrid, before joining the Saudi league.
With another world title in the bag, Madrid can focus on defending its European and Spanish titles. It trails Barcelona by eight points in the domestic league and will meet Liverpool in the Champions League round of 16 this month. It will also meet Barcelona, which won their Spanish Super Cup final last month, in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey.
Earlier in Tangier, Flamengo beat Egyptian club Al Ahly 4-2 in the third-place game. Pedro and Gabriel Barbosa scored twice for the South American champions.
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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Starting November, Rockingham County drivers will no longer be required to conduct annual emissions inspections.
The county is one of three to join 78 other North Carolina counties not required to hold the tests.
According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a reduction in North Carolina counties required to perform yearly vehicle emissions tests.
The other two counties not requiring yearly emissions tests starting November include Lee and Onslow counties.
NCDOT officials said the approval was a result of the Regulatory Reform Act of 2016-2017 by the N.C. General Assembly during the 2017 long session.
Officials noted all counties still require annual safety inspections.
After Nov. 1, annual vehicle emissions inspections will only be required in the following 19 counties: Alamance, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Randolph, Rowan, Union and Wake counties, according to NCDOT.
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A man was arrested after heckling Prince Andrew as he walked behind his mother's coffin during a procession in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Monday.
The man reportedly shouted, "You're a sick, old man," before someone in the crowd tackled him.
Police intervened and reportedly arrested the man for "breach of police."
Prince Andrew had fallen out of favor with some in the royal family.
In January, Buckingham Palace announced that the "Duke of York's military affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to the Queen."
That followed Prince Andrew's attempt to quash a sex abuse lawsuit.
Prince Andrews settled the lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre that alleges he sexually abused her in a sex ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein.
Giuffre alleged that she was coerced into the acts with the prince by Epstein and his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Andrew has continuously denied the claims in the lawsuit.
Epstein — a known associate of Andrew's — died by suicide in jail in 2019 after being arrested on sexual abuse charges. He had previously served 13 months in jail in connection with a 2008 Florida conviction on prostitution charges and solicitation of a minor.
In December, Maxwell was convicted on charges of sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three counts of conspiracy for her role in Epstein's ring. | 2022-09-12T17:56:57+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/world/man-arrested-after-shouting-at-prince-andrew-during-royal-procession |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union will look at helping fund the costly transportation of grain out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed Black Sea exports vital to global food security, a top agriculture official said Tuesday.
The thorny issue of how to get food products out of Ukraine — and help farmers in neighboring EU countries compete with a glut of cheap grain — is threatening to shake the 27-nation bloc’s unity in supporting Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion.
Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, would look at the possibility of financial support for transport companies, but Europe’s economic powerhouse, Germany, opposes such a move.
Poland, along with Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, want to extend a ban on Ukrainian grain imports until the end of the year but will still allow food to move through their countries to the world.
“What is not possible is to take the money from Brussels as compensation for the burden, but at the same time close the border to Ukraine, in part even for products that were allowed to be transported legally before the war,” German Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir said at a meeting of agriculture officials in Brussels.
“In the end, this leads to the fact that solidarity with Ukraine is undermined. The only one who is happy is Vladimir Putin,” Ozdemir added.
The grain import ban is scheduled to expire in mid-September. No decision was taken on extending the ban at Tuesday’s meeting.
Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus welcomed Wojciechowski’s comments.
“I think this gives us a lot of hope that we will not have to put into use our own, unilateral solutions,” Telus said, referring to extending the grain ban.
The United Nations Security Council plans to meet Wednesday at Ukraine’s request to discuss Russia’s attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and its attempts to “weaponize” food supplies.
Barbara Woodward, Britain’s U.N. ambassador and the council’s current president, announced the meeting Tuesday, saying Russia has ramped up attacks on grain stores in Odesa and across Ukraine while its “sabotage” of the Black Sea Grain Deal had increased wheat prices by 8%.
She said the strikes with heavy missiles “to destroy food shows that weaponizing global food supplies is a calculated part of Russia’s strategy.”
In Washington, U.S. international development chief Samantha Power told reporters that the United States would look at putting more money toward silos and other storage so Ukraine’s grain harvests “don’t rot while they wait to reach global markets.”
Power said the U.S. would focus in part on helping farmers get access to finance. “Their profit margins are just getting smaller and smaller,” she said.
The EU ministers gathered in Brussels for the first time since Russia pulled the plug last week on the wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia, where hunger is a growing threat and food prices are high.
That leaves routes by river, road and rail through Europe as the only ways for Ukraine, a major global supplier of wheat, barley, corn and vegetable oil, to export its products. But recent attacks are raising questions about a crucial route through the Danube River, which has carried millions of tons of Ukrainian food to Romania’s Black Sea ports every month.
The road and rail routes through neighboring countries have stirred anger from local farmers faced with a glut of Ukrainian grain that has driven down prices and hurt their livelihoods. It’s not ideal for agriculture-dependent Ukraine either, whose growers face higher transportation costs and lower capacity.
“We need to consider the support for the transport. This is necessary,” Wojciechowski said. “I will present this position in the commission that we should find the solution. How to support the transport costs using also the EU money.”
He acknowledged that there were “some different positions” among ministers but said there was a good understanding of the gravity of the situation.
Lithuania’s agriculture minister, Kęstutis Navickas, suggested that export procedures for grain could be shifted from the Ukraine-Polish border to Lithuanian and other Baltic ports as a way of preventing grain from getting stuck in countries near Ukraine.
Germany’s Ozdemir appeared to support that plan, saying Ukrainian grain could be transported in sealed containers to ports in the Baltics.
“I’m sure the friends from the Baltics would be happy to help and then transport to where it’s needed in the Global South,” Ozdemir said.
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it’s up to the Baltic countries to decide on the issue.
“It is a sovereign right of these states, and there is hardly anything for us to assess here,” he said. “But it is very important to us that various delivery channels must not be used by the Kiev regime for military purposes and for the purposes by of staging terrorist attacks on our territory. We will continue to counter that.”
Over the past several days, Russia has targeted Ukrainian critical grain export infrastructure since it vowed retribution for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge between Russia and the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula. Russian officials blamed that strike on Ukrainian drone boats.
Ukraine also is seeking to continue exporting grain by sea. It sent a letter to the United Nations International Maritime Organization establishing its own temporary shipping corridor, saying it would “provide guarantees of compensation for damage.”
But Russia warned it would assume ships traversing parts of the Black Sea to be carrying weapons to Ukraine. In a seeming tit-for-tat move, Ukraine said vessels heading to Russian Black Sea ports would be considered “carrying military cargo with all the associated risks.”
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Associated Press writers Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations and Monika Scislowska in Warsaw contributed. | 2023-07-25T22:19:48+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-eu-agriculture-ministers-meet-to-discuss-vital-ukraine-grain-exports-after-russia-nixed-deal/ |
SAN JOSE (AP) — Coco Gauff held off four-time major champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.
Gauff, the No. 6 seed, held all of her serves in the opening set and finished the 45-minute session with three aces. Osaka had the first double-fault of the match early in the second set and Gauff took advantage for a 2-1 lead. Gauff quickly built a double-break lead at 5-1 and led 40-0 before Osaka saved four match points and used her first ace to make it 5-2.
Osaka then broke Gauff for the first time in the match and overcame another 40-0 deficit with five straight points for 5-4. But Gauff closed it out on her eighth match point with an unreturnable serve.
“The most proud was how I responded mentally,” Gauff said. “I could have easily folded in those couple of double-faults and match points that I lost. But I kept telling myself ‘Another point, another chance’ and then the music kind of helped on the bench. I was trying to sing along to the song to get me out of the match.”
Gauff’s victory evened the series with Osaka at two wins apiece.
“I lost the match today but I feel really confident in who I am,” Osaka said. “I feel like the pressure doesn’t beat me. I am the pressure. I’m really happy with that.”
Gauff will face No. 2 seed Paula Badosa on Friday. Other winners in San Jose were Shelby Rogers and No. 4 seed Aryna Sabalenka.
Rogers beat top-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-1, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals for the third time this season. Coming off an opening-round win against 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, she beat Sakkari, a 2018 finalist and 2019 semifinalist in San Jose, for the third straight time.
Sabalenka came back from trailing 5-3 in the third set to edge Caroline Dolehide 5-7, 6-1, 7-5. Sabalenka overcame 20 double-faults in the match to advance to play No. 7 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia.
The schedule for Friday in the hard-court U.S. Open tune-up includes Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur, who will face Veronika Kudermetova.
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-06T11:17:20+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/sports/coco-gauff-beats-former-no-1-naomi-osaka-in-straight-sets/ |
In its latest attempt to stem file sharing, the music industry has developed a disc format that plays both on DVD and CD players. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports that a new album by a rock legend is about to shine the spotlight on this technology.
Copyright 2005 NPR | 2022-06-01T16:07:05+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/2005-04-24/industry-hopes-dual-disc-tech-will-stem-piracy |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew during the past week after Serbs erected barricades on the main roads in the north of Kosovo, a former Serbian province. They were protesting the arrest of a former Kosovo Serb police officer.
Shots were fired from the barricades, and a Kosovo Albanian police officer was injured. Someone lobbed a stun grenade at a European Union peacekeeping patrol mission. Serbia raised its combat readiness and warned it would not stand by if Serbs in Kosovo are attacked.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has called for deploying Serb troops to northern Kosovo, further fueling fears of a revival of the 1998-99 war in Kosovo that claimed more than 10,000 lives and left over 1 million homeless.
A look at the history between Serbia and Kosovo, and why the latest tensions are a concern for Europe.
WHY ARE SERBIA AND KOSOVO AT ODDS?
Kosovo is a mainly ethnic Albanian territory that declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The Serbian government has refused to recognize Kosovo’s statehood and still considers it part of Serbia, even though it has no formal control there.
Over 100 countries have recognized Kosovo’s independence, including the United States and most Western countries. Russia, China and five European Union nations have sided with Serbia. The deadlock has kept tensions simmering and prevented the Balkan region’s full stabilization following the bloody breakup of former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
HOW DEEP IS THE CONFLICT?
The dispute over Kosovo is centuries-old. Serbia cherishes the region as the heart of its statehood and religion. Numerous medieval Serb Orthodox Christian monasteries are in Kosovo. Serb nationalists view a 1389 battle against Ottoman Turks there as a symbol of its national struggle.
Kosovo’s majority ethnic Albanians, most of whom are Muslim, view Kosovo as their country and accuse Serbia of occupation and repression. Ethnic Albanian rebels launched a rebellion in 1998 to rid the country of Serbian rule. Belgrade’s brutal response prompted a NATO intervention in 1999, which forced Serbia to pull out and cede control to international peacekeepers.
IS THERE A LINK TO RUSSIA AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE?
Well before Russian tanks and troops rolled into Ukraine in February, Russian President Vladimir Putin cited the breakup of Yugoslavia to justify a possible invasion of a sovereign European country. Putin claimed NATO’s bombardment of Serbia in 1999 and the West’s acceptance of Kosovo as a country created an illegal precedent that shattered international law and order.
Putin’s argument, repeated several times since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, followed this reasoning: If ex-Yugoslav republics and a Serbian province could become independent with Western backing and wars, why shouldn’t Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea peninsula and the rebel-controlled, majority Russian areas in the country’s east split off with Russian help?
Western officials have vehemently rejected Putin’s argument, saying the NATO intervention in Kosovo was triggered by mass killings and other war crimes committed by Serbian troops against ethnic Albanians.
Although that wasn’t the situation in Ukraine before Russia’s full-scale invasion this year, Putin still relies on what happened in Kosovo as a precedent for sending troops in. He has cited Kosovo and Serbia many times since the invasion.
WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN KOSOVO?
There are constant tensions between Kosovo’s government and ethnic Serb residents who keep close ties with Belgrade. Government attempts to impose more control in the Serb-dominated north are usually met with resistance.
Mitrovica, the main city in northern Kosovo, is effectively divided into an ethnic Albanian part and a Serb-held part, and the two sides rarely mix. There are also smaller Serb-populated enclaves in southern Kosovo. Tens of thousands of Kosovo Serbs live in central Serbia, where they fled together with the withdrawing Serb troops in 1999.
Kosovo is a poor country, with much of its prewar industry not running. Crime and corruption are rampant in both the ethnic Albanian and Serb-controlled areas. Serb’s made up 10% of the population before the war, but now it’s lower.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE?
There have been constant international efforts to find common ground between the two former war foes, but no comprehensive agreement has emerged so far. European Union officials have mediated negotiations designed to normalize relations between Serbia and Kosovo since 2012.
The negotiations have led to results in some areas, such as freedom of movement without checkpoints and establishing multi-ethnic police forces in Kosovo. However, the latter broke down when Serbs pulled out of the force a few months ago to protest Pristina’s decision to ban Serbian-issued vehicle license plates and demand their replacement with Kosovo-issued ones.
After international pressure, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti suspended the decree but that did not bring Serbs back to the Kosovo institutions, including the government, hospitals in the north and the police.
WHO ARE THE MAIN PLAYERS?
Kosovo and Serbia both have nationalist leaders who were active during the era of the 1998-99 war. Kurti, Kosovo’s prime minister, is often accused by international mediators of making moves that trigger unnecessary tensions.
For example, he has rejected the idea of a territory swap between Serbia and Kosovo, an idea his political predecessors were willing to consider to reach a negotiated settlement with Serbia. Vucic, Serbia’s populist president, is a former ultra-nationalist who insists that any solution must involve a compromise if it is to last.
Vucic has acknowledged Serbia’s loss of control over Kosovo and said he has come to terms with that, but also says the country won’t settle unless it gains something.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
International officials still hope Kosovo and Serbia can reach a deal that would allow Kosovo to get a seat in the United Nations without Serbia having to explicitly recognize its statehood. Both nations must normalize ties if they want to advance toward EU membership.
No breakthrough in the EU-mediated negotiations would mean prolonged instability, economic decline and the constant potential for clashes. Any Serbian military intervention in Kosovo would mean a clash with NATO peacekeepers there, and Serbia is unlikely to move in.
But Belgrade controls Kosovo’s north, and Kosovo is unlikely to become a member of the U.N. and a functional state without resolving the dispute with Serbia. Kosovo has announced that it will soon apply to become a candidate for EU membership, something Serbia vehemently opposes. | 2022-12-12T17:23:33+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/world-news/ap-explainer-why-do-kosovo-serbia-tensions-persist/ |
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. — The superintendent of a Dearborn Heights district, who was a top candidate for the superintendent position for the Kalamazoo Public Schools, has been placed on administrative leave.
On Wednesday, Dr. Ty Weeks was placed on paid administrative leave by the board of education in Dearborn Heights District #7, according to a report from Detroit's WXYZ.
The board said they made the decision based on three pending Title IX complaints and one civil rights complaint.
MORE: Dearborn Heights high school principal reinstated, superintendent put on leave
The decision comes less than ten days after Dr. Weeks interviewed with the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education a finalist for the district's top administrative position.
Dr. Ty Weeks was one of three finalists named by the KPS Board of Education, selected out of 37 applicants from across the country. He appeared before the board on May 8 and interviewed in-person.
The board ultimately picked Dr. Darrin Slade, who is the deputy superintendent of a Missouri district. The vote was unanimous.
READ: Kalamazoo Public Schools interviews three finalists for superintendent job | 2023-05-19T00:01:38+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/former-kalamazoo-superintendent-candidate-placed-on-administrative-leave |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man accused in last month's attack on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges of attempting to kidnap a federal official and assaulting a federal official's family member.
David DePape, appearing in orange clothes without handcuffs, was assigned a public defender who entered the plea on his behalf during a brief court appearance.
DePape, 42, of Richmond, a San Francisco suburb, was indicted last week on the federal charges arising from an Oct. 28 break-in at the Pelosis’ San Francisco home days before the midterm elections. The attack on Paul Pelosi happened as threats against lawmakers and election officials have been at all-time highs and authorities have issued warnings about rising extremism in the U.S.
DePape, who was drawn to conspiracy theories, also has separately pleaded not guilty to state charges of attempted murder, burglary and elder abuse.
The federal charges include assault upon an immediate family member of a U.S. official with the intent to retaliate against the official on account of the performance of official duties. That carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison.
A second charge alleges DePape attempted to kidnap a U.S. official on account of the performance of official duties. That could bring a maximum 20 years in prison. The indictment alleges DePape intended to kidnap Nancy Pelosi.
Officers responding to Paul Pelosi’s 911 call found Paul Pelosi and DePape fighting over a hammer, the indictment alleges. An officer ordered DePape to drop the hammer but he responded, “ummm nope,” before forcefully swinging it at Paul Pelosi, it says.
The sequence lasted about 15 seconds, it says, but left Pelosi and DePape lying on the floor with blood swelling around Paul Pelosi’s head. He was treated at a hospital for a fractured skull.
Paul Pelosi told a 911 dispatcher that he was sleeping when a man he had never seen before entered his bedroom looking for Nancy Pelosi, who was in Washington, D.C. Officers later found a broken glass door to the back porch. They recovered zip ties, a roll of tape, white rope, a second hammer, and a pair of rubber and cloth gloves.
Christine Pelosi, one of the Pelosis’ children, sat in the courtroom during DePape’s appearance.
DePape is being held without bail in state custody. | 2022-11-16T04:54:55+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/california-news/pelosi-attack-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-charges |
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels phenom Shohei Ohtani took a no-hitter into the eighth inning Thursday night against the Oakland Athletics before Conner Capel singled with two outs to break it up.
Capel hit a sharp grounder that deflected off sliding shortstop Livan Soto’s glove and into left-center field. Even if Soto had been able to field it, he would have had trouble throwing out Capel.
Dermis Garcia followed with a clean single to left before Ohtani retired Shea Langeliers on a grounder to third to end the inning. The Angels lead 4-0.
The two-way superstar from Japan also extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single in the first. It is the longest current streak in the majors.
The right-hander issued a leadoff walk to Tony Kemp before retiring the next 22 batters in order. After walking Kemp, Ohtani struck out Vimael Machín and got Sean Murphy to ground into a double play.
Ohtani allowed two hits with 10 strikeouts through eight scoreless innings. He also went eight innings in a no-decision against Houston on Sept. 3.
After winning the AL MVP award last season, Ohtani is a leading contender again this year — probably the top challenger to New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who hit his 61st home run Wednesday night to match the American League record set by Roger Maris in 1961.
