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Developed by Maestra Ronera Jassil Villaneuva Quintana, only 460 Bottles of the Limited-Edition 'Andrés Brugal' Sipping Rum and Travel-Inspired Case are Available Worldwide
MIAMI, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Home to 134 years of Dominican rum mastery, Brugal today unveils its newest and most exclusive expression to date, Andrés Brugal. The ultra-premium rum was expertly crafted by fifth generation Maestra Ronera Jassil Villanueva Quintana as an homage to founder Andrés Brugal's pioneering spirit of exploration and generations of maestros who traveled the globe to share the passion, warmth and joy of Brugal's liquid artistry. This is the brand's first ever release that skillfully blends two double aged reserves with first fill single casks. At $2,800 each, only 460 bottles are available worldwide, with 50 exclusively sold in the U.S.
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"This limited-edition bottling is a journey that started over a century ago. Andrés Brugal combines special single cask family reserves and our signature double aging technique to tell a dual story of my family's legacy of rum making, as well as my own as Maestra Ronera," said Jassil Villanueva Quintana.
Andrés Brugal's deep, warm and radiant amber liquid boasts rich, balanced notes of roasted coffee beans and freshly harvested Cacao, layered gently with the sweet fragrance of homemade dulce de leche fudge and the buttery softness of Dominican rum cake. On the palate, an enchanting combination of oak, vanilla bean and sweet caramel flan dance together in harmony, and are complimented by fresh ripe berries, delicate notes of aromatic black peppercorns and sweet cloves. The silky, long-lasting dry finish is intensely rich with warming, woody spices. Jassil Villanueva Quintana notes, "Quintessentially Dominican flavors combine to create an extraordinary liquid of astounding character that pushes the boundaries of discovery. With a touch of sweetness on the nose, and a well-rounded, long-lasting mouthfeel, this full-bodied rum is a true celebration of the distinctive flavors of Puerto Plata."
Brugal and the Dominican Republic's youngest and first ever female master of rum, Jassil's vast knowledge of the casks around her is revealed in the incredible array of local flavors unlocked in this rare bottling. Andrés Brugal is equal parts personal tribute to the treasures of her homeland of Puerto Plata and reverence for all she has learned from the generations before her. A staple of the Brugal family heritage, maestros are encouraged to pursue their own journey to bring out the very best of Brugal rum, progressively building on the accomplishments of their predecessors in a never-ending voyage of discovery that began with founder Don Andrés.
Settling in the Dominican Republic after journeying from Spain and Cuba, Don Andrés Brugal founded Brugal in 1888 with his sons. They cultivated sugar cane first and then began to distill rum, harnessing the warmth of the tropical sun to cask-age and imbue their spirit with complexity and flavor. Don Andrés then set sail once again to share the very best of Dominican rum with the world, and each successive generation of Maestros has since followed in his footsteps. They mastered the nuanced art of cask selection and ageing, which led to the brand's signature double ageing technique and use of Bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks.
This exclusive release is bottled in a limited-edition, hand-blown crystal decanter and presented in a bespoke display cabinet inspired by the iconic traveling cases earlier Maestros used in their voyages. Rendered from American oak, its exterior surfaces are etched with an iconic diamond pattern redolent of the netting that surrounds many of Brugal's bottles – a symbol of the need to protect precious cargo. Skillful joinery unfurls beautifully: twin segments fold down to reveal the hand-blown crystal decanter secreted within, and a sea of surrounding mirrored surfaces create a halo of reflected light that illuminates the rum's rich amber liquid. These surfaces are subtly etched with a map of the world, symbolic of Brugal's journey of excellence that began with the first journey of Don Andrés' from Spain to the Caribbean.
134 years later, the legacy continues in an endless pursuit of perfection. Andrés Brugal is the first of several ultra-premium releases anticipated from the legacy rum brand in the coming years. For more information on Brugal, the home of rum mastery in the Dominican Republic, please visit: www.brugal-rum.com
ANDRES BRUGAL QUICK FACTS:
- $2,800 USD/bottle
- 460 bottles available worldwide and 50 exclusively in the U.S.
- 41.5% ABV
- A skillful blend of two double aged reserves with first fill single Bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks.
- Appearance: Deep warm radiant amber
- Aroma: Rich notes of roasted coffee beans expertly balanced with the scent of freshly harvested Cacao, layered gently with the sweet fragrance of homemade dulce de leche fudge and the buttery softness of Dominican rum cake.
- Palate: An enchanting combination of oak, vanilla bean, and sweet caramel flan dance in harmony on the tongue, complemented by the freshness of ripe berries and delicate notes of warming aromatic black peppercorns and sweet cloves.
- Finish: Intensely rich with warming woody spices to create a silky and complex long-lasting dry finish.
ABOUT BRUGAL:
Home to 134 years of rum mastery, Brugal is an award-winning premium rum producer from the Dominican Republic. An esteemed portfolio of high-quality, top shelf aged rums tells the story of five generations of liquid mastery that began in 1888 by legendary founder Andrés Brugal. After traveling from Spain and Cuba, Don Andrés and his family settled in Puerto Plata and began distilling a uniquely light and pure spirit, harnessing the warm, tropical sun to imbue their spirit with complexity and flavor to create elegant, aromatic and smooth Dominican rum. Since its foundation, Brugal's cherished traditions and production expertise has been passed down through five generations of Maestros Roneros, each continuing to innovate. This mindset ensures that each expression remains of the highest quality, yet relevant through the decades. Over 130 years later, the legacy of Brugal continues to bring out the very best in our rum.
ABOUT EDRINGTON:
Edrington's vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. Edrington owns some of the leading Scotch whisky and rum brands in the world, including The Macallan, Brugal Rum, Highland Park, The Glenrothes, The Famous Grouse, Naked Malt and Noble Oak bourbon. Edrington also has strategic partnerships with No.3 London Dry Gin and Wyoming Whiskey in the American Whiskey category.
Edrington is headquartered in Scotland and employs over 3,500 people in its wholly owned and joint venture companies, with over 70% employed overseas. We own our route to market in 16 countries and distribute our brands to more than 100 countries around the world through joint ventures and third-party agreements.
Edrington's principal shareholder is The Robertson Trust, which has donated over £320 million to charitable causes in Scotland since 1961. Our business is underpinned by the Edrington values of giving, respect, integrity and excellence.
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(KTLA) – A new Valentine’s Day-inspired meal is coming to participating McDonald’s restaurants nationwide, courtesy of rappers Cardi B and Offset.
On Monday, the fast-food chain announced its partnership with the rap couple: the “Cardi B and Offset” meal. The collaboration marks McDonald’s first celebrity duo meal, a news release said, but is just the latest star-studded promotion from the fast food chain.
The meal includes the couple’s go-to McDonald’s order, plus items people can share with their special someone. The new meal combo will be available at participating restaurants starting on Valentine’s Day, according to the company.
The Cardi B and Offset meal includes:
- Cardi B’s order of a classic McDonald’s cheeseburger paired with BBQ sauce and a large Coca-Cola
- Offset’s order of a Quarter Pounder with Cheese and a large Hi-C Orange Lava Burst
- Plus, a large order of fries and an Apple Pie to share with your Valentine
“Whether it’s going for a date night or grabbing a bite after late-night studio sessions… I’m always asking Offset to take me to McDonald’s,” Cardi B said in a statement. “And now, Offset and I have a meal named after us! I want all my fans to try it – especially with that BBQ sauce.”
A throwback Valentine’s Day card will also be included with the meal.
McDonald’s has been partnering with other celebrities in recent years.
In 2020, McDonald’s collaborated with singers Travis Scott – the meal was so popular, some locations reportedly faced ingredient shortages – and J Balvin. The next year, McDonald’s partnered with Saweetie and Mariah Carey. The fast food giant also worked with K-Pop superstars BTS, offering McNuggets and dipping sauces inspired by those served in South Korea. | 2023-02-14T00:25:23+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/cardi-b-offset-partner-with-mcdonalds-for-valentines-day-inspired-meal/ |
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday financial support for expansion of mobile mental-health crisis intervention units in Oregon, the first state to receive the aid.
“Prioritizing behavioral health treatment by putting crisis care in reach for more Americans is critical – in Oregon and beyond,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. He encouraged all states to take advantage of the opportunity and work with his department to expand access to these critical health care services.
The new Medicaid-supported plan will allow Oregon to provide and expand community-based stabilization services to individuals experiencing mental health and/or substance use crises throughout the state by connecting them to a behavioral health specialist, the federal health department said in a statement.
Officials say that all too often, police are called to respond to people suffering from mental health issues. And all too often, they result in tragic outcomes.
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“By mobilizing mental health and substance use professionals to respond to people experiencing mental health or substance use crises, this intervention eases the burden on law enforcement,” the federal health department's statement said.
Federal health officials said that under the program, 85 cents of every dollar spent by states to expand these services and utilized by Medicaid-covered individuals will be paid for by the federal government. There are more than 1.4 million Medicaid recipients in Oregon, according to the Oregon Health Authority. That's almost one-third of the state's population of 4.1 million.
An example of such a program exists in Eugene, Oregon, where teams of paramedics and behavioral health practitioners take mental health crisis calls out of the hands of uniformed and armed officers.
The program there is called Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets, or CAHOOTS. It is part of the local 911 emergency response system though crisis teams are not sent on calls involving violent situations. CAHOOTS teams handled 24,000 calls in the local area in 2019.
The support announced Monday will provide additional funding for programs like that and allow the state and partners to expand it, addressing needs in a range of different situations, the federal health department said.
Officials said the support was made possible by President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Oregon is the first state to seek and be granted approval for this new Medicaid option. | 2022-09-12T22:11:37+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/u-s-support-to-go-for-mental-health-crisis-teams-in-oregon/article_31c0d1ee-14da-56d8-ab65-b775cc32e69e.html |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak released its FY21 Sustainability Report that showcases sustainability projects across Amtrak's regions and operations. Throughout the report are details of Amtrak's measured progress against annual and long-term sustainability goals that encompass greenhouse gas emissions, diesel fuel and electricity usage.
"Driving sustainability at Amtrak means transforming the customer experience, reducing our carbon footprint and expanding service to new markets across America," said Stephen Gardner, CEO at Amtrak. "Recognizing the urgency to act now, Amtrak is out to change the way our country moves."
Today, intercity travel on Amtrak is cleaner and more sustainable than most alternatives. On average, Amtrak service is 46% more energy efficient than travel by car and 34% more efficient than domestic air travel. On the electrified Northeast Corridor, Amtrak travel emits up to 83% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to car travel and up to 72% less greenhouse gas emissions than flying. Our fully electrified service also provides the environmental benefit of zero tail pipe emissions which improves air quality in the dense urban areas we serve.
Highlights from the report include:
- Cleaner, more climate-friendly equipment: A significant share of Amtrak's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)-provided funding will support the procurement of new train equipment. On the NEC and various State-Supported routes, this equipment will include new trainsets, including some dual-power equipment that can run on electric or diesel and other dual-power equipment that can run on battery or diesel. On Long-Distance routes, IIJA funds will support the continued procurement of fuel-efficient, Tier 4-compliant ALC-42 locomotives, which emit 89% less nitrogen oxide and 95% less particulate matter than the diesels that they are replacing.
- Expansion of energy-efficient passenger rail service: Large increases in population and travel demand, demographic shifts, congestion and changing travel preferences mean that Amtrak's legacy route network does not fully meet the changing needs of the traveling public. For example, Texas and Florida, the nation's second and third most populous states, have a combined population of just over 50 million, but those two states are served by just six Amtrak routes, some of which do not operate every day. In FY21, Amtrak released a corridor vision called Amtrak Connects US, to develop and expand intercity passenger rail corridors. Providing intercity passenger rail service to the 50 largest metropolitan areas, Amtrak's vision aims to add service to 160 new communities, create 39 new routes and enhance 25 routes. A historic investment in expanding passenger rail, IIJA funding signifies the important role trains play in the future of sustainable transportation.
- Improved capacity, reliability and performance on existing routes: Guided by the Northeast Corridor Commission's Connect NEC 2035 service development plan, the IIJA investments will make the Western Hemisphere's busiest, highest-speed rail corridor an even more efficient, effective and resilient mode of transportation—taking countless cars off the road, driving down carbon emissions and showing what sustained, robust funding for rail could achieve in other parts of the country.
- Acela solar-powered gates: In 2021, Amtrak designed and deployed innovative, solar powered technology to improve security on our Northeast Corridor (NEC) Right of Way (ROW), prior to the upcoming launch of the historic new Acela service, advancing safety and sustainability together.
"Providing high-quality, low-carbon rail service that takes people out of cars and planes is one of the most efficient ways to drive emissions reductions," said Dennis Newman, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Accessibility at Amtrak. "Through more and better service, we will give additional people a chance to pitch-in and fight the climate crisis by choosing rail."
For more information about Amtrak's approach to sustainability, please visit amtrak.com/sustainability.
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SOURCE Amtrak | 2022-08-18T20:06:56+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/08/18/amtrak-releases-fy21-sustainability-report/ |
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — One of two girls pulled from a suburban Indianapolis retention pond after the pair vanished while playing in the water with others has died at a hospital, officials said Thursday.
The juvenile died at a hospital, while the other girl remained hospitalized in critical condition at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, state conservation officers said.
Officers said the girls became separated Wednesday night from a group that was playing in the pond at the Clear Brook Subdivision in Greenwood and then failed to resurface.
Greenwood police officers and firefighters found the youths in about 15 feet (4.6 meters) of water shortly after 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday in the Johnson County city just south of Indianapolis. Both were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday on the girl who died, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ law enforcement division said.
The names and ages of the two girls have not been released by authorities. | 2022-06-16T14:30:39+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/1-of-2-girls-dead-after-vanishing-in-Indianapolis-17245765.php |
Saying Florida’s strict new abortion ban is causing “immediate and irreparable injury to … fundamental rights and cherished liberties,” seven members of a clergy asked a state court for a temporary injunction Thursday so that they can again advise believers freely based on their own religious values and beliefs.
The Florida law, which makes no exceptions for rape or incest, was signed in April by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a Pentecostal church alongside antiabortion lawmakers such as the House speaker, who called life “a gift from God.”
The plaintiffs are two Christians, three Jews, one Unitarian Universalist and a Buddhist.
They note in the suit and Thursday’s filings that it’s a felony to violate the abortion ban, including “participating” in one, which the clerics say under Florida law appears to qualify as “counseling or encouraging” a crime.
“Plaintiff is inhibited from providing spiritual guidance in accordance with their religious beliefs to their congregants,” the filings read.
Opponents of the Florida law, one of the strictest antiabortion measures in the country, are arguing on multiple fronts. It bans abortions after 15 weeks.
Even before the law took effect, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, Florida abortion providers and the Center for Reproductive Rights sued, citing a 1980 state constitutional amendment guaranteeing a right to privacy. The state Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the right to abortion is included in that, including for minors. And in 2012, Florida voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution that would have removed the abortion-related privacy protection.
Planned Parenthood won an initial injunction, pausing the law from going into effect, but a state appeal quickly put the law back on until the plaintiffs could argue their points.
Last Wednesday, a Florida appellate court formally rejected the injunction request, saying the abortion providers and their co-plaintiffs couldn’t prove “irreparable harm.” The state law bans abortions after 15 weeks. The vast majority of abortions — around 9 in 10 — occur during the first trimester, which is around 12 to 14 weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The parties do not dispute that the operation of the law will not affect the majority of provided abortions,” Judge Brad Thomas said of the Planned Parenthood case, CBS reported.
With the legal theory of Planned Parenthood and its co-plaintiffs rejected, the clerics’ attorney, Marci Hamilton, said her clients needed to urgently press their case.
The clerics cite their faith scriptures and denominational policies, showing diverse beliefs about what it means to honor the inherent rights of humans — including those bearing children — and when life begins.
“Plaintiff has given sermons on reproductive justice and believes his role in counseling and advising women and girls faced with these issues is to be a pillar of discernment and support as she makes her own decision,” read the motion from the Rev. Tom Capo, a minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Miami. | 2022-09-01T23:40:30+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/09/01/florida-pastor-rabbi-abortion-lawsuit/ |
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of VBit Technologies Corp., VBit Mining LLC (Collectively, "VBit") securities, which were unregistered in the form of investment contracts, between January 1, 2019 and February 13, 2023, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important April 17, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased VBit securities, which were in the form of investment contracts, 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 VBit class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12202 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 violated provisions of the Exchange Act by making false and misleading statements and omitting material information concerning VBit's mining operations. The lawsuit also alleges that defendants violated the Securities Act by offering, selling and soliciting unregistered securities.
To join the VBit class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12202 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.
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Letter: Gun control is not the issue, America needs gun access reforms
Isn't "gun violence reform" a better platform for proactive change than the media popular "gun control"?
Honest, law-abiding gun owners as well as the far-right Second Amendment activists take exception to government "control" with good reason, our political system is dysfunctional at all levels. Gun control is not the issue, gun "access" is a major issue.
Reforms relating to who can access firearms, and holding those negligent truly responsible is a good start. There are many other issues that need to be addressed such as extensive, real-time background checks, and mental health screening relating to firearms. A meaningful task force made up of responsible gun owners, victims, law enforcement such as ATF, and responsible citizens should be established and begin to address these and other issues. This task force should be devoid of politicians, and lobbyists yet politicians should sign on and agree they will take the recommendations of a congressional task force and act on them. A timeline for action should be established, real action not another political stalemate. Hold all elected officials accountable.
More:Springfield psychologists share tips on how to have 'the talk' about mass shootings with kids
Neither the radical Second Amendment rights activist, nor the liberal take away all the guns activist represents the concerns or opinions of the majority of Americans. The majority of gun owners are responsible and agree that taking away access to those who are not is the foundation for positive reform.
Even reform cannot take away the responsibility of families to keep legally owned firearms away from people they know should not have access to a weapon.
Bobby Orr, Springfield | 2022-06-02T23:42:03+00:00 | sj-r.com | https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/letters/2022/06/02/gun-control-not-issue-america-issue-gun-access/7487969001/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy died after being attacked in her Indianapolis home by a dog that also bit and wounded her 8-year-old son, authorities said Wednesday.
Tamieka White, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday night shortly after Indianapolis police officers responded to her home on the city’s east side, officials said. She had been a deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office since 2007.
Her young son was also bitten in the dog attack, which was reported about 7:45 p.m., officials said. He is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries, The Indianapolis Star reported.
Indianapolis police said the attacking dog charged at a responding officer, who fatally shot the animal.
A spokesperson with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the dog was not owned by White, and police have identified the owner. They declined to release further information about the owner.
Indianapolis Animal Care Services said in a statement that workers impounded the deceased dog, three additional dogs and a cat from White’s home. The department said it cannot confirm the breeds without a DNA test, but it said all the dogs appeared to be a “pitbull-type.”
The animals are being held as part of the ongoing investigation into the attack.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that White had served as a deputy sheriff with the agency since 2007 in the Judicial Enforcement Division, which oversees the transportation of inmates to and from courts, collecting delinquent taxes and serving legal process papers.
“Deputy White was a bright light to all that knew her,” Sheriff Kerry Forestal said in a statement. “We are immensely grateful for her nearly 17 years of service to our agency.” | 2023-05-11T11:06:07+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/indiana-sheriffs-deputy-killed-in-dog-attack-that-left-her-son-8-wounded/ |
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Good morning. I'm Michel Martin.
So you think you're a sneakerhead? Yesterday, a signed pair of Air Jordan 13s worn by Air Jordan himself sold at a Sotheby's auction for a record-breaking $2.2 million. He wore the red-and-black J's in 1998 during one of his NBA finals runs. Twenty-five years later, they're still in pristine condition. An auction house employee said, it looks like Michael took them off his feet yesterday. Maybe he bought them to put them back on?
It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-04-12T18:00:21+00:00 | mainepublic.org | https://www.mainepublic.org/2023-04-12/a-signed-pair-of-air-jordans-sold-for-2-2-million-at-auction |
NEW YORK (AP) — Clara Wu Tsai, co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, launched the largest business accelerator for minority founders of early-stage startups on Monday.
Named BK-XL, the accelerator will invest up to $500,000 each in 12 startups led by Black, Indigenous and other minority founders in 2023.
“Capital is one of the biggest impediments to wealth-building, particularly for BIPOC entrepreneurs,” Wu Tsai told The Associated Press in an interview. “We thought that investing in this segment was how we could create wealth, not only for the entrepreneurs, but also through all the different jobs that they are going to create.”
Increasing investments of venture capital in startups run by minority founders became a priority for many during the racial reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd. According to Crunchbase, only 2.4% of all U.S. venture capital raised between 2015 to 2020 was allocated to startups with Black or Latinx founders. Funding to Black entrepreneurs quadrupled in the first half of 2021 to $1.8 billion. However, investments to minority founders this year have dropped steeply.
BK-XL is part of Wu Tsai’s plan to change that. The accelerator is another piece of her racial justice work, with her husband Joe Tsai, to improve economic mobility for minorities. Because of their ownership of the Brooklyn Nets and the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, they have decided to focus their economic mobility donations and investments in the New York City borough as well to maximize their impact.
“It will be a mix of grants, loans and investments into this borough which I think ultimately is going to result in strengthening the community and the building up of people,” Wu Tsai said.
Last year, the Tsais’ Social Justice Fund launched the “EXCELerate” initiative that provided no-interest loans to Black-owned small businesses in Brooklyn that needed help recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. Wu Tsai said the investments through BK-XL will help new businesses that are ready to expand.
For startups chosen for the BK-XL program, the first $125,000 investment will be in return for 7% equity in the startups, split between Wu Tsai’s Social Justice Fund and the investment platform Visible Hands.
Daniel Acheampong, general partner at Visible Hands, said BK-XL will offer more than a monetary investment. Founders selected for the program will receive free office space and a 10-week immersion program on building successful businesses, with mentorship help from Visible Hands, Tsai’s investment firm Blue Pool Capital, and other partners.
“Being a founder is a lonely journey,” said Acheampong, adding that it’s even harder for minority founders because there are so few of them. “It helps when you’re doing it in the context of folks who can say, ‘Hey, I’ve been through your experience. I know the challenges of bias in raising capital.’”
Acheampong said that kind of support – which he calls social capital and inspiration capital – is as important as the investment capital. “The partnership here is something I’m really excited about,” he said.
BK-XL will begin taking applications on Dec. 5. Acheampong said any kind of BIPOC-led startup can apply, as long as they will be based in Brooklyn. However, there will be a preference for businesses that are in fields where the Tsais have experience – including e-commerce, since Tsai co-founded the Chinese tech giant Alibaba, and sports media.
With BK-XL, Wu Tsai said she hopes to spotlight untapped business talent in Brooklyn to help revitalize the community. But she also hopes the new accelerator will prove a point across the country.
“We want to show that investing in Black businesses makes money,” she said. “We want to show it’s good business.”
Wu Tsai said any profits from investments into the BK-XL startups will be re-invested into Brooklyn businesses. “I think the best proof of our belief in Brooklyn and Black businesses is by investing in them and showing the world that these are good investments,” she added.
When asked about the Brooklyn Nets’ current turmoil involving the suspension of Nets guard Kyrie Irving for posting a link to an antisemitic work on Twitter, Wu Tsai pointed to previous statements made by the team.
She said BK-XL will soon be followed by a philanthropic grant program to help other businesses in Brooklyn. Like a growing number of philanthropists, including Melinda French Gates and Laurene Powell Jobs, Wu Tsai plans to use a mix of investments and donations to accomplish goals for the community.
“I think that you should just play with all the different arrows that you have in your backpack,” Wu Tsai said. “There’s so many levers. There’s not just one way to impact a community. I think you’re much more effective if you can use different methods to reach different people who need it.”
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NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Maine State Police arrested an Auburn man in connection to a double homicide in Poland.
Last Tuesday, Androscoggin County Sheriff's deputies discovered the bodies of two men at a Poland home.
They were identified as 21-year-old Shoeb Mohamed Adan of Springfield Massachusetts, and 16-year-old Mohamed Aden of Lewiston, Maine.
State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss says the two victims are not related.
Their deaths were ruled as homicides.
Moss says detectives conducted interviews in Maine and New Hampshire over the weekend, which resulted in the arrest of 46-year-old Aaron Aldrich, who is charged with two counts of murder.
Aldrich is currently being held at the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood, New Hampshire on property crime charges not related to the double homicide.
He will face extradition proceedings in New Hampshire before he can be brought to Maine. | 2023-02-28T04:50:19+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/auburn-man-charged-in-double-homicide/article_a137e8da-b71c-11ed-a9a1-efd879382448.html |
Anthony Anderson had his eyes on a new adventure when he decided to depart Law & Order after just one season. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the 51-year-old actor on Thursday, when he was one of the celebs to descend on South Lake Tahoe for the American Century Championship presented by American Century Investments.
While speaking to ET, Anderson revealed the reason behind his exit from the NBC series, on which he reprised his role as Detective Kevin Bernard, a part he initially played during the show's first run, from 2008 to 2010. The show was revived for season 21 earlier this year, at which time it was widely reported that Anderson had only signed a one-season contract.
"I wanted to go off and create more shows like Black-ish, create things that I have ownership in, and do something a little bit different," Anderson told ET of why he left Law & Order.
As for what's next for Anderson, he revealed, "We're going out and pitching another drama called Miraculous, which I'm excited about, so looking forward to what that's going to do."