Ohtani had a perfect game through 5 1/3 innings at Houston on April 20 before Jason Castro lined a single to left field in the sixth. It was Houston’s only hit in the game.
Ohtani was trying for the Angels’ second no-hitter of the season. Los Angeles rookie Reid Detmers did it against Tampa Bay on May 10.
There have been two other no-hitters this season, with five New York Mets pitchers combining against Philadelphia on April 29, and three Houston Astros hurlers against the New York Yankees on June 25.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-09-30T10:34:54+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/mlb/ap-angels-ohtani-has-no-hitter-through-6-innings-vs-athletics/ |
HONG KONG, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 27th Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) was unveiled on March 13. Tencent Video participated in the exhibition with excellent film and television programs. By holding a content promotion workshop and setting up exclusive exhibition areas, Tencent Video exhibited the rich high-quality content on the platform, attracting the attention of producers, distributors, investors and industry representatives from all over the world. On March 14 afternoon, Tencent Video held a special event to promote its content.
During the event, Tencent Video introduced the platform's diversified content strategy in TV series. In particular, "Three-Body" was adapted from the novel of the same name which won the Hugo Award, the highest award in the science fiction industry. As soon as it was aired, the drama has been highly received by global audiences as "the new peak of Chinese science fiction drama", becoming a new benchmark for Chinese science fiction dramas to go overseas. The TV series also included "Where Dreams Begin", "Hao Shi Cheng Shuang", "Trio In Chengdu", "Sword and Fairy 6", as well as "Out of the Yu Men", "The Longest Promise" and "Amidst a Snowstorm of Love" adapted from popular novels.
Meanwhile, Tencent Video also showed premium content in various genres, including animation, variety show, documentary, children's programs, etc. As the top domestic animation platform, Tencent Video platform fully meets the needs of different users through a wide range of programs such as "Soul Land", "The King's Avatar", "Blades of the Guardians", "Swallowed Star", "Ling Long", and "Left-Hand Layup!", as well as "Shrouding the Heavens", China's first animation completely produced in Unreal Engine 5, and "Honor of Kings", the game's first official animation drama. In addition, high-quality content of Tencent Video's variety show, documentary and child channels were also demonstrated and attracted wide attention, including "Fifty Kilometers of Taohuawu", "Rock & Roast 5", "the Potala Palace", "Once Upon a Bite 5", "Monsters in the Forbidden City" and "Comic Wonder".
In recent years, Tencent Video has been committed to exploring the overseas market while consistently expanding the domestic market, which became a part of its strategic deployment. From 2017 to 2023, Tencent Video continues to export hundreds of films, TV dramas, variety shows, documentaries and cartoons to TV stations and streaming media platforms worldwide, covering more than 200 countries and regions overseas. For example, the TV drama "Three-Body" has been successfully distributed to Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Russia, America, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania, India and other regions. On YouTube, over 7 million viewers watched the TV Drama "Three-Body". On WeTV, the average daily view number ranked top 1 in North America. On IMDb, the highest score of a single episode reached 9.9.
As a leading online video platform in China, Tencent Video always has firm confidence and maintains its investment in high quality and high value content. Adhering to the content values of "high quality, positive energy, innovation and youth", its diversified high-quality content actively responds to the constantly upgrading user needs. With the mission of delivering Chinese culture to the world, Tencent Video proactively uses its own platform to go overseas and promote diverse international cooperation, telling China stories and spreading China's voice. As a result, it has become a force to be reckoned with in promoting Chinese culture in the international arena.
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(The Hill) — More than one-quarter of young adults are estranged from one or both parents, or have been, a finding that suggests a societal shift away from the traditional bonds of family.
Several recent studies, articles and hot-selling books have hinted that young America is rejecting the biblical adage, “Honor thy father and mother,” along with the attendant concept of compulsory kinship. Instead, young adults are picking who will populate their families.
One recent study, drawing on thousands of interviews with adult children, found that 26 percent reported estrangement from fathers. A much smaller share, 6 percent, had cut ties with mothers. The findings appeared in the April issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family.
“I think it relates to this new desire to have healthy relationships,” said Rin Reczek, a sociology professor at the Ohio State University and lead author of the study. “There might be some cultural shifts around people being allowed to choose who is in your family. And that can include not choosing to have the person who raised you be in your family.”
Popular culture has brimmed of late with narratives of Gen Z adults cutting off helicopter parents. Books with such titles as “Rules of Estrangement” and “Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them” have flown off the shelves.
Several surveys and studies have found pockets of young Americans who sever contact with parents. Perhaps 1 adult child in 10 is incommunicado with Mom or Dad at any given moment. Over the course of young adulthood, Reczek found, at least 1 in 4 Americans will break things off with a parent. Many rifts ultimately heal.
In the pre-Internet era, cutting off a parent might have meant changing a telephone number and tearing up the occasional letter. It’s harder now, with Instagram and Twitter and text messaging. But estranged 20-somethings find a way.
“They block or refuse any email messages. They refuse to engage in any social media. If gifts are offered, they are returned unopened,” said Karl Pillemer, a Cornell University sociologist and author of “Fault Lines.”
Is parental estrangement on the rise? Probably. No one really knows.
“There are no longitudinal studies,” Pillemer said. “One of the biggest problems in this area is how little research has been done, even though it’s a problem that affects millions of people and causes a lot of psychological stress.”
Estranged parents can still peer through a social media window to observe an adult child’s life from a distance — a scenario that, however reassuring, can make the separation feel “a little bit more painful,” Pillemer said.
Joshua Coleman, author of “Rules of Estrangement,” theorizes that social media has fed the estrangement trend, chipping away at ancient societal norms about the primacy of family.
Instagram influencers, joined by an army of therapists, have encouraged young adults toward the view that “you don’t owe your parents anything,” and that “your first obligation is to you, and your happiness,” Coleman said.
Guided by those voices, young adults increasingly view parents as a source of trauma, and estrangement as a path to healing.
“And for a therapist, it’s a very rich narrative: ‘The reason I have these issues is because of failures in my parenting. And if I only had different parenting, I’d be this ideal person that I think I should be,’” Coleman said.
From the adult child’s perspective, an aging parent may not be “on the same page about what a healthy relationship looks like in adulthood,” Reczek said. The parent-child relationship may fall well short “of the quality that the adult child really needs or wants.”
In an odd role reversal, the adult child might ask an estranged parent to enter therapy.
Fathers are far more frequent targets of estrangement than mothers, Reczek found. That statistic is partly about divorce, a split that generally leaves children in the care of their mothers. And it’s partly about the emotional chasm that often separates father and child.
“A lot of the adult children I talk to, they don’t really know their fathers,” Reczek said. “They don’t have a really close relationship with them. And that leads to estrangement.”
Estrangement touches mothers, too. One 2015 study found 11 percent of mothers estranged from their adult children. Mother and child often fell out after long-simmering feuds over values: conflicting religious beliefs, or questionable life choices.
“It’s not usually one big, explosive episode,” said Megan Gilligan, an associate professor at Iowa State University and lead author of the 2015 paper. “There’s this tension, there’s these uneasy feelings that just accumulate to the point that one person just starts pulling away from the other.”
Children are more likely than parents to sever family ties. Estrangement often leaves parents reeling. They may feel the adult child is rewriting family history, spinning mundane squabbles into episodes of emotional abuse, recasting timeouts as trauma.
“What I hear from boomer and Gen X parents all the time is, ‘I would never have cut off my parents, and my parents were abusive,’” Coleman said. “‘And now we’re being cut off for things that are hard even to fathom.'”
Coleman wrote “Rules of Estrangement” after enduring years of estrangement from his own daughter. They have reconciled.
If parent-child estrangement is on the rise, as many scholars believe, the growing disconnect may symptomize a broader unraveling of the American family.
A record number of Americans are living alone. Adults are waiting longer to marry, if they marry at all. Birth rates are down.
Long-held societal stigmas are falling away, liberating Americans to remain single and childless, to place aging parents in retirement homes and to forge a life apart from a dysfunctional family.
“A couple of generations ago, you sucked it up and you went to your grandma’s for Christmas, whether you wanted to or not. It was part of filial responsibility,” said Laurence Steinberg, a psychology professor at Temple University and author of the book “You and Your Adult Child.”
Members of Generation Z might be more apt to unfriend Grandma on Facebook.
Researchers believe some young adults cut off parents with too little pretext. Parents may be partly to blame.
Coleman believes today’s young adults grew up in an era of obsessive parenting. Parents “have become much more intensive, much more anxious, much more preoccupied,” he said. “In some ways, it’s given children too much focus on themselves. They’ve had so much attention to all of their feelings,” leaving them convinced “that all of those feelings are important. Some of those feelings are just noise.”
When those children cut off their parents, “I believe it’s in part because they’re desperate for some kind of boundary,” Coleman said. “I heard one adult daughter say, ‘I just need to get my mother’s voice out of my head.’”
Estrangement may purge meddlesome parental voices. It also exacts an emotional cost, scholars say, because the parent-child relationship has real value.
Parent and child “grow up with a biologically based attachment,” Pillemer said. When either party breaks the bond, “it wears on people’s minds.”
Pillemer studied parents and children who had reconnected after a period of estrangement and found that almost none regretted the rapprochement.
“Even after 10 or 20 years, virtually everyone who reconciled after a long estrangement was very glad they did, and almost all of them found it was a very powerful engine for growth,” he said.
“Even if the resulting relationship wasn’t perfect, they were still glad they’d done it.” | 2023-07-19T13:38:09+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/one-quarter-of-adult-children-estranged-from-a-parent/ |
NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruder Finn's Senior Managing Director, James Lawler, has been named as an honoree on PRWeek's 40 Under 40. The 40 Under 40 list recognizes individuals who are redefining the role of communications, PR and marketing.
As Founder and CEO of Osmosis Films, Ruder Finn's creative studio and production company, James Lawler provides striking visual and storytelling content that distills complexity through an empathetic and creative lens.
Today, the team at Osmosis makes creative work that spans a stunningly wide array of subjects, industries, and formats, for hundreds of clients including Climate Now, the multimedia platform fighting climate change founded by Lawler. Much of Osmosis' work involves taking the complicated science behind breakthrough medical treatments, lifesaving innovations, and energy science, and making it easily digestible for the public through films, animation, websites, and interactive design. Osmosis team members work in an integrated way with account teams at Ruder Finn to develop and execute creatively ambitious work on behalf of clients, contributing valuable content as a part of holistic campaigns and helping clients meet business goals. Lawler founded Osmosis in 2011, which was then purchased by Ruder Finn in 2020.
"And the vanguard of this brave new world is wonderfully represented each year by the diverse and energetic group of individuals who fight off fierce competition and are named to PRWeek's annual 40 Under 40 list," said Steve Barrett, VP, editorial director, of PRWeek. "They are focused on doing excellent work for their employers while also making the world a better place. And that has never been more important than in these febrile and tumultuous times."
The award will be presented at an in-person ceremony on October 27th at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A tumultuous election season that tugged again at America’s searing political divides and raised questions about its commitment to a democratic future comes to a close on Tuesday as voters cast ballots in the first national election of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Democrats braced for disappointing results, anxious that their grip on the U.S. House may be slipping and that their hold on the U.S. Senate — once seen as more secure — has loosened. The party’s incumbent governors in places like Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada are also staring down serious Republican challengers.
Returning to the White House on Monday night after his final campaign event, Biden said he thought Democrats would keep the Senate but acknowledged “the House is tougher.”
The GOP was optimistic about its prospects, betting that messaging focused on the economy, gas prices and crime will resonate with voters at a time of soaring inflation and rising violence. Ultimately, they’re confident that outrage stemming from the Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion has faded and that the midterms have become a more traditional assessment of the president’s performance.
“It will be a referendum on the incompetence of this administration,” Minnesota Republican Rep. Tom Emmer, who’s running the GOP effort to retake the House, said of the election.
With polls open across most of the country, no major early voting problems were reported, though there were hiccups typical of most Election Days. Tabulators were not working in a New Jersey county — potentially requiring hand-counting instead — and some polling places in Pennsylvania were delayed in opening because workers showed up late.
In Philadelphia, where Democrats are counting on strong turnout in key races, people complained about being turned away as they showed up in person to try and fix problems with their previously cast mail-in ballots. But officials said there was still time Tuesday to reconcile those issues.
Some Arizona voters grew angry and suspicious in the Phoenix suburb of Anthem when they were told that one of the two tabulators at a polling site wasn’t working and they’d have to wait up to 30 minutes if they wanted to cast their ballots directly into the one functioning machine.
The election’s results could have a profound impact on the final two years of Biden’s presidency. Republican control of even one chamber of Congress would leave Biden vulnerable to a slew of investigations into his family and administration while defending his policy accomplishments, including a sweeping infrastructure measure along with a major health care and social spending package. An emboldened GOP could also make it harder to raise the debt ceiling and add restrictions to additional support for Ukraine in the war with Russia.
If Republicans have an especially strong election, winning Democratic congressional seats in places like New Hampshire or Washington state, pressure could build for Biden to opt against reelection in 2024. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, may try to capitalize on GOP gains by formally launching another bid for the White House during a “very big announcement” in Florida next week.
The midterms arrive at a volatile moment for the U.S., which emerged this year from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic only to confront sharp economic challenges. The Supreme Court stripped away the constitutional right to an abortion, eliminating protections that had been in place for five decades.
And in the first national election since the Jan. 6 insurrection, the nation’s democratic future is in question. Some who participated in or were in the vicinity of the deadly attack are poised to win elected office on Tuesday, including House seats. A number of GOP candidates for secretary of state, including those running in Arizona, Nevada and Michigan, have refused to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election. If they win on Tuesday, they would manage future elections in states that are often pivotal in presidential contests.
Democrats acknowledge the headwinds. With only rare exceptions, the president’s party loses seats in his first midterm. And Biden’s lagging approval left many Democrats in competitive races reluctant to appear with him.
Only 43% of U.S. adults said they approved of how Biden is handling his job as president, according to an October poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In the same poll, just 25% said the country is headed in the right direction.
Still, Biden’s allies have expressed hope that voters will reject Republicans who have contributed to an extreme political environment.
“I think what we’re seeing now is one party has a moral compass,” said Cedric Richmond, who was a senior adviser to Biden in the White House and now works at the Democratic National Committee. “And one party wants a power grab.”
That’s a message that appeals to Kevin Tolbert, a 49-year-old who works in labor law and lives in Southfield, Michigan. He plans to support Democratic candidates amid worries about the future of democracy.
“It is something that has to be protected and we protect that by voting and being out and supporting our country,” Tolbert said. “It’s a fragile space that we’re in. I think it’s really important that we protect it, because we could end up like some of the things we saw in the past — dictators and such. We don’t need that.”
But in Maryland, where Democrats have one of their best chances to flip a Republican-held governor’s seat, Shawn Poulson said there were “too many questions, not enough investigations” into the results of the 2020 election.
“It shouldn’t be a negative thing or illegal in any way to talk about what you’re going to do to improve security,” said Poulson, a 45-year-old who chairs the Kent County Republican Central Committee.
Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the 2020 election was tainted. His allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed.
Thirty-four Senate seats are up for grabs with cliffhangers in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Arizona possibly deciding which party controls a chamber currently split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaking vote. Democrats are hoping for upsets in Ohio and North Carolina’s Senate contests, while the GOP believes it can oust a Democratic incumbent in Nevada and possibly in New Hampshire.
Thirty-six states are electing governors, with Democrats particularly focused on holding control of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. All three critical presidential battlegrounds have Republican-controlled legislatures and GOP gubernatorial candidates who have championed Trump’s 2020 election lies.
Republican wins in governor’s races could see states adopt tighter voting laws and ultimately refuse to block efforts to delegitimize the 2024 presidential election should Trump, or any other Republican candidate, lose it.
Amid predictions of a Republican surge, Democrats are hoping that abortion can energize their base while wooing independents and swing voters angered by the Roe v. Wade ruling’s reversal.
“People recognize that this fundamental freedom has been taken away,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which teamed up with other Democratic advocacy groups to spend $150 million to mobilize “infrequent” voters for the midterms.
“They see this is an economic issue, a health care issue, a freedom issue,” McGill Johnson added. “And they’re enraged.”
Still, Biden confronted the possibility of presiding over a divided Washington on Monday. As he returned from an event with Wes Moore, the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, Biden was asked what his new reality would be if Congress is controlled by Republicans.
His response: “More difficult.”
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Associated Press writers Corey Williams in Southfield, Michigan, Gary Fields in Chestertown, Maryland, Anita Snow in Phoenix and Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the 2022 midterm elections at https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections. And learn more about the issues and factors at play in the midterms at https://apnews.com/hub/explaining-the-elections.
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This story has been corrected to show part of the Kent County committee’s name is Republican, not Republicans, and the surname of the committee’s chair is Poulson, not Paulson. | 2022-11-08T21:32:24+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-election-2022-gop-predicting-wins-dems-brace-for-setbacks/ |
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Militia members in central Somalia have helped kill scores of al-Shabab militants in an ongoing operation against the Islamic extremist rebels that is receiving air support from the United States, Somali authorities said.
Suspected Al-Shabab fighters are being hunted in the Hiran region areas of Yasoman and Aborey, and more than 100 had died as of Sunday, the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism said in a statement issued Tuesday.
Ali Abdulle, a community leader in the town of Beledweyne, told The Associated Press by phone that al-Shabab had made life for residents so miserable they had to fight back.
“Al-Shabab has burned our villages, blown up our wells and boreholes, destroyed telecommunication towers, planted IEDs and murdered civilians indiscriminately,” he said. “So there is no option left except to face them.”
After taking office in May, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed an offensive against al-Shabab to dislodge the group from large parts of Somalia it has controlled for years. Mohamud then declared “total war” against the al-Qaida-linked rebels following a deadly attack on a hotel in Mogadishu last month.
Al-Shabab spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage acknowledged the government’s uncompromising stance in his comments during a ceremony to graduate militants that was filmed and released Saturday. But he insisted al-Shabab was undeterred.
“Stick to your oath and know that we will not back down. Stand by your words ,and we will stand by ours, and we shall see which one of us is left standing,” he said. “We ask Allah by his grace and mercy to grant us swift victory over the disbelievers and their allies.”
The government appears to be seeking, and receiving, help from one notable militia. The clan-based group known as Macawisley has for years clashed with al-Shabab. Its latest uprising was sparked by alleged al-Shabab brutality that includes the looting of livestock, said Samira Gaid, executive director of Hiraal Institute, a Mogadishu-based security think tank.