In addition to looking forward new projects, Anderson is also looking back. This month's forthcoming Emmy nominations have Anderson thinking about Black-ish, his NBC sitcom that aired its final season earlier this year.
"I'm always excited for that time of year. I'm gonna be honest, I'm excited," he said of potentially nabbing a nom. "... Everybody's saying maybe we might be the sentimental favorites since this is our last season on air. I don't go for that, though, but no I'm excited for it."
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The parents of Connor Sturgeon, who killed five people and injured at least eight others at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month, are speaking out.
In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie, airing in full on Thursday, April 27, Todd and Lisa Sturgeon expressed their sorrow to the families of those their 25-year-old son shot before he was killed by police.
"We are so sorry. We are heartbroken," Lisa Sturgeon emotionally told Savannah when asked what they would want to say to the families. "We wish we could undo it, but we know we can't."
Police said Sturgeon was an employee at Old National Bank on East Main Street in Louisville, where he opened gunfire at 8:38 a.m. on April 10 while live-streaming. Officers responded within three minutes, where they returned gunfire and ultimately killed the shooter.
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The five killed were identified as Tommy Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; Jim Tutt, 64; Josh Barrick, 40, and Deana Eckert, 57.
Police released 911 calls from that morning, including one from Lisa Sturgeon who called concerned that her son could be heading to the bank after his roommate told her something wasn't right.
"I don't know what to do, I need your help," Lisa Sturgeon told the operator. "He'd never hurt anyone, he's a really good kid." She also told the operator that he didn't have any guns, but police later said that he purchased an AR-15 six days earlier.
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In a press conference on the day of the shooting, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said that he ran his campaign for state attorney general out of the same building where the bank was located and was close friends with Elliott.
“This is awful,” Beshear said at the time. “I know virtually everyone in it. That’s my bank.”
One of the injured was 26-year-old Officer Nickolas Wilt, who was shot in the head. LMPD Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said in a press conference that she had sworn Wilt in as an officer on March 31, only 10 days before the shooting.
“I just swore him in, and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer,” Gwinn-Villaroel said.
President Joe Biden shared a statement on Twitter hours after the shooting, saying that he and first lady Jill Biden were praying for those killed and affected.
“Once again, our nation mourns after a senseless act of gun violence. ... Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives,” he said. “When will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?”
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HOUSTON, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coterra Energy Inc. ("Coterra" or the "Company") (NYSE: CTRA) today announced it will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET) to discuss second-quarter 2022 financial and operating results. The Company plans to announce second-quarter 2022 results after the market closes on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
Conference Call Information
Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM ET / 9:00 AM CT
Dial-in (for callers in the U.S. and Canada): (888) 550-5424
Int'l dial-in: (646) 960-0819
Conference ID: 3813676
To access the live webcast, visit the "Events & Presentations" page under the "Investors" section of the Company's website at www.coterra.com. The replay will be archived and available at the same location after the conclusion of the live event.
About Coterra Energy
Coterra is a premier exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas with focused operations in the Permian Basin, Marcellus Shale and Anadarko Basin. We strive to be a leading producer, delivering returns with a commitment to sustainability leadership. Learn more about us at www.coterra.com.
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WIMBLEDON – Novak Djokovic is bidding for his record-tying eighth Wimbledon singles championship and fifth in a row.
Carlos Alcaraz is trying for his first trophy at the All England Club.
Djokovic wants his 24th Grand Slam title. Alcaraz wants his second.
There is plenty on the line when Djokovic and Alcaraz meet each other at Centre Court in the Wimbledon final on Sunday.
There's also this: Alcaraz, a 20-year-old from Spain, is ranked No. 1, and Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, is ranked No. 2. In addition to the Wimbledon trophy, the winner will have the top ATP ranking.
This is a rematch of the showdown between Alcaraz and Djokovic in the French Open semifinals last month.
The first two sets were terrific, and each man won one. But then Alcaraz was overcome by cramping — he said later he thought nerves were the main cause — and Djokovic took the anticlimactic last two sets 6-1, 6-1.
Marketa Vondrousova won her first Grand Slam title on Saturday by defeating Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 in the women's final.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The historic federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump has been assigned to a judge he appointed who faced blistering criticism over her decision to grant his request for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida estate.
A person familiar with the development confirmed Friday that the case was assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, a former federal prosecutor who was nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020 and sits in Fort Pierce, about an hour’s drive north of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
The indictment makes Trump the first former president in U.S. history to be charged with federal crimes. Trump said he has been ordered to appear in court in Miami on Tuesday.
Trump is facing 37 felony counts related to the mishandling of classified documents, according to an indictment unsealed Friday that alleges that he improperly shared a Pentagon “plan of attack” and a classified map related to a military operation.
Cannon was thrust into the spotlight last year when she issued what many legal experts saw as an extraordinary and unusually broad decision to appoint a “special master” to review the documents seized by the FBI.
As part of that case, Cannon temporarily barred federal agents and prosecutors from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during the search. Her order was ultimately thrown out in a scathing opinion by a federal appeals court, which found she had overstepped.
Trump’s supporters had cheered her ruling as a check on what they viewed as a politically motivated probe. His lawyers had argued that a special master was necessary to ensure an independent review of records taken during the search and so that any personal information or documents could be filtered out and returned to Trump.
But some experts said the judge gave undue deference to the former president and unnecessarily put on hold certain investigative work by the Justice Department.
Under federal law, if prosecutors reasonably believe Cannon cannot be fair, they could file an affidavit asking that Cannon recuse herself from the case, arguing that she has a personal bias or prejudice. If she finds the affidavit is “sufficient,” she must step down. She also must step down if it could be argued that her “impartiality might reasonably be questioned” by the parties or the public.
Given the reversal of Cannon’s ruling last year, “there already appears to be a fair ground for disqualification because the public might reasonably question her impartiality, even absent an evidentiary basis for alleging or finding personal bias or prejudice,” said University of Miami law professor Anthony Alfieri, the founding director of its Center for Ethics and Public Service.
Cannon previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney, mainly out of the federal prosecutors’ office in Fort Pierce, Florida, which is part of the same federal district as Miami but about 130 miles (209 kilometers) to the north. Beginning in 2013, Cannon prosecuted 41 cases as part of the Major Crimes Division, later handling appeals of criminal convictions and sentences.
She has also been a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has championed judges appointed by Trump, including Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
Born in Cali, Colombia, in 1981, Cannon came to the United States as a child, ultimately graduating from Duke University in 2003.
One of her cases as a prosecutor involved a defendant in a major $800 million Ponzi scheme who unsuccessfully appealed his numerous fraud convictions to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Her opposing counsel in that case, longtime Miami defense attorney Richard Klugh, described Cannon as “very bright and talented” and fair to the defense.
“I didn’t see anything I could characterize as anything other than good lawyering, and no political bias whatsoever,” Klugh said, adding that he has worked on cases handled by Judge Cannon, although he has not appeared in her courtroom.
“She’s known for affording fair process and hearings. You like somebody who actually hears you out,” he said.
She was asked during her 2020 Senate confirmation process whether she had any discussions with anyone, including people at the White House or the Justice Department, about loyalty to President Trump. In a written response, she replied: “No.”
During her college years, Cannon wrote a series of articles for El Nuevo Herald, a Spanish-language newspaper in southern Florida owned by The Miami Herald. According to a list of articles provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Cannon wrote primarily about health- and culture-related topics.
After earning a degree from the University of Michigan in 2007, Cannon clerked for U.S. District Judge Steven M. Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. She next worked in private practice in Washington for three years with the prominent international law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
During her July 2020 confirmation hearing, the then-prosecutor noted that her mother “had to flee the repressive Castro regime in search of freedom and security,” leaving Cuba at the age of 7.
“Thank you for teaching me about the blessing that is this country and the importance of securing the rule of law for generations to come,” Cannon said, addressing her mother.
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Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP.
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Kinnard reported from Columbia, South Carolina and Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Terry Spencer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix contributed.
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This story originally appeared in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge newsletter. Subscribe here.
We're two months into this year's Student Podcast Challenge, and we've already received entries from more than 200 students! It's the fifth anniversary of the contest, and like every other year, we've been getting a range of stories, from personal narratives to passion projects to class assignments.
But, in listening to them over the last couple of weeks, I've noticed one thing that many of our favorite podcasts have in common: a willingness by students to take on tough conversations that many of us, adults, walk away from. Others remind us of the joys in life, whether that's team sports, or holiday gift exchanges.
Below are six early entries we love (listed in alphabetical order), selected from middle and high school podcasts submitted on or before March 3, 2023.
Taking place during Christmas holidays, a high school senior from Portland, Ore. interviews her family about their appreciation for homemade presents.
In this entry, two middle schoolers in Irvington, N.Y. interview a high school art teacher about the connection between mental health and creativity. They discuss how students' mental wellness is reflected in their artwork and how art can help express difficult emotions.
This episode from five high schoolers from Weddington, N.C. discusses the benefits and drawbacks of co-teaching. They dive into what prevents schools from hiring more teachers and how this shortage affects both teachers and students.
Created as a final project for an African American studies class, two students from King of Prussia, Pa. host a talk-show-style podcast that spotlights people of color whose stories are often left out of history books. This first episode, and their submission, zooms in on the iconic Black entrepreneur Madam CJ Walker.
In this entry, one Seattle high schooler asks this question to friends, loved ones and strangers: "What do you consider to be home?" She reflects on the meaning of home and how her quick chats on home can provide so much insight on different people's lives.
Why is dance so important to me?
Another one from Seattle, this podcast is all about dance. One high school student and lifelong dancer reflects on how dance has not only impacted the way she feels in her body but also shaped her identity.
Teachers, here's one potential group exercise: Listen to these episodes together and talk through with your students (1) what you like or (2) what you don't like about these entries. Think about the story, the narrator's tone, the sound quality, the music – what can you learn from each podcast?
Hope these can cheer on our early birds. And if you're inspired to enter, you still have plenty of time! Deadline is April 28. Find more info on this year's Student Podcast Challenge here.
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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Bancorp (the "Company") (NASDAQ - FBNC), the parent company of First Bank, announced today net income of $36.6 million, or $1.03 per diluted common share, for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $34.0 million, or $0.95 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2022 and $29.3 million, or $1.03 per diluted common share, recorded in the second quarter of 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded net income of $70.6 million, or $1.98 per diluted common share, compared to $57.5 million, or $2.02 per diluted common share for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
On June 21, 2022, the Company announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire GrandSouth Bancorporation ("GrandSouth"), headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, in an all-stock transaction. This transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and approval of GrandSouth's shareholders, and is expected to close in the late fourth quarter of 2022 or early first quarter of 2023. GrandSouth operates eight branches throughout South Carolina and currently has $1.2 billion in total assets, $952.8 million in loans, and $1.1 billion in deposits.
Richard H. Moore, CEO and Chairman of the Company, stated, "First Bank had a very strong quarter. Loan growth exceeded our expectations and we have continued to maintain strong asset quality and are focused on credit discipline. We are excited about combining with GrandSouth which provides us the opportunity to accelerate First Bank's South Carolina expansion and partner with extremely talented bankers in growth markets."
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Annualized return on average assets of 1.40% and annualized return on average common equity of 13.45% for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
- Tax equivalent net interest margin was 3.18% for the quarter with continued low cost of funds, and net interest income grew 1.8% from the first quarter of 2022 ("the linked quarter").
- Total noninterest expense was down 4.0% as compared to the first quarter driven by lower merger expenses and operating cost controls.
- Annualized loan growth for the quarter was 11.8%; credit quality continues to be strong with decreases in nonperforming assets ("NPA") for the third straight quarter. NPA to total assets ratio of 0.39% as of June 30, 2022, down from 0.46% for the linked quarter and 0.51% for the comparable period of 2021.
- Total common equity Tier 1 ratio of 12.80% and total risk-based capital ratio of 14.91%.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share declared, a 10.0% increase over the dividend rate in the comparable period of 2021.
The following discussions and comparisons to the prior year financial periods presented are impacted by the Company's acquisition of Select Bancorp, Inc. ("Select") completed in the fourth quarter of 2021 which contributed $1.3 billion in loans and $1.6 billion in deposits as of the acquisition date.
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
Net interest income for the second quarter of 2022 was $78.3 million, a 33.2% increase from the $58.8 million recorded in the second quarter of 2021 and a 1.8% increase from the first quarter of 2022. The increases in net interest income from the prior year period was driven by higher earning assets related to both organic growth and the Select acquisition, offset somewhat by a reduction in net interest margin ("NIM").
The Company's tax-equivalent NIM (calculated by dividing tax-equivalent net interest income by average earning assets) for the second quarter of 2022 was 3.18%, compared to 3.21% for the linked quarter and 3.22% for the second quarter of 2021. Contributing to the the reduction in NIM was the payoff of loans during the first quarter of 2022 at higher rates than new originations. Also contributing to the lower NIM were fluctuations in loan discount accretion which deceased to $2.3 million in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to $3.6 million in the second quarter of 2021. Average interest-earning assets increased 34.7% from the second quarter of 2021, and 1.4% from the linked quarter with growth in both loans and investment securities.
Allowance for Credit Losses, Provisions for Credit Losses, and Asset Quality
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company did not record any provision for credit losses or provision for unfunded commitments. This is compared to a provision for credit losses of $3.5 million and a reversal of provision for unfunded commitments of ($1.5) million for the first quarter of 2022. The first quarter provisions related to updated economic forecasts and recalibration of the CECL model assumptions to include historical loss rates from the Select acquired portfolio. For the second quarter of 2022, no additional provisions were necessary based on the assumptions and loan mix inputs to the CECL model. The reserve for unfunded commitments totaled $12.0 million at June 30, 2022 and is included in the line items "Other Liabilities".
Asset quality continues to improve with annualized net loan recoveries of (0.01%) for the second quarter of 2022 compared to a net charge-off ratio of 0.07% for the same period of 2021. Total nonperforming assets amounted to $41.1 million at June 30, 2022, or 0.39% of total assets, down from $48.9 million, or 0.46% of total assets for the linked quarter, and $41.8 million, or 0.51% of total assets, at June 30, 2021.
Noninterest Income
Total noninterest income for the second quarter of 2022 was $17.3 million, a 19.2% decrease from the $21.4 million recorded for the second quarter of 2021 and a 10.3% decrease from the linked quarter. The primary factors driving fluctuations between the comparable periods were as follows:
- SBA loan sale gains amounted to $0.8 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to $3.3 million for the linked quarter and $3.0 million in the second quarter of 2021. The decrease was related to the timing of sales and the volume of originated loans available to be sold in each period.
- Fees from presold mortgages amounted to $0.5 million for the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 59.5% from the linked quarter, and a decrease of 80.0% from the $2.3 million recorded in the second quarter of 2021. Mortgage loan refinancing and origination volumes have declined significantly due to increases in mortgage interest rates.
- SBA consulting fees declined $1.5 million for the second quarter of 2022 as compared to the prior year, and are down 9.7% from the linked quarter as a direct result of lower PPP-related revenue.
- Commissions from sales of insurance and financial products amounted to $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 21.8% as compared to the linked quarter driven by higher volume of transactions. The decline in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to the $2.5 million recorded in the second quarter of 2021 was due to the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company's property and casualty insurance agency subsidiary on June 30, 2021.
- Increases in the second quarter compared to the linked quarter and the prior year period in "Service charges on deposit accounts" and "Other service charges, commissions and fees" were driven by the Select acquisition and related increases in the number of new customers and transaction accounts, combined with continued organic growth in transaction accounts.
- Other gains amounted to $1.6 million for the second quarter of 2022 and $3.2 million for the first six months of 2022, primarily related to death benefits realized on bank-owned life insurance policies. Gains for the comparable periods of 2021 were driven by the sale of the operations and substantially all of the assets of First Bank Insurance Services in June 2021.
Noninterest Expenses
Noninterest expenses amounted to $49.4 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to $51.5 million for the linked quarter and $41.0 million for the second quarter of 2021. The reduction in noninterest expense from the linked quarter is driven by a $2.7 million reduction in merger and acquisition expenses. The increase in noninterest expenses from the prior year period was driven by higher operating expenses resulting from the Select acquisition.
Income Taxes
The Company's effective tax rates were 20.7% and 21.3% for the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively. The 2022 reduction in effective tax rate was related to higher tax-exempt income relative to taxable income.
Balance Sheet and Capital
Total assets at June 30, 2022 amounted to $10.6 billion, a 28.8% increase from a year earlier. The growth was driven by a combination of organic loan and deposit growth and the acquisition of Select.
Total investment securities increased $672.2 million from June 30, 2021 to total $3.1 billion at June 30, 2022, as the Company invested cash from higher levels of deposits realized in 2021.
Total loans amounted to $6.2 billion at June 30, 2022, an increase of $1.5 billion, or 30.6%, from June 30, 2021, due primarily to the Select acquisition. Loan growth for the second quarter of 2022 amounted to $178.5 million, an annualized growth rate of 11.8%.
Total deposits amounted to $9.4 billion at June 30, 2022, an increase of $2.2 billion, or 30.5%, from June 30, 2021. Exclusive of deposits acquired from Select, the high core deposit growth is believed to be due to a combination of stimulus funds and changes in customer behaviors during the pandemic, as well as ongoing growth initiatives by the Company.
The Company remains well-capitalized by all regulatory standards, with an estimated Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio at June 30, 2022 of 14.91% compared to 15.27% reported at June 30, 2021. The decline resulted from the high balance sheet growth experienced between the periods. The Company's tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio was 6.70% at June 30, 2022, a decrease of 161 basis points from a year earlier, with the decline driven by the higher unrealized loss on available for sale securities included in equity.
First Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina, with total assets of $10.6 billion. Its principal activity is the ownership and operation of First Bank, a state-chartered community bank that operates 108 branches in North Carolina and South Carolina. First Bank also provides SBA loans to customers through its nationwide network of lenders - for more information on First Bank's SBA lending capabilities, please visit www.firstbanksba.com. First Bancorp's common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "FBNC."
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Caution about Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are statements that include projections, predictions, expectations or beliefs about future events or results or otherwise are not statements of historical fact. Such statements are often characterized by the use of qualifying words (and their derivatives) such as "expect," "believe," "estimate," "plan," "project," "anticipate," or other words or phrases concerning opinions or judgments of the Company and its management about future events. Factors that could influence the accuracy of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the financial success or changing strategies of the Company's customers, the Company's level of success in integrating acquisitions, actions of government regulators, the level of market interest rates, and general economic conditions. For additional information about the factors that could affect the matters discussed in this paragraph, see the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K available at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements. The Company is also not responsible for changes made to this press release by wire services, internet services or other media.
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NEW YORK — Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American democracy, John Steinbeck — a resident of Paris at the time — often found himself asked about the headlines from his native country.
The question he kept hearing: "What about McCarthyism?"
The future Nobel Laureate wrote that the practice embodied by U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin was "simply a new name for something that has existed from the moment when popular government emerged."
"It is the attempt to substitute government by men for government by law," Steinbeck continued in a 1954 column for Le Figaro that had rarely been seen until it was reprinted this week in the literary quarterly The Strand Magazine. "We have always had this latent thing. All democracies have it. It cannot be wiped out because, by destroying it, democracy would destroy itself."
Steinbeck was closely associated with his native California, the setting for all or most of "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men" and other fiction. But he lived briefly in Paris in the mid-1950s and wrote a series of short pieces for Le Figaro that were translated into French.
Most of his observations were humorous reflections on his adopted city, but at times he couldn't help commenting on larger matters.
"Anyone even remotely familiar with Steinbeck's works knows that he never shied away from taking on controversial topics," Andrew F. Gulli, managing editor of The Strand, writes in a brief introduction. The Strand has unearthed obscure works by Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many others. Gulli calls Steinbeck's column in the French publication a timely work for current concerns about democracy.
"The Grapes of Wrath" was a defining work of the Great Depression. Steinbeck held to an idealistic liberalism that was formed in part in the 1930s by Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, deepened by the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II and eventually tested by the Vietnam War. He despised both McCarthyism and communism, opposing what he called "any interference with the creative mind" — whether censorship in the U.S. or the persecution of writers in the Soviet Union.
"He stated in the 1960s that the role of an artist was to critique his country," says Susan Shillinglaw, who directs the Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University.
Steinbeck believed that the United States was a force for good and fortunate in its ability to correct itself. He advocated a version of tough love hard to defend now, likening democracy to a child who "must be hurt constantly" to endure and regarding McCarthyism as a passing threat that would strengthen the country in the long run.
"In resisting, we keep our democracy hard and tough and alive, its machinery intact. An organism untested soon goes flabby and weak," he wrote.
McCarthyism was peaking around the time of Steinbeck's column and McCarthy himself would be censured by his Senate peers within months and dead by 1957. Political historian Julian Zelizer says that Steinbeck was not alone in recognizing the dangers of anti-communist hysteria, while maintaining an "unyielding optimism" that "the constitutional separation of powers and pluralism would keep these forces on the margins."
Lucan Way, whose books include "Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics," tells The Associated Press that "in principle the clear and unambiguous defeat of anti-democratic actors" such as McCarthy might have a positive effect.
But he does not think Steinbeck's column can be applied to contemporary politics.
"What is going on now is not an example of this phenomenon (the fall of McCarthyism)," Way says. "Trumpism has not been clearly defeated but has instead helped to normalize anti-democratic behavior that was previously considered out of bounds."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Mary Peltola was sworn in Tuesday night to finish out the remaining months of the term of the late Rep. Don Young, making her the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first woman to hold the seat.
“To have a seat at the table is different,” Peltola told The Associated Press in an interview Monday. “But I am just always reminding people that I’m not here to represent just the 16% of Alaskans who are Alaska Natives. I’m here to represent all Alaskans.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a ceremonial swearing-in with Peltola and the two other new members of the House, Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Joe Sempolinski of New York, on the chamber floor.
Peltola, who is Yup’ik, was donning Alaskan Mukluks, traditional boots, as the other two members of her delegation, GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, sat behind her applauding at her historic victory. Peltola previously served as a state lawmaker for 10 years representing the rural hub community of Bethel, Alaska.
The 49-year-old made history last month when she won the special election to finish out Young’s term, besting a field of candidates that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political comeback in the state where she was governor.
The day before her swearing-in ceremony, Peltola stood outside what was once Young’s office, swarmed by the local and national press, and marveled at the moment.
“I really hope that Don is getting a kick out of this,” Peltola told the AP. “I can’t help but think that some things broke my way on account of his great sense of humor.”
The kicker is that 50 years ago, right before Peltola was born, her parents worked on Young’s first campaign for the only congressional seat in Alaska. Young won and went on to hold it for 49 years before his death in March.
Peltola’s campaign has emphasized her dedication to “fish, family and freedom.” Fish are a staple in Alaskan life, and salmon holds particular cultural significance to Alaska Natives. A subsistence lifestyle — relying on fish, wildlife and berries — is essential in rural Alaska, including in many Native communities, where goods must be flown or barged in and costs for basic necessities can be exorbitant.
Peltola said she sees her few weeks in office as an homage to Young’s service as a more moderate force in an increasingly polarized Congress. Like the often gruff Young, Peltola said she is bringing a sense of humor to the job, along with a history of being a consensus-builder with even the most conservative of colleagues.
After Palin came in second to Peltola in the special election last month, the two women shared a cordial back-and-forth. In a text message, Palin congratulated her and wrote that she was a “real Alaskan chick! Beautiful & smart and tough.”
Peltola replied, “Your text means the world to me … We really are in this together.”
The newly elected congresswoman’s time in the Alaska Legislature overlapped with Palin’s time as governor, and the women have remained cordial. Peltola has said that one of the most “unsavory” parts of American politics is negative campaigning.
But staying above the fray could prove difficult. Peltola is on the ballot in November to serve a full two-year term, again facing off against Palin, Republican Nick Begich and Libertarian Chris Bye, all of whom advanced from last month’s open primary.
That’s partly why Peltola said she doesn’t plan to get too comfortable in her new office, which Young, a Republican, adorned with the heads of bucks and bears and large rifles in a nod to his love of hunting. Now those walls are bare.
“It didn’t make sense to really become too entrenched, or decorate, or set up shop,” Peltola said. “I really just feel like I’m camping here until the term is over. And then being open and seeing what happens next.”
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Associated Press reporter Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, contributed to this report.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – LGBTQ advocates held a protest outside the San Francisco office of the United States Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, asking the federal government to do more with Monkeypox vaccines, testing and treatment.
Protestors stated HHS had plenty of time to prepare for the spread of monkeypox. They’re angry over the lack of planning, but even more upset with how the federal government has responded during the last two weeks.
“The time to stop Monkeypox is not 2023,” Tom Temprano, the political director of Equality California, said. “The time to stop Monkeypox right now.”
Every speaker who took the megaphone echoed the same sentiment.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health received around 4,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine this week — after requesting 35,000 doses.
Temprano said HHS needs to do more to meet the need.
“The vaccine supply being provided to the city of San Francisco and counties across the state buy the federal government is simply inadequate,” he said.
Temprano said some of his friends have gone through the pain of monkeypox.
It may not be life threatening, but he wants to see more urgency taken to stop the spread.
“This disease, aside from the physical impacts will have really significant impacts on the day-to-day lives of people who do get it,” Temprano said.
From a lack of vaccines, to the frustration felt by those waiting in long lines last week — protestors let their voices be heard.