“It is always the people who bear the brunt of the excesses of rule under al-Shabab and they don’t enjoy popular support,” she said. “Some populations who aren’t as armed are not able sometimes to take up arms against the group. But others are better equipped and are stronger politically to stand up against (al-Shabab) rule.”
Gaid warned that for an uprising by locals to be effective, “government support logistically is critical.”
Omar Abdi Jimale, a Mogadishu-based political analyst, said the government supporting militias to fight al-Shabab could be decisive after the authorities’ previous reluctance.
“Clans were unable to carry on protracted fighting because of the absence of official government support. As a result, their uprisings ultimately were ending up in signing a peace deal with al-Shabab,” he said. “The previous administration had the chance of providing direct support to the revolting clan militias without directly equipping them, but by not doing so gave al-Shabab a chance to consolidate their control over revolting clans’ territories.”
Forced to retreat from Mogadishu in 2011, al-Shabab has slowly made a comeback from the rural areas to which it retreated, defying the presence of African Union peacekeepers as well as U.S. drone strikes targeting its fighters.
Al-Shabab, which opposes the federal government and the presence of peacekeepers and other foreigners on Somali territory, has seized more territory in recent years, taking advantage of rifts within the Somali security service and disagreements between federal authorities and regional leaders. | 2022-09-21T18:32:30+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/international/ap-with-support-from-allied-militia-somalia-hunts-al-shabab/ |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Miles Teller — fresh off hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the season premiere — had just hit Cabo San Lucas to vacation and celebrate his wife Keleigh’s 30th birthday.
Faster than Maverick could reach Mach 10, Teller had a change of plans: The Philadelphia Phillies — the team he grew up rooting for, including sitting with his dad near the left-field foul pole for Shane Victorino’s grand slam in the 2008 playoffs — had clinched an NL wild card.
Who needed Cabo when the promise of the South Philadelphia madhouse beckoned?
“We’re going to the NLCS. We’ll figure it out,” Teller told his wife. “Let’s go.”
So off the couple went, and the actor best known for playing Rooster in “Top Gun: Maverick” became a fixture at home playoff games and had a sweet seat for the Game 5 clincher that sent the Phillies to the World Series.
Yeah, the win took his breath away.
“I’ve been coming to every playoffs forever,” Teller said on the field, the celebration roaring around him. “Now the seats are a little better.”
Oh yeah, seats! Teller has them and you have to be a Philly A-lister like Jason Kelce or Jay Wright — or one of the lucky, lottery-winning few — to snag a pair of World Series tickets for Games 3 and 4 and potentially Game 5 next week against the Houston Astros at Citizens Bank Park.
Phillies fever has gripped the city at a time of the year usually reserved for Eagles talk radio chatter.
Philly fans have proven they are willing to fork over big bucks for the chance to watch Bryce Harper stake Citizens Bank Park as his house and Kyle Schwarber launch Schwarbombs. More than 1 million fans entered a ticket lottery on the team website for the opportunity to purchase tickets. Only approximately 20,000 tickets were available to the public — total! — over the three games.
Much like a Rhys Hoskins’ at-bat worthy of a bat spike, the tickets were going, going, gone in record time.
“If we didn’t have our fans the last couple days or the last three weeks, we wouldn’t be where we are right now because home-field advantage is real in Philadelphia,” Harper said.
The Phillies are leading the charge of what — in Philly’s relatively dry sports championship history — are heady times to be a sports fan. The 6-0 Eagles are the last undefeated team in the NFL. The Philadelphia Union of the MLS host the Eastern Conference final on Sunday. Even the Flyers, picked to be among the NHL’s worst teams, have a winning record. And, hey, Joel Embiid and the 76ers play here, too!
Flyers coach John Tortorella had just parked his car at the Wells Fargo Center ahead of last Friday night’s game right about the time the Phillies scored some runs in Game 3.
“It was shaking over where I was. That was pretty cool,” Tortorella said. “That’s what I love about being here.”
When the no-nonsense coach was asked hockey questions, he laughed and said, “We’re talking baseball! I want to talk about the World Series.”
The Eagles have noticed the packed houses and pure joy at each Phillies home game. Coach Nick Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman have attended playoff games. Kelce, the heart of the Eagles, danced with the Phillie Phanatic during Game 3 of the NLCS, and the burly center then sent the crowd into a frenzy when he slammed a beer right there on the field.
“It’s a great time to be in the city of Philadelphia,” Kelce said Thursday. “I don’t know if that made it, I feel like the Phanatic moment was enough, but the beer was the icing on the cake.”
There’s plenty of cake, mostly the kind baked in the shape of the Phanatic’s head. So much cheap beer and other assorted booze has spilled inside the Phillies’ clubhouse, it could about rival the Schuylkill River. McGillin’s Olde Ale House, Philadelphia’s oldest bar, is pouring red beer in honor of the Phillies for the first time in its history.
With all that alcohol, it’s no wonder Philly police officers slather light poles with grease in an — often futile — attempt at slowing down drunken revelers from climbing after each big win.
If the usual slippery stuff doesn’t work, one adult entertainment company said it sent 10 drums of lube to help with the cause.
About the only thing more obscene are the World Series ticket prices on the secondary market. Standing-room only tickets for Game 3 started at $886 on Thursday, though, of course, the actual sale price could vary greatly. The cash flow continues for concessions: Aramark said Thursday the Phillies sold an average of 2,000 cheesesteaks, 2,531 souvenir sodas and 6,951 hot dogs per game this season.
Throw in the $16 it costs for October specials such as Red October Punch, and it’s no wonder spirits are high.
The good news, the Phillies have kept the bold type in the box scores and out of the police blotter.
“I really want to thank the residents and the fans in the city for their behavior last night,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Monday. “It was joyous. It was fun. City Hall was hopping. Frankford and Cottman was hopping. We had no problems, no issues, no arrests, maybe two arrests.”
When they’re not at the ballpark, fans are painting town the red — and green, and assorted colors needed to layer city walls with at least two Harper murals. And if a portrait of Harper with “MVP” painted above his head doesn’t seem larger than life, perhaps meeting the real deal does. Lucky Phillies fans were shocked when they spotted Harper this week shopping at a New Jersey location of Trader Joe’s.
It seems like a different universe, a different time from Philadelphia’s last world championship in 2008. Back then, fans waited impatiently for Victorino to occasionally update his blog for his inside look at the team. Harper, Hoskins, players’ wives and girlfriends now shoot real-time video for Instagram and other social media outlets that only tighten the bond between the team and their fans.
Make ’em feel like they are part of the team.
Even Teller does after the Phillies reeled off five straight postseason wins at home.
“Now, I’m a good luck charm,” he said.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-10-27T22:00:52+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/sports/ap-phillies-world-series-run-leads-wild-run-of-philly-success/ |
Swedish maritime authorities said Thursday they have rescued a child who fell overboard from a passenger ferry in the Baltic Sea as well the child’s mother who jumped into the water in a desperate attempt to save the 7-year-old.
Mother and child were separately transported by helicopter to a hospital in Karlskrona in southern Sweden, Swedish Maritime Adminstration spokesman Jonas Franzen said. Their condition were not immediately clear.
The incident occurred on a passenger ferry heading from a port in northern Poland to Karlskrona.
“A child fell into the water and the mother decided to jump in after,” Swedish Maritime Adminstration spokesman Jonas Franzen told the Associated Press. He said the child fell from a height of about 20 meters (65 feet).
Ships and helicopters from Sweden and from NATO units that were in the area assisted in the rescue operation.
Swedish news agency TT reported the child was 7-years-old. Polish TV station TVN reported both were Polish citizens. | 2023-06-30T18:16:12+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/strange-news/ap-strange-news/ap-sweden-rescues-child-who-fell-overboard-from-baltic-sea-ferry-and-mother-who-jumped-in-the-water/ |
MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Monday, July 17
The MLB slate today is not one to miss. The outings include the Tampa Bay Rays taking on the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field.
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The Baltimore Orioles (57-35) face the Los Angeles Dodgers (53-39)
The Dodgers will look to pick up a road win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the Orioles on Monday at 7:05 PM ET.
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- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- BAL Key Player: Adley Rutschman (.275 AVG, 12 HR, 40 RBI)
- LAD Key Player: Mookie Betts (.286 AVG, 27 HR, 65 RBI)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates (41-52) play host to the Cleveland Guardians (45-48)
The Guardians will look to pick up a road win at PNC Park against the Pirates on Monday at 7:05 PM ET.
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- TV Channel: SportsNet PT
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- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.264 AVG, 9 HR, 43 RBI)
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.281 AVG, 14 HR, 53 RBI)
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The Cincinnati Reds (50-44) play the San Francisco Giants (52-41)
The Giants will hit the field at Great American Ball Park versus the Reds on Monday at 7:10 PM ET.
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- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- CIN Key Player: Spencer Steer (.272 AVG, 14 HR, 51 RBI)
- SF Key Player: LaMonte Wade Jr (.279 AVG, 9 HR, 29 RBI)
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The St. Louis Cardinals (40-53) play the Miami Marlins (53-42)
The Marlins will take to the field at Busch Stadium against the Cardinals on Monday at 7:45 PM ET.
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- STL Key Player: Nolan Arenado (.280 AVG, 20 HR, 64 RBI)
- MIA Key Player: Luis Arraez (.380 AVG, 3 HR, 43 RBI)
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The Texas Rangers (55-39) face the Tampa Bay Rays (60-36)
The Rays hope to get a road victory at Globe Life Field versus the Rangers on Monday at 8:05 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.272 AVG, 12 HR, 58 RBI)
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.278 AVG, 11 HR, 45 RBI)
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The Chicago Cubs (43-49) take on the Washington Nationals (37-56)
The Nationals will hit the field at Wrigley Field versus the Cubs on Monday at 8:05 PM ET.
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- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.273 AVG, 5 HR, 48 RBI)
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.299 AVG, 14 HR, 50 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (27-67) take on the Detroit Tigers (41-51)
The Tigers will look to pick up a road win at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals on Monday at 8:10 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Bobby Witt Jr. (.259 AVG, 16 HR, 51 RBI)
- DET Key Player: Spencer Torkelson (.229 AVG, 12 HR, 46 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Angels (46-48) face the New York Yankees (50-44)
The Yankees will hit the field at Angel Stadium of Anaheim against the Angels on Monday at 9:38 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.301 AVG, 34 HR, 73 RBI)
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.261 AVG, 13 HR, 37 RBI)
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The Seattle Mariners (46-46) play the Minnesota Twins (48-46)
The Twins will look to pick up a road win at T-Mobile Park against the Mariners on Monday at 9:40 PM ET.
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- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
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- Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- SEA Key Player: Julio Rodríguez (.250 AVG, 13 HR, 49 RBI)
- MIN Key Player: Carlos Correa (.232 AVG, 11 HR, 40 RBI)
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The Oakland Athletics (25-70) take on the Boston Red Sox (50-44)
The Red Sox hope to get a road victory at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum versus the Athletics on Monday at 9:40 PM ET.
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- OAK Key Player: Brent Rooker (.244 AVG, 16 HR, 44 RBI)
- BOS Key Player: Rafael Devers (.259 AVG, 23 HR, 73 RBI)
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NEW YORK — (AP) — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live.
The app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Despite some early glitches, 30 million people had signed up before noon on Thursday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Threads.
New arrivals to the platform include celebrities like Oprah, pop star Shakira and chef Gordon Ramsay — as well as corporate accounts from Taco Bell, Netflix, Spotify, the Washington Post and other media outlets.
Threads, which Meta says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations," arrives at a time when many are looking for Twitter alternatives to escape Elon Musk's raucous oversight of the platform since acquiring it last year for $44 billion. But Meta's new app has also raised data privacy concerns, and is notably unavailable in the European Union.
Here's what you need to know about Threads.
Threads is now available for download in Apple and Google Android app stores for people in more than 100 countries.
Threads was built by the Instagram team, so Instagram users can log into Threads through their Instagram account. Your username and verification status will carry over, according to the platform, but you will also have options to customize other areas of your profile — including whether or not you want to follow the same people that you do on Instagram.
Because Threads and Instagram are so closely linked, it's also important to be cautious of account deletion. According to Threads’ supplemental privacy policy, you can deactivate your profile at any time, “but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.”
For now, only Instagram users can create Threads accounts. If you want to access Threads, you will have to sign up for Instagram first.
While this may receive some pushback, VP and research director at Forrester Mike Proulx said making Threads an extension of Instagram was a smart move on Meta's part.
“It’s peaking (user) curiosity,” Proulx said, noting that Instagram users are getting alerts about their followers joining Threads — causing more and more people to sign up. “That’s one of the reasons why Threads got over 10 million people to sign up in just a seven hour period" after launching.
Still, Proulx added, maintaining momentum and continuing to capture user attention past the initial curiosity bump will be crucial down the line — noting “the long term nature of threads is what’s going to ultimately predict its success or failure.”
Threads' microblogging experience is very similar to Twitter. Users can repost, reply to or quote a thread, for example, and can see the number of likes and replies that a post has received. “Threads” can run up to 500 characters — compared with Twitter’s 280-character threshold — and can include links, photos and videos up to five minutes long.
In early replies on Threads, Zuckerberg said making the app “a friendly place" will be a key to success — adding that that was “one reason why Twitter never succeeded as much as I think it should have, and we want to do it differently.”
Musk has replied to several snarky takes on the Threads launch. He responded to one tweet suggesting that Meta's app was built largely through the use of the copy and paste function, with a laughing emoji.
The similarities of Meta's new text-based app suggests that the company is working to directly challenge Twitter. The tumultuous ownership has resulted in a series of unpopular changes that have turned off users and advertisers, some of whom are searching for Twitter alternatives.
Threads is the latest Twitter rival to emerge in this landscape following Bluesky, Mastodon and Spill.
According to Meta, Threads will use the same safety measures deployed on Instagram — which includes enforcing Instagram’s community guidelines and providing tools to control who can mention or reply to users.
Content warnings — on search queries ranging from conspiracy theory groups to misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations — also appear to be similar to Instagram.
Threads could collect a wide range of personal information — including health, financial, contacts, browsing and search history, location data, purchases and “sensitive info,” according to its data privacy disclosure on the App Store.
Threads also isn't available in the European Union right now, which has strict data privacy rules.
Meta informed Ireland’s Data Privacy Commission, Meta’s main privacy regulator for the EU, that it has no plans yet to launch Threads in the 27-nation bloc, commission spokesman Graham Doyle said. The company said it is working on rolling the app out to more countries — but pointed to regulatory uncertainty for its decision to hold off on a European launch.
Success for Threads is far from guaranteed. Industry watchers point to Meta’s track record of starting standalone apps that were later shut down — including an Instagram messaging app also called “Threads” that shut down two years after its 2019 launch, Proulx notes.
Still, Proulx and others say the new app could be a significant headache for Musk and Twitter.
“The euphoria around a new service and this initial explosion will probably settle down. But it is apparent that this alternative is here to stay and will prove to be a worthy rival given all of Twitter’s woes," technology analyst Paolo Pescatore of PP Foresight said, noting that combining Twitter-style features with Instagram’s look and feel could drive user engagement.
Threads is in its early days, however, and much depends on user feedback. Pescatore believes the close tie between Instagram and Threads might not resonate with everyone. The rollout of new features will also be key.
“The real test is not if we can build up a lot of hype, but if you all find enough value in the app to keep using it over time,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote Thursday in a Threads post. He also acknowledged, as many users have already done, that there are “tons of basics” missing, including hashtags and direct messaging between users. “Full disclosure, it’ll take time.”
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AP Technology Writer Kelvin Chan contributed to this report from London.
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HERZLIYA, Israel, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bingo Blitz® – the Playtika® studio behind the world's #1 free-to-play social Bingo game[1] – has today announced a partnership with Meals on Wheels America, the leading charity dedicated to fighting senior hunger and isolation. The partnership will be focused specifically on the issue of loneliness as a critical health and social issue in elderly populations, a cause chosen directly by Bingo Blitz players.
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Bingo Blitz will dedicate a total of $300,000 to the partnership with Meals on Wheels throughout 2022. A financial contribution of $200,000 will be donated directly to Meals on Wheels, and another $100,000 will be dedicated to promoting the partnership through local activations. As part of these local activations, some Bingo Blitz players will get the chance to join the game's employees in cooking and delivering meals to Meals on Wheels clients. The global community of players will also have the opportunity to write letters and to choose gifts for seniors living in isolation.
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The story of Ollie, 83, is illustrative. Prior to the pandemic, she relied on her local church to provide her with community and social activities. Once the pandemic began, she began to feel isolated and alone – a feeling which only grew worse as friends and family were no longer able to safely bring groceries or to drive her to appointments. Regular check-ins from Meals on Wheels volunteers have proven to be crucial in supporting her mental and physical well-being. Ollie, who worked as a cook for three decades, said that: "These folks are just so friendly, and the food is good too!" She continued, "I've lived through an awful lot in my life, but I don't think I've ever experienced something that has hurt so many people all over the world."
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Meals on Wheels America is the leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior isolation and hunger. This network serves virtually every community in America and, along with an estimated two million staff and volunteers, delivers the nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety checks that enable America's seniors to live nourished lives with independence and dignity. By providing funding, leadership, education, research and advocacy support, Meals on Wheels America empowers its local member programs to strengthen their communities, one senior at a time.
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City of Wichita settles fatal SWAT shooting for $5 million
By MARGARET STAFFORD
Associated Press
The city of Wichita has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer when he opened the door of his house during a hoax “swatting” call. The city council approved the settlement Tuesday in a lawsuit filed against police officer Justin Rapp, who killed 28-year-old Andrew Finch in 2017. Police had surrounded Finch’s house after receiving a call about a potential murder-hostage situation. Investigators later learned the call was the result of a feud between two online gamers. Finch was shot as he stepped outside to see why police were there. Rapp was not disciplined and was later promoted to detective. | 2023-03-14T21:41:23+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/03/14/city-of-wichita-settles-fatal-swat-shooting-for-5-million/ |
Last year's state finalists in volleyball, Century and Bismarck High, each graduated more than half a dozen seniors off their squads.
That yawning gap in departing talent leaves the 2022 volleyball season, particularly in the West Region, up for grabs.
"It's going to be a tough conference," Century head coach Jamie Zastoupil said. "A lot of good players graduated around the West Region. Legacy has a big senior class this year, so they'll be tough. Jamestown will be good, they always do a good job with their program.
"Then you have teams like Minot and Mandan who have new coaches, and that might have them showing us something different than what we've seen in years past."
The loss of talent from the Demons and Patriots isn't limiting the outside view of both teams.
Century was named the top pick in the WDA preseason volleyball poll, with Bismarck earning the only non-Century first-place vote and placing second in the poll.
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"Our expectations haven't changed, it's just a new group on the floor," Bismarck head coach Brianna Kline said. "It's nice to see most teams are starting on the same playing field, which gives the girls some confidence that we're not the only ones in this situation.
"It's good to know that other people see what we expect from our gym and that people saw the depth on our bench last year. Last year we weren't seen as a threat to start the year, and this year we are."
What Century and Bismarck lack in the size of their returning player lists, they more than make up for it in the talent of their returners.
Bismarck's powerhouses this year will be seniors Brooke Curtis and second-team All-State setter Payton Foster and junior hitter Tayla Andersen.
"It helps a lot to have them back," Kline said. "All three have been in the gym for us the last three or four years, so they know the level of play and work we expect in our gym. It's awesome to see their leadership come out.
"Those three experienced the state championship last year, and they have the drive to get back there and finish the next time around."
Curtis and Foster are the lone seniors on this year's Demons squad, but Andersen is one of nine juniors, giving the Demons a bright future over the next two seasons.
"Our junior class is very big both on varsity and JV," Kline said. "Being able to have them in the gym will be great for them next year so they know what the level of play is like at varsity."
Century has big names of their own, with seniors Claire Bauman, Logan Nissley, and Mylie Trahan leading a very young roster that has nearly as many underclassmen (eight) as upperclassmen (nine).
Where Century may struggle early on is in the health of their players.
"It's been a challenging summer for sure," Zastoupil said. "Logan (Nissley) is coming off surgery on both of her feet, Mylie Trahan tore her ACL during the track and field season while throwing a javelin, and Claire Bauman missed time over the summer.
"We're hoping to get Logan and Mylie back in October, but that will give our underclassmen a lot of time on the court."
That's not to say that Nissley and Trahan haven't found ways to stay involved with the team while they work their way back to full health.
"I'm pleased with Logan and Mylie, they've been good leaders for the rest of the team while on the sidelines," Zastoupil said. "They're taking on a different role while they work their way back to full health and we can't wait to get them back."
With two of their biggest outside hitters sidelined until further notice, the defending state champions will have to rely on other players to step up.
"(Junior outside hitter) Eden Fridley has had a lot of varsity experience in basketball and track, and you couldn't even tell she hasn't had much varsity volleyball experience," Zastoupil said. "(Junior middle hitter) Erika Lee is going to be a force to be reckoned with for us, she's got a nice block. (Sophomore outside hitter) Atrianna Backman will play a lot too, she's currently playing Logan's position for us."
All North Dakota Class A volleyball teams are in Bismarck this weekend to play in the Bismarck Public Schools Crossover tournament.
West Region teams will get seven three-set matches against their chosen opponents from the East Region, giving all attendees a good sense of where everyone is at before the regular season officially begins.
"It'll be interesting to see and fun to watch the girls come out and compete knowing we aren't starting out with a regular season game," Kline said. "We'll be dressing everybody from both JV and varsity so we can give players a break when they need it. The girls are excited to just play.
"We had the Jamestown scrimmages last weekend, and that was a lot of playing as well, so hopefully that has them ready for this weekend."
The schedule and game locations for the BPS Crossover can be found on D2. | 2022-08-26T06:04:50+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/sports/high-school/volleyball/large-graduating-classes-lead-to-uncertainty-at-top-of-west-region/article_36fffc94-23f8-11ed-ab5d-5b12367f8c7a.html |
URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - Now that school is out, kids have more time on their hands.
With help from the Champaign and Urbana Park District, parents should have no problem finding fun activities for the family!
“It’s great to get the community out, and when you can have an event in the park it’s a little extra incentive to go check out a different park.” said Champaign Park District Special Events Coordinator, William Schoell.
Champaign has events like Day in the Park, or C-U Days that can get people outside and enjoy the weather.
“It’s a big two-day Summer festival over at Douglass Park with music, food vendors, community vendors, inflatables for kids, the splash pad is usually on.” stated Schoell.
Or over at the Urbana Park District, boat rentals are back this year at unbeatable prices starting at just $8!
“We have paddleboats, kayaks, and canoes to rent. We have a concession stand with ice-cream treats and snacks and pop so it’sa great place to spend a day out in Crystal Lake Park.” said Urbana Park District Community Program Manager, Janet Soesbe.
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LONDON – Buckingham Palace has investigated how staff handled allegations of bullying made against Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex — but the findings will remain private.
Palace officials told reporters Wednesday that the details of the independent review were not being released to protect the confidentiality of those who took part. Current and former staff were invited to speak about their experiences of working for Meghan, after claims surfaced last year about her bullying several members of staff.
Following the review, officials said the palace's human resources policies have been updated — but the palace declined to say what the changes were.
Buckingham Palace launched the investigation in March 2021 after news reports alleged Meghan drove out two personal assistants and that staff were “humiliated” on several occasions during her time living at Kensington Palace with Prince Harry.
The couple, who got married at Windsor Castle in 2018, announced in early 2020 that they were quitting royal duties and moving to North America, citing what they said were the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media.
Meghan's lawyers denied the bullying allegations when they were made. At the time, her spokesperson said the claims were the “latest attack on her character."
In its Sovereign Grant report published Thursday, Buckingham Palace said the royal household's “Concern at Work” policy encourages individuals to raise any concerns they may have about the conduct of others and sets out how issues can be aired.
The financial document said “counselling and support are provided through the household’s long-established employee assistance programme” and that “managers are trained to support, mentor and coach their teams.”
Tensions between the royal family and Meghan and Prince Harry have been high since the couple left the U.K. and aired their unhappiness with the monarchy. In an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey last March, Meghan, who is biracial, alleged there were “concerns and conversations” within the royal family when she was pregnant about how dark her son Archie’s skin would be. | 2022-06-30T12:03:31+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/entertainment/2022/06/30/meghan-bullying-claims-review-findings-to-stay-private/ |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Abortion pills smuggled into the United States from Mexico inside teddy bears. A New York home used as a pill distribution hub. A small apartment just south of the U.S.-Mexico border converted into a safe place for women to end their pregnancies.
Networks of Mexican feminist collectives working with counterparts in the United States are ramping up their efforts to help women in the U.S. who are losing access to abortion services to end their pregnancies.
With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the landmark decision that gave women the right to access abortion last week, these networks of activists are preparing to be busier than ever. So far this year, according to the organizations, they have helped at least 1,700 women living the U.S. who have sought their help.
The number may seem anecdotal, but it’s exponentially higher than what they saw before. With a number of U.S. states already enacting abortion bans since the court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, the activists expect the pace to continue increasing.
“The demand is going to triple,” said Sandra Cardona of “I Need an Abortion,” a collective based in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey, 138 miles from Texas. “Before we accompanied about five women a month from the United States; now there are five to seven a week.”
These organizations’ strategy is clear: a self-managed abortion, that is to say, putting the abortion-inducing misoprostol and mifepristone in the hands of women who want to end their pregnancies and accompanying them, usually virtually, when they take the drugs.
The drugs are legal in the United States and more than half of the abortions performed there in 2020 used them, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights organization. But there they require a doctor’s prescription, some states require a doctor to be present and they are usually taken in women’s health clinics, many of which have been forced to close.
In addition to the 13 states that already have laws banning abortion, there are another half-dozen that have almost complete bans or that do not permit them after six weeks, when many women do not know they are pregnant.
So there’s no doubt that the alternative will be abortions at home. And that is something with which the Mexican activists have a lot of experience. Even though Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled last year that it was unconstitutional to consider abortion a crime and 10 states have made it legal, not all have abortion services and abortion, with some exceptions, remains a crime in 22 states of the strongly Catholic country.
“At the same time that we were taking it for granted in the United States, people in Mexico, advocates in Mexico, have been working and testing narratives and building, building power, convincing people that their message was the correct one,” said Texas state lawmaker Erin Zwiener during a visit to Mexico in May.
Mexican activists built networks, battled the stigma, pushed for legal changes and little by little made headway, Zwiener said.
Their strategy since January has been the same, but cross-border.
Collectives far from the U.S. border like Unasse in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula coordinate donations from abroad to buy the pills, explained Amelia Ojeda, one of its members. Others to the north, focus on getting the pills into the United States inside toys, jars of vitamins or sewn into the hems of clothing.
“Those who are detected at the border, it’s like you were crossing drugs,” said Marcela Castro of Green Tide Chihuahua, a state bordering Texas. There are also women who live between the two countries and carry them when they fly.
The pills are then stored at so-called “medicine banks,” that are really private homes in strategic cities in Texas or even in New York where abortion remains legal.
From there they are distributed by low-profile volunteers by any means available — hand-to-hand, through the mail, etc. — to women across the country who need them. Most are in states like Texas and Oklahoma that have imposed bans, but also states where abortion remains legal but women prefer to end their pregnancies in the privacy of their homes.
“The new modern menace is a chemical or medical abortion with pills ordered online and mailed directly to a woman’s home,” Randall O’Bannon, an anti-abortion activist, said at a national convention last week in Atlanta. “With Roe headed for the dustbin of history, and states gaining the power to limit abortions, this is where the battle is going to be played out over the next several years”.
“Medication abortion will be where access to abortion is decided,” said Mary Ziegler, a professor at Florida State University College of Law who specializes in reproductive rights, told the AP last month. “That’s going to be the battleground that decides how enforceable abortion bans are.”
Las Libres — The Free — one of the most experienced groups in Latin America has a strong network network of allies in Mexico. Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information and accompaniment.
Veronica Cruz, their director, said that has been possible because of the help of some 100 volunteers, mostly in New York and California. But facing growing demand, she said, they need “more medicine, more hands and more heads that want to collaborate.”
As battles play out in U.S. state courts, the fear among activists grows.
“In such a litigious country (like the United States), the risks are taken seriously,” said Castro of the Chihuahua group. “And they’re besieged on all sides,” she added, noting the financial penalties or even prison sentences that those who help could be subject to in some states.
I Need an Abortion receives women in its office in Monterrey. “The majority tell us they prefer talking and having first-hand information,” they take the pills and cross the border back to Texas, said director Sandra Cardona.
Others decide to have the abortion in the collective’s offices, which is Cardona’s house.
When they arrive, they stand with their mouth hanging open when they see what they call the “aborteria.”
“It’s really crazy,” Cardona explained. “They tell us, ‘but this isn’t a clinic! It isn’t a shady place! It’s not scary!’”
“Well, of course, it’s a home!” she said.
Cardona has opened their doors to women for five years. Since May, they have outfitted a small apartment on the second floor of her home with a desk and sofa bed where women have gone through the whole process in privacy or with accompaniment based on their preference.
At first, women don’t believe they give away the pills for free, because some have been scammed online, and they’re surprised to feel so psychologically protected.
One even told them “that if she didn’t have to pay we weren’t a serious organizations,” Cardona said laughing. They give them the option of making a donation. “Our Paypal link has never been used so much.”
After their abortion, most realize they could have done it in their own homes. And that, says the activist, is important because the message gets passed on.
So far, most of the women seeking assistance from the collectives in Monterrey and Chihuahua have been Latina and Black.
Cruz was surprised because most of those who contacted The Free spoke English, suggesting to her a big pending issue: undocumented migrants.
“The women who most need it, who don’t even have internet access, still haven’t made it to us,” she said. | 2022-06-29T12:42:58+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/mexican-networks-ramp-up-help-for-us-women-seeking-abortions/ |
‘Violence didn’t come from Joe’: Parents remember son killed in school fight
BELTON, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - A Texas mother continues to heal after losing her son in a deadly high school fight.
Amanda Rios told KWTX she had no idea her 18-year-old son Jose Luis “Joe” Ramirez Jr. agreed to fight another student in the wake of an incident at prom.
“We never even knew this was a problem. Nobody talked to us. My boys didn’t tell me anything about what happened at prom,” Ramirez Jr.’s father, Jose Luis Ramirez Sr., said.
The 18-year-old’s mother and father also said they never heard of their son’s alleged killer, Caysen Tyler Allison, until after the incident.
“The first thing I saw was his eyes. He has evil in him,” Ramirez Jr. said. “He was scared to fight my son. That’s why he pulled that knife out.”
The Belton Police Department reports Ramirez Jr. was fatally stabbed by Allison inside a restroom at Belton High School on May 3.
The family said they believe their son was ambushed and murdered over a lie.
“The world is just getting uglier. People don’t just solve things and move on; they go to this extent for just the stupidest reasons, over a girl,” Rios said.
The family also said they wanted to dispel rumors that Ramirez Jr. was in a gang and threatened Allison.
“Violence didn’t come from Joe. He’d fight you if you wanted to challenge him. He would man up, but he was never a bully,” Rios said.
The devastated mother said she was denied access to her son when she arrived at Belton High School the day of the fight and never got a chance to see him until he died at the hospital.
“That is eating me alive. I just wonder, did he long for me? Did I cross his mind?” she said.
Rios said mementos and photos keep her son’s memory alive but that she is no longer scared of death and looking forward to being reunited with her son.
“God is good, and my baby’s OK,” she said.
Funeral services for Ramirez Jr. are scheduled for Thursday at Crossroads Church. His body will be cremated after the service, according to the family.
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(Motor Authority) — Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot automated driver-assist feature has been approved for use in California, making it the first hands-off, eyes-off system available to the public in the state.
Drive Pilot was approved by Nevada at the start of the year, and more states are likely to approve the system in the months and years ahead. It was first launched in Mercedes’ home market of Germany in 2022.
Drive Pilot, which ranks at Level 3 on the SAE scale of self-driving capability, is designed to function in dense traffic on pre-mapped stretches of highway but only at speeds of up to 40 mph. Mercedes wants to increase the speed in which the system functions to 80 mph, eventually.
A Level 3 car allows for hands-off, eyes-off operation in certain situations, but is still far short of true autonomous driving as the driver still needs to be ready to take back control at any time, after being prompted with a warning. Level 4 is the first level where a car can handle itself for extended periods without intervention from a driver. All other systems currently available for public purchase rank at Level 2, as they require constant monitoring from the driver.
Drive Pilot relies on multiple sensors around the car, including lidar, and is engaged by buttons on the steering wheel. These buttons light up when the car encounters conditions where the system is available for use. If the driver fails to take control once the required conditions are no longer met, the system will slow the car to a stop, turn on the hazard lights, unlock the doors, and activate its emergency call system.
Volvo is developing a similar system known as Ride Pilot, which the automaker wants to launch in California first before expanding it to other markets. Volvo hasn’t said in what conditions Ride Pilot will function.
Honda has been offering a Level 3 system for highways in Japan since 2021, though the system is severely limited in the conditions in which it will function, particularly its speed band.
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FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — City leaders have ended their bid to retrofit a shuttered coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico as a way to preserve jobs and tax revenue for Farmington and surrounding communities.
The city of Farmington announced Tuesday it had ended the effort began years ago to acquire the San Juan Generating Station and run it with partner Enchant Energy as part of a carbon capture project.
The announcement came hours after a closed meeting with city councilors, the city's legal team and the head of Enchant Energy, the Daily Times reported.
City officials said a recent decision by an arbitration panel to allow Public Service Co. of New Mexico and other plant owners to dismantle and auction key parts of the plant was a "catastrophic blow" to the partnership with Enchant. The city had hoped the panel would instead put on hold the auction.
"For a region already facing economic challenges, we have worked diligently to keep SJGS open with carbon capture," Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett said in a statement. "Unfortunately, profit and the (Energy Transition Act) have taken precedence over the livelihoods of real people and families."
PNM, the state's largest electric utility, demanded the matter go to arbitration after the city sued in September to stop the auctions and get talks underway with other plant owners.
The case was moved to federal court and arbitration followed. The three-member arbitration panel on Dec. 14 rejected the city's second try to halt auctions of electrical components.
PNM on Monday threatened legal action against the city if it continued to delay the plant's decommissioning.
Enchant Energy CEO Cindy Crane said Tuesday the company is still part of the Farmington community and will remain so. Enchant and the city joined forces in 2019 in an effort to keep open the San Juan plant, which produced its last bit of electricity in September before going offline.
Crane said work done to reopen the power station included a successful engineering and design study related to plans for large-scale decarbonization.
"It was a tough decision by the city," Crane said. "Unfortunately, it's the outcome that occurred."
Crane said Enchant has other projects in the works but declined to provide details due to non-disclosure agreements.
Duckett said work will continue to strengthen the local economy.
"I deeply regret that the arbitrators' decision means we are not able to help our dislocated workers support their families and can only offer as consolation that we will continue our efforts to help mitigate these devastating impacts," Duckett said.
PNM did not comment on the city's announcement.
The utility, which is overseeing the decommissioning, argued in a filing made as part of the arbitration process that everything to be sold was replaceable and that the city would have enough time to do so since the carbon-capture project would not be operational until September 2027.
PNM also argued that much of the equipment is over 30 years old and would need to be replaced as part of any proposal to operate the plant in the future.
The arbitrators noted the potential for PNM and the other owners working to decommission the plant to face increased costs if the process was stopped. | 2023-01-18T04:15:00+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/new-mexico-news/2022-12-22/new-mexico-city-ends-bid-to-retrofit-coal-fired-power-plant |
Police arrested a suspect in the killing of a Catholic bishop, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Monday.
Los Angeles Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell, 69, was found dead with a gunshot wound on Saturday at his home in Hacienda Heights, Calif. A deacon who had gone to check on him discovered the body, according to NPR member station LAist.
The suspect is Carlos Medina, 65, the husband of O'Connell's housekeeper, Sheriff Robert Luna said at a news conference. Medina had also done some work around O'Connell's home.
Authorities are investigating allegations that the suspect made comments about O'Connell owing him money, Luna said.
Police arrested the suspect at his home around 8:15 a.m. local time Monday after he had barricaded himself inside for several hours. The sheriff said authorities recovered "firearms and other evidence possibly linking Medina to the crime." The suspect's wife is cooperating with the investigation.
O'Connell was ordained in Los Angeles in 1979, the diocesan news site Angelus News reported. Pope Francis named him an auxiliary bishop in 2015.