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said the FDA has signed off on millions of doses of the monkeypox vaccine in Denmark to be sent to the United States — and that San Francisco needs to be prioritized to get its fair share.
“People need to have easy access to this vaccine and we need to make sure we’re focusing it on the most impacted communities,” Wiener stated.
Other concerns include a lack of testing and the difficulties people are feeling to get treatment.
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Michael Rouppet, with the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, is a survivor of the AIDS epidemic. He questioned why there’s been a lack of response from the federal government when it comes to the monkeypox outbreak, which is largely occurring among men who have sex with men.
“This stigma attached to it to think that because LGBTQ populations are primarily being affected that this is an LGBTQ issue,” he stated. “We know that it is not.” | 2022-07-20T14:08:27+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/lgbtq-groups-protest-federal-monkeypox-response/ |
EMMAUS, Pa., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Altitude Marketing, an integrated marketing agency serving B2B companies for more than 19 years, recently announced a partnership with Libre Technologies Inc., the world's first and only graph-based manufacturing data hub built specifically to the ANSI/ISA-95 standard.
Libre is a first-of-its-kind platform that helps manufacturers create a real-time, unified data model of their entire operation – a data-driven representation of what's happening at every layer of business, from materials and machinery to people and processes, without silos. Using Libre, a manufacturing firm can better understand the relationships between and across every node of information it produces, and rapidly harness that knowledge to continuously improve everything from performance to quality to execution.
Until now, data harmonization and speed-to-insight of this kind has been virtually unattainable for manufacturers, which rely on heavily siloed, monolithic systems that keep data trapped. Libre is an entirely different beast: It's built on a graph-based microservices architecture; it's fully and natively compliant with ANSI/ISA-95 – the industry standard "common language" for manufacturing enterprise control systems; and it's powered by an entirely novel, event-driven workflow modeling engine.
The unique combination allows manufacturers to transcend legacy data barriers and create a far more granular, and thus, far more accurate, moving picture of what is currently happening in their operation.
With locations in the US, UK, and Australia, Libre serves a worldwide client base of manufacturers across biopharma, life sciences, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, and more. The partnership with Altitude will transform the platform's visual and verbal identity and bring the brand to a hungry manufacturing market.
"Libre needs a naming, branding and messaging refresh with a focus on delivering thought leadership to the life sciences market," said Kirt Anderson, CEO of Libre Technologies, Inc. "Altitude's experience in the Life Sciences and the Manufacturing sector as well as their in-house capabilities in renaming, rebranding and website design, make them the perfect partner to transform our brand."
"With their innovative, scalable approach to data management and hard-to-argue-with value proposition for manufacturers – especially in the life sciences – Libre is a great fit with Altitude," said Altitude Marketing CEO, Andrew Stanten. "We are incredibly excited that after an extensive agency search, Libre selected us as their global marketing partner to help take the firm to the next level. A lot of companies boast about the uniqueness of their solutions – a perception that is often based more on hope, marketing spin, and lack of market awareness than reality. Libre is the real deal. They are poised to revolutionize manufacturing in the Life Sciences – and beyond."
About Altitude Marketing
Altitude Marketing is a modern, data driven, full-service B2B marketing agency that serves national and global technology-oriented companies in enterprise software, life sciences, biotechnology and established manufacturing. For more than 19 years, Altitude has thrived working with technology-oriented clients who have complex offerings and operate in regulated spaces. Ideally located between New York and Philadelphia in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Altitude works with clients from all over the United States and Europe, providing a full suite of integrated marketing services: strategy, branding, messaging, web development, digital marketing, content marketing, lead generation, SEO, public relations, trade shows, social media, sales enablement, advertising, marketing automation, data analytics, channel support and more. Learn more at altitudemarketing.com or follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Health experts encourage mask-wearing as respiratory illnesses rise this winter
(CNN) - Masks might be back this winter.
Some of the nation’s leading health experts are encouraging people to put their face masks back on, but this time, it’s not just because of COVID-19.
Flu, RSV and COVID-19 are all impacting the nation this holiday season. So, health officials are urging people to take precautions to protect themselves.
They are encouraging people to get vaccinated, wash their hands frequently and even mask up in certain circumstances.
Medical experts from Vanderbilt University Medical Center say older people, people who have any underlying illness, and anyone who is immunocompromised should consider wearing a mask to protect themselves.
Some communities across the country are even considering bringing back certain masking recommendations as the wave of respiratory illnesses worsens.
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Pete Davidson charged in Beverly Hills car crash
Posted/updated on: June 16, 2023 at 3:31 pmPete Davidson was charged Friday, June 16, with a misdemeanor count of reckless driving after a March car crash into a Beverly Hills home, ABC News has learned.
The former SNL star was behind the wheel of his black Mercedes with his girlfriend and Bupkis co-star Chase Sui Wonders on the evening of March 4 when he lost control of the reportedly speeding vehicle, struck a fire hydrant and jumped a curb before the car impacted the side of the home.
In a statement, the Los Angeles County DA's Office tells ABC News, "We believe that Mr. Davidson engaged in reckless driving, which ultimately resulted in his involvement in a serious collision into a home. Luckily, no one was seriously injured as a result of this collision."
The statement continued, "We know that reckless driving can have devastating consequences. In 2022, traffic fatalities in Los Angeles have reached the highest levels seen in 20 years. This is an alarming trend that we cannot ignore. As a result, it's crucial that we take all allegations of reckless driving seriously and hold those responsible accountable."
Pete's arraignment is set for July 27.
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DENVER (KDVR) — Following Wednesday’s shooting, students made their way to the Capitol relaying their frustrations and safety concerns to lawmakers once again. East High students did the same thing following the death of their classmate Luis Garcia. Garcia was shot in the head outside the school on Feb. 13 and died three weeks later.
Lawmakers have been working on gun legislation all month long but students made it clear Thursday, they are running out of patience.
East High students filled the halls of the Capitol as they rallied for policy changes, getting their voices heard by any means necessary. Some students even cornered Republicans who are not in support of current gun proposals. Students told FOX31 they are ready for action on all the gun bills presented at this session.
“They just need to get passed. I mean anything at this point. We see how much this affects our community and how much could be passed, there is no reason not to pass these bills,” East sophomore Stella Kaye said.
“You did mention part of the solution would be putting armed guards in schools and I just want to say with all due respect, you are not a student and school is not a prison, and we are not prisoners,” Kaye told El Paso County Republican Representative Ken DeGraaf.
State Representative Regina English, an El Paso County Democrat, talked to students two weeks ago and made time to hear them out again this time.
“A couple weeks back when the kids were here, they shared with me that I was one of the many few legislators that came out of my protected space to be with them in their unprotected space but I shared with them, you have the same protections and rights that I do and we are here to do the work for you because we see you, we hear you and your voice matters,” English said.
Among the other lawmakers talking to students was state Senator Rhonda Fields.
With gun violence personally hitting her family years ago and a bullet striking her home earlier this month, Fields said it’s time to put forward meaningful solutions.
“I feel absolutely terrorized. No one should experience gun sounds, gunfire shouldn’t be a soundtrack that we hear in our communities. And when we hear of gunfire we should be reporting it and having law enforcement investigating it,” Fields said. “It’s getting to the point where I don’t want people to get desensitized.”
On top of all the proposals currently making their way through the Capitol, Fields is getting ready to unveil a new measure to crack down on ghost guns. She expects that bill to be introduced in the coming days. | 2023-03-24T03:37:11+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/politics/colorado-politics-news/students-call-for-action-at-the-capitol-following-east-high-shooting/ |
MIAMI, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with Sugarbear Vitamin Care, Bella Thorne invites the public to wind down and go to sleep with her LIVE on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at 8:30pm EST. While on location filming a new movie, Thorne will live-stream her bedtime routine from her room with the public, which includes taking Sugarbear Sleep Deep 5-HTP gummy vitamins and applying Sugarbear LashCare. The event will be broadcast on Thorne's Instagram account (@BellaThorne).
The twenty-four-year-old actress is no stranger to arduous projects and as such, has come to appreciate a good night's sleep. Thorne has opened up about dealing with psoriasis, acne, migraines, sore eyes, forgetfulness, and body shakes as a result of being overtired, and although she realizes the importance of sleep, she often has difficulties making up for lost down time. A natural alternative to sleeping pills, Sugarbear's Sleep Deep gummy vitamins help the starlet calm her mind and relax into restorative sleep.
"I love sleeping, but with my schedule, especially when I'm shooting a film, it can be really hard to get a good night's sleep," Thorne said. "The role I'm playing now is pretty intense and by the time I get home, I'm mentally drained, but my mind keeps buzzing. The Sugarbear Sleep Deep gummies have been a real gamechanger for me and I hope sharing my routine will help others who struggle with sleep like me."
"Sugarbear is known for the amazing taste of our gummy vitamins, but we're just as focused on results. Our live-stream with Bella Thorne is a great opportunity to showcase the power of our newer Sleep Deep vitamins made with highly efficacious ingredients like 5-HTP, Melatonin and L-Theanine," said Kathleen Ross, Chief Marketing Officer of Sugarbear.
In addition to the Sleep Deep gummies, Sugarbear's new LashCare vegan lash serum is a staple in Thorne's nighttime routine. "My lashes are 100% real. I don't use anything fake or toxic on them, which is why I love Sugarbear LashCare," said Thorne. "It's infused with vitamins and is so gentle on my lashes. I use it morning and night and I love how long my lashes look."
Sugarbear specializes in vegan vitamin-based solutions that are made in the U.S.A. with organic and plant-based ingredients.
About Sugarbear
Sugarbear was founded in 2015 and was immediately successful with the introduction of the world's first plant-based hair vitamin gummy bear™, which has been the #1 selling vegan hair gummy vitamin on Amazon since its launch in early 2016. Sugarbear has since expanded into Multivitamins, ProCollagen and Sleep Deep Vitamins, specializing in vegan, great-tasting and premium complex vitamin formulations that work. Sugarbear products are sold globally and can be found online on SugarbearVitaminCare.com and Amazon.com, as well as in retail stores through partners such as Ulta and Target.
About Bella Thorne
Thorne is an actor, singer, writer and entrepreneur. Her book, The Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray became an instant best seller in 2019. Some of Thorne's filmography includes Netflix's The Babysitter and The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Midnight Sun, Assassination Nation, Infamous, Chick Fight and Girl. She is also known for Freeform's hit series Famous in Love. Last year, Thorne starred in Amazon Prime's Paradise City, and also appeared in Lionsgate's Habit and romance Time Is Up. She recently wrapped production for thriller Rumble Through the Dark, co-starring Aaron Eckhart, and Time Is Up 2, and is appearing in the new season of American Horror Stories. Forbes listed Thorne as a pioneer in Hollywood and Entertainment in their 30 Under 30 Class of 2022. Thorne is represented by CAA and Thirty Three Management.
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HARRISBURG – The generations of history and connection that accompany many dairy farms in Pennsylvania are the focus of this year’s farm show butter sculpture, revealed to the public Thursday.
The design depicts a family against the backdrop of the dairy family farm, and it was chosen to visually represent this year's Pennsylvania Farm Show theme, “Rooted in Progress.”
“It's always been a privilege to meet so many individuals who have defined what ‘Rooted in Progress’ really means,” said state Secretary of Agriculture Russel Redding. “Theirs is the face of Pennsylvania agriculture.”
“We want to tell our story,” said Steve Harnish, a dairy farmer from Central Manor Dairy LLC in Manor Township, Lancaster County, who spoke at the reveal of the sculpture, which is the 32nd annual installment. “We have deep roots and are committed to progress.”
Harnish said that he was proud to represent not just his family's dairy farm, which has been running for three generations, but to be at the butter sculpture reveal on behalf of all dairy farms across Pennsylvania.
“All farms look different and they operate differently, but we have a common purpose in being represented here today because we want the general consumer to know more about dairy farming,” Harnish said.
This year's sculpture is constructed out of 1,000 pounds of butter, donated by Land O’Lakes in Carlisle, Cumberland County. It took sculpture artists Jim Victor and Marie Pelton about 14 days to set up and compete.
The design process starts with the idea from the Pennsylvania Dairy Association, Pelton said. From there, she explained that they do a sketch to conceptualize the ideas into 3D imagery. After the design is approved, the artists work on their armatures, which is the framework supporting the butter.
The artists must deliver everything to the farm show complex and work for about eight hours a day for 10 days sculpting the piece in the display booth, which is set at a temperature of 50 to 65 degrees during the sculpting phase. While the sculpture is on display, it is stored at about 40 degrees, Victor said.
It is a process they are very familiar with, as they have been doing the Farm Show sculpture for more than 20 years, Victor said.
“I think butter is really very beautiful, because it has this very translucent kind of quality to it,” Peloton said. “I wish that all of my sculpting materials were really like it, actually, because it is pretty easy to work with, and it's pretty malleable and loose.”
Being asked to do the sculpture again is an honor for them, Victor said.
Timelapse of the butter sculpture
When the farm show ends, the butter will be sent to the Reinford Farm in Juniata County to be converted into renewable energy in the farm’s methane digester.
The sculpture can be found in the main hall of the Farm Show.
This year's Farm Show runs from Jan. 7 through Jan. 14, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The exceptions are Sunday, January 8, when the show runs from 8 a.m. to 8 pm., and Saturday, Jan. 14, when it runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The food court only will be open today from noon to 9 p.m. | 2023-01-05T22:43:41+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/pa-dairy-s-deep-roots-a-look-at-the-inspiration-for-2023-farm-show-butter/article_89098f7e-8d38-11ed-86e1-7b6fdcb72fbd.html |
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If air-conditioning your home felt expensive this summer, get ready, because turning up the heat may cost even more this winter.
The rising utility bills are being driven by the surge in the price of natural gas, which generates about 40% of the United States' electricity.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects this surge to last through the winter, given that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reduced overall supplies while global consumption remains high.
Here's what's behind the spike in prices and how it could impact you.
Russia is weaponizing its natural gas supplies
There's much less natural gas in the world these days because of Russia.
For years, Russia supplied Europe with cheap natural gas to power its factories and heat its homes. But after the West imposed sanctions for the war in Ukraine, Russia slashed its supplies, effectively weaponizing its natural gas.
While the global supply has dropped, demand has remained high.
In the U.S., half of homes use natural gas for heating or cooling.
Given how hot this summer was for parts of the U.S., many had their air conditioners working overtime.
U.S. natural gas inventories have also dropped this year, which together has driven up prices around 300% from just a few years ago.
What will this mean for prices in the U.S.?
Prices are expected to keep climbing.
Even though the country's inventory of liquid natural gas is low, this hasn't stopped the U.S. from exporting large amounts to Europe to help fill the void left by Russia.
U.S. natural gas producers have an incentive to export since they stand to profit from the spike in global prices.
"If the price they can get in Europe is a lot more than what they can sell their natural gas for in the U.S., then some of that is going to be exported to Europe, and that is going to raise the price of things in the United States," says Ellen Wald, an oil and gas expert with the Atlantic Council.
"Not to the levels that we're seeing in Europe, but we could continue to see more expensive energy costs in the U.S. because of this," she adds.
There's also a geopolitical argument for stepping up supplies to Europe. The European Union is a huge trading partner, and major economic disruptions there could send aftershocks to the United States.
How much will electricity bills go up?
Bills could go up a lot, especially in a state like Texas, which is the largest natural gas-consuming state, followed by California.
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) estimates the average family may pay more than $1,200 to heat their home this winter. That's $175 more than last winter, which is notable considering that nearly 40% of families are already feeling financially strapped, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
The 40% of U.S. homes that use natural gas could see their winter heating costs increase by a third, according to NEADA, which could keep inflation up.
But much of this also depends on winter weather. The U.S. could be spared a massive spike if it's a mild winter.
How long could this last?
A lot depends on whether Russia will turn its gas taps back on for Europe ahead of winter. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this month that Russia will resume gas flows only if the West lifts sanctions.
The other big factor is how quickly Europe can find alternative natural gas sources.
Right now, Europe gets most of its gas through pipelines, but it's racing to set up additional infrastructure to receive liquefied natural gas, which can be transported by sea from countries such as Qatar.
That will take time, but over the long term it would free Europe from depending on Russia for a key commodity.
"Europe will be in a better place because it will have completely gotten rid of its dependency on Russian gas," says Agathe Demarais, global forecasting director at the Economist Intelligence Unit. "After a few years, Russia won't be able to weaponize gas supplies anymore."
Until then, as the U.S. continues exporting its supplies to Europe and demand remains high, this price spike may be here awhile.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) _ BellRing Brands Inc. (BRBR) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $39.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had profit of 29 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 31 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 30 cents per share.
The nutritional supplements company posted revenue of $370.6 million in the period, missing Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $387.3 million.
BellRing Brands expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.39 billion to $1.42 billion.
BellRing Brands shares have decreased 11% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $25.31, a decline of 20% in the last 12 months.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Two Silver Alerts were issued for people who are currently missing in East Tennessee. One person has been missing since March.
Silver Alerts are currently active for Daniel Hanes Dewey and Mary Ann Sampson. Claudene Whaley, 76, of Gatlinburg, was one of the other missing people but was found dead, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Mary Ann Sampson
Mary Ann Sampson, 55, from Morristown, has not been seen or heard from by family or friends since Sunday, Aug. 14.
She was reported to be 5-feet 6-inches tall and around 150 pounds, with auburn hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a t-shirt and black leggings with glasses. A silver alert was issued for her by the Morristown Police Department on Aug. 19.
Investigators ask anyone with information concerning her whereabouts to contact the police through the dispatch center at 423-585-2701 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Daniel Hanes Dewey
Daniel Hanes Dewey, 72, of Knox County was last seen in Knoxville on March 24 around 2 a.m. as he walked near Black Oak Baptist Church near Old Maynardville Pike. A silver alert was issued by the TBI on March 26. Dewey is 6-foot-tall, 190 pounds, with grey hair and blue eyes.
He also has a medical condition that may affect his ability to return safely.
Dewey’s family and friends are offering a reward of $25,000.
Police are asking if the public sees or has information about Dewey, to please call the Knox County Sheriff’s Office at (865) 215-2443 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND. | 2022-08-21T19:20:52+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/missing-people/two-silver-alerts-investigations-still-active-in-east-tennessee/ |
Of the various remodeling and service companies on the list, Kitchen Magic ranked #1 for kitchen specialty remodeling.
NAZARETH, Pa., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualified Remodeler Magazine named Kitchen Magic to its 2022 Top 500 List of most qualified remodelers. Family-owned and operated since 1979, this is the 19th year Kitchen Magic, a Lehigh Valley-based kitchen remodeling firm has achieved premier status by the influential industry publication.
The magazine ranked Kitchen Magic at No. 78 on their Top 500 List of the most qualified remodelers in the nation. In addition, Kitchen Magic is the first specialty kitchen remodeling firm listed, based on revenue and performance.
President of Kitchen Magic, Brett Bacho, stated, "We are proud of these accolades; it tells us that we know how to pivot, particularly post-pandemic, an unprecedented time for home improvement companies." Bacho added, "We continue to make the right decisions and maintain our core values."
A Year in the Industry
Patrick O'Toole, Editor & Owner, in "Riding the Wave," Qualified Remodeler, August 2022 issue, penned that the Top 500 remodelers were able to capitalize on strong demand "despite persistent labor and supply chain issues."
Indeed, complexities due to the pandemic challenged even the most experienced remodeling firms, O'Toole wrote. But, he continued, "The big are getting bigger at an increasing rate. From 2020 to 2021, remodeling revenues for the Top 500 grew a whopping 23.6 percent while the broader industry grew fast, but at a 7-percent to 9-percent clip."
What the Future Holds
In the future, market fundamentals will remain solid despite hints of a recession. With a large inventory of existing homes, favorable demographics, and the continued trend for employees to work from home, the remodeling sector is fit to ride the wave, summed the trade publication.
In 2022, remodeling's most prominent firms will command higher prices and ultimately drive higher margins. However, remodeling is inherently a local, person-to-person business, which will not change soon, O'Toole noted in their August issue.
About Qualified Remodeler's Top 500
All winners are chosen as a 2022 Top 500 remodeler by the magazine's editorial staff for meeting a set of criteria, which included: installed remodeling dollar volume, total years in business, industry association memberships, industry certifications, industry awards, and community service.
Read more about Qualified Remodeler Top 500 https://www.qualifiedremodeler.com/riding-the-wave/
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(NEXSTAR) – It’s probably happened to you. You pull up to a stop light, and you wait patiently for the light to turn green. Maybe cross traffic continues moving through the intersection, or maybe you’re the only car at the intersection.
Yet somehow, the light never seems to turn green.
Chances are, you’re sitting at a light that doesn’t know you’re there.
Some traffic lights run on timers, which can vary by the time of day or during certain events. In Minneapolis, for example, there are set patterns for lights during Minnesota Twins or Timberwolves games and other special events.
If that’s the case, you’ll be stuck waiting your turn for the light to change.
However, other traffic lights rely on detection devices, including cameras or underground sensors.
You’ve likely seen the latter — before the stop line, you’ll notice a rectangle outlined in tar or that has a different color than the pavement around it. This is known as an induction loop.
“A loop is simply a coil of wire that is placed underneath the pavement, usually in the shape of a rectangle,” the public works department for Neenah, Wisconsin, explains. “When a large metal object is positioned over the loop (for example, a car), it affects the loop’s magnetic field.”
Once the traffic signal detects your vehicle, it knows it has to change the light.
Sometimes setting off these sensors can be difficult since vehicles need to pass over or stop within its detection area. To ensure you’re within that detection area, you’ll need to pull up to the solid white stop line at the intersection.
Not driving a car? Instead of parking your motorcycle, bicycle, moped, or other similar vehicle in the center of the loop, Neenah Public Works recommends positioning your tires on the tar lines.
Two other sensors, magnetic detectors and magnetometers, detect differences in the Earth’s magnetic field, caused by a vehicle passing over or stopping on it, to control the lights, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. Like the induction loop, you’ll need to position your vehicle over the detectors to activate the light.
A traffic signal may also rely on sensors stationed above the roadway.
That includes infrared sensors, which are triggered once a vehicle breaks a beam of light or if it detects heat from a vehicle’s engine. Other signals may also use cameras, which can be connected to a network designed to detect traffic and adjust the signals as needed (those cameras may also be watching to catch drivers that run red lights).
You should be able to see both at the traffic light. They’ll look like a security camera you may see at a bank or store, often next to the traffic light itself. Some infrared laser sensors are contained in metal boxes hanging above the roadway.
In many cases, an intersection will rely on a combination of the above methods to control the lights. Los Angeles, for example, deployed a system in 2021 that uses magnetic sensors, cameras, and a central computer network to control all of its 4,400 traffic lights to combat gridlock.
If you are stuck at a red light, and have already tried pulling forward onto the sensor, you can also try flashing your high-beam headlights to activate the sensor. Honking your horn will not work, since these sensors don’t detect sound.
Even if it’s taking a long time to change, don’t run it. If you’re trying to turn left or go straight, you may need to look for another opportunity to get out of the intersection.
This could include making a right turn, where legal, and rerouting yourself where you need to go. If you find yourself waiting on a left turn light, you can turn through the red signal when the light turns green for traffic traveling straight ahead, California Highway Patrol Officer Dan Olivas explained to the Press Enterprise.
He encourages being “safe about it” and, if you are stopped, explaining the situation to law enforcement. | 2023-07-09T14:43:57+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/stuck-at-a-red-light-you-may-need-to-let-it-know-youre-there/ |
Over 50 feared dead in Nigeria church attack, officials say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said.
The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday, legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said. Among the dead were many children, he said.
The presiding priest was abducted as well, said Adelegbe Timileyin, who represents the Owo area in Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber.
“Our hearts are heavy,” Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu tweeted Sunday. “Our peace and tranquility have been attacked by the enemies of the people.”
Authorities did not immediately release an official death toll. Timileyin said at least 50 people had been killed, though others put the figure higher. Videos appearing to be from the scene of the attack showed church worshippers lying in pools of blood while people around them wailed.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said “only fiends from the nether region could have conceived and carried out such dastardly act,” according to a statement from his spokesman.
“No matter what, this country shall never give in to evil and wicked people, and darkness will never overcome light. Nigeria will eventually win,” said Buhari, who was elected after vowing to end Nigeria’s prolonged security crisis.
In Rome, Pope Francis responded to news of the attack.
“The pope has learned of the attack on the church in Ondo, Nigeria and the deaths of dozens of worshippers, many children, during the celebration of Pentecost. While the details are being clarified, Pope Francis prays for the victims and the country, painfully affected at a time of celebration, and entrusts them both to the Lord so that he may send his spirit to console them,” the pope said in a statement issued by the Vatican press office.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack on the church. While much of Nigeria has struggled with security issues, Ondo is widely known as one of Nigeria’s most peaceful states. The state, though, has been caught up in a rising violent conflict between farmers and herders.
Nigeria’s security forces did not immediately respond to questions about how the attack occurred or if there are any leads about suspects. Owo is about 345 kilometers (215 miles) east of Lagos.
“In the history of Owo, we have never experienced such an ugly incident,” said lawmaker Oluwole. “This is too much.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-06T01:29:01+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/06/06/over-50-feared-dead-nigeria-church-attack-officials-say/ |
STOCKHOLM, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Background
This statement is made by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Haldex Aktiebolag ("Haldex" or the "Company") pursuant to Section II.19 of Nasdaq Stockholm's Takeover Rules (the "Takeover Rules").