"Among the many things that I admired in his life and ministry was that he was fluent in Spanish — with an Irish accent," Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said of O'Connell — who was born in County Cork, Ireland — at Monday's news conference.
"Everyday he worked to show compassion to the poor, to the homeless, to the immigrant, and to all those even on society's margins."
"We are very sad to lose him," Gomez added, holding back tears.
Many of O'Connell's congregants across parishes in the Los Angeles area were from marginalized and immigrant communities, according to Angelus News. Over the course of four decades as a priest and bishop, he worked to curb violence and to care for immigrants.
"I've been part of the people's lives, and been there during the suffering of the young people who have lost their lives so many times, but I haven't had any problems," O'Connell told Angelus News in 2015. "I do believe what's really important is for us to be out in the neighborhoods, to be out with the people."
He said it had "been the great joy of my life to be the pastor of these people, especially the ones who are suffering or in need or facing difficulty."
Government and church officials have expressed their condolences and shared memories.
State Sen. Bob Archuleta said at the news conference O'Connell "had the ability to walk the streets everywhere he went," bringing together people from all walks of life — from gang members to clergy members.
Parishioners and priests gathered outside O'Connell's home — the scene of his death — over the weekend to pray and mourn.
Bishop Fintan Gavin of the Diocese of Cork and Ross in Ireland said in a statement that O'Connell "has always maintained his connection with family and friends in Cork" through regular visits to Ireland.
His death "sent shockwaves" across the diocese, the bishop said.
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Preply, the online language-learning marketplace, has teamed up with ETS, the world's largest private educational assessment and research organization, to help individuals prepare for the TOEFL iBT® exam and successfully pursue their educational and career goals.
Preply tutors will provide tailored TOEFL iBT® classes to help learners prepare for the exam and improve their English language skills. Test takers will be able to access a customized selection of Preply tutors who have received an exclusive Teaching TOEFL iBT® Skills certificate. In addition, Preply learners will be eligible for exclusive discounts when registering for the TOEFL iBT® test on ETS.org and on select official preparation materials.
"The TOEFL iBT® exam is widely recognized as the leading assessment of English language proficiency," said Kirill Bigai, CEO of Preply. "Through our collaboration with ETS, we're thrilled to offer learners across the world access to the test at a discounted rate, as well as the opportunity to prepare with highly qualified Preply tutors."
Preply's team of TOEFL iBT® certified tutors will provide learners with personalized support and guidance as they prepare for the exam. With a focus on helping learners improve their speaking and writing skills, Preply tutors will work with learners to develop customized lesson plans that meet their individual needs.
"We are constantly identifying ways that we can best serve our test takers, and our collaboration with Preply is an example of this," said Srikant Gopal, Executive Director of the TOEFL® Program, ETS. "We recently announced a series of exciting TOEFL iBT® enhancements coming this July, including an improved registration experience, a shorter test and more score transparency, and our newest offering with Preply builds on this momentum. We encourage prospective test takers to check it out, along with a host of other free and paid test prep options on the ETS website."
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LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkeley Research Group (BRG) announced today that Robert D. Fuite, CFA has joined as a West Coast-based director in the firm's Economics & Damages practice. He is an applied economist and data scientist with extensive experience in litigation consulting.
"We are very pleased to have Robert join BRG," said Jeffery A. Stec, PhD, a leader of BRG's Intellectual Property practice and co-leader of its Economics & Damages community. "He is a highly regarded economist with a wide range of life sciences litigation experience and significant expertise in big data cases. He is an excellent addition to the practice."
Fuite provides economic, financial, econometric, infographic and valuation analysis to clients involved in litigation, arbitration and mediation. He investigates complex legal problems through his expertise in the fields of economics, mathematics, statistics and computer science. Fuite has overseen the design, development, assessment and audit of complex financial, economic and damage models for a wide range of clients. These models have been used in high-profile, complex litigation, valuation and class-action cases.
Fuite has testified about and successfully rebutted complex data and statistical models for clients. These cases have involved areas such as Fair Credit Reporting Act class actions, healthcare-related False Claims Act, consumer protection class actions (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) and industrial nuisance.
"I'm delighted to join BRG's deep network of disputes and investigations experts," said Fuite. "I look forward to leveraging my complex big data expertise with BRG's network to deliver significant value to clients."
Fuite holds a master's degree in economics, with a concentration in econometrics. He is a CFA charterholder and a New York Society of Security Analysts member. He has frequently guest lectured graduate economics classes in econometrics and law and economics at Hunter College in New York City.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP)Andrew Taylor’s 27 points helped Marshall defeat Troy 88-78 on Saturday night.
Taylor had six assists for the Thundering Herd (23-6, 12-4 Sun Belt Conference). Taevion Kinsey scored 22 points and added eight rebounds and five assists. Obinna Anochili-Killen recorded 15 points and shot 6 of 10 from the field and 3 for 3 from the line.
The Trojans (17-12, 9-7) were led in scoring by Nelson Phillips, who finished with 22 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Darius McNeill added 18 points, four assists and two steals for Troy. Zay Williams also had 12 points and eight rebounds.
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Kentucky man in car struck by falling Denny's sign dies days later; coroner determining if connected
A man has died just days after a large Denny's sign fell on top of the car he was in last week, according to the Adair County coroner.
A man has died just days after a large Denny's sign fell on top of the car he was in last week, according to the Adair County coroner.
A man has died just days after a large Denny's sign fell on top of the car he was in last week, according to the Adair County coroner.
A man has died just days after a large Denny's sign fell on top of the car he was in last week, according to the Kentucky county coroner.
Lloyd Curtis, 77, was one of three people inside the car parked at the Denny's in Elizabethtown Thursday when the sign fell toward the ground.
Curtis died at his home in Adair County.
An autopsy will determine whether his death was linked to the crash or not.
He had also recently undergone open heart surgery. He and his family were actually on the way home from his hospital stay when the tragedy struck.
Curtis' wife, Lynn, was also in the car. She died shortly after the incident.
Investigators say high winds are partly to blame for bringing down the sign.
A nearby surveillance camera recorded a Denny's sign as it fell 80 feet, around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Just moments later, firefighters were en route to the parking lot in Elizabethtown.
Amy Nichols, the Curtis' granddaughter, told sister station WLKY the family is pushing for answers. The autopsy results could take several days, according to the coroner.
"My grandpa loved to play the guitar, work on old lawnmowers. He loved his sci-fi movies and wrestling," Nichols said. "He collected DVDs. He didn't care what kind it was. He just wanted DVDs. He loved playing his games on his computer and sitting on his porch drinking coffee. He was a stern man but also gentle."
She said that the family will have a double burial for the husband and wife.
"He told the hospice nurse last night when she asked him what he wanted, and he said 'My wife back,' and now he is dancing with Nanny," Nichols said.
Denny's released a statement when the incident happened, reading in part, "Safety is our top priority, and we are working with the authorities to better understand what led to this situation. Our thoughts are with all of those involved."
Officer Chris Denham with the Elizabethtown Police Department said the investigation is continuing.
"In terms of culpability, I'm not sure where that lies; just a horrible, horrible tragedy," Denham said.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The clock is ticking for Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens.
The star quarterback said Wednesday that Friday would be the cutoff point at which negotiations for a contract extension would need to be set aside before the start of the regular season. He’d indicated previously there could be some sort of deadline, and that he hoped to have a deal done before the season, but now he’s clarified the timetable he’s working with.
“The end of this week,” Jackson said when asked when his deadline is. “Friday. Friday.”
Jackson didn’t offer many more details about the status of contract talks, and that’s consistent with his posture on the topic this whole offseason. He’s entering his fifth-year option season, and after that, the Ravens can always use the franchise tag to keep him. So in theory it’s not a big deal if extension talks drag on to next offseason — unless something happens to him this year like a major injury.
Jackson, who is representing himself in contract talks, didn’t sound too concerned about that risk.
“It was a pretty big risk last season, the year before. I wasn’t thinking about contract negotiations around that time,” he said. “This season, it’s going to be the same thing.”
Jackson did go down with an ankle injury that caused him to miss the final four games of last season, but all indications are that the 2019 league MVP is at full strength entering Sunday’s opener on the road against the New York Jets. It sounds as if Jackson’s teammates are largely in the dark about how contract talks are progressing.
“He doesn’t really talk about it, so it hasn’t really been a distraction. I think it’s definitely interesting how it’s going, for sure, but nobody knows what’s going on,” cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. “Hopefully they can get done pretty soon here, but I have no doubt he’ll be here for his whole career, so I’m excited about that, being his teammate for a long time.”
While it may seem unlikely that the Ravens would lose Jackson after this season, it’s still noteworthy that these negotiations aren’t done yet, especially now that Kyler Murray — drafted a year after Jackson — has received his big new deal.
“It’s business, so it’s just been business the whole process,” Jackson said. “Just taking it a day at a time. Whenever we meet, we meet, stuff like that.”
Earlier this week, coach John Harbaugh sounded confident that this issue isn’t hurting Jackson’s focus.
“He’s hopeful to get a new contract. We’re hopeful to get him a new contract. But all the rest of it is business,” Harbaugh said.
“There’s nothing other than coming to something that’s mutually agreeable. That’s the way that all of these deals are done. So, obviously, I’m very hopeful, and I know everyone is really hopeful to get it done. But the focus remains on the football. Lamar’s that way, coaches and players are all that way.”
The Jets are planning to start former Baltimore standout Joe Flacco at quarterback this week, so if Jackson and the Ravens don’t agree on an extension, the spotlight could quickly turn to other storylines. At the very least, the suspense about his contract figures to go on pause for a little while.
“Kickoff, I will not be talking about a contract,” Jackson said. “I’m thinking straight Jets around kickoff time.”
NOTES: The Ravens listed RB J.K. Dobbins (knee), CB Marcus Peters (knee) and T Ronnie Stanley (ankle) as limited in practice Wednesday. DT Travis Jones (knee) did not practice. “I told (Dobbins) I want him to slow down, but he’s looking pretty good,” Jackson said. “Hopefully he’ll be out in a couple weeks. I’m looking forward to that guy, and he’s very eager to play.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police shot and killed a woman who pointed a pellet gun at officers, authorities said Thursday.
Police responded Wednesday night following a report of a woman who pointed a handgun at a passerby, according to Officer Melissa Podany.
When officers encountered the suspect, she pointed the weapon at them and they opened fire, officials said.
The unidentified, woman, described as being in her 40s, was pronounced dead at a hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported.
A BB or pellet gun was recovered at the scene in the Silver Lake area, police said.
The shooting will be investigated by the police department's Force Investigation Division and inspector general's office, along with the LA County district attorney’s office, the Times reported.
The department said it would release a report about the shooting within 45 days that could include officers’ body-worn camera footage. | 2023-02-23T21:06:41+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/la-police-woman-shot-by-officers-was-armed-with-17802045.php |
Fearless and alone, Pat Surtain II goes to work on a desert island, where he is the lone Broncos player worthy of being named a Pro Bowl starter.
“He’ll be an All-Pro, Pro Bowler for as long as he wants to play,” teammate Justin Simmons said.
Surtain has begun traveling down the long road to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Taking him with the ninth overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft is the best thing general manager George Paton has done for the Broncos. The problem? It might be the lone truly game-changing, positive move Paton has made since arriving in Denver.
While we applaud Surtain, he represents one of the team’s biggest problems, ranking alongside the decline of quarterback Russell Wilson and the cluelessness of coach Nathaniel Hackett. While the talent on Denver’s roster isn’t abysmal, it’s absolutely no match for Buffalo, Kansas City and legit Super Bowl contenders from the AFC. Surtain is the lone Pro Bowl starter for the Broncos in two years.
“To get to the Pro Bowl, I think you have to win football games,” Hackett said. “You see how guys are selected, usually the teams that have the most wins typically are the ones that have the most to the Pro Bowl.”
Can’t argue with Hackett’s logic. But the point he makes is bass-ackwards.
This is not a chicken or egg riddle. It is Pro Bowl talent that makes winning teams. Not the other way around.
Here is the list of Broncos honored with selection to the Pro Bowl in 1998, when Denver fashioned a 14-2 record in the regular season, then rolled through the playoffs, thrashing Atlanta 34-19 to win the Super Bowl: Quarterback John Elway, running back Terrell Davis, receiver Ed McCaffrey, tight end Shannon Sharpe, offensive tackle Tony Jones, guard Mark Schlereth, center Tom Nalen, safety Steve Atwater, linebacker Bill Romanowski and kicker Jason Elam.
That’s 10 – count ‘em, 10 – premier players whose contributions made those Broncos a dominant team.
So you tell me: How many dominant players can you name on the roster being built by Paton?
Well, there’s Surtain. He proudly shares his name and position with a father who played cornerback for Miami and Kansas City from 1998-2008, being saluted with three selections to the Pro Bowl along the way.
The sequel is better than the original. The kid is better than Pops. Asked if he can eclipse the honors of his father’s career, the normally soft-spoken Broncos cornerback let the swagger show. “I think I have a good chance,” Surtain said. “Obviously, I have to prove it year in and year out. He had a hell of a career.”
When healthy, Simmons ranks among the league’s best safeties. He will get back to participate in Pro Bowl festivities, perhaps as an alternate this season. But Simmons in 29 years old. Where did the time go? He is no longer a young star on the rise for a team decidedly lacking star power.
Offensive tackle Garett Bolles has had one great year during six pro seasons. Tight end Greg Dulcich shows promise, but he’s a far cry from Sharpe. Courtland Sutton has not been a legit No. 1 receiver since suffering a knee injury in 2020. Linebacker Randy Gregory, who celebrated his 30th birthday last month? Dream on. While the Broncos have to hope Wilson can rediscover the skills that made him an elite quarterback, at this juncture that hope can seem more like a desperate prayer.
Paton has a solid eye and good instincts for what makes a good NFL player. But outside of Surtain, whose choice over quarterback Justin Fields can make for a very lively debate in the wake of what could prove to be a disastrous trade for Wilson, the work of Paton in the draft has been more workmanlike than spectacular.
The flashes of Pro Bowl potential from Javonte Williams are now dimmed by a serious knee injury to a back whose violent running style is not only hazardous to tacklers but himself. Mid-round selections Quinn Meinerz and Damarri Mathis have bolstered the offensive line and secondary, but they are building-block players rather than big-time difference-makers.
Surtain is a winner. But no shutdown cornerback, even one with Hall of Fame potential, can turn around the fortunes of a franchise by himself. Since arriving in Denver, Surtain has lost 20 of 31 games.
“The legacy I want to leave in football … I obviously want to win Super Bowls, of course,” Surtain said, “and build my resume on that.”
That’s a laudable goal. But before Surtain can win multiple championships, he and everyone else in Broncos Country must be confident that Paton is the right general manager to build a roster capable of earning a playoff berth just once.
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NEW YORK, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Kornit Digital Ltd., (NASDAQ: KRNT) between February 17, 2021 and July 5, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important April 17, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Kornit securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Kornit class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12250 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 17, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Kornit and its senior executives knew or, at a minimum, recklessly disregarded, that the Company's digital printing business was beset by significant quality control problems and deficient customer service; (2) as a result, Kornit was more vulnerable to pressure from competitors than it had represented and lacked the competitive advantages it touted to investors; (3) as a result, problems and deficiencies caused Kornit to lose market share to competitors, which led to a decline in the Company's revenues, as Kornit's dissatisfied customers sought out alternative options for their digital printing needs; and (4) to the extent that the Company purported to warn of risks regarding quality and customer service issues as well as increased competition, Kornit failed to disclose that such risks had already materialized. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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GARY, Ind. (AP) — Gunfire during a July Fourth block party in northwestern Indiana left three people dead and seven wounded early Tuesday, police said.
The shooting happened in a residential neighborhood of Gary, Indiana, about 12:45 a.m. and officers who responded found three people down and unresponsive, city police Lt. Dawn Westerfield said.
The wounded were taken to hospitals, Westerfield said. Authorities have released no information on the severity of their injuries.
Westerfield said investigators are trying to determine the circumstances of the shooting, including whether more than one shooter was involved.
The Lake County coroner’s office said those killed included a 20-year-old woman from Olympia Fields, Illinois; a 26-year-old man from Lafayette, Indiana; and a 25-year-old man from Merrillville, Indiana. | 2022-07-05T17:22:30+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-3-shot-to-death-at-block-party-in-Gary-17285258.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules Wednesday to require public companies to disclose within four days all cybersecurity breaches that could affect their bottom lines. Delays will be permitted if immediate disclosure poses serious national security or public safety risks.
The new rules, passed by a 3-2 vote along party lines, also require publicly traded companies to annually disclose information on their cybersecurity risk management and executive expertise in the field. The idea is to protect investors.
Breach disclosures can be delayed if the U.S. Attorney General determines they would “pose a substantial risk to national security or public safety” and notifies the SEC in writing. Only under extraordinary circumstances could that delay be extended beyond 60 days.
“Whether a company loses a factory in a fire — or millions of files in a cybersecurity incident — it may be material to investors,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler said in a statement, noting the current inconsistency in disclosures.
The rules will put “more transparency into an otherwise opaque but growing risk” and may spur improvements in cyber defenses — though potentially posing a bigger challenge for smaller companies with limited resources, Lesley Ritter, senior VP at Moody’s Investors Service, said in a statement.
Technically, the clock doesn’t start ticking on the four-day window for reporting until companies have determined a breach is material.
One of the dissenting Republican commissioners, Hester Peirce, complained that the new requirements overstep the SEC’s authority and “seem designed to better meet the needs of would-be hackers” – who could benefit from detailed info on how companies manage cyberrisk.
As well, Peirce said in a statement, the temptation for the SEC to “micromanage” company operations will only grow.
A leading figure in cybersecurity, Tenable CEO Amit Yoran, heartily welcomed the new rule.
“For a long time, the largest and most powerful U.S. companies have treated cybersecurity as a nice-to-have, not a must have. Now, it’s abundantly clear that corporate leaders must elevate cybersecurity within their organizations,” he said in a statement.
The rules were first proposed in March 2022, when the SEC determined that breaches of corporate networks posed an escalating risk as their digitization of operations and remote work increased — and the cost to investors from cybersecurity incidents rose.
While some critical infrastructure operators and all health care providers must by law report breaches, no federal breach disclosure law exists.
In a new report published by IBM, researchers found organizations now pay an average of $4.5 million to deal with breaches — a 15% increase over the past three years. The Ponemon Institute researchers also found that impacted businesses typically pass the costs on to consumers, who may themselves also be victims with personal information stolen in a breach.
The rule’s passage also comes amid slow-moving, often cryptic disclosures — some through SEC filings — from a major data breach affecting hundreds of organizations caused by the so-called supply chain hack by Russian cybercriminals of a widely used file transfer program, MOVEit. The breach has impacted multiple universities, major pensions funds, U.S. government agencies, more than 9 million motorists in Oregon and Louisiana and companies including the BBC, British Airways, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Many victims of the MOVEit breach were quick to point out that they were failed by a third-party application. The new SEC rule encompasses third-party apps and notes how companies have increasingly relied on outside cloud services for data management and storage. | 2023-07-26T20:44:29+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-new-sec-rule-requires-public-companies-to-disclose-cybersecurity-breaches-in-4-days/ |
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — We have had a hot start to June and it's about to get a lot hotter!
High pressure is strengthening over the Southwest and will have our daytime highs climbing to 110° by the weekend.
Excessive Heat Watches will go into effect Thursday and remain in effect through Sunday.
Some locations west of Tucson will see temperatures approaching 115° by the end of the week.
Please play it safe as we go through the end of the week and spend as much time in the air conditioning as possible.
Cuyler Diggs
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Percentages: FG .429, FT .875.
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3-Point Goals: 8-21, .381 (Thompson 4-9, Anderson 2-5, Bishop 1-1, Catto 1-3, Miller 0-1, Weir 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 1.
Blocked Shots: 4 (Weir 3, Anderson).
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Turnovers: 9 (Weir 3, Largie 2, Anderson, Bishop, Catto, Miller).
Steals: 5 (Bishop 2, Anderson, Catto, Onu).
Technical Fouls: None.
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Percentages: FG .516, FT .500.
3-Point Goals: 9-25, .360 (Rode 4-6, McGhee 3-10, Robinson 2-3, Porter 0-1, Venzant 0-1, Peebles 0-2, Warfield 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: None.
Blocked Shots: 1 (Robinson).
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Turnovers: 10 (McGhee 2, Porter 2, Preston 2, Rode 2, Robinson, Venzant).
Steals: 5 (McGhee 2, Porter, Preston, Rode).
Technical Fouls: None.
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A_4,007 (4,000). | 2023-01-29T03:08:05+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/liberty-74-florida-gulf-coast-57-17749043.php |
-- Kapur's Track Record and Operational Expertise Positions Honeywell for the Next Level of Outperformance Versus Peers
-- Under Adamczyk's Leadership, Honeywell Continued to Outperform Market and Peers, Growing Market Capitalization from $88 Billion in 2016 to $145 Billion in 2022, a 9% CAGR
-- Thoughtful Succession Plan Positions Honeywell for Seamless Leadership Transition
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) today announced that Vimal Kapur, President and Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Darius Adamczyk as Chief Executive Officer on June 1, 2023. Adamczyk, who became Chief Operating Officer in 2016, Chief Executive Officer in 2017 and Chairman in 2018, will continue to serve as Executive Chairman of Honeywell. Kapur was also appointed to the company's board of directors effective March 13, 2023. These moves ensure a seamless leadership transition and position Honeywell for continued outperformance versus peers.
"Vimal is absolutely the right person to lead our company to the next level of growth and stellar performance," Adamczyk said. "Vimal brings 34 years of deep knowledge about our businesses, end markets and customer needs. His ability to drive our key sustainability and digitalization strategic initiatives, along with his advancement of our world class operating system – Honeywell Accelerator – throughout the organization, gives him an outstanding platform to drive continued outperformance for our shareowners. Honeywell's next operational evolution, under Vimal's leadership, will be the incorporation of Accelerator and standardization of global business models to enable maximal performance in each business segment."
"Vimal is also uniquely capable to drive Honeywell's sustainable innovation and solidify our position to lead in the energy transition. Now more than ever, our customers need our solutions to help their businesses be more efficient and more sustainable, and under Vimal's leadership, Honeywell's sustainability technologies will help our customers achieve their goals, today and into the future."
"In his role as COO, Vimal has driven continued operational execution on our proven value creation framework, all of which is underpinned by Accelerator. We have also made significant strides in advancing our digital solutions – both to enhance our own internal operations and decision-making and in support of our customers to benefit their digitization transformations. The rigor of our digital solutions is a real differentiator for Honeywell and will enable us to achieve consistent and sustained outperformance."
"Vimal has demonstrated that he can nimbly evolve business strategies to fit any circumstances – and we have seen that most dramatically in the challenges of the last few years. He is technically and analytically strong with a bias for results and gets the most out of people and processes. In his role as President and Chief Operating Officer, Vimal has enabled our businesses to develop new solutions to help our customers drive their sustainability transformations and accelerate their digital capability. Vimal has a depth of operating experience that is unparalleled at Honeywell, having operated across our multiple business models, industries, regions and business cycles during his 34 years at Honeywell, including leading Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) and Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT), and now in his COO role. He brings a high degree of energy and excitement about what the future holds -- from our innovation and breakthrough initiatives to our digitalization rigor and agile decision-making to our portfolio optimization. Our board and I have the utmost confidence that Vimal will be an outstanding CEO, leading our strategic plans and executing with rigor against our profitable growth plans."
"It is truly an honor to have the opportunity to serve as CEO of Honeywell under Darius' leadership and the leadership of our world class board of directors," Kapur said. "I have had the privilege to work in a variety of businesses and functions over my three decades with Honeywell. Our high-performance culture and exceptional talent set Honeywell apart from other companies, and our innovation inspires me every day by bringing technologies to market that impact the world in a positive way. Honeywell is playing a major role in making the world a better place, and I am both proud and humbled to take on the CEO role of this great company. I am looking forward to continuing to work with Darius and our board to continue to create value for our shareowners and our customers."
Kapur, 57, was named President and Chief Operating Officer in July of 2022, and has been leading the creation of new solutions to help customers drive their sustainability transformations and accelerate their digital transformation journeys. As COO, Kapur has also overseen the continued integration of Honeywell Accelerator across the organization and furthering its adoption as an operational system for everything that Honeywell does. Prior to his role as COO, Vimal served as President and CEO of PMT, an $11 billion global leader in the development of high-performance products and solutions including low global warming refrigerants; specialty films for healthcare and photovoltaic applications; leading technologies for the global refining and petrochemicals industry; and process solutions. Under Kapur's leadership as President and CEO of PMT, the business drove rapid growth in its sustainability portfolio including in circularity, energy evolution, environmental transformation, resiliency and accountability. This included launching innovative technologies and partnerships with partners in plastics recycling, introducing large scale renewable energy storage for wind and solar usage and helping our customers lower their carbon footprint and improve energy efficiency with our broad line of low global warming refrigerants.
Prior to leading PMT, Kapur served as President and CEO of HBT, a $6 billion global leader in building technology offerings, which improve energy performance, air quality and the safety and security of commercial buildings in more than ten million buildings worldwide. Under Kapur's leadership, the HBT business successfully launched the Healthy Building portfolio and expanded margins by ~200 basis points over three years.
Before leading HBT, Kapur also held the role of President of Honeywell Process Solutions, where he successfully led the business through the oil and gas downturn. Over a three-year period, Kapur was able to increase sales by 6%, expand margins by over 400 basis points and grow cash margins by 860 basis points to over 17%.
Prior to that, Kapur was Vice President and General Manager of the Advanced Solutions line of business, where he built the foundation of an outcome-driven software business, successfully integrating the Matrikon acquisition into Honeywell. Additionally, he has held several other leadership positions including Managing Director for Honeywell Automation India Limited. Kapur graduated from the Thapar Institute of Engineering in Patiala, India as an electronics engineer with a specialization in instrumentation.
Adamczyk, 57, was named COO in 2016, CEO in 2017 and Chairman and CEO in 2018, and has led Honeywell to significantly and consistently outperform peer companies, the S&P 500 and the XLI. Under Adamczyk's leadership, from 2016 through 2022, Honeywell's market capitalization grew from $88 billion to $145 billion, a 9% CAGR. Over that period, Honeywell's cumulative total shareholder return was 128% versus 109% for the S&P 500 and 100% for the XLI. The company's annualized dividend rate grew from $2.27 to $4.12, an increase of 82%, while its share price rose 99% over the same time frame.
"Darius has been a truly transformational leader throughout his tenure at Honeywell. He created our industrial software business, as well as architected and executed our differentiated value creation framework, including transformational strategies in digitalization, integrated supply chain, breakthrough innovation, enhanced SaaS offerings and ESG," said Scott Davis, Honeywell's Lead Director. "Under Darius' leadership, the strong portfolio, processes and culture that Darius and his team have put in place have taken Honeywell's performance standards to a new level. Our performance has consistently outperformed the markets, and we are well-positioned for growth acceleration with strong macro tailwinds in our core end markets and accretive gains from incremental breakthrough initiatives. Our heritage of innovation in sustainability solutions is a strength that sets Honeywell apart."
"We have been extremely pleased with the thoughtful leadership transition planning and execution undertaken by our board in the past. We deployed a similar playbook to ensure rigorous planning and development for this important transition," said Davis. "Our selection of Vimal to succeed Darius is a tribute to Darius' success as Chairman and CEO. We wanted to appoint a successor capable of building on the strong foundation Darius has built, while taking Honeywell to the next level of out-performance over the long run. In Vimal, we have a proven leader who can enhance Honeywell's growth rate and operational excellence and drive Honeywell to be the leader in industrial software and sustainability solutions. Darius and Vimal work exceedingly well together, and we are confident the transition will be seamless. As Executive Chairman, Darius will continue to play a vital role in direct engagement with customers, business development opportunities and leadership development. Vimal has exhibited the key leadership qualities and operational expertise that will allow him to thrive as Honeywell's next CEO, and Darius and the Board will do everything possible to support Vimal's success."
In his role as Executive Chairman, Adamczyk will be focused primarily on supporting customer relationships, business development, enterprise strategic planning, shaping the portfolio and global government relations.
Honeywell also announced today that Doug Wright, President and CEO of HBT, will leave the company to pursue another opportunity. Honeywell is pleased to announce the appointment of Billal Hammoud as President and CEO of HBT effective April 1, 2023. Hammoud is currently President of Honeywell's Smart Energy and Thermal Solutions business. Prior to rejoining Honeywell in 2021, Hammoud was President of ESAB Americas and Global Fabrication Solutions. Prior to ESAB, Hammoud was Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell Thermal Solutions. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and MBA from Wayne State University.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
This release contains certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are those that address activities, events or developments that management intends, expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. They are based on management's assumptions and assessments in light of past experience and trends, current economic and industry conditions, expected future developments and other relevant factors. They are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ significantly from those envisaged by our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update or revise any of our forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities law. Our forward-looking statements are also subject to risks and uncertainties, including the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, that can affect our performance in both the near- and long-term. In addition, no assurance can be given that any plan, initiative, projection, goal commitment, expectation, or prospect set forth in this release can or will be achieved. Any forward-looking plans described herein are not final and may be modified or abandoned at any time. We identify the principal risks and uncertainties that affect our performance in our Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Formulated to support mobility, Joint Care helps maintain healthy cartilage and joints in all dog breeds
ST. LOUIS, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Proactively supporting joint health in dogs is important to their well-being, especially for breeds that are pre-disposed to joint conditions. That's why Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Supplements has announced the availability of Joint Care, a new soft chew supplement that supports mobility, healthy cartilage and joints in dogs and puppies of all breeds & sizes.
Developed by Purina researchers and veterinarians over two and a half years, Joint Care is the latest addition to the Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Supplements line. It is formulated to support mobility and normal daily activity and promotes performance of activities such as walking, climbing and general movements in dogs. It is recommended for dogs and puppies that are pre-disposed to joint conditions.
Joint Care contains collagen, hyaluronic acid, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate to help maintain healthy cartilage and joints, along with omega-3 fatty acids to support a normal inflammatory response in joints from natural aging.
"A joint supplement like Joint Care is an easy way to help keep our dogs jumping, fetching, running and 'dogging' as comfortably as possible" said RuthAnn Lobos, DVM CCRT CVAT, senior veterinarian at Purina.
Adding a joint supplement is one way for pet owners to support their dogs' joint health, but Dr. Lobos recommends considering a variety of ways to support their mobility and well-being:
- Maintain Ideal Body Condition: As published research shows, the best way to be kind to your pup and his joints is maintaining ideal body condition. Ideal body condition means being able to feel their ribs, see a waistline and observe an abdominal tuck, where their rib cage is lower than their belly.
- Keep Muscles Engaged: Provide your dog a variety of activities on different surfaces, such as playing fetch in grass or walks on soft gravel, to help keep different muscles activated, avoid overuse injuries, and engage their minds. After all, variety is the spice of life for our pets too!
- Provide Steps or a Ramp: When getting in and out of the car or on and off the sofa, bed, furniture, it's a good idea to have steps or a ramp no matter what the age of the dog. The repetitive impact can cause "Jump Down" syndrome in dogs, which can lead to elbow arthritis, pain, and discomfort.
- Feed a Nutritious Diet: Diets rich in omega three fatty acids from fish oil help to decrease inflammation in the joints and quality protein helps to fuel healthy muscles that support those joints.
Joint Care is recommended for daily use and is available in a 30-count small size chew for $12.99 and a 30-count large chew size for $19.99. It is available through your veterinarian, at select pet specialty and online retailers nationwide, and on www.proplanvetdirect.com.
For more information on Joint Care, visit www.proplanvetdirect.com or speak to your veterinarian.
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Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Supplements and Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets are manufactured by Nestlé Purina PetCare, a global leader in the pet care industry.
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Nestlé Purina PetCare creates richer lives for pets and the people who love them. Founded in 1894, Purina has helped dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives by offering scientifically based nutritional innovations. Purina manufactures some of the world's most trusted and popular pet care products, including Purina ONE, Pro Plan, Fancy Feast and Tidy Cats. Our more than 10,000 U.S. associates take pride in our trusted pet food, treat and litter brands that feed 46 million dogs and 68 million cats every year. More than 500 Purina scientists, veterinarians, and pet care experts ensure our commitment to unsurpassed quality and nutrition.
Purina promotes responsible pet care through our scientific research, our products, and our support for pet-related organizations. Over the past five years, Purina has contributed more than $150 million towards organizations that bring, and keep, people and pets together, as well as those that help our communities and environment thrive.
Purina is part of Nestlé, a global leader in Nutrition, Health and Wellness. For more information, visit purina.com or subscribe here to get the latest Purina news.
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Porsche once used Volkswagen vans to support to its race teams, and now the automaker is continuing that tradition with a re-branded version of VW ID.Buzz electric van.
An ID.Buzz wearing the classic Porsche Renndienst (German for “race service”) livery will appear at eight dealerships in the Netherlands alongside a matching Taycan Sport Turismo starting this month as part of Porsche’s 75th anniversary celebrations, according to the automaker’s Netherlands media website (via Google Translate).
The original Porsche Renndienst vans were used to transport cars, parts, and crews to race tracks from the 1950s to the 1970s, starting with the 1954 Mille Miglia. This was a simpler time in motorsports, when cars could be brought to the track on open trailers, and these relatively small vans could serve as mobile tool sheds.
That means this electric Renndienst van is a tribute, not a tool. The sheer amount of equipment professional teams bring to races these days requires something bigger than an ID.Buzz, and it’s doubtful Porsche would transport one of its 963 hybrid race cars on an open trailer.
The Renndienst vans remain cult classics, though, inspiring Porsche to design a concept for a modern version. Also electric, the Porsche Vision Renndienst was completed in 2018, but wasn’t revealed to the public until 2020, when Porsche revealed secret concepts it had previously kept under wraps.
Porsche showed another version of this concept in 2021, this time with a reconfigurable interior intended to be pair with self-driving tech. Instead of tools and spare parts, the interior was stuffed with six seats, including a solo seat for the driver that could spin around to face the second and third rows when the vehicle was in autonomous mode.
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Multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter and Opry member Lauren Alaina announced Duke's debut, officially kicking off Bush's Beans partnership with the Grand Ole Opry
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke, Bush's® beloved spokes-dog, made his historic debut at the Grand Ole Opry, following in the pawsteps of only one other, Lassie in 2006. To celebrate this momentous partnership, Tennessee-based Bush's Beans teamed up with multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter and Opry member, Lauren Alaina, who announced Duke's Opry debut ahead of her performance on Friday, September 30.
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"It was an absolute honor to introduce Duke for his Opry debut to kick off Bush's partnership with the Grand Ole Opry," said Opry member, Lauren Alaina. "One of my fondest memories growing up were our family dinners with my Pawpaw, who always had to have his side dish of Bush's Beans."
Through this unique partnership, Bush's and the Grand Ole Opry are putting the beautiful bean front and center for country music lovers. Visitors can now enjoy a delicious meal, featuring Bush's Baked Beans, at the Opry Back Porch BBQ Food Truck that's conveniently located in the Opry Plaza. It's the perfect complement to Nashville's iconic food scene that allows visitors to experience more of Tennessee's famous foods. In addition to the food truck in the Opry Plaza, the Bush's/Opry partnership includes messaging in Opry broadcasts, other Opry audience activations, and fan sweepstakes.
"We're proud to partner with a fellow Tennessee-based organization, the Grand Ole Opry, to bring more joy and good times to our shared home state and country fans across the U.S." said Stephen Palacios, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Innovation at Bush's. "Country music and beans are a classic pairing and we're honored to continue the tradition."
"Thanks to Duke and Lauren for helping us kick off what will no doubt be a meaningful partnership for both our brands and fans," said Sean Lupton, Vice President, Brand Partnerships, Opry Entertainment Group. "Here's to the future. Duke, as the Opry says to artists following their Opry debuts, 'now you have to come back.'"
Bush's is also offering bean lovers the chance to experience the best country duo in Tennessee first-hand: Bush's Beans and the Grand Ole Opry! From October 3 – October 21, fans can enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win a VIP Grand Ole Opry experience for two, including tickets to see the show of their choice with a special call out, a behind-the-beans experience with backstage daytime tour passes (hotel + airfare included), and a delicious meal from the Opry Back Porch BBQ Food Truck. Because we know that nothing pairs better with country music than Bush's Beans. For official contest rules, visit: https://www.opry.com/bushs-beautiful-opry-sweepstakes/.