SAF-HOLLAND SE ("SAF-HOLLAND") has today announced a public cash offer to Haldex's shareholders to transfer their shares in Haldex to SAF-HOLLAND (the "Offer"). Under the terms of the Offer, SAF-HOLLAND is offering SEK 66 per Haldex share in cash (the "Offer Price"), which values the issued share capital of Haldex at approximately SEK 3.2 billion. SAF-HOLLAND has stated that the Offer Price is the best and final and it will not be increased. The Offer Price represents a premium of approximately:
- 46.5 per cent to the closing price of SEK 45.05 of the Haldex shares on Nasdaq Stockholm on 7 June 2022, the last trading day before the announcement of the Offer;
- 66.0 per cent to the volume-weighted average share price of the Haldex shares on Nasdaq Stockholm during the last month prior to 8 June 2022; and
- 64.8 per cent to the volume-weighted average share price of the Haldex shares on Nasdaq Stockholm during the last three months prior to 8 June 2022.
The acceptance period of the Offer is expected to commence around 4 July 2022 and expire around 16 August 2022, subject to any extensions.
Completion of the Offer is conditional upon, among other things, SAF-HOLLAND becoming the owner of more than 90 per cent of the total number of shares in Haldex and the receipt of all necessary regulatory, governmental or similar clearances, approvals and decisions, including from competition authorities, in each case on terms which, in SAF-HOLLAND's opinion, are acceptable. SAF-HOLLAND has reserved the right to waive these and other conditions for completion of the Offer.
SAF-HOLLAND has acquired 14.1 per cent of the outstanding shares in Haldex of which 9.2 per cent of the outstanding shares have been acquired from Knorr-Bremse AG.
Athanase Industrial Partners (2,690,292 shares, 5.5 per cent of the outstanding shares), Fjärde AP-fonden (3,105,224 shares, 6.4 per cent of the outstanding shares), Afa Försäkring (3,281,834 shares, 6.7 per cent of the outstanding shares), and Nordea Asset Management (1,856,493 shares, 3.8 per cent of the outstanding shares), have undertaken to accept the Offer, subject to certain conditions. A total of 10,933,843 shares in Haldex, corresponding to 22.5 per cent of the outstanding shares, are thus subject to the irrevocable undertakings. Please refer to the announcement of the Offer for more information about these acceptance undertakings and SAF-HOLLAND's shareholding in Haldex.
At the written request of SAF-HOLLAND, the Board has permitted SAF-HOLLAND to conduct a customary confirmatory due diligence review of Haldex in connection with the preparation of the Offer. SAF-HOLLAND has not received any inside information in connection with such review.
Haldex has retained Lazard as financial adviser and Mannheimer Swartling as legal adviser in relation to the Offer.
Lenner & Partners Corporate Finance AB ("Lenner & Partners") has, at the request of the Board, provided an opinion according to which the Offer is fair to Haldex's shareholders from a financial point of view (subject to the assumptions and considerations set out in the opinion) (the "Opinion"). The Opinion is attached to this statement. Lenner & Partners will receive a fixed fee for providing the Opinion, which is not contingent on the size of the Offer consideration, the acceptance level of the Offer or whether it is completed.
The board member Detlef Borghardt has not participated in the Board's handling of or resolutions in respect of the Offer as a result of his shareholding in SAF-HOLLAND. Furthermore, as a result of Athanase Industrial Partners having undertaken to accept the Offer subject to certain conditions, the board member Stefan Charette has not participated in the Board's resolution in respect of this statement.
The Board's evaluation of the Offer
In assessing the merits of the Offer, the Board has taken a number of factors into account, including the Company's current financial position, prevailing market conditions and challenges in the markets where the Company operates, the Company's growth prospects as well as risks and challenges related thereto. The Board has also considered valuation methods normally used in evaluating public takeover offers for listed companies, including the value of the Offer relative to comparable listed companies and comparable transactions, premiums in previous public takeover offers for listed companies, the stock market's expectations in respect of Haldex and the Board's view on Haldex's long-term value based on expected future cash flows.
In 2021 Haldex announced a renewed strategy for 2025. In connection with the renewed strategy, the Board decided to update the financial growth target to organically grow faster than the company's end markets. The Board is of the opinion that Haldex, being an independent partner in the value chain and in the forefront of new technology, is well underway to positioning itself for future profitable growth. In arriving at its recommendation, the Board has also assessed the risks in different scenarios for Haldex as an independent listed company, including the risks associated with executing against the renewed strategy. In particular, the market where Haldex is active has undergone consolidation over the past years and Haldex's business is of smaller scale compared to its major competitors. The Board believes that this poses risks to the Company and its ability to realize the full potential of its growth prospects.
Furthermore, the Board has also taken into consideration that a combination between SAF-HOLLAND and Haldex, being two companies of equal strengths, has a compelling strategic rationale and will create value for our customers and employees. The combined activities, which is highly complementary from a regional presence and product portfolio perspective, will establish a strong global player in the commercial vehicle industry. A combination of two strong brands and capabilities will enable Haldex to strengthen its business.
The Board notes in this context that SAF-HOLLAND has acquired Knorr-Bremse AG's shares in Haldex, representing approximately 9.2 per cent of shares in the Company, and that shareholders representing in aggregate 22.5 per cent of shares in the Company have undertaken to accept the Offer.
Under the Takeover Rules the Board is required, on the basis of SAF-HOLLAND's statements in the announcement of the Offer, to make public its opinion of the effects the implementation of the Offer may have on Haldex, specifically employment, and its views on SAF-HOLLAND's strategic plans for Haldex and the effect these may be expected to have on employment and the places where Haldex carries on its business. SAF-HOLLAND has in this respect stated that:
"SAF-HOLLAND highly values the strength of the Haldex brand and competence of the Haldex management and employees, and intends to continue to safeguard the excellent relationship that Haldex has to its employees. It is the current intention of SAF-HOLLAND to retain the operations of Haldex intact, without significant changes to Haldex's or SAF-HOLLAND's employees and management or to the existing organization and operations of Haldex or SAF-HOLLAND, including the terms of employment and locations of the business. Any specific initiatives to be implemented pursuant to the integration will be determined following completion of a detailed review of the combined business of SAF-HOLLAND and Haldex in the period following the completion of the Offer. Before completion of the Offer, it is too early to say which initiatives will be taken and the impact these would have."
The Board assumes that this description is accurate and has in relevant aspects no reason to take a different view.
In its overall assessment, the Board believes that the Offer provides an opportunity for shareholders to monetise their shareholdings today at a fair cash price, free of the risks and challenges associated with executing against the Board's medium and long-term strategy set out above. Based on the above, the Board unanimously recommends that Haldex's shareholders accept the Offer.
This statement shall in all respects be governed by and construed in accordance with substantive Swedish law. Disputes arising from this statement shall be settled exclusively by Swedish courts.
Landskrona, 8 June 2022
Haldex Aktiebolag (publ)
The Board of Directors
For further information, please contact:
Håkan Karlsson, Chairman
Jenny Boström, Investor Relations Manager
Phone: +46 768 85 1508
E-mail: ir@haldex.com
This is information that Haldex is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 7.15 a.m. CEST on 8 June 2022.
About Haldex
Over 100 years of powerful innovation gives Haldex unsurpassed expertise when it comes to braking systems and air suspension systems for heavy trucks, trailers, and buses. We live and breathe our business with the goal to deliver robust and technically superior solutions which is founded in a deep insight in our customer's reality. Through focusing on our core competences and the passion we all share, we achieve the agility and flexibility that the market demands. Innovative collaborations aren't only the core of our products, but our philosophy. Our 2 000 employees, spread out across four continents, challenge the conventional on a daily basis in order to secure that the products we deliver create a unique value to our customers and the end users. We are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and have a turnover of approx. 4.6 billion SEK.
Lenner & Partners' Fairness Opinion, dated 7 June 2022
To the of the Board of Directors of Haldex AB (publ)
SAF-Holland (1) intends to announce a public cash offer to the shareholders of Haldex AB ("Haldex") to acquire all outstanding shares.
The consideration to be offered to the shareholders in Haldex values each Haldex share at SEK 66.0 and the total cash offer value amounts to approximately SEK 3,209 million (2) (the "Offer").
The Board of Directors of Haldex has engaged Lenner & Partners Corporate Finance AB ("Lenner & Partners") to provide an opinion, as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the Offer proposed to be received by the shareholders of Haldex.
In the analysis of the Offer, Lenner & Partners has reviewed the following (but not exclusively):
- publicly available information, such as annual reports, interim reports and broker reports regarding Haldex;
- trading statistics, financial and stock market related information concerning Haldex and similar information for certain other comparable companies;
- selected mergers and acquisitions deemed comparable to the Offer;
- limited internal information and forward-looking information;
- discussions with the management of Haldex;
- the Offer and a draft of the press release from SAF-Holland.
Lenner & Partners' fairness opinion is based on several generally accepted valuation methods that are typically used in this type of analysis. The analyses have been produced solely to enable Lenner & Partners to provide the Board of Directors of Haldex with a fairness opinion whether or not the Offer is fair from a financial point of view.
Lenner & Partners' assignment does not include expressing an opinion on the relative merits of the Offer as compared to any alternative business strategies that might exist for Haldex, including whether any other transaction would potentially be more favourable for the shareholders of Haldex, or the effect of any other transaction in which Haldex might engage.
Lenner & Partners has not conducted a due diligence in order to control or verify the received information. Lenner & Partners has relied on the information received from Haldex. The information is assumed to be true, fair and complete.
Lenner & Partners' opinion is based on current market, economic, financial and other conditions as in effect on, and upon the information made available as of the date hereof. Any change in such conditions or information may require a revaluation of this opinion. Although subsequent developments may affect this opinion, Lenner & Partners assumes no obligation to update, revise or reaffirm this opinion.
Lenner & Partners' fairness opinion has been provided as information and documentation to the Board of Directors of Haldex. This fairness opinion is not a recommendation whether or not shareholders in Haldex should tender their shares in the Offer.
Lenner & Partners will be paid a fixed fee for this fairness opinion and the fee is not dependent on the outcome of the public Offer.
Based on above and other circumstances, that Lenner & Partners considers being relevant, Lenner & Partners' opinion, as per the date hereof, is that the Offer is fair from a financial point of view for the shareholders in Haldex.
Swedish law is applicable on this fairness opinion.
This is a translation of the fairness opinion written in Swedish. It is for information purposes only and does not constitute a part of the opinion. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of any inconsistency or ambiguity between the Swedish language version and the English translation, the Swedish language version shall prevail.
Lenner & Partners Corporate Finance AB
Lars Lenner Tom Wikström
(1) SAF-HOLLAND SE ("SAF-Holland"), a European stock corporation incorporated under German Law, serving as the principal holding entity of the various subsidiaries and the worldwide business of SAF-HOLLAND group.
(2) Based on approximately 48.6 million shares in Haldex (excluding 11,705 held in treasury).
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Paying it forward: Couple tips waiter nearly $4,000 in honor of their late twins
PERRYSBURG, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - An Ohio couple is paying it forward in honor of their late twins’ fourth birthday, something they say is helping them to heal.
Chelsea Muller told WTVG that after her premature twin boys named Walker and Sawyer didn’t survive the early birth, she and her husband Peter wanted to find a way to keep their memory alive.
“The day they passed away I said to them, ‘Boys your lives will not be in vain. Your lives will mean something in this world,’” Chelsea Muller said. “And we asked people to help us raise money for that, to donate, to pay it forward.”
The couple said collecting money in honor of the twins and then paying it forward has been fulfilling for them and something they have been doing for the last four years.
This year, the Mullers said they chose to give most of the donated money to a waiter they met while having dinner.
“We wanted to do something to pay it forward in their memory. So, a week ago I put it on our Facebook and our goal was to tip our waiter at dinner $619,” Chelsea Muller said.
According to Chelsea Muller, they got so many donations that they were able to give their waiter $3,750, and the waiter’s response was even better than they could have imagined.
The Muller family said the waiter told them that the money comes at a perfect time as he is studying to be a nurse.
“Just to know that it went to a really good person whose career is going to be dedicated to healing children. I just think that says it all. The boys knew what they were doing,” Chelsea Muller said.
Peter Muller added, “It’s the little bit that we can do on the day when they’re not here.”
The couple said those interested in also paying it forward can find them via Venmo under Peter Muller or PIF4WAS619.
Copyright 2023 WTVG via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-20T22:43:23+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/06/20/paying-it-forward-couple-tips-waiter-nearly-4000-honor-their-late-twins/ |
43 Senate Republicans vow to oppose debt ceiling increase without spending cuts
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
All but six Senate Republicans on Saturday vowed to oppose raising the debt ceiling “without substantive spending and budget reforms,” backing up House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s position.
The group of 43 Republican senators, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, said they are “united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiations on the debt ceiling” in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat.
The letter underscores the deep rift in Washington over how to avoid a debt default. Republicans have repeatedly advocated spending cuts tied to the debt ceiling while the White House has maintained it will not negotiate on the matter.
Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Josh Hawley of Missouri and John Kennedy of Louisiana are the only Republicans in the chamber to not sign on to the letter.
A breach of the US debt ceiling risks sparking a 2008-style economic catastrophe that wipes out millions of jobs and sets America back for generations, Moody’s Analytics has warned. The impact could include delayed Social Security payments, late paychecks for federal employees and veterans and a direct hit to Americans’ investments.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US could default on its debt as soon as June 1 if Congress doesn’t act.
“Our economy is in free fall due to unsustainable fiscal policies,” the senators write in the letter. “This trajectory must be addressed with fiscal reforms. Moreover, recent Treasury projections have reinforced the urgency of addressing the debt ceiling. The House has taken a responsible first step in coming to the table with their proposals. It is imperative that the president now do the same.”
“As such, we will not be voting for cloture on any bill that raises the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms,” they add.
The White House fired back Saturday, accusing the Republican senators of holding the economic livelihood of millions of Americans hostage.
“At a moment when the country just posted historic jobs gains, this is no time for these Senators to reverse their support for avoiding default without conditions during the Trump presidency,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement. “They need to honor their Constitutional obligation to pay our bills and not unilaterally inflict a recession on the country.”
“The American people would not stand for that threat under any circumstances, but especially not to allow the draconian cuts in the House bill that would throw veterans, law enforcement, manufacturing workers, and sick children under the bus,” Bates added.
President Joe Biden is set to sit down with McCarthy, a California Republican, and other congressional leaders on Tuesday to discuss raising the debt ceiling.
Earlier this week, the White House expressed openness to a short-term fix to the debt ceiling but later walked back the position.
Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young reiterated to reporters this week that the administration’s position remains that “It is Congress’ duty to ensure we don’t default.”
“Congress can put a bill on the floor tomorrow, avoid default,” Young said during a White House briefing Thursday. “The DC drama, the political brinksmanship. That’s what that is. Nothing is preventing Congress from moving to avoid default. And they need to do that, whether it’s tomorrow or next week.”
This story has been updated with additional information.
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CNN’s Kaanita Iyer, Betsy Klein, Tami Luhby and Elisabeth Buchwald contributed to this report. | 2023-05-06T22:10:36+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2023/05/06/43-senate-republicans-vow-to-oppose-debt-ceiling-increase-without-spending-cuts/ |
(KTLA) – Mountain Dew announced the launch of its new Mountain Dew Baja Blast hot sauce Thursday — but you can’t get it in stores.
Since only 750 bottles of the hot sauce were made, customers will have to enter a contest to try out the new flavor. The contest is open until Feb. 8, according to the company’s Instagram account.
Mountain Dew also partnered with iBurn, a specialty store that sells a variety of hot sauce, salsa, and other spicy condiments, to create its latest concoction. The release of the Baja Blast hot sauce is in honor of National Hot Sauce Day, which falls on Jan. 22.
For more information about the new hot sauce or to submit an entry into the contest, go to Mountain Dew’s website.
This isn’t Mountain Dew’s first time releasing its version of hot sauce. In 2020, the company partnered with NBA star Joel Embiid to release “Joel Embiid Mtn Dew Habanero Hot Sauce,” Thrillist reported.
Only 500 bottles of that hot sauce were made. | 2023-01-19T21:30:03+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/mountain-dew-releases-new-hot-sauce-flavor/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and allies committed more rocket systems, ammunition and other military aid to Ukraine Wednesday, as American defense leaders said they see the war to block Russian gains in the eastern Donbas region grinding on for some time.
Speaking at the close of a virtual meeting with about 50 defense leaders from around the world, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said it will be “hard work” to keep allies and partners all committed to the war effort as the months drag on.
“We’re pushing hard to maintain and intensify the momentum of donations,” Austin said. “This will be an area of focus for the foreseeable future, as it should be, in terms of how long our allies and partners will remain committed … There’s no question that this will always be hard work making sure that we maintain unity.”
Officials have been reluctant to say how long the war may last, but Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggested it could be a long slog.
“We have a very serious grinding war of attrition going on in the Donbas. And unless there’s a breakthrough on either side — which right now the analysts don’t think is particularly likely in the near term — it will probably continue as a grinding war of attrition for a period of time until both sides see an alternative way out of this, perhaps through negotiation or something like that.”
Officials said Wednesday that the U.S. will send Ukraine four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and precision-guided rockets for them, as well as additional artillery rounds. A more detailed announcement is expected later this week.
The aid comes as Russian forces try to solidify gains in the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Donetsk and Luhansk, while also expanding attacks into other areas. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told state-controlled RT television and the RIA Novosti news agency that Russia has expanded its “special military operation” from the Donbas to the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and other captured territories.
Austin said Lavrov’s comments come as no surprise to allies who have known Russia has greater ambitions in capturing Ukraine.
But Ukrainian troops have been using the HIMARS to strike Russian logistics nodes and command and control centers, including behind the front lines to disrupt supply chains. And on Wednesday they struck and damaged a bridge that is key to supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine, where Lavrov said Moscow is trying to consolidate its territorial gains.
Milley said the Ukrainian strikes are “steadily degrading the Russian ability to supply their troops, command and control their forces, and carry out their illegal war of aggression.”
He said that, due to Ukraine’s resistance, Russia has been able to gain just six to 10 miles of ground in the Donbas over the past 90 days, with “tens of thousands of artillery rounds” fired in each 24-hour period. And he said he does not believe that the Donbas region has been lost to Russia.
“It’s not lost yet. The Ukrainians are making the Russians pay for every inch of territory that they gain and advances are measured in literally hundreds of meters,” Milley said.
The issue going forward, he said, will be the amount of HIMARS rockets and other ammunition expended by the Ukraine forces. The U.S. has been sending thousands of rounds, taking them from American military stockpiles, and raising questions about how long that will last and at what point there may be a risk to U.S. military readiness.
“We are looking at all of that very, very carefully,” Milley said. “We think we’re okay right now as we project forward into the next month or two or three, we think we’re going to be okay.”
The U.S. has already provided more than $7 billion in aid to Ukraine since the war began in late February. Austin said that during the defense meeting, there was also discussion about how to ensure that Ukraine is able to maintain and repair the weapons systems into the future.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-07-20T21:52:30+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/politics/us-sending-more-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-war-grinds-on/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — An employee was helped to safety by co-workers after he was injured in a Friday night shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in Raleigh, officials said.
On Friday at 7:45 p.m., police said they responded to a McDonald’s at 9698 Falls of Neuse Road in Raleigh, near Durant Road.
Police told CBS 17 that the victim is a McDonald’s employee. He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
After the shooting, other McDonald’s workers helped their wounded colleague to safety by taking him to the store’s cooler, a spokeswoman for the restaurant told CBS 17.
Officers and detectives were at the scene determining the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“We are shocked by this incident at our restaurant and fully cooperating with the Raleigh Police Department in their investigation,” said owner/operator Gaffney Gunter. “Our priority is always the safety and well-being of our employees and customers.”
Police said there is no ongoing threat to the public.
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Yellowstone Revealed was planned for and by Indigenous people. The week will include guided tours of Indigenously significant areas in the park as well as art and live musical performances. Yellowstone National Park is helping host the event for its 150 anniversary.
Franchesca Pine-Rodriguez is with Mountain Time Arts in Bozeman, Montana. She said while the 150 anniversary is a celebration, the Indigenous nations of the land have another relationship with the park’s birthday.
“It's a reminder of being removed from an area that we traditionally inhabited. So, that is something that we are not celebrating. But when we think about everything that our people have been through, and it's just a miracle that we are still here,” she said.
Pine-Rodriguez hopes to continue the relationship with the park in furthering the discussion on Indigenous input in management and conservation.
Pine-Rodriguez said there's a lot more to Yellowstone than commonly known, and events like this help correct misconceptions on Indigenous people.
“I'm talking about the news, I'm talking about textbooks, I'm talking about school, your education. People are starting to realize that they're not being told the entire story in a lot of aspects of a lot of subjects,” she said.
Pine-Rodriguez wants to remind the public that for Indigenous communities the 150 is a celebration of survival and a time to remember the removal of the original Indigenous inhabitants of Yellowstone National Park.
The first tipi village in the park in 150 years is part of the festivities in Madison Junction. The village consists of 12 tipi lodges and 15 tipi rings to usher in a new relationship between the park and the original tribes of the land.
There are going to be performances by Supaman Apsáalooke rapper, drum groups, and Northern Arapaho musician from the Wind River Christian Wallowingbull.
Earlier this year a mountain in Yellowstone National Park was renamed from Mount Doane to First Peoples Mountain. Gustavus Doane led an expedition in the 1870s that helped the park gain its national park status. He also had a hand in the murder of 173 Piegan Blackfeet, after a white fur trader was murdered.
Yellowstone National Park said in a press release there are 27 Indigenous tribes who have historical and contemporary ties to the land. | 2022-08-22T18:19:23+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/tribal-news/2022-08-22/indigenous-programing-in-yellowstone-national-park-reminds-public-of-colonial-history |
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Three Delgado Baseball student-athletes have officially inked their commitments to continue their careers at the next level.
Sophomores Josh Alexander, Bryan Broussard, and Chris Olivier signed during a special ceremony with family and teammates on campus Wednesday.
Josh Alexander signed with the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. The sophomore outfielder batted .331 with 49 hits including nine doubles and seven homeruns last season.
Bryan Broussard signed with the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Broussard, a sophomore outfielder, batted .333 in 50 games with 49 hits and seven doubles.
Sophomore pitcher Chris Olivier inked with the University of New Orleans. He compiled a 4-0 record on the mound in 18.1 innings in 2021 before an injury sidelined him last season.
Head coach Joe Scheuermann shared his congratulations on behalf of the program. “We extremely proud of these players and their commitments. UL and UNO are getting some great players and great people who continue to play a major part in our program’s successes on the field and in the classroom. We look forward to seeing what they’ll do in 2023 and into future.”
The three players will be part of Delgado’s 2023 roster before transferring to their four year programs next fall. | 2022-11-18T20:42:54+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/sports/two-delgado-outfielders-sign-to-ul-lafayette-pitcher-olivier-signs-to-uno/ |
Queens United Chess was started by two public school students a few years ago to introduce the game to more girls. So far, they’ve reached 550 students with free lessons, a podcast and more.
Nereida Moreno of WBEZ reports.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Common to make his Broadway debut in 'Between Riverside and Crazy'
NEW YORK - Looks like Common is gunning for an EGOT.
The rapper and actor will make his Broadway debut this fall in "Between Riverside and Crazy," Stephen Adly Guirgis' Pulitzer Prize-winning play directed by Austin Pendleton, Second Stage announced Friday.
The Oscar-, Emmy-, and Grammy-winner will join previously announced cast members Stephen McKinley Henderson, Elizabeth Canavan, Liza Colón-Zayas, Victor Almanzar, Michael Rispoli and Rosal Colón, who all originated their roles in the play's first off-Broadway production in 2015.
Second Stage's Broadway production will be at The Hayes Theater.
Common will play Junior, the newly paroled son of a cantankerous ex-cop who owns a property on the Upper West Side that he uses as a refuge for the hard-luck orphans who have become his surrogate family.
Common starred in the film "Selma" and co-wrote (with John Legend) the song "Glory," for which he won the 2015 Oscar and 2016 Grammy for best original song. He won an Emmy for co-writing the song "Letter to the Free" for the Netflix documentary "13th." The Broadway role would make him eligible for a nomination for a Tony Award — the "T" in EGOT.
Common, whose real name is Lonnie Rashid Lynn, recently wrapped production on Stefon Bristol's "Breathe" opposite Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, and Quvenzhané Wallis, as well as Apple TV+'s upcoming sci-fi drama series "Wool" based on the novels by Hugh Howey.
The creative team behind "Between Riverside and Crazy" includes Walt Spangler (scenic design), Alexis Forte (costume design), Keith Parham (lighting design), and Ryan Rumery (sound design/original music).
Plot Summary of "Between Riverside and Crazy"
City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won't leave him alone. For ex-cop and recent widower Walter "Pops" Washington (Henderson) and his recently paroled son Junior (Common), the struggle to hold on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests and a final ultimatum in this Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy from Stephen Adly Guirgis. For Pops and Junior, it seems the Old Days are dead and gone — after a lifetime living Between Riverside and Crazy.
"Between Riverside and Crazy" | The Hayes Theater | 240 W. 44th St., New York, N.Y. 10036 | Previews: Wed., Nov. 30, 2022; opening night: Mon., Dec. 19, 2022
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Patrick Wisdom doubled twice and had three hits and three RBIs, leading the Chicago Cubs over the Cincinnati Reds 12-5 on Tuesday night to even their three-game series.
Wisdom's two-run single highlighted a six-run seventh inning that overcame a 3-2 deficit Chicago had 16 hits, including four doubles.
Cody Bellinger went 3 for 5 with an RBI, a day after hitting a three-run homer that ended his 0-for-11 start with the Cubs.
Ian Happ went 3 for 4 with a tying double. The University of Cincinnati product is a .296 career hitter against the Reds.
Jason Vosler, TJ Friedl and Stuart Fairchild homered for the Reds, who wasted a 3-1 lead. Vosler hit hit third homer in three games and Fairchild hit his first career pinch homer, a two-run drive in the eighth off Adbert Alzolay.
After going ahead in a first inning that included Jake Fraley's RBI single, the Cubs didn't get another hit off Luis Cessa until the sixth, when Wisdom doubled to chase the starter and scored on Eric Hosmer's single off Ian Gibaut to cut the deficit to 3-2.
Nico Hoerner doubled off Buck Farmer (0-2) leading off the seventh, Dansby Swanson walked and Happ doubled in the tying run.
Reiver Sanmartin relieved, Cody Bellinger walked. Trey Mancini singled for a 4-3 lead and Wisdom followed with a two-run single.
After Eric Hosmer reached on a fielding error by second baseman Jonathan India, Yan Gomes bounced into a run-scoring double play that increased the lead to 7-3. Miles Mastrobuoni added an RBI single,
Wisdom and Hosmer added RBI doubles in a three-run eighth.
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Reds left fielder Will Benson extended his glove above the wall and into the stands in foul territory to catch Eric Hosmer's pop fly to end the fourth.
TRAINERS ROOM
Cubs: OF Seiya Suzuki had two at-bats in a simulated game in Arizona on Monday and played four innings in the outfield. It was his first baseball action since injuring his left oblique in February.
Reds: 1B Joey Votto will not be ready by Thursday. ... INF/OF Jose Barrero who left Monday's game with right hamstring tightness, ran Tuesday. He won't play the outfield until at least Saturday.
UP NEXT
RHPs Hunter Greene (0-0, 8.10) and Marcus Stroman (1-0, 0.00) start Wednesday's series finale.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — City leaders approved an agreement with a downtown business to provide space for the Dobyns-Bennett High School volleyball team to practice while the Buck Van Huss Dome remains closed.
Both the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen and Board of Education on Tuesday evening approved an agreement with TNT Sportsplex, a multi-purpose sports facility on Main Street.
Under the agreement, the city will compensate TNT Sportsplex $15 per hour, per court used. TNT Sportsplex will guarantee the sole and exclusive use of at least one but no more than three volleyball courts through October.
The school system may also secure the use of other TNT athletic courts and facilities for other athletic teams’ use.
Earlier this month, school officials decided to close the Buck Van Huss Dome at Dobyns-Bennett until further notice after a structural analysis test was performed on the structure. School officials said the closure was out of an abundance of caution.
Kingsport City Schools is expecting to receive a final analysis and report on the dome structure in the next two to four weeks.
School officials say they are looking at preparing the former Sullivan North High School for use if necessary. | 2022-08-24T02:28:03+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bma-boe-approves-agreement-with-tnt-sportsplex-for-db-volleyball-practice-space/ |
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday announced he will let Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) keep her Senate committee assignments after she dropped her affiliation with the Democratic Party and said she would identify as an Independent.
Schumer added Sinema’s decision will not affect Democratic control of the Senate’s committees, including the power to issue subpoenas and discharge legislation without Republican support — powers the Democratic majority gained after winning the Senate runoff in Georgia this month.
“Sen. Sinema informed informed me of her decision to change her affiliation to Independent. She asked me to keep her committee assignments and I agreed,” Schumer said in a statement.
“Kyrsten is independent; that’s how she’s always been. I believe she’s a good and effective Senator and am looking forward to a productive session in the new Democratic majority Senate,” he said. “We will maintain our new majority on committees, exercise our subpoena power, and be able to clear nominees without discharge votes.”
Sinema currently sits on the Senate Banking Committee, the Commerce Committee, the Homeland Security Committee and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Sinema announced in an op-ed published by The Arizona Republic that she decided to leave the Democratic Party in order to separate herself from partisan politics.
“When politician are more focused on denying the opposition party a victory than they are on improving Americans’ lives, the people who lose are everyday Americans,” she wrote.
“That’s why I have joined the growing numbers of Arizonans who reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington,” she added. “I registered as an Arizona independent.”
Two other senators who identify as independents also receive their committee assignments from the Senate Democratic leader: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine). | 2022-12-09T18:08:12+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/schumer-says-sinema-can-keep-committee-assignments-after-leaving-democratic-party/ |
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. ("17EdTech" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: YQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of 17EdTech investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded 17EdTech securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with 17EdTech's December 2020 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
YQ investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) 17EdTech's K-12 Academic AST Services would end less than a year after the Company's initial public offering; (2) as part of its ongoing regulatory efforts, Chinese authorities would imminently curtail and/or end 17EdTech's core business; and (3) as a result, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in 17EdTech during the relevant time frame, you have until September 19, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Serbian soccer federation was charged by FIFA on Saturday for hanging a political banner about neighboring independent state Kosovo in the locker room before playing Brazil at the World Cup.
It showed a map of Serbia that included the territory of its former province, which has been an independent state for nearly 15 years, and the slogan “No Surrender.”
Photos circulated of the banner draped over the lockers of Milos Veljkovic and Andrija Zivkovic ahead of the team’s 2-0 loss to Brazil on Thursday in Qatar.
Kosovo’s soccer federation formally complained to FIFA and its sports minister, Hajrulla Ceku, described the image as using the World Cup to promote “hateful, xenophobic and genocidal messages.”
FIFA cited a section of its disciplinary code that covers misconduct including “offensive gestures, signs or language” and “using a sports event for demonstrations of a non-sporting nature.”
Soccer’s governing body gave no timetable for a verdict, though Serbia next plays on Monday against Cameroon.
Since Kosovo was made a member of FIFA and UEFA in 2016, the European soccer body has ensured for security reasons that its national teams cannot be drawn with Serbia or Bosnia- Herzegovina in qualifying groups for the World Cup and European Championship.
The issue of Kosovo’s independence sparked a 1998-99 war in which about 13,000 people died. Serbia launched a brutal crackdown to curb a separatist rebellion by the territory’s ethnic Albanians. NATO bombed Serbia in 1999 to end the war.
Kosovo unilaterally broke away from Serbia in 2008. The Serbian government, with support from China and Russia, has refused to acknowledge Kosovo’s statehood. The United States and most of its European allies recognize Kosovo as an independent country.
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Total compensation for upstream property owners may reach, exceed $1.67 billion
HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has issued a long-awaited ruling providing guidance on the amount of compensation for property owners upstream of the Addicks and Barker reservoirs who suffered flood damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The ruling by Senior Judge Charles F. Lettow, including interest, resulted in an award of almost $550,000 for the six test cases.
The compensation ruling factored in amounts for the decrease in real property value, the "damage or destruction" of personal property, and the costs being displaced. The biggest awards went to flood victims who suffered structural flooding and damage during Harvey, with the largest award of just over $195,000 before interest. After interest, the average award for flooded homes calculates at roughly $130 per square foot of flooded interior. The ruling and the judgment are available here and here.
"I am grateful that we have achieved this result after so much effort. These awards will be a huge help for our clients," says lead counsel Daniel Charest of Burns Charest LLP. "I hope this result can help achieve as good or better results for the other upstream flood victims going forward."
Mr. Charest notes that applying the average per-flooded-house award across an estimated 10,000 homes could result in total compensation of roughly $1.67 billion before interest. He says that because of the nature of the calculation it may not be appropriate to apply average numbers directly to a home's pre-flood value. And he points out that interest on the amount due runs from the date of the flood until the government pays.
Mr. Charest reminds upstream property owners to file a claim before the statute of limitations passes. "The six-year anniversary of Harvey is August 2023," said Mr. Charest. "And we are encouraging all upstream flood victims to preserve their claims by filing a lawsuit before that anniversary."
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DOHA, Qatar (AP)With Neymar out for at least another match at the World Cup, Brazil coach Tite must now start thinking about a replacement – and this time he has plenty of options.
Brazil is not as Neymar-dependent as it used to be, and Tite could go several different ways to replace the Paris Saint-Germain forward for Monday’s Group G match against Switzerland.
Neymar hurt his right ankle in Brazil’s opening 2-0 win against Serbia on Thursday. He has ligament damage and team doctors haven’t given a timetable for his recovery – or said if he will be able to recover at all.
Tite brought nine forwards to the World Cup, and could also add a midfielder as Neymar’s replacement if wanted.
”We are talking about one of the best players in the world. It’s hard to find someone else on his level,” Brazil midfielder Casemiro said Saturday. ”But we have many quality players in the squad who can do a good job replacing him.”
The most straightforward option would be to use Casemiro’s Real Madrid teammate Rodrygo in Neymar’s position, keeping Raphinha, Vinicius Junior and Richarlison in attack. Rodrygo plays more as an attacker at Madrid, but he has trained in Neymar’s ”No. 10” playmaking position while with Brazil in Qatar.
Another alternative would be to put an extra midfielder in Neymar’s position – Manchester United’s Fred or Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes, for example – freeing up attacking midfielder Lucas Paqueta, who played closer to defensive midfielder Casemiro against Serbia.
Another attacking midfielder available to Tite is Everton Ribeiro, while the other forwards in the squad are Gabriel Jesus, Antony, Gabriel Martinelli and Pedro.
Neymar attracted most of the attention from the tough Serbian defense, which kept roughing him up from the start. He was fouled nine times during the game, the most by any player at the World Cup in the first round of matches in the group stage.
Casemiro defended Neymar from the attacks he received on social media from some Brazilian fans who celebrated his injury. Raphinha had already done the same with a controversial repost of text that said Neymar’s biggest mistake was to be born Brazilian, and that the country didn’t deserve his talent.
”It’s a pity, but there are bad people who wish the worse for others,” Casemiro said. ”Neymar has a great heart. He doesn’t deserve this.”
Neymar is Brazil’s second-best all-time scorer with 75 goals, two behind Pele’s record with the national team. The last time he was out at a World Cup – because of a back injury sustained in the quarterfinals against Colombia in 2014 – Brazil went on to get embarrassed by Germany 7-1 in the semifinals.
Tite won’t be able to count on right back Danilo, who also sprained his ankle against Serbia. Danilo’s replacement will likely be veteran Daniel Alves, although Tite could also use central defender Eder Militao in the position.
Danilo and Neymar had physiotherapy treatment Saturday while the rest of the players trained. Antony wasn’t feeling well and also didn’t practice.
Brazil, seeking its first World Cup title in two decades, faces Cameroon in its last group match. It can reach the round of 16 in advance with a win on Monday if Cameroon doesn’t defeat Serbia in the other group match.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is appealing his conviction for murder in the killing of George Floyd, arguing that jurors were intimidated by the protests that followed and prejudiced by heavy pretrial publicity.
Chauvin asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals in a court filing Monday to reverse his conviction, reverse and remand for a new trial in a new venue, or order a resentencing.
Last June, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Chauvin to 22 1/2 years in prison after jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin pinned the Black man to the ground with his knee on his neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds. Floyd had been accused of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store. Three other fired officers face state trial this summer after being convicted in federal court earlier this year of violating Floyd's civil rights.
Chauvin’s attorney, William Mohrman, laid out a number of challenges to his conviction, including that the trial should not have been held in Hennepin County, where Floyd was killed.
“The overwhelming media coverage exposed the jurors — literally every day — to news demonizing Chauvin and glorifying Floyd which was more than sufficient to presume prejudice,” the brief said.
In the months that followed Floyd's killing, protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and around the country to protest police brutality and racism. Some of that unrest was violent.
Mohrman said several potential jurors expressed concerns during jury selection that if Chauvin was acquitted they would fear for their personal safety and worried about more violence. He said several of them said they were intimidated by the security measures implemented at the courthouse to protect trial participants from protesters.
The filing also cited the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer in nearby Brooklyn Center that sparked mor protests during Chauvin's trial. It says jurors should have been sequestered after selection to avoid being prejudiced by reports of that slaying. It also cited a $27 million settlement reached between the city and Floyd's family that was announced during jury selection, saying the timing of that prejudiced jurors in the case.
Mohrman cited several instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, claiming untimely sharing of evidence, failure to disclose and document dumping by the government.
The filing also says the judge did not apply the sentencing guidelines correctly and should not have included “abuse of a position of authority” as an aggravating sentencing factor for the former police officer.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has 45 days to respond to Chauvin’s brief.
The appeal came as the Minnesota Department of Human Rights released the results of a nearly two-year investigation launched after Floyd's slaying. It found the Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade, including stopping and arresting Black people at a higher rate than white people, using force more often on people of color and maintaining a culture where racist language is tolerated.
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A total of 298 ballots were cast Sunday on the second day of early voting for the June 27 primary in Erie County, Elections Commissioners Ralph M. Mohr and Jeremy J. Zellner reported, bringing the two-day tally to 764. Early voting continues through next Sunday.
Registered Democrats are choosing among candidates in five Common Council districts in Buffalo and others in the City of Tonawanda, Cheektowaga and Newstead.
Republicans have contests in Alden, Grand Island, Marilla, Orchard Park, Wales and West Seneca, plus the Erie County Legislature's 10th District.
Conservatives are voting for mayor of Lackawanna, council members in Alden and the Town and the City of Tonawanda, Town of Evans supervisor, county legislators in the fourth and 10th districts, and other offices in Amherst, Newstead and West Seneca.
Erie County is holding early voting at 38 polling places – 11 in Buffalo, one in Lackawanna, one in the City of Tonawanda and one in each of the 25 towns. Polls are open from noon to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday and Sunday.
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For information on polling locations and candidates, call the Board of Elections at 716-858-8891 or visit elections.erie.gov. | 2023-06-18T23:18:06+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/second-day-of-early-voting-in-erie-county-brings-298-to-the-polls/article_e47d66aa-0e25-11ee-8480-670d2c3e19f4.html |
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, April 5, the 95th day of 2023. There are 270 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
On this date:
In 1614, Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, in the Virginia Colony.
In 1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts on a monthlong return trip to England.
In 1764, Britain’s Parliament passed The American Revenue Act of 1764, also known as the Sugar Act.
In 1887, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, teacher Anne Sullivan achieved a breakthrough as her 6-year-old deaf-blind pupil, Helen Keller, learned the meaning of the word “water” as spelled out in the Manual Alphabet.
In 1976, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died in Houston at age 70.
In 1986, two American servicemen and a Turkish woman were killed in the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque, an incident that prompted a U.S. air raid on Libya more than a week later.
In 1987, Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut by airing the situation comedy “Married with Children” followed by “The Tracey Ullman Show,” then repeating both premiere episodes two more times in the same evening.
In 1991, former Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, his daughter Marian and 21 other people were killed in a commuter plane crash near Brunswick, Georgia.
In 2008, actor Charlton Heston, big-screen hero and later leader of the National Rifle Association, died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 84.
In 2010, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 29 workers. In a televised rescue, 115 Chinese coal miners were freed after spending eight days trapped in a flooded mine, surviving an accident that had killed 38.
In 2016, UConn won an unprecedented fourth straight women’s national championship, capping another perfect season by routing Syracuse 82-51.
In 2019, inspecting a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border in California, President Donald Trump declared that “our country is full,” and that illegal crossings must be stopped.
Ten years ago: Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure declaring that life began “at fertilization.” (Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, signed the measure two weeks later.) A federal judge in New York ordered the Food and Drug Administration to lift age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception, ending a requirement that buyers show proof they were 17 or older if they wanted to buy it without a prescription. (After months of back-and-forth legal battles, the Obama administration agreed to lift the age limits.)
Five years ago: In his first public comments about Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump said he didn’t know about the $130,000 payment his personal attorney Michael Cohen had made to the porn actress who alleged she had an affair with Trump. In a dramatic escalation of the trade dispute with China, Trump told the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. A Brazilian judge issued an arrest warrant for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the once-popular leader tried to mount a political comeback ahead of October elections; da Silva had sought to stay out of prison while he appealed a corruption conviction. A federal immigration raid took 97 people into custody at a Tennessee meat processing plant.
One year ago: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian troops of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one set up at Nuremberg after World War II. Barack Obama returned to the White House for the first time in more than five years to savor the 12th anniversary of his signature health care law and give a boost to President Joe Biden’s efforts to expand it. Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump’s daughter and one of those closest to him during the insurrection at the Capitol, testified before the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Today’s Birthdays: Movie producer Roger Corman is 97. Country singer Tommy Cash is 83. Actor Michael Moriarty is 82. Pop singer Allan Clarke (The Hollies) is 81. Writer-director Peter Greenaway is 81. Actor Max Gail is 80. Actor Jane Asher is 77. Singer Agnetha (ag-NEE’-tah) Faltskog (ABBA) is 73. Actor Mitch Pileggi is 71. Singer-songwriter Peter Case is 69. Hip-hop artist/actor Christopher “Kid” Reid is 59. Rock musician Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) is 57. Singer Paula Cole is 55. Actor Krista Allen is 52. Actor Victoria Hamilton is 52. Country singer Pat Green is 51. Rapper-producer Pharrell (fa-REHL’) Williams is 50. Rapper/producer Juicy J is 48. Actor Sterling K. Brown is 47. Country singer-musician Mike Eli (The Eli Young Band) is 42. Actor Hayley Atwell is 41. Actor Lily James is 34. | 2023-03-27T08:00:11+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/today-in-history-april-5-rosenbergs-sentenced-17861527.php |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of hot air balloons lifted off Saturday morning, marking the start of an annual fiesta that has drawn pilots and spectators from across the globe to New Mexico’s high desert for 50 years now.
As one of the most photographed events in the world, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has become an economic driver for the state’s largest city and a rare — and colorful — opportunity for enthusiasts to be within arm’s reach as the giant balloons are unpacked and inflated.
Three of the original pilots who participated in the first fiesta in 1972 and the family members of others are among this year’s attendees. That year, 13 balloons launched from an open lot near a shopping center on what was then the edge of Albuquerque. It has since grown into a multimillion-dollar production.
Pilot Gene Dennis, 78, remembers the snow storm that almost caused him to miss that first fiesta. He had to rearrange his flight plans from Michigan so he could make it to Albuquerque in time.
The weather was perfect when he got to New Mexico, said Dennis, who flew under the alias “Captain Phairweather.” He was quoted at the time as saying he had brought good weather with him.
He was on the hook again, as pilots hope predictions for the rest of opening weekend are fair.
“Ballooning is infectious,” Dennis said, describing being aloft like drifting in a dream, quietly observing the countryside below.
This year will mark Roman Müller’s first time flying in the fiesta. He’s piloting a special-shaped balloon that was modeled after a chalet at the top of a famous Swiss bobsled run. One of his goals will be flying over the Rio Grande and getting low enough to dip the gondola into the river.
“This is my plan,” he said, with a wide smile while acknowledging that it’s not always easy to fly a balloon.
One thing that helps, he said, is the phenomenon known as the Albuquerque box — when the wind blows in opposite directions at different elevations, allowing skillful pilots to bring a balloon back to near the point of takeoff.
Dennis said it took a few years of holding the fiesta to realize the predictability of the wind patterns allowed for balloons to remain close to the launch field, giving spectators quite a show.
Tens of thousands of people packed the field Saturday, wide-eyed with necks craned as they tried to soak in the spectacle.
Denise Wiederkehr McDonald was a passenger in her father’s balloon during the first fiesta. She made the trip from Colorado to participate in a re-enactment of that 1972 flight on Friday. Her father, Matt Wiederkehr, was one of the first 10 hot air balloon pilots in the U.S. and held numerous world records for distance and duration and built a successful advertising business with his fleet of balloons.
Wiederkehr McDonald, who went on to set her own ballooning records before becoming a commercial airline pilot, was wearing one of her father’s faded ballooning jackets and held a cardboard cutout of him as the balloon she was riding in lifted off.
She recalled a childhood full of experiences centered on ballooning.
“I remember the first time being down in the balloons with them all standing up and inflating and not being able to see the sky because it was all colored fabric. And then the other thing was the first balloon glow at night. Oh, my gosh,” she said. “There were a lot of firsts that I took for granted back then but really look back and appreciate so much now.”
The fiesta has grown to include a cadre of European ballooning professionals. More than 20 countries are represented this year, including Switzerland, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Taiwan and Ukraine.
It also serves as the launching venue for the America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race, one of the world’s premier distance races for gas balloons. | 2022-10-03T22:29:38+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/entertainment-news/ap-annual-hot-air-balloon-festival-draws-global-audience-to-us/ |
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s parliament opened a special session Tuesday to scrutinize the state-imposed takeover of Swiss bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS — and consider strengthening the legal arsenal to better gird against financial blowups.
The debate could run up to three days, with lawmakers voicing — and needing to iron out — disagreements over the 3 billion Swiss franc ($3.25 billion) fusion of Switzerland’s top two banks, a thunderclap for a country that prides itself on finesse and acumen in finance.
Swiss authorities stepped in as shares of Credit Suisse plunged last month and depositors pulled their money after the failure of two U.S. banks sparked concerns about the stability of global financial system and the long-troubled lender. Credit Suisse is among 30 “globally systemically important banks,” and authorities worried about the fallout if it were to fail.
“The situation on the financial markets has calmed down, but it is not fully stabilized, and our country — Switzerland — has emerged shaken by this painful episode,” Swiss President Alain Berset said at the session.
He said lawmakers would need to ensure that the legal framework was “as solid as possible to prevent this kind of crisis from happening again.” The executive branch also would look into “too big to fail” rules for key banks passed after the 2008 global financial crisis that may need changing, Berset added.
Lawmakers also are considering accountability for Credit Suisse and concerns about thousands of expected job cuts and looking at state-backed guarantees of over $100 billion aimed at holding the bank together until the merger is completed and buttressing UBS against possible losses.
They also are debating what it will mean for Switzerland to have one giant bank.
Johanna Gapany, a centrist lawmaker and rapporteur for the upper chamber’s finance commission, said the parliamentary panel had made three main proposals: change competition rules in light of the emergence of megabank UBS, examine how Credit Suisse executives might be held accountable and block the executive branch from unilaterally releasing more emergency funds for the rescue plan.
The proposals showed a “clear intention to not only prevent this situation from happening again, but to make sure that the solution protects the interests of citizens as much as possible — thus by taking the least risk with the guarantees that have been provided,” Gapany said.
Despite the talk, few concrete results were expected from the session, which is primarily to flesh out ideas — and possibly some vitriol — from lawmakers who all face reelection this fall.
Yvan Lengwiler, an economics professor at the University of Basel, suggested that the debate would play into a longtime “tug-of-war” between lawmakers who have lobbied in favor of Swiss banks over the years and others who have long sought to stiffen regulation.
“It seems that the pendulum, after this debacle we’ve seen, has clearly shifted towards strengthening,” he said. “Two years from now … the political situation might be very different, and it could be quite difficult to get this through parliament.”
Jakob Stark, an upper-house lawmaker from the populist, right-wing Swiss People’s Party, said the rescue of Credit Suisse was “was probably right and ultimately unavoidable” but that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority — known as FINMA — must become ”more decisive.”
“It should, for instance, get the authority to impose fines, but then it should also really impose the fines, and particularly on the big institutions,” Stark said of the regulator. “My feeling is that it was too considerate toward Credit Suisse, perhaps because of a legal basis that wasn’t sufficiently clear.”
The Swiss attorney general’s office has already opened a probe into events surrounding Credit Suisse ahead of the takeover, and the executive branch last week ordered tens of millions in cuts to the bonuses of top Credit Suisse executives.
Lawmakers largely were expected to line up behind the rescue plan — even if reluctantly for some — and were not yet expected to authorize a parliamentary investigation of the epochal rescue of Credit Suisse, a 167-year-old pillar of Swiss banking.
Lengwiler, who specializes in financial market regulation, noted that the combined bank will have a balance sheet that will be twice as large as Switzerland’s annual economy.
That’s nothing new: Both Credit Suisse and UBS had bigger balance sheets than the Swiss economy before the 2008 financial crisis. But this combined bank will be unprecedented in size and heft, presenting new challenges for government officials.
“What’s new here is that it’s the only kid on the block now,” Lengwiler said. “UBS is really the only game in town and … has become extremely dominant, and that is a problem for Switzerland.”
“It’s maybe too large for the country,” he added.
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AP reporter Geir Moulson contributed from Berlin. | 2023-04-12T02:39:46+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/business/ap-business/swiss-lawmakers-pick-apart-credit-suisse-woes-ahead-of-deal/ |
HONG KONG (AP) — Like most people in Hong Kong, taxi driver Leung Tat-chong says it feels like the city is recovering after years of protests, crackdowns and pandemic restrictions, while it also has changed forever.
He’s earning almost as much as he did before the pandemic. But, Leung said, the city has been divided since the 2019 protests, in which hundreds of thousands of people marched, and many battled police, in opposition to a government they saw as a proxy for Beijing.