Bush's® is That Beautiful Bean Co.—a quality-obsessed, family-owned business since 1908. We believe in the goodness of the humble bean, a food that's equally good for humans and the earth. When you enjoy our beans, you can trust that they're the very best because we wouldn't serve your family anything less. Since we got our start more than 110 years ago in Chestnut Hill, Tenn., Bush's has always maintained that quality is the best policy. We pursue excellence and exceptional taste in our beans, sauces and everything we do. That's why, from mouthwatering Baked Beans to Chili Beans to our newest Sidekicks, you're cooking up the best with Bush's.
For more information about BUSH'S®, visit www.bushbeans.com.
Duke has been BUSH'S® spokes-dog since 1995 when he first appeared in a BUSH'S commercial alongside his good friend Jay Bush, great-grandson of BUSH'S founder, A.J. Bush. He continues spending his days as BUSH'S spokes-dog, appearing in commercials, on social media, and meeting consumers.
Rooted in the unparalleled country music history of the Grand Ole Opry, Opry Entertainment Group produces multi-platform entertainment experiences through its growing portfolio of entertainment brands, including the world-famous Grand Ole Opry, the iconic Ryman Auditorium, WSM Radio, the Blake Shelton-inspired Ole Red brand, Circle Network and ACL Live at The Moody Theater. Through concerts, tours, music inspired restaurants, retail, publishing, digital content, and more, Opry Entertainment Group connects millions of music fans to the artists they love through experiences they'll never forget. Opry Entertainment Group is a subsidiary of Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
Grand Ole Opry member and multi-Platinum-selling singer/songwriter/best-selling author Lauren Alaina has earned three No. 1 hit singles in just under three years with "Road Less Traveled" (2017), the now 7x Platinum "What Ifs" (2018) with superstar Kane Brown, and "One Beer" (2020) with HARDY. Alaina and label-mate Big Loud Platinum-selling artist Chris Lane released a duet "Dancin' In The Moonlight" earlier this summer. Her current No. 1 debuting album Sitting Pretty On Top of The World includes her RIAA-certified Gold-selling "Getting Good." The Georgia native's inspirational book, Getting Good at Being You: Learning to Love Who God Made You to Be, was the #1 New Release on two of Amazon's sales charts in its first week of release and her second career headlining tour, On Top Of The World Tour Presented By Maurices which wrapped earlier this year included multiple sell-outs. The rising superstar has performed on some of the highest-profile stages in the world including national television performances on PBS's A Capitol Fourth, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day halftime performance, MLB's World Series national anthem (Game 5, 2021), Tonight Show, and many more including a performance at the White House for President Obama for a PBS special.
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– IMU-856 is an Orally Available, Systemically Acting, Highly Selective and Potent Small Molecule Modulator of SIRT6 –
– Targets Regeneration of Bowel Epithelium and Restoration of Intestinal Barrier Function –
– Builds on Recently Released Phase 1b Data Showing Beneficial Effects in Celiac Disease Histology, Disease Symptoms, Biomarkers and Nutrient Absorption –
– Virtual ePoster to be Presented Today, May 6, 2023, During 9:30 am - 4:00 pm CT Poster Session –
NEW YORK, May 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX), a biotechnology company developing a clinical pipeline of orally administered, small molecule therapies for chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced the presentation of clinical and preclinical data for IMU-856. Included in this presentation are new data on IMU-856's mode of action as a potent modulator of SIRT6 (Sirtuin 6), a protein which serves as a transcriptional regulator of intestinal barrier function and regeneration of bowel epithelium. The presentation will be held as a virtual e-poster at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023, currently underway through Tuesday, May 9, 2023, both virtually and in-person, in Chicago, IL.
IMU-856 is a highly selective and potent small molecule which has been shown to modulate, stabilize and enhance expression of the SIRT6 protein, in particular, in the gastrointestinal tract. In the small intestine, SIRT6 expression is highest among absorptive enterocytes which are responsible for nutrient uptake, mucus-producing goblet cells which protect the wall's lining, and Paneth cells which support, protect and stimulate local regenerative stem cells. Modulation of these cell types by IMU-856 appears to direct local stem cells to divide and then differentiate into 'new' intestinal epithelial cells, thereby stimulating the natural physiologic process of renewal of the gut wall lining.
In both animal and early clinical studies, IMU-856 has been shown to restore and renew the intestinal lining. In a preclinical DSS (dextran sodium sulfate) colitis model, IMU-856 treatment protected and also improved regeneration of the gut lining, as measured by normalization of crypt architecture. IMU-856 treatment also induced a dose-dependent tightening of the intestinal barrier, as measured by TEER (transepithelial electrical resistance) assay. Gene expression experiments revealed that this latter effect can at least be partially attributed to the upregulation of barrier forming claudin-1 and the downregulation of channel forming claudin-2. Finally, data from Immunic's phase 1b clinical trial of IMU-856, summarized in the company's May 4, 2023 press release, also corroborated these findings in a proof-of-concept trial in celiac disease patients. Immunic reported that IMU-856 treatment showed beneficial effects in four key dimensions of celiac disease pathophysiology: histology, disease symptoms, biomarkers and nutrient absorption. The observed effects included, not only protecting the gut against effects of the gluten challenge, but also highlighted improvements in gut health which are relevant to celiac disease and to other gastrointestinal diseases. The consistent signals of IMU-856 treatment in this trial, as compared to placebo, seem to support clinical proof for the regeneration and renewal of the bowel wall.
"By restoring intestinal barrier function and bowel wall architecture through its effect on SIRT6, IMU-856 may offer a unique treatment option for patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases," stated Hella Kohlhof, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Immunic. "Of particular interest, in preclinical studies, IMU-856 was shown to avoid suppression of immune cells and may therefore maintain immune surveillance for patients during therapy, representing a distinct advantage when compared with chronic administration of potentially immunosuppressive medications. Additionally, our preclinical studies showed that treatment with IMU-856 results in two important effects. First, the SIRT6 protein is stabilized, and second, de-acetylation of target structures by SIRT6 is prevented, leading to a regenerative phenotype."
"Coming on the heels of the positive data we reported for our phase 1b clinical trial of IMU-856 in celiac disease, the presentation of earlier-stage findings at DDW, including announcing, for the first time, the mode of action of IMU-856, is an important step in our continued development process for this novel therapeutic," added Daniel Vitt, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Immunic. "As recently reported, celiac disease patients treated with IMU-856 in the proof-of-concept trial showed a meaningful improvement in a wide array of key histologic, symptomatic, nutritional and immunologic parameters during gluten challenge, while IMU-856 continued to show a clean safety and tolerability profile. IMU-856 may also offer extensive potential beyond celiac disease including serious and widely prevalent gastrointestinal diseases with high unmet needs such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, or irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, all of which are characterized by compromised intestinal barrier function. That said, we are preparing for a phase 2b clinical trial of IMU-856 in celiac disease patients, while also considering other indications."
Poster Details
Franziska Buriánek, M.D., Senior Medical Director at Immunic, will present data from the single and multiple ascending dose portions of the phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-856 in healthy human subjects as well as preclinical data on IMU-856, including its mode of action, in a virtual e-poster at DDW 2023.
- Title: First-in-Human Trial of IMU-856, an Orally Available Regulator Of Barrier Function For The Treatment Of Celiac Disease
- ePoster Number: EP63
- Session: AGA Celiac Disease and Gluten Related Disorders
- Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023
- Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm CT (10:30 am - 5:00 pm ET)
The poster is accessible on the "Events and Presentations" section of Immunic's website at: https://ir.imux.com/events-and-presentations.
About IMU-856
IMU-856 is an orally available and systemically acting small molecule modulator that targets SIRT6 (Sirtuin 6), a protein which serves as a transcriptional regulator of intestinal barrier function and regeneration of bowel epithelium. Based on preclinical data, the compound may represent a unique treatment approach, as the mechanism of action targets the restoration of the intestinal barrier function and bowel wall architecture in patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases such as celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea and other intestinal barrier function associated diseases. Immunic believes that, because IMU-856 has been shown in preclinical investigations to avoid suppression of immune cells, it may therefore have the potential to maintain immune surveillance for patients during therapy, an important advantage versus immunosuppressive medications. IMU-856 demonstrated positive results in a phase 1b clinical trial in celiac disease patients in four key dimensions of the disease's pathophysiology: histology, disease symptoms, biomarkers and nutrient absorption. Currently, the company is preparing for phase 2 clinical testing in this patient population. IMU-856 is an investigational drug product that has not been approved in any jurisdiction.
About Immunic, Inc.
Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX) is a biotechnology company developing a clinical pipeline of orally administered, small molecule therapies for chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company's lead development program, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), currently in phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and which has shown therapeutic activity in phase 2 clinical trials in patients suffering from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, selectively inhibits activated immune cells and shows combined anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and neuroprotective effects. IMU-856 is targeted to restore intestinal barrier function and regenerate bowel epithelium, which would be applicable in numerous gastrointestinal diseases, such as celiac disease, where it is currently in preparations for a phase 2 clinical trial. For further information, please visit: www.imux.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" that involve substantial risks and uncertainties for purposes of the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected expenses, sufficiency of cash, expected development, timing and results of clinical trials, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Immunic's development programs and the targeted diseases; the potential for IMU-856 to safely and effectively target diseases; the potential for IMU-856 to have applicability in the treatment of other gastrointestinal diseases; interpretation of preclinical and clinical data for IMU-856 and potential effects including the phase 1b clinical results of IMU-856; plans for phase 2 clinical testing of IMU-856 and the timing of other current and future clinical trials and anticipated clinical milestones; the nature, strategy and focus of the company and further updates with respect thereto; and the development and commercial potential of any product candidates of the company. Immunic may not actually achieve the plans, carry out the intentions or meet the expectations or projections disclosed in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results and performance could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including, without limitation, the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing inflation, impacts of the Ukraine – Russia conflict on planned and ongoing clinical trials, risks and uncertainties associated with the ability to project future cash utilization and reserves needed for contingent future liabilities and business operations, the availability of sufficient financial and other resources to meet business objectives and operational requirements, the fact that the results of earlier preclinical studies and clinical trials may not be predictive of future clinical trial results, the protection and market exclusivity provided by Immunic's intellectual property, risks related to the drug development and the regulatory approval process and the impact of competitive products and technological changes. A further list and descriptions of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in the section captioned "Risk Factors," in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2023, and in the company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov or ir.imux.com/sec-filings. Any forward-looking statement made in this release speaks only as of the date of this release. Immunic disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. Immunic expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all the contents of this press release.
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TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani doubled and singled for his second straight two-hit game, and Japan overcame a three-run deficit to beat South Korea 13-4 Friday night for its second straight win at the World Baseball Classic.
Ohtani was intentionally walked as Japan scored four runs in the third inning to take a 4-3 lead, doubled and scored in a two-run fifth and hit an RBI single in a five-run sixth. The two-way star is 4 for 7 with two doubles, three RBIs and four walks in Japan’s two games while allowing one hit over four scoreless innings on the mound.
Masataka Yoshida had three hits and five RBIs for Japan.
The Czech Republic defeated China 8-5 in the other Group B game as Martin Muzik hit a go-ahead, three-run homer following a double by his brother Matej in a four-run top of the ninth.
In Group A, Cuba beat Panama 13-4 as Yoán Moncada and Yadil Mujica drove in four runs each, and host Taiwan defeated Italy 11-7.
JAPAN 13, SOUTH KOREA 4
TOKYO (AP) — South Korea fell to 0-2 after taking a three-run lead in the third off Yu Darvish.
Masataka Yoshida had three of Japan’s 13 hits and five RBIs.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida threw out the ceremonial first pitch, a sign of improving relations between the Asian neighbors. Kishida was a high school player and is a fan of the Central League’s Hiroshima Toyo Carp. The Kishida bounced his ceremonial pitch, which was scooped up by Japan manager Hideki Kuriyana.
Euiji Yang hit a two-run homer and Jung Hoo Lee had an RBI single as South Korea jumped ahead.
Japan rallied in the bottom half on Lars Nootbaar’s run-scoring single and Kensuke Kondoh’s RBI double, which chased loser Kwang Hyun Kim. Ohtani was intentionally walked by Tae-in Won and, one out later, Yoshida’s two-run single put Japan ahead for good at 4-3.
Kensuke Kondoh homered off Won leading off the fifth and Yoshida’s sacrifice fly made it 6-3. Yoshida added an RBI single in the sixth and a bases-loaded walk in the seventh.
Darvish got the win, allowing three runs — two earned — and three hits in three innings. He was playing for Japan for the first time since 2009.
“This might be the last opportunity for me to pitch in my home country,” he said through a translator.
Kunwoo Park had a solo homer for South Korea off Shota Imanaga in the sixth.
South Korea dropped to 0-2 for the second straight WBC following losses to Israel and the Netherlands in 2017.
CUBA 13, PANAMA 4
TAICHUN, Taiwan (AP) — Yadir Drake had four hits, and Moncada and Roel Santos three each as Cuba (1-2) rebounded from a 6-3, 10-inning loss to Italy.
Panama (1-2) overcame a 2-0 deficit with a four-run second, when Rubén Tejada hit a two-run homer and Allen Córdoba had a two-run single.
Drake had an RBI single in a four-run sixth, Moncada followed with a go-ahead, two-run single that chased loser Matt Hardy and Luis Robert had a run-scoring single for a 6-4 lead.
Moncada added a two-run single in a five-run seventh and walked with the bases loaded in a two-run eighth.
Winner Miguel Romero allowed two hits in three scoreless innings wth four strikeouts and no walks.
TAIWAN 11, ITALY 7
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Kuo-Chen Fan broke a 7-7 tie with a run-scoring infield single in the seventh off Joey Marciano and Kungkuan Giljegiljaw hit a three-run homer in the eighth as host Taiwan overcame a three-run deficit and improved to 1-1.
Yu Chang hit a tying, two-run homer in the sixth off loser Stephen Woods Jr..
Winner Yen-Ching Lu pitched two hitless innings of shutout ball, working around three walks
Italy built a 7-4 lead as Nicky Lopez had two hits and three RBIs and Brett Sullivan had three hits.
The Netherlands leads the group at 2-0 and Italy fell to 1-1.
“It was in a very difficult environment to play, very unique,” Italy manager Mike Piazza said. “”I still don’t know what to think of it. I thought it was a little bit of a shock.
CZECH REPUBLIC 8, CHINA 5
TOKYO (AP) — Martin Zervenka’s one-out walk off loser Hai-Cheng Gong in the ninth started the go-ahead rally as the Czechs overcame a 5-4 deficit to win their WBC debut.
After Martin Muzik’s homer put the Czechs ahead, Filip Smola added a run-scoring single for the Czechs, who won their opener.
Winner Marek Minarik closed with 2 2/3 scoreless innings after Jin Yang’s RBI single off Michal Kovala capped a four-run seventh for China (0-2).
The all-amateur Czech team has had fun in Japan. A few of the players even went surfing in the run-up to the tournament during games in Miyazaki in southwestern Japan.
“We’re enjoying the Japanese stay,” outfielder Marek Chlup said. “At Miyazaki, some players swam.”
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a highly-visibility product to warn approaching motorists of a disabled car, accident scene, or roadside problem," said an inventor, from Kansas City, Mo., "so I invented the AUTO ASSIST. My design would offer an eye-catching alternative to using safety triangles or cones to attract attention to roadside emergencies."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to alert motorists of a disabled vehicle along the roadside. In doing so, it allows motorists to recognize and react to the situation. As a result, it increases visibility and safety and it could help to prevent accidents and damage. The invention features a lightweight and weatherproof design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for vehicle owners.
The original design was submitted to the Jackson sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-JKK-151, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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You’ll always be prepared to make your favorite recipes when you have these must-haves on hand
Do you often open your pantry door and find the shelves are lacking the items you need? You can eliminate making an unwanted trip to the store when you keep your pantry stocked with key products. We consulted with BestReviews cooking and baking expert Andrea Boudewijn to assist you in stocking your pantry with the essentials you’ll reach for frequently when preparing meals, snacks and more.
In this article: Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt, Frantoia Barbera Extra Virgin Olive Oil and KitchenAid Artisan Tilt-Head Stand Mixer.
Essentials you need in your pantry, according to the BestReviews cooking and baking expert
It’s not difficult to keep your pantry well-stocked with items that you’ll use time and again. To get started, think of the items you use often, whether at the dinner table or when preparing meals.
“Pantry basics, or what I like to call ‘pioneer basics,’ like salt, sugar, flour, some kind of shelf-stable fat, and spices are the foundation of any good pantry,” Boudewijn said. “Stock up on these kinds of goodies so you don’t have to stop cooking to run to the market.”
In addition to the staples the BestReviews expert recommends, that kitchen pantry is also ideal for keeping dried foods stored for quick meals, healthy snacks or to complete a recipe.
Cereal, dried fruit, nuts, rice and grains are easy to store in a pantry. Jarred or canned foods such as jams, sauces, dressings and more can also be kept on shelves until ready for use. Boudewijn said that pasta and beans are also useful dried goods to keep in stock.
Expert tips from Boudewijn for stocking your pantry
- Opt for variety: “I keep several kinds of flour in my pantry: all-purpose, cake flour, whole wheat, and bread flour, just to name a few.”
- Think about how you like to cook: “Keep a variety of your favorite staples on hand.”
- Think about sugar: “Superfine, regular granulated and sanding sugar are helpful in different situations.”
- Try different types of salt: “I also keep about four kinds of salt for different purposes, such as kosher salt for everyday cooking. I use Maldon large-flake sea salt for finishing off a steak or a side of spinach. And when I’m feeling fancy, I use truffle salt for my scrambled eggs.”
Best pantry essentials recommended by Boudewijn
Boudewijn said that Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt is a quality product that she uses in her own business. “This Kosher salt is a standard in most restaurants and has a place of honor in my bakery. It’s fast-dissolving and delicious.”
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C & H Baker’s Sugar Ultrafine Pure Cane Sugar
You probably have standard sugar in your pantry, but Boudewijn said that having sugar with an extra fine texture is also a good idea. “This superfine or ultrafine sugar is ground a few more times than typical granulated sugar, so it dissolves faster in everything from cakes to coffee.”
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Frantoia Barbera Extra Virgin Olive Oil
“Olive oil is a healthy cooking staple that does well in almost any dish,” said Boudewijn of this popular and versatile oil. She said Frantoia Barbera Olive Oil is ideal for cooked and raw dishes, including pasta, scrambled eggs and salad dressings.