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the city welcomed more than 2 million visitors in the month of March. Crowds of art collectors and dealers spilled across two floors of a convention center at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair in late March. Excited chatter returned to a dim sum shop at the high-speed rail terminus.
Yet Leung sometimes doesn’t turn on the radio in his cab because the news or a public affairs program could get his customers cursing. A supporter of the government, he watches what he says in front of friends to avoid starting fights.
Living in Hong Kong today means juggling contradictory feelings. In 20 interviews, many said that when they focus on business indicators and everyday life, they see a recovery gathering pace after years of travel restrictions. But when it comes to anything political, the openness and freedoms that were once hallmarks of the Chinese-ruled former British colony seem permanently gone.
Following the 2019 protests, Beijing declared “patriots must run Hong Kong,” increasing its loyalists’ control over elections and imposing a National Security Law that criminalized many forms of dissent. The government of Hong Kong used that law to arrest former opposition lawmakers and activists who participated in an unofficial primary election.
Hong Kong’s government says things are back to normal, a message delivered in a tourism-promotion campaign it calls “Hello Hong Kong.”
Economic indicators seem to support that message: retails sales are up, the country’s GDP is growing and unemployment is a low 3.1%. In the first quarter of the year, the city received 4.41 million visitors, about 12 times more than the previous quarter, and about 30% of pre-pandemic levels.
Mak Kwai-pui, co-founder of dim sum chain Tim Ho Wan, said his business is reaping some of the benefits. Foreign tourists are filling his restaurants, something he had not seen in three years, helping drive revenue to more than 80% of pre-pandemic levels.
“It’s really coming back. It’s true,” he said.
Anne Kerr, the chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, said more U.K. firms are inquiring about setting up shop in Hong Kong.
A survey by The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong in the first two months of 2023 showed its members are “cautiously optimistic” about business. Among those with headquarters in Hong Kong, 61% planned to remain for the next three years, up from 48% last year. But 9% plan to move, compared to 5% last year.
Local artist Wong Ka-ying said cultural life is recovering, too. At Art Basel, she saw a rise in emerging artists, independent art spaces and cultural activities, offering her more exposure and opportunities.
But, she said, even at the glamorous art fair, she felt the chill of the National Security Law. The art felt tamer than in past years and overtly political art was rare. At the Chinese University of Hong Kong where she teaches, she advises her students to plan their work cautiously.
“Maybe it looks the same on the surface. But when you look with a magnifying glass, you’ll see the essence isn’t the same,” the 32-year-old said.
When Cyrus Chan decided to organize a protest against a proposal on land reclamation and building waste-processing facilities in March, the changes were not subtle.
Hong Kong used to have a vibrant tradition of street politics, from massive marches to local issues. But Cyrus Chan, one of the march organizers, said police told organizers that they could have just 100 people. Participants were warned against wearing all black, as many protesters did during the 2019 protests. They also discussed their slogans with police in advance.
Even with official approval, it was a nerve-wracking experience, Chan said. For a week before the march, he checked news reports, online forums and social media hourly to see if anything had changed.
On the day, attendees were required to wear numbered badges around their necks and had to walk within a moving cordoned-off zone.
After the protest, Chan said he still could not let his guard down. On April 2, security minister Chris Tang said “some people” who likened the numbered tags to dog leashes or the armbands Nazis forced upon Jews were stirring hatred against the government — a red flag to many activists under the sedition law. Chan had previously made the Nazi analogy on a radio show.
“Those who say the city will go back to the old days … are lying. Everyone knows it’s impossible,” Chan said.
Weeks later, a former leader of a now-disbanded pro-democracy union withdrew his plan to hold a Labor Day march, his co-applicant said Wednesday. The National Security Law prevented disclosure of further details, he told the applicant.
Leung, the taxi driver, agreed that a part of Hong Kong will never come back. But life must go on.
“As an ordinary person, I can’t do anything about politics,” he said. “I will just keep living my simple and unadorned life.” | 2023-04-29T02:05:02+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/hong-kongs-economy-is-recovering-but-its-freedoms-are-not/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Federal Reserve officials said Monday that they favor raising the Fed’s key rate to roughly 5% or more and keeping it at its peak through next year — longer than many on Wall Street have expected.
John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who is among a core group of officials around Chair Jerome Powell, said in a speech to the Economic Club of New York that the central bank has “more work to do” to reduce inflation closer to its 2% target.
And James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Fed, suggested that financial markets are underestimating the likelihood the Fed will have to be more aggressive in its fight against the worst inflation bout in four decades.
The Fed has raised its benchmark short-term rate six times this year, to a range of 3.75% to 4%, with each of the last four hikes being a historically large three-quarters of a point. The central bank is expected to raise rates by an additional half-point when it next meets in mid-December. Though that would represent a reduction in the size of its rate hikes, Fed officials have stressed that they expect to keep their key rate at a historically high level well into the future.
Because the Fed’s benchmark rate influences many consumer and business loans, its aggressive series of hikes have made most loans throughout the economy sharply more expensive. That has been particularly true of mortgage rates, which have risen dramatically over the past year and have severely crimped home sales.
On Wednesday, Powell is scheduled to address the Fed’s policies and their effects on the job market in a speech in Washington.
In an interview with Marketwatch, Bullard suggested that the speed of the Fed’s rate hikes isn’t as important as the ultimate level of its benchmark rate, which he said could exceed the 5% that financial markets have priced in.
“Markets are underpricing the risk that the (Fed) will have to be more aggressive rather than less aggressive in order to contain the very substantial inflation that we have,” Bullard said.
The central bank, he added, will likely have to keep its benchmark rate above 5% all through 2023 and into 2024. He also reiterated his view that the Fed should be prepared to raise that rate to the “lower end” of a range between 5% and 7%.
By contrast, financial markets have projected that the Fed will have to reverse course and start cutting rates by next September, presumably in response to a recession that many economists expect will occur next year.
Williams suggested that there are some positive signs that inflation is easing, noting falling prices for lumber, oil, and other commodities. Supply chains are also loosening, he said: A measure of supply chain snarls maintained by the New York Fed has declined by three-quarters from its pandemic peak.
Yet the job market has stayed stronger than he expected, Williams said, with the unemployment rate, at 3.7%, still near a half-century low.
“That argues that we’ll need to have a somewhat higher path for interest rates” than the Fed projected in September, Williams said. At that time, the officials forecast that their benchmark rate would reach a range of 4.5% to 4.75% by early next year.
He said he now expects the unemployment rate to rise to 4.5% to 5% by the end of next year, with inflation falling to 3% to 3.5% by then.
At that level, inflation would still exceed the Fed’s target of 2%, thereby extending its inflation fight into 2024, Williams said. | 2022-11-29T10:48:49+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/ap-2-fed-officials-favor-keeping-key-rate-at-peak-through-2023/ |
Former President Trump’s promise to grant pardons to the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is running into strong opposition from Senate Republicans.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump’s closest allies, told The Hill that granting pardons to Jan. 6 protesters is “a bad idea.”
“Pardons are given to people who admit misconduct, rehabilitate themselves. They’re not supposed to be used for other purposes,” he said.
Other Republican senators are joining Graham in criticizing Trump’s promise to pardon the Jan. 6 protesters as inappropriate.
“I don’t think potential candidates should hold pardons out as a promise,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who is usually a reliable Trump ally. “It’s somewhat problematic for me on a moral level and an ethical level — sort of like promising other giveaways to particular individuals.
“I prefer avoiding those kinds of things,” he said.
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he wouldn’t support granting pardons to people convicted of crimes because of their actions on Jan. 6.
“If he were elected, he would have a constitutional ability to do it,” he said of Trump’s promise of pardons. “I would disagree with it. I think there was insurrection and I think these folks need to be punished.
“I was there. This was truly violent. People were injured, people were killed. I have very little mercy for the individuals that were involved in that activity that day,” Rounds added.
Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) said people who committed crimes on Jan. 6 must face the consequences of their actions.
“The only people that get pardoned are people who are charged with crimes. If they were charged with crimes, they ought to be prosecuted like everybody else,” he said. “The rule of law applies. If people broke laws, they need to be held accountable.”
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who voted last year to impeach Trump on the charge of inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6, said pardoning people who invaded the Capitol to stop Biden’s election would be wrong.
“The Jan. 6 riot was an attack on the temple of democracy, and the people who violated the law, attacked our law enforcement and besmirched our nation’s Capitol should be prosecuted according to the law, and certainly should not be pardoned,” he said. “It’s a grossly inappropriate comment to make.”
Not every Republican is quick to dismiss the idea of a pardon.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) who raised a fist to protestors outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before he and other members of Congress were evacuated during the insurrection, is more open to the idea of granting leniency to pro-Trump protesters.
“Let’s see which ones he would choose to do,” Hawley said of the prospect of Trump pardoning Jan. 6 protesters if he wins another term in the White House. “There’s no question it has been a massive prosecutorial effort.“
He and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who both led objections to the Electoral College tally in January 2021, argue the Department of Justice (DOJ) is punishing Trump supporters who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 much more aggressively than the rioters who destroyed property at Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020.
“I think that the folks who committed crimes, particularly violent crimes, on that day ought to be prosecuted,” Hawley said of the Jan. 6 protesters who have been sentenced to prison. “I think the question becomes, are there people who’ve been caught up in this drag net who, for instance, didn’t know that they were trespassing?“
“There’s a lot of concern about, frankly, the double standard at [the Department of Justice] going after people who may have at most trespassed on federal property and not even known they did it versus folks who have in [Black Lives Matter] riots committed violent crimes and not been prosecuted,” he added, referring to the failure to prosecute people who destroyed property at riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police.
“There absolutely is undeniably a double standard,” he said.
Hawley said the Department of Justice has filed briefs asking for leniency for Black Lives Matter protesters who destroyed property or caused injuries because their actions were motivated by a desire for social justice, while federal prosecutors have sought maximum penalties for Trump supporters who entered the Capitol last year.
Federal prosecutors, for example, asked for an 18-month prison sentence for Richard Michetti, who was arrested after his ex-girlfriend turned him in to law enforcement.
Michetti was charged with aiding and abetting obstruction of an official proceeding after entering and remaining in the Capitol for 45 minutes on Jan. 6, where he yelled obscenities at police officers. He was sentenced last week to 24 months of supervised release and ordered to pay a $2,000 penalty.
A study published by Time magazine in June found that 840 people had been charged with storming the Capitol on that day and that about a quarter of them have received criminal sentences, with a median prison sentence of 45 days.
Trump told conservative radio host Wendy Bell on Sept. 1 that he would issue full pardons and apologize to many of his supporters who were prosecuted for their actions on Jan. 6.
“I mean full pardons with an apology to many,” he said earlier this month.
Cruz said there’s a big difference between protesters who attacked Capitol police officers and smashed the Capitol’s windows and doorways and Trump supporters who showed up at the Capitol to voice their opposition to certifying Biden as president.
“I think there is a stark difference between acts of violence and peaceful protest. Acts of violence are unacceptable from any political perspective. Peaceful protest is protected by the first amendment of the Constitution,” Cruz said when asked about Trump’s promise to pardon many Jan. 6 protesters.
“The Biden Justice Department has used Jan. 6 and the violent acts of a few to justify persecuting the peaceful protest and political speech of the many,” he said. “It is wildly inconsistent.
“The Department of Justice turns a blind eye to violent rioters who looted, destroyed and firebombed American cities across the country but is eager to target anyone who dares speak on the other side of the aisle,” he said, citing Biden’s recent speech in Philadelphia, where he accused Trump and his allies of pushing a form of political extremism that “threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
“This past week it got so bad that Joe Biden, bathed in red light, decreed that half the nation are fascists because they dare to disagree with his socialist policies,” Cruz said. “What DOJ is doing, targeting the political enemies of the White House, is corrupt and incredibly harmful.”
Asked if people who illegally entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 should receive pardons if they didn’t assault officers or destroy property, Cruz would only say “acts of violence are qualitatively different.”
A study of court records by The Associated Press have found that federal prosecutors have filed more than 300 cases related to the protests that swept America after Floyd’s death.
It also found that more than 120 defendants have pleaded guilty to crimes such as rioting and arson and that more than 70 have received sentences, with the average penalty being 27 months in prison.
Graham, one of Trump’s staunchest allies in the Senate, said granting pardons to people who tried to intimidate and stop lawmakers from doing their jobs would set a bad precedent.
“It reinforces violence. The people who defiled the Capitol and took the law in their own hands deserve to be brought to justice,” he said.
–Updated at 10:16 a.m. | 2022-09-13T00:26:09+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/hill-politics/gop-senators-led-by-graham-slam-trump-jan-6-pardon-promise/ |
Fun and unique games for tailgating
Are you looking to add some friendly competition to your tailgate this year? A new tailgate game is the way to go. Cornhole is always a popular option, but if you want something a little more unique, there are plenty of lesser-known games from which to choose. Games including bocce, lawn darts and Spikeball are enjoyable and allow for individuals or teams to compete.
When choosing which games to play, consider the age and number of participants. For tailgates with younger children, select simple games. Easy-to-handle equipment ensures the game is fun for everyone. Determine how many players each game needs; selecting a game in which different numbers of players can take part works best. If you’d like more tips on choosing a game for your group, check out the BestReviews guide on the yard games.
Best unique tailgate games
Bocce ball
Bocce is one of the oldest known games. It dates back to the days of ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. Today, the game is popular across the globe. It goes by several names, including the English name of lawn bowling. To play, you need between two and eight players split into two teams. The game begins with a player throwing the jack, or pallino, a small white ball, onto the court. Teams compete to see who can land their balls closest to the pallino.
This bocce set is regulation-size and has all the equipment you need to play. It includes a carrying case, eight balls, a pallino and a measuring string. The balls come in the traditional colors of red and green. Crafted from high-quality materials, the balls will last a long time.
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Spikeball
Spikeball is an active game that combines elements of volleyball and foursquare. To play the game, you need two teams, a single ball and a net. The teams take turns serving by bouncing the ball off the net. The opposite team has three touches to get the ball to bounce off the net again. Teams score points when the opposite team fails to return the ball to the net within the allowed number of touches.
Designed to be portable, this Spikeball game set has foldable legs so all parts fit nicely in a drawstring bag. The net is easy to set up and you can play on almost any flat surface. The game set includes a ball, net, instructions and carrying bag.
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Kubb
The game of kubb, thought to go back almost 1,000 years, became popular in the 1980s. You can play with between two and 10 players, although two teams of three is recommended. You play by throwing sticks at wooden blocks to knock them over. This game requires both throwing skills and strategy. You win the game by knocking over all the opposing team’s kubbs (the wooden blocks) and the final king kubb in the center of the playing field.
With pieces crafted of rubber and wood, you can use this kubb set indoors and outdoors. It comes in a convenient carrying bag that makes it easy to travel or store. The set includes one king kubb, 10 kubb blocks, six throwing dowels, four corner pegs, a carry bag and instructions.
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Ladder toss
Ladder toss is a game thought to have originated on campgrounds, although there are more colorful rumors of it starting with cowboys using live snakes and fence posts. You play by tossing bolas (two balls attached by a string) at a three-rung ladder. Each rung of the ladder is worth a different value, but there are several additional scoring options to make the game more interesting.
Amazon Basics Ladder Toss Outdoor Lawn Game Set
This ladder toss game set comes with two ladders, three red bolas, three blue bolas and a carrying case. Made from PVC piping, the ladders are lightweight and come apart to easily fit inside the storage bag. The ladders stand 48 inches tall.
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Dice
If you’re looking to get the best bang for your buck out of your gaming equipment, a set of dice is simple, fun and versatile. There are many games kids can participate in like sevens, farkle or pig. You can also play games such as craps or Klondike if you want to bet on the last drink in the cooler at your tailgate.
ApudArmis Giant Wooden Yard Dice Game
The game set includes six oversized dice, one dry-erase scoreboard, a marker and carrying bag. Crafted from solid New Zealand pine, these dice are chip-resistant and durable. With rounded corners to make them easily rollable, the dice are safe for children. The waterproof bag is convenient for storage and travel.
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Lawn darts
Reimagined from the game banned by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the 1980s, the lawn darts of today are fun and safe. Most darts are made of hard or inflatable plastic and have rounded ends for safety purposes. You play the game much like traditional darts: players take turns throwing their darts at a target spread out on the ground. If you want something with simpler scoring, you can purchase a version of the game that comes with rings for targets.
This lawn dart set glows in the dark. To charge them for your next tailgate, use a headlight or flashlight. The set comes with two blue darts, two red darts, two target rings, a carrying bag and instructions. It’s best played on a soft surface like sand or grass, as the darts tend to bounce on a hard surface.
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Giant Jenga
Giant Jenga is exactly like regular Jenga, except bigger. Participants take turns pulling single blocks out of a stack and moving them to the top. The player who causes the stack to collapse loses. The trick is to strategically select blocks that won’t undermine the tower’s balance. Playing Jenga with larger blocks creates even more excitement when the tower falls.
This Jenga set starts at 22 inches and stacks to over 4 feet tall. The blocks are made from premium hardwood and come in a large carrying bag. This set can accommodate anywhere from one to many players, and it’s recommended for ages 8 and older.
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TEL AVIV — Some of Israel's allies abroad are concerned about the possibility that Benjamin Netanyahu will appoint far-right politicians to key positions as he forms a new government.
Netanyahu, who was prime minister for more than a decade until being ousted last year, is making his way back to power after elections last week.
Jewish nationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir, who met with Netanyahu on Monday, is expected to become a senior Cabinet minister. He could face a boycott by the Biden administration, according to a former Obama administration official.
"I think the U.S. is likely to boycott him," said David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, who worked on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks under former President Barack Obama. "I have reason to think that they are strongly considering this."
President Biden congratulated Netanyahu in a call Monday. Neither Netanyahu's office nor the White House mentioned the topic of Ben-Gvir.
Convicted by an Israeli court in 2007 for inciting anti-Arab racism, Ben-Gvir stoked tension with Palestinians this year when he visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or Temple Mount, a contested religious site where there is often violence between Israeli police and Muslim worshippers. "We're the master of the house here," Ben-Gvir said.
Now Ben-Gvir hopes Netanyahu will appoint him as public security minister, whose duties would include policing and access at the site — though Netanyahu hasn't announced his choice.
"Having someone who's going to, I fear, play with matches, given this flammable piece of real estate, I think is a real danger," Makovsky said. "I think [Netanyahu is] going to be swimming upstream if he feels that he's going to be able to normalize the position of Itamar Ben-Gvir."
Netanyahu has sought to calm fears, assuring his government's policy would be "responsible" without "pointless adventures." Ben-Gvir said in an op-ed Monday, "I have matured, moderated."
Danny Danon, a Netanyahu ally hoping to be the next speaker of parliament, argues Israel will maintain good ties with the Biden administration because Netanyahu, not Ben-Gvir, will be in charge of that relationship.
"I think all the issue of Ben-Gvir, it's overblown," Danon told NPR. "We will be running the government, and we will be dealing with the important issues ... and we proved in the past that we can be responsible about many of the issues, concerning foreign and domestic issues."
Other potential members of Netanyahu's emerging government are religious fundamentalists who support weakening Israel's Supreme Court and have demonstrated hostility to LGBTQ rights and Palestinian citizens of Israel.
The Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee, two major U.S. Jewish groups, voiced concern. So has a Democratic member of Congress, and there are U.S. news reports of top American officials raising the issue as well. And according to Israeli news reports, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates also warned that including certain far-right politicians in the Israeli government could hurt their countries' relations, even as Netanyahu hopes to forge more diplomatic deals with Arab countries.
Sara Greenberg, who served as Netanyahu's adviser from 2018 to 2019 on foreign affairs and worldwide Jewish communities, warned about allowing "extremism" in the upcoming Cabinet.
"Any move perceived as infringing on Israel's democratic and pluralistic nature will have a damaging effect on Israel's relationship with world Jewry, not to mention the free world," Greenberg told NPR. "The strength of Israel's democracy — and also its relationship with world Jewry — hinges on how the government portfolios are assigned and how the coalition acts."
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CHICAGO (AP) — Taylor Hall knows a lot about being the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft.
That should come in handy for Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Hall was traded from Boston to Chicago on Monday, clearing some valuable cap space for the Bruins and giving the Blackhawks a veteran winger to pair with Bedard after they take the young center at the top of the draft on Wednesday night as expected.
The Blackhawks sent pending restricted free agents Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula to Boston for Hall and the expiring contract of Nick Foligno.
“We are thrilled to be adding players of Nick’s and Taylor’s caliber to our organization,” Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson said in a release. “The two bring a wealth of experience and leadership that will strengthen not only our forward group, but aid in the development of our entire roster.”
The 31-year-old Hall had 16 goals and 20 assists in 61 games last season. He also had five goals and three assists in seven playoff games. The Bruins set NHL records for most wins and points in a regular season, but they were upset by Florida in the first round of the playoffs.
Hall was selected by Edmonton with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 draft. He has 264 goals and 429 assists in 13 seasons with Edmonton, New Jersey, Boston, Arizona and Buffalo.
Hall was with the Oilers when they took Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2011), Nail Yakupov (2012) and Connor McDavid (2015) with the No. 1 pick. He was playing for the Devils when they took Nico Hischier (2017) and Jack Hughes (2019) at No. 1.
Chicago is expected to take Bedard with this year’s No. 1 pick. He could be joined on the team’s top line by Hall, giving him some valuable experience to lean on.
Hall counts $6 million against the salary cap over the next two seasons. But rebuilding Chicago is more concerned with the floor than the ceiling when it comes to the cap at the moment. The Blackhawks were not on Hall’s no-trade list, so the Bruins could make the trade without his consent.
Foligno, 35, had 10 goals and 16 assists in 60 games last season. Given its financial situation, Chicago could try to convince him to skip free agency with a short-term contract for above market value.
Shedding salary could allow Boston to re-sign winger Tyler Bertuzzi, who was a great fit after he was acquired at the trade deadline from Detroit. Bertuzzi had 16 points in 21 regular-season games and then 10 points in seven games in the first round.
The Blackhawks are well-stocked when it comes to defense prospects, and Mitchell and Regula were never quite able to find regular time in the NHL lineup.
The 24-year-old Mitchell, a second-round pick in 2017, has four goals and 12 assists in 82 games over three seasons. Regula, 22, a third-rounder in 2018, has one goal in 22 career NHL appearances.
Boston could decide against tendering a qualifying offer to either player and put that money toward retaining Bertuzzi and adding other players in free agency.
In a minor league swap of restricted free agents, the Bruins sent forward Shane Bowers to New Jersey for defenseman Reilly Walsh.
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Study Finds Stress Around Tying Compensation to Performance Nearly Doubled Compared to 2022 Survey
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank Director, the leading information resource for directors and officers of financial institutions nationwide, released the results of its 2023 Compensation Survey, sponsored by Chartwell Partners. The findings reveal that a growing number of bank leaders have increased concerns around compensation, attracting and retaining talent, and succession planning.
The hiring environment remains tough and compensation costs have continued to climb, but many bank leaders have stayed focused on aligning pay with performance. According to the survey, conducted in March and April, 44% of respondents list tying compensation to performance as a top challenge, more than doubling from those who said the same a year ago.
"Last year's survey found bank executives and board members most concerned with the rising cost of compensation and the ability to offer competitive pay as they sought to compete for talent," says Emily McCormick, vice president of editorial & research at Bank Director. "Those remain important concerns, but incentive compensation has been thrust back into the limelight on the heels of recent bank failures, as regulators focus on aligning compensation and risk."
Concerns about succession planning for the CEO and other key executives also ticked up from last year, with a little over a quarter of respondents citing it as a top compensation-related challenge. In addition, the survey found that bank leaders have less confidence in their long-term succession plans for the CEO than they do in shorter-term plans in the event of a sudden departure or leave of absence.
"While it is common for a firm like Chartwell to be engaged for a sudden departure, what many boards struggle with is a comprehensive succession plan that includes assessing internal candidates, engaging in a multi-year development plan for these internals and an eventual comparison with external candidates to make a confident decision," says Scott Petty, managing director, financial services, at Chartwell.
Although concerns around succession planning have grown, 71% of respondents say their bank coaches mid-level talent to prepare them for C-suite roles and 55% say their bank uses external career development programs.
Additional Key Findings:
Pay Continues to Climb
Large majorities of respondents say their bank increased employee pay (97%) and executive compensation (89%), reporting a median increase of 5% in overall compensation expenses in 2022. Layoffs remain rare: 78% say their bank is not considering laying off staff in 2023. Just 5% say layoffs are likely at their organization.
Hiring Pressures Ease?
A smaller proportion of bank executives and directors report difficulty hiring; 56% of respondents this year report that hiring was more difficult in 2022 than it was the year before, down from 78% who said as much a year earlier.
Hiring Challenges
Almost three-quarters of respondents cite an insufficient number of qualified applicants as a key obstacle to hiring new talent. Bank directors and executives also cite rising wages in their markets (69%) and rising wages for key positions (47%) among their top hiring challenges.
Casting a Wider Net
Forty-one percent say their bank is more open to hiring from other industries than it has been in the past, while 10% report that their organization has always recruited aggressively outside of the banking industry. But 32% say their institution mainly recruits from within the industry, with no plans to change that approach.
Retention Bonuses Gain Ground
Nearly a third of respondents (32%) say their bank has offered retention bonuses to key staff as a carrot to delay retirement, up from 21% who said as much in last year's survey.
Demand for Business Bankers Cools
Concern around hiring and retaining commercial bankers have lessened somewhat, likely due to a dampened outlook for business borrowing amid higher interest rates. The percentage of respondents who expect their bank to add commercial lending staff fell to 61% in 2023 from 70% a year earlier. Similarly, the proportion who say their bank has difficulty hiring commercial lenders (52%) fell slightly.
Remote Work Lingers
A majority (80%) of survey respondents say their bank continues to offer remote or hybrid work options to at least some of their employees, while just over half (52%) offer remote or hybrid work options to executives. Smaller banks were somewhat less likely to offer remote work.
The survey includes the views of 289 independent directors, CEOs, HROs and other senior executives of U.S. banks below $100 billion in assets. Compensation data for directors, non-executive chairs and CEOs was also collected from the proxy statements of 102 publicly traded banks. Full survey results are now available online at BankDirector.com.
About Bank Director
Bank Director reaches the leaders of the institutions that comprise America's banking industry. Since 1991, Bank Director has provided board-level research, peer insights and in-depth executive and board services. Built for banks, Bank Director extends into and beyond the boardroom by providing timely and relevant information through Bank Director magazine, board training services and the financial industry's premier event, Acquire or Be Acquired. For more information, please visit www.BankDirector.com.
About Chartwell Partners
Chartwell Partners is a national retained Executive Search and Leadership Advisory firm firm known for helping clients professionally manage a board director or senior leadership decision process in a high-touch professional manner.. The Financial Services Practice, led by Scott Petty, conducts board director, CEO and senior management assignments, and board and succession advisory engagements for financial institutions across the U.S. www.chartwellpartners.com
For more information, please contact Bank Director's Director of Marketing, Deahna Welcher, at dwelcher@bankdirector.com.
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Penguin Random House sues Florida school district over book bans
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Publisher Penguin Random House and PEN America sued a Florida school district Wednesday over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities, the latest opposition to a policy central to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ agenda as he prepares to run for president.
The federal lawsuit alleges the Escambia County School District and its School Board are violating the First Amendment through the removal of 10 books from library shelves.
The case does not name DeSantis as a defendant though the Republican governor has championed policies that allow the censorship and challenging of books based on whether they are appropriate for children in schools, causing national uproar.
DeSantis, who is expected to announce his presidential candidacy in the coming days, has leaned heavily into cultural divides on race, sexual orientation and gender as he moves to win support from conservative voters who decide Republican primary elections.
“Books have the capacity to change lives for the better, and students in particular deserve equitable access to a wide range of perspectives. Censorship, in the form of book bans like those enacted by Escambia County, are a direct threat to democracy and our Constitutional rights,” Nihar Malaviya, CEO of Penguin Random House, said in a statement.
Escambia County school officials did not immediately return a request for comment.
The lawsuit says the removals stem from objections from one language arts teacher in the county, and in each case the school board voted to remove the books over recommendations from a district review committee that deemed them educationally suitable.
The teacher’s formal objections to the books appear to draw on materials compiled by a website that creates reports on books it deems ideologically unsuitable for children, according to the lawsuit.
In one example cited in the lawsuit, the teacher admitted she had never heard of the book “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky but filed an objection form to the novel that contained specific excerpts and phrasing from the book ban website.
Among the other removed books are “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, “The Nowhere Girls” by Amy Reed and “Lucky” by Alice Sebold. The lawsuit said more than 150 additional books are under review by the school board.
“In Escambia County, state censors are spiriting books off shelves in a deliberate attempt to suppress diverse voices. In a nation built on free speech, this cannot stand,” said Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, a literary writers’ organization. “The law demands that the Escambia County School District put removed or restricted books back on library shelves where they belong.”
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Eric E. Gilbertson of Eau Claire, Wisconsin passed away peacefully at home on Friday, July 22, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. He was 91. Eric was born March 31, 1931, in Menomonie, to Elmer G. Gilbertson and Margaret (Burkart) Gilbertson. Shortly after the family moved to Eau Claire when his father was transferred by the telephone company.
In his younger years Eric enjoyed being a Boy Scout and in high school he was active in drama, playing the lead in many plays, was a member of the National Honor Society and as well as excelling in debate, placing first at a national tournament in Omaha, NB. Graduating from Beloit College in 1953 with a dual major in economics and biology, colleges expenses were paid with jobs at the Uniroyal Tire Plant, Dell’s Paper Mill, picking apples and even pitching hay.
After graduation he was drafted into the U.S. Army and was selected to attend the Army’s Counter Intelligence School in Ft. Holabird near Baltimore, Maryland. In August of 1954, he married the love of his life, Donna Hoffe, at First Lutheran Church in Eau Claire. Eric then returned to Ft. Holabird where he graduated at the head of his class. Soon after the young couple moved to Frankfurt, Germany where Eric attended intensive German language classes and then became the US Army’s liaison with Frankfurt area police chiefs and mayors. Eric and Donna took advantage of this post and traveled extensively in Europe.
After the Army, Eric began a 37-year career at the Uniroyal Tire Plant where he served as Controller and designed and directed the installation of the first computer control system in the tire industry. Later he trained other Uniroyal locations in Belgium, Germany and France.
Both Eric and Donna believed in community service and Eric served on the boards of many local organizations such as the Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross, United Way Family Service, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Taxpayers Alliance, Wisconsin Manufactures and Commerce, and Luther Hospital where he was involved in the merger with Mayo. Eric also enjoyed being a small aircraft pilot and flew search and rescue missions for the Civil Air Patrol.
Eric was fortunate to have a close, lifelong friend from kindergarten, Bruce Calkins. Both shared a childhood love of hunting and fishing and their frequent trips included family members and many friends. Eric was always generous with his knowledge and experience and taught many boys and girls the basics of outdoor life. In later years he was very active with Trout Unlimited.
The family is grateful for the attention Eric received in the last few months from the caring teams at Meadowbrook in Bloomer, Our House in Eau Claire, HSHS Sacred Heart, and Mayo Hospice.
Eric is survived by his wife, Donna (Hoffe) Gilbertson; three children, Amy (Neal) Beidleman, Aspen, CO, Jay (Ken Seguine) Gilbertson, Prairie Farm, WI, and Kurt Gilbertson, San Francisco, CA; grandchildren, Finn Beidleman, Bend, OR, and Reed Beidleman, Aspen,
CO; and sister and brother-in-law, David and Mary Hoffe, Eau Claire, WI.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and mother and father-in-law, Harold and Adeline Hoffe.
In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial gift to: Spirit Lutheran Church, 1310 Main Street, Eau Claire, WI 54701 or Feed My People Food Bank, 2610 Alpine Road, Eau Claire, WI 54703.
The Service will take place at 11 a.m., Friday, August 12, 2022, at Chippewa Valley Cremation Services — Celebration of Life Center, 1717 Devney Drive, Altoona, WI with Pastor James Ahlquist officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. at the Celebration of Life Center. Private burial will be held at Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire.
The family invites you to join them for food and fellowship immediately following the service.
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LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Weekend 2 is about to get started for the Lake George Winter Carnival – and it’s coming in warm. Snow on the ground has shrunk down, with Friday temperatures hitting a high of 48, and expected to climb above freezing daily throughout the weekend.
The wobbly weather has had unfortunate consequences for some events this weekend. The ice races set for the weekend of Feb. 11-12 have been called off due to a lack of ice. Not only this weekend’s car races are affected – the ice is looking slim enough that next weekend’s AMA motorcycle ice races are off the docket as well. As of the announcement earlier this week, organizers retained hope that the ice would solidify in time for the fourth and final weekend.
Visitors looking for some fast-moving vehicles won’t be disappointed, though. The ATV Poker Run is set to go this weekend, with $25 registration and signup available online ahead of time. A BBQ cook-off, karaoke open mic and skillet toss are just some of the other ways to enjoy the weekend, ice or no ice.
Local businesses around Lake George like to get busy when the carnival brings people to town. Bowling alley Lake George Lanes & Games is hosting family galactic bowling from 6-9 p.m. on Friday nights for $12 per person. If you find yourself in need of family fun during the carnival weekend, the games come back for round 2. Each Sunday morning in February, the alley offers a special 3-for-$20 deal, offering one game of bowling, one game of laser tag, and a 20-credit arcade card. All games must start to be noon – and will end just in time to get frost with what the carnival has in store.
The full schedule for weekend 2 of the Lake George Winter Carnival includes:
Saturday, Feb. 11
ATV Poker Run
• 9 a.m.
• Hosted by Bebop’s BBQ; route map to be released on the day of the race
BBQ cook-off
• 12:30 p.m.
• BBQ cook-off between local restaurants; taste them all, vote for your favorite
• Shepard Park Amphitheater
• Ticket purchase is required; tickets can be bought in advance online
Make-Your-Own tie-dyed shirts
• 2-4 p.m.
• Family craft
• Tie-Dye booth at Shepard Park
• Cash admission
S’mores and hot chocolate at Shepard Park
• 5:30 p.m. until supplies run out
• Plenty of fixings and toppings to go around
• Shepard Park Amphitheater
Fireworks
• 7 p.m.
• Fireworks over the lake, visible from across the village
Sunday, Feb. 12
Sundae Fun-Day karaoke open mic
• 12:30 p.m.
• Stewart’s Shops ice cream and open mic karaoke
• Shepard Park Amphitheater
“Do You Wanna Build a Cupcake?”
• 1 p.m.
• Learn to make a cupcake
• Hosted by Lake George Baking Company, 43 Amherst St.
“Do You Wanna Build a Snowman” contest
• 3-4 p.m.
• Get a snowman kit and 30 minutes to build your best snowman, with judging and prizes to follow
• Sign up at Shepard Park info booth
• Cash admission
Women’s skillet toss
• 3:30 p.m.
• Women’s skillet toss, with a gift for the first-place winner
• Signup at Shepard Park Beach, sign up by 3:15 p.m. to participate
Warm-up keg toss
• 4 p.m.
• Keg toss with a $50 gift card to the winner
• Signup at Shepard Park Beach, sign up by 3:15 p.m. to participate
Both days
Bonfire on the beach
• All-day
• Shepard Park Beach
Cornhole games
• Noon
• Free games of cornhole with friends
Kids’ activities
• Noon – 3 p.m.
• Arts, crafts and games for children
• Shepard Park and Courtyard Marriott
Pony rides
• Noon – 3 p.m.
• Shepard Park
• Cash fee
Lake George Dog’s Got Talent
• 2 p.m.
• Talent contest for four-legged friends, with prizes for favorites
• Hosted at The Dog Cabin
Polar Plunge
• 3 p.m.
• Plunge into the cold waters of Lake George at Shepard Park Beach
• Register at 2:45 p.m. at Shepard Park beach
The full schedule for all four weekends of the Lake George Winter Carnival can be found at news10.com. Future weekends feature more cookoffs, and some races on the ice if the weather gets cold enough. | 2023-02-10T21:39:02+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/what-to-expect-at-the-lake-george-winter-carnival-weekend-2/ |
We went to the lowest point in Colorado
The land Sally Leinen grew up on stretches over the rolling grasslands of the Kansas-Colorado border. In the 1960s, she would ride her horse across the Arikaree River, which was filled with water and ran east. But, as the years passed, the river became drier. Today, it is usually empty, except when a flash flood rages through. Leinen still lives on these plains and considers the area special.
However, it was only recently that Leinen learned the land was even more special than she knew.
While Colorado is most often celebrated for its breathless heights, part of the Arikaree River is the lowest elevation in the state, at 3,315 feet.
I wanted to see the Yuma County spot, but I learned it was private pastureland owned by Leinen and her family. So, I called her and discovered that she was unaware her riparian property was Colorado’s least-altitudinous. “We learned this together?” I asked. “Yes,” she laughed.
She said I could come visit.
But I didn’t want to stand on this ground and merely snap a selfie, I wanted to know the geologic forces behind its lowness and the history of the people who have dwelled there.
And, in a moment of inspiration (or, folly), I decided to invite a bass singer to intone his lowest note in Colorado’s lowest spot.
So, in the early morning of a day in mid-August, Matt Bauer, of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and the Colorado School of Mines, and Forest Kelly, a singer with Face Vocal Band, piled into a car with me. Sam Bock, public historian at History Colorado, was unable to join in person, but agreed to take our call once we arrived on Leinen’s property. We pointed the car northeast from Denver.
Leinen told us to meet her just outside Haigler, Nebraska. We’d then dip into Kansas and cross over into Colorado. “I will be in an old blue Chevy pickup and can lead you out here,” she wrote to me in an email prior to the visit.
And, just as she said, Leinen was waiting in a sky blue pickup and had us follow her down a series of dirt roads to a two-track, and finally through a field of sagebrush. “It’s right down there in those trees,” she said, pointing to cottonwoods and Russian olive trees that line the once-formidable Arikaree River.
Not long after we spilled out of the car, Bauer spotted a hole in the riverbed where an eddy might have once swirled. This was Colorado’s lowest point. “It’s actually the highest low spot in all of the 50 states,” he said. “Our lowest point is higher than the highest point in 18 states and the District of Columbia.”
He pulled an enormous atlas out of the car, “We are situated on the eastern flank of what’s called the Denver-Julesburg Basin,” he said. “Then there’s the Hartville Uplift, which is up in Wyoming, and the Las Animas Arch, which is down to our south.” Together, they squeeze to create this lowest point.
Leinen explained that many of the trees around us came in after a flood devastated the area in 1935. “It was a doozy,” she said. There were “lots of lives lost and [it] completely washed away farms and everything.”
The lives and livelihoods of farmers were not the first to be connected to the river, said Bock, the historian we reached by phone. The Arikaree River, he explained, is named for the Arikara people. They were forced off this land, and are now one of the Three Affiliated Tribes, also known as The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation.
“The lowest point in Colorado is actually the site of some of the lowest moments in our history,” Bock said. “And what I’m talking about is the wars between the Plains tribes and the U.S. government, following The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864.”
Bock called the massacre “the ultimate betrayal”: When it became clear to the tribes that the United States was not negotiating in good faith and would use force to remove Indigenous people from their homelands. Today, the Three Affiliated Tribes are in North Dakota.
As Bock and Bauer, the geoscientist, shared their knowledge of the land’s history, Sally Leinen stood listening nearby. “I’m amazed people have taken such interest in my land,” she said.
Leinen carted a fence post with her and began hammering it into the ground. It was tied with a pink ribbon to mark the lowest spot.
While the rhythmic clangs died down, Kelly, the bass singer, launched into “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver.
Later, as the high-noon sun began to bake the ground, we retreated to our car and Leinen got in her truck. We traversed the dirt roads back to the highway, the unassuming fence post and Colorado's lowest point shrinking in our review mirrors.
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) – The Pharr Police Department is searching for a man that was kidnapped at gunpoint outside of his workplace Tuesday morning.
Police say they received a call at approximately 8 a.m. on Tuesday from Mass Logistics located at 9601 International Dr. in Pharr.
Mexican national, Jose Santiago Perez-Barragan, 46, was forced into a white F250 pickup truck with gold trim, according to witnesses.
Pharr PD is asking the public to help locate the suspect vehicle. Investigators say there were at least two people inside the vehicle when Perez-Barragan was kidnapped.
The vehicle was last seen traveling eastbound on Anaya Road.
Perez-Barragan crosses the border daily with coworkers and is an inspector at the facility.
A motive for the kidnapping has not been established.
Anyone with information on this case can contact Pharr Crime Stoppers at 956-787-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous. | 2022-07-13T03:57:02+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/pharr-pd-searching-for-man-kidnapped-at-gunpoint/ |
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Gary Moeller, who succeeded Bo Schembechler as Michigan's coach and later worked in the NFL, including a stint as interim coach of the Detroit Lions, died Monday. He was 81.
The University of Michigan announced his death, and no cause was provided.
Moeller was promoted from offensive coordinator to lead the Wolverines' program in 1990.
The two-time Big Ten coach of the year won a conference championship in each of his first three years and was 44-13-3 with four bowl victories over five seasons. He resigned in May 1995, less than a week after he was arrested on charges stemming from a drunken outburst at a restaurant in suburban Detroit.
Moeller bounced back in his personal and professional life, becoming tight ends coach for the Cincinnati Bengals that same year. He went on to lead the Lions' linebackers and was their interim coach in 2000 after Bobby Ross quit midway through the season.
Moeller was 4-3 as Detroit's interim coach and was perhaps a missed kick away from keeping his job. He was fired after Chicago's Paul Edinger made a 54-yard field goal with 2 seconds left to lift the Bears to victory in the regular-season finale, knocking the Lions out of playoff contention.
The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Moeller to be their defensive coordinator in 2001 and he later coached the Bears' linebackers for two seasons.
Moeller, who was from Lima, Ohio, played linebacker and was a captain for Woody Hayes at Ohio State. He was an assistant for Schembechler at Miami (Ohio) and joined him on his first staff at Michigan in 1969.
Moeller struggled in his first head coaching job, going 6-24-3 from 1977 to 1979 at Illinois. He returned to work for Schembechler and later made a successful transition to coaching offense and became an innovative coordinator.
With a relatively wide-open approach and willingness to throw the ball as head coach, he helped Desmond Howard win the Heisman Trophy in 1991 during a stretch in which the Wolverines won 19 straight Big Ten games. | 2022-07-11T22:26:37+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Gary-Moeller-former-Michigan-and-Lions-coach-17298109.php |
LaLiga have filed a formal complaint with a court in Barcelona after Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior suffered racist abuse during Sunday's 2-1 Clasico defeat at Camp Nou.
This is the eighth time LaLiga have reported racism aimed at Vinicius, who in December accused the Spanish top-flight of doing nothing about the insults he receives.
The Brazil forward is regularly being targeted at away stadiums, with LaLiga also filing complaints after Madrid played at Mallorca and Real Betis since the turn of the year.
"In view of the events that took place at the Barcelona-Real Madrid match, in which intolerable racist behaviour was once again observed against Vinicius, LaLiga has reported the racist insults to the Barcelona Court of Instruction," LaLiga said in a statement on Thursday.
Earlier this week, Mallorca revoked a fan's membership card for three years after the supporter hurled racist insults at Vinicius and Villarreal's Samu Chukwueze in two separate incidents.
Last month, Real Valladolid suspended 12 season ticket holders for abusing Vinicius during a LaLiga match in December.
The growing wave of racist insults against the Madrid forward has escalated this year after a mannequin wearing his No. 20 shirt was hung from a bridge outside his club's training ground in January before the derby against Atletico Madrid. Spanish police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
"Racists continue to go to stadiums and watch the biggest club in the world up close and LaLiga continues to do nothing," Vinicius wrote on Twitter in December.
"I will continue with my head held high and celebrating my victories and those of Madrid."
Since then, LaLiga have appeared to ramp up their campaign against racism, regularly taking action against the insults aimed at Vinicius.
In addition, they also set up a complaints channel to speed up the identification process, allowing fans who may have images or information about the identity of the perpetrators to contact them quickly. | 2023-03-23T11:49:16+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/soccer/real-madrid-espreal_madrid/story/4908199/laliga-file-8th-complaint-after-vini-jr-abused-in-clasico |
CARTI Cancer Center joins Caris' extensive network of leading cancer institutions committed to improving patient outcomes through innovations in precision medicine
IRVING, Texas, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Caris Life Sciences®(Caris), the leading molecular science and technology company actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionize healthcare, announced today that CARTI Cancer Center has joined the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance™ (POA). The POA is a growing network of leading cancer centers across the globe that collaborate to advance precision oncology and biomarker-driven research. POA members work together to establish and optimize standards of care for molecular testing through innovative research to improve clinical outcomes for cancer patients.
Since 1976, CARTI Cancer Center has delivered the world's most advanced forms of cancer care in a compassionate, patient-centered environment. An independent, not-for-profit cancer care provider, CARTI treats more than 35,000 new patients each year from every county in Arkansas, and across the country, with a belief that treatment should be close to home and as convenient as possible. Their mission is to make trusted cancer care accessible for every patient they serve through compassion, innovation and purpose. CARTI's team of expert providers treat all types of adult cancer and blood disorders with a full spectrum of treatment modalities, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as well as diagnostic radiology.
"CARTI is joining forces with Caris, a pioneer in precision medicine and the leading molecular science and technology company, to provide our patients with the most advanced scientific tools to fight cancer. This collaboration will bring to our patients the best in cancer care without leaving their home state," said Sam Makhoul, M.D., Medical Director for Research at the CARTI Cancer Center.
"We are excited to welcome CARTI Cancer Center to the growing Caris Precision Oncology Alliance network," said Chadi Nabhan, M.D., MBA, FACP, Chairman of the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance. "CARTI's mission to improve outcomes of all patients with cancer is aligned with Caris' goals and the POA's vision. We look forward to accomplishing this goal together with their physicians, researchers and staff through precision oncology research and innovation."
The Caris Precision Oncology Alliance includes 83 cancer centers and academic institutions. These institutions have early access to the extensive database and artificial intelligence platform within Caris to establish evidence-based standards for cancer profiling and molecular testing in oncology. By leveraging the comprehensive genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic profiling available through Caris molecular profiling, Caris seeks to provide this network with the ability to prioritize therapeutic options and determine which clinical trial opportunities may benefit their patients. POA members are also able to integrate with a growing portfolio of biomarker directed trials sponsored by biopharma. Additionally, as a member of the POA, institutions have access to Caris CODEai™, the most comprehensive data solution in the industry with matched molecular and clinical outcomes data covering over 1 million data points per patient.
About Caris Life Sciences
Caris Life Sciences® (Caris) is the leading molecular science and technology company actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionize healthcare and improve patient outcomes. Through comprehensive molecular profiling (Whole Exome and Whole Transcriptome Sequencing) and the application of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms, Caris has created the large-scale clinico-genomic database and cognitive computing needed to analyze and unravel the molecular complexity of disease. This information provides an unmatched resource and the ideal path forward to conduct the basic, fundamental research to accelerate discovery for detection, diagnosis, monitoring, therapy selection and drug development to improve the human condition.
With a primary focus on cancer, Caris' suite of market-leading molecular profiling offerings assesses DNA, RNA and proteins to reveal a molecular blueprint that helps patients, physicians and researchers better detect, diagnose and treat patients. The company's latest advancement, Caris Assure™, is a blood-based, circulating nucleic acids sequencing (cNAS) assay that combines comprehensive molecular analysis (Whole Exome and Whole Transcriptome Sequencing from blood) and serial monitoring – making it the most powerful liquid biopsy assay ever developed.
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Caris has offices in Phoenix, New York, Tokyo, Japan and Basel, Switzerland. Caris or its distributors provide services in the U.S., Europe, Asia and other international markets. To learn more, please visit CarisLifeSciences.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
About CARTI Cancer Center
CARTI is a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary cancer care provider offering medical and surgical oncology, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology. Along with the CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock, it has locations in Clarksville, Clinton, Conway, Crossett, El Dorado, Heber Springs, Magnolia, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Russellville, Saline County, Searcy and Stuttgart. It currently serves more than 35,000 new patients annually, including from every county in Arkansas. For more information, visit CARTI.com.
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NEW YORK CITY — Officers in New York City were able to make an arrest thanks to the help of a four-legged crime stopper.
According to the New York Police Department, a man suspected of robbing a sunglass vendor in Times Square on Saturday came into contact with an NYPD special operations officer on horseback.
A body cam video posted Tuesday on Twitter by NYPD showed the officer pointing at the alleged suspect before the man runs off.
But Samson the horse was hot on his trail.
"With assistance from nearby officers, an arrest was quickly made," the department said.
All of your NYPD officers are involved in crime reduction, even the four-legged ones.
Saturday evening, a male robbed a sunglass vendor in Times Square, but a @NYPDSpecialops Mounted officer was hot on his trail. With assistance from nearby officers an arrest was quickly made. pic.twitter.com/5ANbLKdYSI
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 19, 2022
According to CNN, officers arrested 34-year-old Ignacio Lewis.
The news outlet reported Lewis was charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree menacing, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Following the release of the body cam video, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell took to Twitter to commend the arrest.
"There was no chance this robbery suspect could outrun our 10-foot cop riding Samson!"
There was no chance this robbery suspect could out run our 10-foot cop riding Samson! With help from fellow Finest in Times Square, this individual was arrested and charged. pic.twitter.com/wkiL6a0SOe
— Commissioner Sewell (@NYPDPC) July 19, 2022 | 2022-07-21T16:58:04+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/video-new-york-police-officer-makes-arrest-on-horseback |
Michigan wrapped up its 2022-23 high school wrestling season Saturday at Ford Field, and by the time the last group of grapplers left the mats, history had been made.
For the first time in state history, four wrestlers became four-time individual state champs in a single year, with Dundee’s Braeden Davis, Detroit Catholic Central’s Dylan Gilcher and Davison teammates Josh Barr and Caden Horwath joining the exclusive club, which now features 35 members. | 2023-03-09T23:25:13+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2023/03/early-look-at-michigans-top-returning-high-school-wrestlers-heading-into-2023-24-season.html |
David Stearns, a popular Mets target, has stepped down as president of baseball operations for the Milwaukee Brewers. While he announced his intention to stay in Milwaukee as a consultant to owner Mark Attanasio and the baseball ops department, speculation started immediately that he could return to his Mets roots.