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Simply Organic Herbs, Spices and Seasonings Assorted Variety Sampler Set
Boudewijn said that every pantry should have a set of spices. She likes that this set includes a nice variety of 24 basic organic spices, plus it’s aesthetically appealing.
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KitchenAid Artisan Tilt-Head Stand Mixer
When it comes to putting all of those edible pantry items to use, you can’t go wrong with a stand mixer that’s preferred by novice and pro chefs. “It’s not food, but a good KitchenAid stand mixer is essential to most all kitchen operations,” Boudewijn said, emphasizing its multifunctionality. “The assorted attachments available make it a versatile pasta machine, ice cream maker and sausage maker too.”
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Other BestReviews pantry picks to consider
When you combine the essential items Boudewijn recommends along with our favorites, your pantry will be well-stocked for all of your meal-prep needs.
KitchenAid Pasta Roller Attachment Set
If you take BestReviews cooking expert’s advice and invest in a KitchenAid stand mixer, this pasta roller set is the perfect companion. It attaches easily to the mixer and turns it into a pasta maker. The components are made of stainless steel that’s made to last and is easy to clean.
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Domino Pure Granulated Cane Sugar
When it comes to adding sugar to your pantry, Domino brand is a good choice. Traditional granulated sugar by this top brand is versatile to use in any recipe that calls for sugar.
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Better Batter Gluten-Free Flour
If you are pursuing a gluten-free diet, this flour is perfect for keeping in your pantry. It’s certified gluten-free and is made in a facility that doesn’t produce many ingredients that aggravate various food allergies, including soy, wheat, fish, dairy, eggs, mustard, sesame, shellfish, tree nuts and peanuts.
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Mantova Organic Flavored Balsamic Vinegar Variety Pack
From sauces to dressing and more, this collection of balsamic vinegars will take the flavors of some of your favorite foods to the next level. They are organic and include fig, pomegranate, pear and raspberry flavors.
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Starbucks Breakfast Blend Ground Coffee
No pantry is complete without coffee. Made by a popular brand, this breakfast blend is great for that first morning brew of coffee or for any time you want a delicious cup of joe.
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Worth checking out
- Maldon Sea Salt Flakes melt in seconds and deliver a nice flavor boost to numerous foods.
- If you are looking for a sur alternative to keep on hand for baking, Splenda Brown Sugar Blend is sure to impress.
- Pompeian Extra Virgin Olive Oil is both flavorful and affordable.
- You can keep foods extra fresh when you have a FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer in your pantry.
- Stock up on Allrecipes Sweet Spices if you frequently make sweet and spicy treats.
- When you have Barilla Spaghetti Pasta in your pantry, you can make the classic Italian dish any time you crave it.
- RiceSelect American-Style Basmati Rice will stay fresh in your pantry even after it’s opened, thanks to the storage jar with a lid that locks out air. It’s certified organic and kosher.
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Among the language minority groups protected under the Voting Rights Act, you won't find voters like Shaima Mohammed.
In 1975, Congress expanded that landmark civil rights law to try to get rid of barriers preventing "citizens of language minorities" from voting. And for close to half a century, Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act has required certain states and local governments to provide voting ballots, registration forms and other election materials in more than just English.
But not all languages are covered by Section 203's protections.
And that has often left Arabic-speaking U.S. citizens with limited proficiency in English, like Mohammed, on their own when trying to vote. In 2020, she wanted to cast a ballot in the presidential election and turned to a neighbor and a cousin for help.
"Some of the people, they don't have at home someone to translate," says Mohammed, who grew up in Yemen and has taken English classes at the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services in Dearborn, Mich.
Exactly where the federal government requires multilingual election information is determined by the Census Bureau, which uses complicated formulas involving English proficiency and educational attainment rates to produce an updated list every five years.
The latest list, released in December, shows that the federal mandate for American Indian language assistance has reached five additional states and coverage for Spanish was added to Ohio's Cuyahoga County. There's also growth in the areas required to help voters in Bangladeshi, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong and Vietnamese.
With Arabic, Haitian Creole and other languages that are not protected by Section 203 becoming more common among U.S. households, some voting rights advocates have been calling for the federal government to expand its requirements for multilingual election information.
"Information is power, right?" says Marvin Hernandez, regional manager of Virginia elections for CASA in Action, an advocacy group focused on mobilizing immigrants. "We need to continue fighting for having more languages included in the electoral process as well. This is something that we need to see in order to see inclusiveness in all levels and with all demographics."
Why Arabic and Haitian Creole speakers are not covered
According to Section 203, the protected language minority groups are limited to "persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives or of Spanish heritage."
The Census Bureau relies on data about race and ethnicity as a "proxy" to identify the protected language groups, the agency confirmed to NPR in a statement.
"This means people who speak certain languages such as Arabic are classified by their race" based on federal standards, the bureau said. And those standards officially categorize people with origins in the Middle East or North Africa as white.
Some scholars classify Arabic as an "Afro-Asiatic" language group, but the bureau does not, categorizing it not among Asian languages, but "All other languages."
As for Haitian Creole — which was at the center of a voting rights lawsuit in Florida's Miami-Dade County after the 2000 election — the bureau considers it an Indo-European language, and its speakers do not fall within the protected language minority groups under Section 203.
Language minority status was determined with a record of discrimination
When Congress was preparing to add Section 203's language assistance requirements to the Voting Rights Act, some lawmakers did consider a wider scope of coverage.
"One of the arguments actually that was made is that every language should be eligible for coverage. And there were serious concerns about that because it would raise constitutional issues," says Jim Tucker, a voting rights attorney with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law who wrote about Section 203's history in the book The Battle Over Bilingual Ballots: Language Minorities and Political Access Under the Voting Rights Act.
Adopted during Reconstruction after the Civil War, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments give Congress the power to pass laws that would ensure every person is treated equally by the law and that no citizen is denied the right to vote because of their race.
Ultimately, lawmakers decided that Section 203 would only require language assistance in federal, state and local elections for groups for which there is a historical record of evidence showing they've faced voting and educational discrimination. The goal was to address, as the legislation puts it, "the unequal educational opportunities afforded them resulting in high illiteracy and low voting participation."
Angelo Ancheta, a civil rights attorney who has also written about Section 203, notes that any discussions about broadening the language minority groups protected under this unfunded federal mandate would have to contend with practical considerations.
"It's not cheap to produce ballots in other languages," Ancheta says. "There are a lot of logistical issues. We can't ignore those."
There have been opportunities over the years for Congress to expand the protected language groups when Section 203 — which is currently set to expire in 2032 — has come up for renewal.
The failed Senate efforts to pass new voting rights bills earlier this year included proposals that could have helped ensure oral assistance in non-written American Indian and Alaska Native languages. (Neither bill would have expanded the federally protected language minority groups to include Arabic or Haitian Creole speakers.)
But no new federal requirements have been passed — and Ancheta does not expect to see any in the near future.
"I suspect that this kind of issue is one where polarization in Congress is not going to be helpful to advancing any new legislation," Ancheta says.
There are local efforts to provide more multilingual ballots
While there are federal requirements for language assistance, Tucker warns that voters have found a range of compliance among state and local governments around the country.
"There are many that do not even meet the requirements," says Tucker, who has served in the voting section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and currently chairs a committee of outside advisers to the Census Bureau. "There are jurisdictions in some cases that go above and beyond the requirements."
In Florida's Miami-Dade County, home to the largest population of immigrants from Haiti in the U.S., precincts with significant shares of Haitian American voters are required to provide ballots in Creole, in addition to English and the federally required Spanish.
"It's a good thing that in Miami-Dade County, that's a fact. But that's not the case in many other jurisdictions," says Gepsie Metellus, co-founder and executive director of the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in North Miami, Fla.
Metellus says expanding federal language assistance requirements to include Haitian Creole would help more U.S. citizens feel at ease with the voting process.
"It's an invitation to vote. It's an embrace, a recognition that that population is part of the American fabric," adds Metellus, who ran unsuccessfully in 2020 for a seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission.
Voting rights advocates in Michigan, where some of the country's biggest Arab American communities have lived for decades, have been organizing for more official recognition of the needs of Arabic-speaking citizens.
"When we explained to them that they can vote early, that they didn't need a driver's license to vote — they had no idea. And that is all due to language barriers," says Nada Al-Hanooti, executive director of Emgage's Michigan chapter, about her advocacy group's outreach efforts with citizens who are not proficient in English.
For the upcoming primary election in August, ballots in Arabic will be available to voters in Dearborn, Mich., after a push by community groups and a city council member, Mustapha Hammoud, who introduced a resolution earlier this year that requires election materials in English and any language spoken by at least 10,000 or 5% of Dearborn's residents. In Hamtramck, Mich., another suburb of Detroit, city council members have also recently passed a resolution for Arabic election materials.
For Mohammed — the Arabic-speaking voter in Dearborn who turned to friends and family for help to get access to an English-language ballot in 2020 — it will be a major change that makes it easier to exercise her right to vote.
"It's a good feeling," Mohammed says about casting a ballot. "You feel like you're a part of this country. You're doing something good."
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Stocks drifted ahead of reports that could offer clues on questions that have kept Wall Street at a standstill, including on where the economy and corporate profits are heading.
The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% Monday, while other indexes were mixed. More than 170 companies in the S&P 500 are scheduled to report their earnings this week. The majority have topped forecasts so far, but expectations are low.
A report this week will also show how strong the economy was in early 2023. It’s one of the final pieces of data before next week’s meeting of the Federal Reserve on interest rates.
On Monday:
The S&P 500 rose 3.52 points, or 0.1%, to 4,137.04.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 66.44 points, or 0.2%, to 33,875.40.
The Nasdaq composite fell 35.25 points, or 0.3% to 12,037.20.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 2.63 points, or 0.1%, to 1,788.87.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 297.54 points, or 7.7%.
The Dow is up 728.15 points, or 2.2%.
The Nasdaq is up 1,570.72 points, or 15%.
The Russell 2000 is up 27.63 points, or 1.6%. | 2023-04-24T20:55:58+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-monday-4-24-2023/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
HONG KONG (AP) — Lawyers for a jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher have asked for an urgent meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a leading member of his international legal team said Tuesday.
Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement. He is fighting collusion charges under a Beijing-imposed national security law and faces up to life in prison if convicted.
Last month, the team called for the U.K. government to take immediate action to secure Lai's release ahead of his high-profile national security trial after he was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on fraud charges linked to lease violations. The meeting request is the latest attempt from his legal team to urge the British government to step into the case of Lai, who is a dual Hong Kong and British citizen.
Caoilfhionn Gallagher, leader of the team, said Lai's son was in London this week to call on British officials to protect his father.
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“He is being subjected to ‘lawfare’ – multiple prosecutions and lawsuits, all designed to silence and discredit him and send a clear message to others that they should not dare to criticize the Chinese or Hong Kong authorities,” she said in an email reply to The Associated Press.
British officials did not comment immediately on Tuesday.
Lai is accused of conspiring with others to call for an imposition of sanctions or blockade, or engage in hostile activities against Hong Kong or China. He also faces a charge of collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security, and a separate sedition charge under a colonial-era law that is increasingly used to crush dissent.
His trial - originally slated to begin last month - was postponed to September after the Hong Kong leader asked Beijing to make a ruling that could effectively block Lai from hiring a veteran British lawyer, Timothy Owen, to represent him.
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Britain, along with other Western nations, has been critical of China’s crackdown on political freedoms in Hong Kong, which was handed over from the U.K. to China in 1997 with a promise by Beijing to keep Western-style liberties under a “one country, two systems” framework. | 2023-01-10T10:14:30+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/10/world/lawyers-jailed-hong-kong-publisher-ask-meet-uk-pm/ |
Everything's in balance on the tenor saxophonist's new album: Smith's pliable expressive tone is neither too heavy nor too light as he exploits the tension between the composed and the improvised.
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Everything's in balance on the tenor saxophonist's new album: Smith's pliable expressive tone is neither too heavy nor too light as he exploits the tension between the composed and the improvised.
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NEW YORK, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vetnos LLC, a B2B sports-tech company and pioneer in the gamification of athlete-based content in the US market, announced that it has filed a patent and trade secret lawsuit in the Northern District of Georgia against PrizePicks (Case Number 1:23cv2746), one of the largest daily fantasy sports (DFS) providers in the market.
Vetnos co-founder and co-inventor of the patented technology Dan Orlow said, "We apprised PrizePicks of our concerns for several years in an effort to resolve this matter amicably, but unfortunately PrizePicks refused to respect our IP rights, so we were left with no option but to seek help from the court system."
Scott J. Bornstein, Co-Chair of the Global Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation Groups at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, is working with Vetnos on the matter. "Vetnos has invested substantial time and resources into its intellectual property. Vetnos fully intends to enforce its rights against infringers like PrizePicks," Bornstein said.
Vetnos democratizes sports gaming through its technology portfolio, which is estimated to cover as much as 40% of the $10 billion DFS market. As a DFS and Class II enterprise solution with an integrated technology stack, Vetnos' technology covers DFS, Class II games (bingo), sports betting, player proposition, and race products with fixed-odds, parlay-style games of skill and chance. Vetnos integrates commerce, content, and connection through easily managed, white-label sports gaming mobile applications.
Vetnos is currently launching with Tribal partners and investors in its patented Class II platform in California, where it will be the sole legal sports gaming product in the fourth largest market in the world.
Chicken Ranch Tribal Chairman Lloyd Mathieson said, "what really drew us to this app was the ability for Tribes to strengthen their sovereignty." The President of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Terri Parton added that the Vetnos Class II offering "means more jobs and stronger communities." Furthermore, the Treasurer of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Justin Barrett noted, "We are not one of the larger Tribes, but we are strategic, forward-thinking, and progressive. When Tribes are able to expand and manage our gaming offerings properly, we can generate more revenue for the betterment of our people and our communities."
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U.S. senators gathered alongside protesters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to celebrate and oppose the leaked draft opinion published by Politico Monday night . The draft opinion as written showed that a majority of justices on the court would vote to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established the right to abortion.
Abortion-rights supporter the Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt debates with abortion-rights opponent Minister Leroy Swailes outside U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
So far, Chief Justice John Roberts has authenticated the draft opinion and launched an investigation into how the draft got leaked, though he noted it does not represent the court's final opinion. Several governors have made a statements about where their states stand on the issue.
Here are some of the scenes seen at the Supreme Court doorsteps captured by D.C. photographers:
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Abortion-rights supporter Dunia Sinnreich (right) and the Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Anti-abortion rights protesters singing and chanting anti-abortion slogans outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., stands alongside abortion-rights supporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
An abortion-rights activist argues with anti-abortion-rights protesters outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
A protester stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday holding a sign that reads, "Thou shalt not steal my civil rights, thou shalt not steal my repro rights."
Sen. Amy <strong></strong>Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks among abortion-rights supporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
Protesters argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday after a leaked draft decision suggested a majority of the court's justices would vote to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., voices his support for abortion and trans rights outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Abortion-rights supporters gather at the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday.
Abortion-rights opponent Rev. Leroy Swailes stands outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday.
Protesters stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday after a leaked draft decision suggested a majority of the court's justices would vote to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.
Protesters stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday.
A protester holds a coat hanger aloft outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday.
Sharmin Hossain, a Campaign Director for Liberate Abortion, stands with abortion-rights supporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday.
Zoe Gandee holds her 4-month-old daughter, Matilda Gandee-Riggs, with a sign that reads "here for her" outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Tuesday. | 2022-06-01T05:25:52+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2022-05-03/demonstrators-gather-at-the-supreme-courts-doorstep-after-roe-v-wade-opinion-leak |
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – The lawyer for a pregnant woman arrested last week in connection to an incident at a Florida McDonald’s is accusing the Polk County sheriff of ridiculing and mocking her.
“The world may see Sheriff Grady Judd as the class clown of all of the Florida sheriffs departments,” said Jeremy McLymont, the attorney for Tianis Jones, in a news conference Friday. “I see him as someone who is very dangerous to our judicial system.”
Sheriff Judd held a news conference last Friday to discuss the May 19 incident, during which Jones, 22, was accused of having an outburst at the Lakeland McDonald’s and becoming “enraged” after trouble with her online order. In video of the incident, Jones can be seen slapping items off the counter before going behind the register and tossing cups on the floor. She also called 911 during the incident to complain, and stopped to twerk as she was leaving the restaurant.
At the news conference, Sheriff Judd called Jones “McMad.”
“I don’t know why this woman got as angry as she was, but as the saying goes, she’s a few fries short of a Happy Meal,” the sheriff said.
Video of the incident, and the sheriff’s commentary, has been viewed millions of times online.
At a news conference organized by Jones’ legal team, Jones said she did not have a reaction to the video, other than “getting justice.”
McLymont, her lawyer, says Jones has bipolar disorder and depression, and was not taking her medication due to her pregnancy. She was upset over a dispute concerning her food order and not getting a refund, which was also the reason she called 911, according to McLymont.
Sheriff Judd, last Friday, suggested that Jones and her legal team only brought up her pregnancy and mental health issues as an “excuse.”
Clayton Cowart, a local civil rights leader, criticized Sheriff Judd for the comments.
“Stick to McPolicing, stay out of the McCamera and stop trying to be a McMovie Star, mental illness is real,” said Cowart.
Jones is facing charges of burglary with assault, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and misuse of 911.
“[Sheriff Judd’s] unprofessional and dangerous comments stand to taint any potential jury pool that Ms. Tianis could potentially have in this case,” said McLymont.
The sheriff dismissed allegations his comments would taint a jury pool if the case were to go to trial.
“Do you think anybody’s gonna pay any attention to a press conference today at a jury trial a year or two or three years down the road? That’s nonsense,” said Sheriff Judd. | 2022-05-28T16:25:54+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/lawyer-for-woman-arrested-at-mcdonalds-accuses-sheriff-of-ridiculing-her-with-happy-meal-comment/ |
A manufacturer of computer numerical control cylindrical grinders and robotic automation systems is expanding its York County headquarters.
Weldon Solutions is expanding its headquarters at 425 East Berlin Road in West Manchester Township. The expansion includes growing its production shop and warehouse by 18,000 square feet and its office by 3,000 square feet. The 21,000-square-foot addition will bring the facility to 61,000 square feet.
Officials said it expanding its headquarters due to the high demand for CNC grinders and custom solutions for industrial automation projects.
There are currently 39 full-time employees at Weldon, and Travis Gentzler, president of Weldon envisions adding 10-15 people in the next five years.
The project broke ground at the end of April and is scheduled to be completed this summer.
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