The club made the announcement Thursday morning. The New York City native worked for the Mets baseball ops department out of college and guided the Brewers through a franchise-record streak of four consecutive postseason appearances. Matt Arnold, the club’s senior vice president and general manager since 2020, will replace Stearns.
“This is not an easy decision for me and is something I have been wrestling with for a long time,” Stearns said in a statement. “Mark Attanasio and I have had an open dialogue and we both knew this day could eventually come. It has been a priority for both of us that any transition would take place while the organization is in a healthy position with solid leadership and a talented roster going forward. That is certainly the case today.”
He later reinforced his intention to stay in Milwaukee at a press conference.
“I’m also not going anywhere,” Stearns told reporters. “I’m going to be here in Milwaukee. I’m committed to serving Mark and Matt in an advisory capacity as the organization works through this transition.”
Stearns joined the Brewers in October 2015 after working as an assistant general manager with the Houston Astros. He started as the general manager and was named president of baseball operations before the 2019 season. The club enjoyed its best run of success in recent history under Stearns. He acquired Christian Yelich from the Miami Marlins in 2018 and he went on to have an MVP season in Milwaukee. The Brewers reached the NLCS that season and came a game short of reaching the World Series for the first time since 1982.
This success garnered the interest of the Mets and owner Steve Cohen. The club asked for permission to interview Stearns for the president of baseball operations role in each of the past two seasons and was denied. They would still need permission for another interview because Stearns is still under contract for another year.
The Mets have not hired a president of baseball ops. Bill Eppler was hired as the general manager last winter but the club was unable to find another candidate to put above him. Team president Sandy Alderson will retire this winter and will be involved in the search for his successor.
Stearns, who also spent time with Cleveland and at the league offices, could end up taking over another operations department next year, but for the time being it sounds as though he’s ready to take a step back from baseball.
“There are other parts of life, and at this point, I’m looking forward to gaining some time that I haven’t really had before,” he said. “I’m looking forward to taking a deep breath, I’m looking forward to spending time with my family, looking forward to spending time with friends and I’m looking forward to pursuing some other interests.”
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Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office looking for man who attempted to steal money
Published: Jan. 31, 2023 at 3:36 PM EST|Updated: 35 minutes ago
MOUNT VERNON, Ky. (WYMT) - The Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident where a man ran away after he attempted to steal money from an ATM.
The sheriff’s office says the incident happened early Tuesday morning at the Community Trust Bank on Lake Cumberland Road.
Mount Vernon Police Department chased a white box truck traveling on Interstate 75, heading toward Fayette County.
The sheriff’s office says the driver is a black male.
Police ended the chase due to public safety issues and deteriorating road conditions.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office at 606-256-4508.
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GILBERT, Ariz., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prenexus Health® is making it easy for manufacturers to choose the right prebiotic ingredients.
The leading manufacturer of organic prebiotic ingredients for the supplement, food, and beverage industry has released an infographic explaining the distinctions between the many options available to formulators.
Non-digestible ingredients used by the body to support and feed the "good" gut bacteria, prebiotic ingredients are mostly carbohydrates derived from a variety of sources including corn, chicory and sugar cane. With the global prebiotic market expected to reach $8.34 Billion by 2026 (CAGR of 10.1%), formulation of prebiotic products is surging.
Differences between prebiotic ingredients can affect formulation, efficacy, and product claims. The free infographic offers a clear road map to understanding these differences.
"For success in this burgeoning market, it's vital that manufacturers understand the differences among prebiotic ingredients before they formulate," said Michael Bush, CEO of Prenexus Health. "We want them to understand that there are significant differences among the prebiotic ingredients available so they can choose which is the best fit for their product. Education has always been a core principle at Prenexus Health, and this infographic is another example of that."
Download the free infographic here.
For additional information and media inquiries, please contact Erin Miller, Prenexus Health Director of Marketing at emiller@prenexushealth.com or by phone at (216) 538-9633.
Prenexus Health is an innovative leader in the development of scientifically based and clinically researched prebiotics. Based in Gilbert, Arizona, Prenexus Health's mission is to promote health and wellness for all people through consumer education, leading-edge research and development, and the responsible production of branded, clean label, certified organic prebiotic ingredients for dietary supplement, food and beverage products.
Prenexus' flagship ingredient, PreneXOS® is a xylooligosaccharide (XOS) prebiotic and is the only domestically produced organic XOS on the market. It is derived from high-fiber sugarcane grown in the Imperial Valley of California, following sustainable and environmental farming practices. PreneXOS has the ability to selectively feed "friendly" bacteria, at a low-effective inclusion rate.
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Wander Franco Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. White Sox - April 28
Published: Apr. 28, 2023 at 3:25 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Wander Franco -- with a slugging percentage of .350 in his past 10 games, including zero home runs) -- will be in action for the Tampa Bay Rays versus the Chicago White Sox, with Lucas Giolito on the mound, on April 28 at 7:10 PM ET.
He had two hits (going 2-for-6) in his most recent game against the White Sox.
Wander Franco Game Info & Props vs. the White Sox
- Game Day: Friday, April 28, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Guaranteed Rate Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- White Sox Starter: Lucas Giolito
- TV Channel: NBCS-CHI
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +115)
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Wander Franco At The Plate
- Franco has an OPS of .911, fueled by an OBP of .372 and a team-best slugging percentage of .539 this season.
- Among the qualified hitters in MLB play, he ranks 21st in batting average, 46th in on-base percentage, and 24th in slugging.
- Franco has had a hit in 18 of 25 games this year (72.0%), including multiple hits eight times (32.0%).
- In four games this season, he has hit a long ball (16.0%, and 3.6% of his trips to the plate).
- Franco has driven in a run in 10 games this season (40.0%), including three games with more than one RBI (12.0%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- In 48.0% of his games this season, he has scored at least once. And he's had three games with multiple runs (12.0%).
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Wander Franco Home/Away Batting Splits
White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 10 K/9 to lead the league.
- The White Sox have a 5.76 team ERA that ranks 29th across all league pitching staffs.
- The White Sox surrender the second-most home runs in baseball (38 total, 1.5 per game).
- Giolito (1-2) gets the starting nod for the White Sox in his sixth start of the season. He has a 4.50 ERA in 28 2/3 innings pitched, with 28 strikeouts.
- The right-hander last appeared in relief on Monday, when he tossed 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays while giving up hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 28-year-old's 4.50 ERA ranks 55th, 1.179 WHIP ranks 35th, and 9 K/9 ranks 38th.
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BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — As a kid in Vermont, Keegan Bradley always wondered what it would feel like to be Larry Bird or Carlton Fisk or Tom Brady, or any of those Boston sports greats whose posters plaster bedroom walls across New England.
On Saturday at the U.S. Open, Bradley got the full treatment.
A cascading chorus of “Kee-gan, Kee-gan, Kee-gan” greeted the local favorite as he strode up the 18th fairway at The Country Club. He was on the way to making par and wrapping up a round of 1-under 69 that left him at 2 under for the tournament, only two shots off the lead.
“Honestly, it was one of the most amazing moments of my entire life,” said Bradley, the 2011 PGA champion and a four-time winner on the PGA Tour. “I got to feel what it feels like to play in Fenway, to play in the Garden, to play in Gillette Stadium. I felt like a Boston player there.”
Still stinging from the Celtics’ loss in the NBA Finals, Boston fans were looking for something, anything, to get juiced about for a weekend that will no longer include Game 7. They got it in the form of a 36-year-old father of two whose aunt, Pat Bradley, is a six-time major champion and whose wife’s uncle is none other than the Hall of Fame Red Sox catcher, Fisk.
Playing in windy, cool conditions that turned The Country Club into a “beast,” in the words of co-leader Will Zalatoris, Bradley started slow. He made three bogeys over his first six holes.
But he played the final 11 holes in four under. The game-changer came on No. 9, where he hit his approach to 12 feet and made the putt to get the grandstands buzzing.
“I made the putt, and they went wild,” Bradley said. “It really gave me a jolt of energy. It put me on a path to, ‘All right, we no longer are trying to save this round. Let’s try to get ourselves into contention here,’ and I did that.”
This is a moment that’s been building for seven years for Bradley, ever since the USGA made the somewhat head-turning announcement that it was bringing the U.S. Open back to the Boston area.
“Well, I saw it was on the schedule, I was kind of, like, ’Wow, that’s a little surprising. I’m pumped for that,” Bradley said.
Earning a spot in the U.S. Open hadn’t been a problem for Bradley — until last year, which marked the first time in a decade he didn’t make the field. As this year’s tournament grew closer, he started getting a better sense of what it meant by the complete lack of discussion about the upcoming U.S. Open among his friends and family. He finally secured his spot last month.
“I thought it was strange,” he said. “Then, as soon as I qualified, everyone is texting, excited to come, and let’s get some tickets.”
He has a chance to further cement his spot among a significant stable of champion golfers from this area.
It’s a list that, of course, starts with Frances Ouimet, who lived across the street from The Country Club and helped put golf on the map in America with his upset win in the U.S. Open in 1913. There are Harriet and Margaret Curtis, whose last name is stamped on the cup that goes to the winner of the biennial women’s amateur matches pitting the U.S. against Britain and Ireland. Also, Keegan’s aunt. Pat Bradley won the U.S. Women’s Open in 1981.
Walking down the fairways Saturday, Bradley said he saw and heard friends, and aunts, and uncles calling out from the gallery. By the end of the day, everyone was family.
“The crowds, as usual here in Boston, I think are the best in the world,” he said.
It could get better.
A week that opened with him throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park will close with him walking down that 18th fairway again, this time, quite possibly with a U.S. Open title in reach.
“It’s going to be intense, but I’ve had this weird sense of calm over me this week,” Bradley said. I don’t know if that will be here tomorrow or not, but I just have to try to just put one foot in front of the other and all the silly clichés we all say.”
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-19T05:23:14+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/sports/sports-news/kee-gan-bradley-feels-the-love-makes-a-run-at-the-us-open/ |
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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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
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.
How to Watch
- 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.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet PT
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- 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.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- 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.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- 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.
How to Watch
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.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- 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.
How to Watch
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.
How to Watch
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.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- 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.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- 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, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Natera, Inc. ("Natera" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NTRA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Natera investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Natera common stock between February 26, 2020, and April 19, 2022, inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NTRA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company's non-invasive prenatal test, Panorama, was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) the Company's screening test for kidney transplant failure, Prospera, did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Natera during the relevant time frame, you have until June 27, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
Ed Korsinsky, Esq.
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- Megan Bakel will serve as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
- Dan McFarland will serve as Director of Sales
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Landsea Homes Corporation (Nasdaq: LSEA) ("Landsea Homes" or the "Company"), a publicly traded residential homebuilder, announced today that Megan Bakel will serve as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Dan McFarland as Director of Sales for the company's rapidly growing Florida Division.
"As Landsea Homes continues to secure its position as the leading homebuilder in Central Florida, we're well positioned with Megan on board to oversee sales and marketing efforts for the division," said Jeff Wochner, Central Florida Division President, Landsea Homes. "She knows precisely what it takes to successfully launch a community, lead a team to not only meet but exceed sales goals, and form strategic partnerships in one of the top housing markets in the country."
With more than 17 years of experience in the homebuilding industry, Bakel is well versed in all facets of new home sales and marketing. She joins Landsea Homes from Ryan Homes, where she most recently served as Regional Marketing Manager for the company's Orlando and Jacksonville markets. Prior to that, Bakel worked with other homebuilders including Toll Brothers and Beazer Homes.
Dan McFarland will serve as Director of Sales for the Florida Division and will manage all sales operations for the division.
"Dan possesses excellent business sense, true customer understanding, and the forward thinking needed as we continue to position Landsea Homes as the leading homebuilder of High Performance Homes in Central Florida," added Wochner.
In his successful sales career, McFarland has led and motivated sales teams of fifteen to twenty-five people, managed robust sales pipelines and achieved sales and profit goals while improving operational efficiency.
Prior to joining Landsea Homes, McFarland most recently served as Vice President of Sales for Beazer Homes' Florida Division. He was responsible for driving sales and positioning the division for future community growth in the Orlando market.
Landsea Homes was named the 2022 winner of the prestigious Builder of the Year award, presented by BUILDER magazine. Through consecutive strategic moves, the Newport Beach-based home builder saw a historical year of transformation, which landed Landsea Homes the 47th spot on the coveted Builder 100 list, along with the Builder of the Year honors.
For more information about Landsea Homes, please visit: http://www.landseahomes.com.
About Landsea Homes Corporation
Landsea Homes Corporation (Nasdaq: LSEA) is a publicly traded residential homebuilder based in Newport Beach, CA., that designs and builds best-in-class homes and sustainable master-planned communities in some of the nation's most desirable markets. The company has developed homes and communities in New York, Boston, New Jersey, Arizona, Florida, Texas and throughout California in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, and Orange County. Landsea Homes was named the 2022 winner of the prestigious Builder of the Year award, presented by BUILDER magazine, in recognition of a historical year of transformation.
An award-winning homebuilder that builds suburban, single-family detached and attached homes, mid-and high-rise properties, and master-planned communities, Landsea Homes is known for creating inspired places that reflect modern living and provide homebuyers the opportunity to "Live in Your Element." Our homes allow people to live where they want to live, how they want to live – in a home created especially for them.
Driven by a pioneering commitment to sustainability, Landsea Homes' High Performance Homes are responsibly designed to take advantage of the latest innovations with home automation technology supported by Apple®. Homes include features that make life easier and provide energy savings that allow for more comfortable living at a lower cost through sustainability features that contribute to healthier living for both homeowners and the planet.
Led by a veteran team of industry professionals who boast years of worldwide experience and deep local expertise, Landsea Homes is committed to positively enhancing the lives of our homebuyers, employees and stakeholders by creating an unparalleled lifestyle experience that is unmatched.
For more information on Landsea Homes, visit: www.landseahomes.com.
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Updated January 17, 2023 at 4:04 PM ET
China has recorded its first population decline in decades in what some experts have called a "sea change" for a country intent on growing its economy and increasing its birth rate.
According to data published Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the population of mainland China was 1.411 billion people at the end of 2022, a decrease of 850,000 over the previous year.
Stuart Gietel-Basten, a professor of social science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Khalifa University in Dubai, told NPR's Morning Edition that the shrinkage could complicate China's plans for continued economic expansion.
"The era of rapid growth, double-digit growth, of cheap labor, of a younger labor force – that era is now really at a close," Gietel-Basten said.
Long the world's most populous country, China could soon see its population surpassed by fast-growing India. In 2022, according to U.N. data, India had a population of 1.4066 billion, just trailing China's 1.4485 billion
The last time China is believed to have seen its population dip was during a tumultuous period known as the Great Leap Forward that began in the late 1950s.
China's infamous one-child policy limited births for decades
China's fertility rates were already decreasing in the 1970s, and by 1980 the Chinese government formally instituted the controversial one-child policy, legally restricting families from having more than one baby. The policy was intended to further limit China's population growth and help stimulate an economic boom.
Ultimately it resulted in low fertility rates and a large aging population. Last year, China saw more deaths than births, according to government data publicized this week. Officials said 10.41 million people died while 9.56 million were born.
In 2015, China ended the one-child policy and began allowing married couples to have two children. It expanded the allowance again in 2021, permitting up to three kids.
Yun Zhou, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, told NPR that China's recent attempts to reverse course and encourage families to have more children haven't worked.
"From my own research, what I've seen is women often resisted and often prioritized their paid employment and prioritized their pursuit of individualistic ideals over this sustained incentivization," Zhou said.
"But since China is an authoritarian country, it remains to be seen just to what extent and how extreme the state will actually go in trying to incentivize births."
Zhou also noted that though the Chinese government has been encouraging married heterosexual couples to have more children, LGBTQ people and unmarried people are often omitted from official policies.
The COVID pandemic also put a strain on China's fertility rate
After COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, China, the resulting lockdowns across the world caused far-reaching economic pain and social isolation.
That was especially true in China, the world's second-largest economy, where in some cases people were confined to their homes for days or even weeks as strict pandemic lockdowns were instituted to slow the spread of the virus.
Gietel-Basten said China has had to struggle with the economic insecurity caused by the pandemic as well as "the challenges of working from home and having a family under these challenging circumstances, which has been particularly difficult in China."
But he added that China's shrinking population doesn't necessarily mean the country will see its economic growth shrivel.
The government has already been investing in services for its aging population, Gietel-Basten noted, and it will try to increase productivity among the many workers it still has.
"There's really still a lot of levers that can be pulled in China," he said.
Zhou said that if China's population continues to decline and its economy slows, it could lead the country and its leaders to view China's place in the world differently. The government may project an "even more nationalistic imaginary" or, on the other hand, put a renewed emphasis on social stability, she suggested.
"This is truly an open question and truly remains to be seen how the Chinese Communist Party will react," she said. "Although it has been a long time coming, we are on the cusp of a sea change."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-01-17T22:21:22+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-health-fitness/npr-health-fitness/2023-01-16/heres-why-chinas-population-dropped-for-the-first-time-in-decades |
2 AM update on Hurricane Ian
Published: Sep. 27, 2022 at 2:26 AM EDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) -With this advisory the wind speed of Ian has increased to 110 mph or a very strong Cat 2 storm. At 111 mph the storm will be a major hurricane Cat 3. Ian is very close to the western tip of the Cuban coastline and moving at 13 mph. The central pressure of the storm has once again dropped. Currently it is at 28.29 inches or 958 mb, compared to the previous 11pm pressure of 28.41 inches or 962 mb. Additional strengthen is forecast and Ian will become a major hurricane later today.
Copyright 2022 WWSB. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-27T07:06:11+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/09/27/2-am-update-hurricane-ian/ |
In the wake of the police killing of Tyre Nichols and several mass shootings, we look at the appetite for police reform and gun control in a Congress now that Republicans control the House.
Copyright 2023 NPR
In the wake of the police killing of Tyre Nichols and several mass shootings, we look at the appetite for police reform and gun control in a Congress now that Republicans control the House.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-01-29T13:30:52+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/politics/politics/2023-01-29/politics-chat-will-congress-consider-police-reform |
Woeful defense has Florida as 3-TD underdog vs No. 1 Georgia
By MARK LONG
AP Sports Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson was surprised, maybe even shocked, to learn the Gators were three-touchdown underdogs against rival and top-ranked Georgia. Richardson calls it “crazy.” It has little, if anything, to do with Richardson. Florida’s dreadful defense, which is on pace to be one of the worst in school history, is a big reason the betting line so heavily leans toward the defending national champion and undefeated Bulldogs. The Gators are tied for 108th in the country and rank 12th in the SEC in total defense. This is the third time Florida has been at least a 20-point underdog in the last three decades, maybe longer. | 2022-10-25T15:47:49+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/10/25/woeful-defense-has-florida-as-3-td-underdog-vs-no-1-georgia/ |
New relationship offers accuracy and responsiveness for audience-driven multiscreen TV campaigns
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ampersand, the audience-first TV advertising sales and technology company, and Blockgraph, the technology company enabling the future of data-driven TV advertising, today announce a new partnership with Acxiom®, Interpublic Group's customer intelligence company.
The partnership brings together all three parties to allow for seamless connection of 1st- and 3rd-party audiences to Ampersand's growing media portfolio, including the largest addressable TV footprint in the industry. Advertisers also gain access to Ampersand's AND Platform™, the first data-driven, buy-side multiscreen TV platform to centralize campaign planning, buying and measurement within a single interface. Utilizing Acxiom's ethically sourced, privacy-compliant, powerful audience segments, brands can increase their reach with precision and scale through addressable and linear campaigns powered by Ampersand. Integration with Blockgraph's Identity Operating System (IDoS) puts user control and privacy at the forefront while enabling expedited and effective campaigns across multiscreen activations with cohesion and simplicity.
"We are excited to partner with Blockgraph," said Justin Rosen, Ampersand, SVP Data & Analytics. "As a result of this integration, partners like Acxiom can now provide its brand marketer clients a multi-MVPD, multi-platform, cookieless solution targeting their proprietary audiences with a commitment to the protection of customer data and privacy."
"Today's multi-platform media landscape requires comprehensive advertising solutions that deliver speed, protect privacy and ensure ease of use," said Aleck Schleider, Chief Revenue Officer at Blockgraph. "Blockgraph, Ampersand, and Acxiom share a commitment to these goals, and this new multi-party partnership will allow marketers to achieve their outcomes while maintaining a significant level of data protection."
"Advertisers looking to deliver exceptional experiences need comprehensive insights and data," said Conor Burgess, Vice President of Business Development at Acxiom. "With the most extensive collection of descriptive audience data in the market, we bring just that to this exciting new partnership. Through our unique collaboration with Ampersand and Blockgraph, we give brands a window into truly knowing and understanding people's wants, needs and preferences, all in one easy-to-use tool."
Ampersand's AND Platform accounts for the single largest source of multiscreen TV inventory in the industry, providing marketers with reach across 80 million households, of which 52 million are addressable (more than 70% of all U.S. addressable households). The AND Platform is powered by aggregated viewership insights from nearly 42 million households. With a commitment to protecting personal information, the Platform drives improved audience-based, multiscreen campaign performance across the largest source of TV viewing within Ampersand's footprint.
Ampersand is moving TV forward. As the industry's largest source of combined multiscreen TV inventory and viewership insights, we are changing the way TV is bought and measured. Powered by aggregated and authenticated audience data insights from 42 million households, and with a commitment to protecting personal information, our AND Platform gives advertisers true audience first planning, scale in execution, and advanced measurement of their TV investments. Ampersand represents 80M households and over 70% of addressable households in the U.S. Whether a local or national advertiser, we help clients reach their unique target audience and deliver their stories – anytime, anywhere and on whatever device. Ampersand is owned by Comcast Corporation, Charter Communications, Inc. and Cox Communications. For more information, please visit Ampersand at www.ampersand.tv
Blockgraph is a technology company that makes the future of data-driven TV advertising possible. The world's leading media, technology, and information services companies collaborate with trusted partners using Blockgraph's Identity Operating System (IDoS) to create and implement privacy-focused targeting and measurement solutions. Blockgraph is owned by Charter Communications Inc., Comcast NBCUniversal, and Paramount. For more information, please visit Blockgraph at www.blockgraph.co.
Acxiom is a customer intelligence company that provides data-driven solutions to enable the world's best marketers to better understand their customers to create better experiences and business growth. A leader in customer data management, identity, and the ethical use of data for more than 50 years, Acxiom now helps thousands of clients and partners around the globe work together to create millions of better customer experiences, every day. Acxiom is a registered trademark of Acxiom LLC and is part of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG). For more information, visit Acxiom.com.
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GRINDSTONE - Margaret "Peggy" Hauk, age 92, of Grindstone, died on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at Scotchman Living Center in Philip.
Visitation will be held 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, at the Rush Funeral Home in Philip.
Memorial services will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 7, at the American Legion Hall in Philip.
Private family interment will take place at a later date at the Masonic Cemetery in Philip.
Arrangements are with the Rush Funeral Home of Philip. | 2023-04-04T05:41:20+00:00 | rapidcityjournal.com | https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/margaret-peggy-hauk/article_c39dc991-766e-5d85-a699-61985b355e26.html |
A 16-year-old from Northeast Washington who was reported missing in late September has been identified as the person who was found fatally shot inside a burned vehicle in Anne Arundel County, Md., according to authorities.
D.C. police said Knight had been reported missing Sept. 28 after relatives told authorities he had earlier been seen getting into a vehicle on 46th Place NE and did not return.
Police in Anne Arundel said it took several weeks to identify Knight. Authorities in the District said they told Knight’s family about the death on Oct. 21. Anne Arundel police released Knight’s name to the public on Tuesday.
Knight’s grandfather and another relative on Tuesday referred calls to the victim’s father; efforts to reach him were not successful.
Authorities said no arrest has been made in the case, and a spokeswoman for police in Anne Arundel said detectives do not know whether Knight was shot where the vehicle was found or elsewhere.
In a statement, Anne Arundel police said officers and firefighters found the burning vehicle and the victim in a field about 100 yards off Brock Bridge Road at Tribeca Trail, near the Oxbow Lake reservoir and nature preserve.
The field is across from a residential development and along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, about 20 miles north of where D.C. police said Knight was reported missing.
The Maryland medical examiner’s office ruled Sept. 30 that Knight had died of a gunshot wound, police said. | 2022-12-27T21:28:09+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/27/teen-dead-maryland-dc/ |
Nursing student saves boy's life through stem cell donation
A nursing student who saved the life of a Chicago boy through stem cell donation finally got to meet the boy and his family in person.
Mads Pomranky, 3, was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in November 2019. His doctors said he would need a transplant. His parents were only partial matches.
Kaelynn Speed was a freshman at Wright State University studying nursing when she signed up for a DKMS booth on campus. She went through the process of becoming a registered donor and later found out she was a 10/10 match for someone.
After a successful transplant, Mads has been cancer free for two years.
The emotional meeting between both families happened Friday after Mads' family made the trip to Cincinnati from the Chicago area where they live.
"You're amazing. You're so nice. I love you," Jenn Pomranky, Mads' mom said through tears.
"I love you too, honey," Speed said. "I'm experiencing a lot of overwhelming joy. How do I feel? How do you put a mark on something so great? I don't know."
Mads' cancer journey was complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital regulations were tight, and plans around Mads' transplant changed due to hospitals limiting procedures.
"At first they were only allowing one parent, so I had to stay home for a while," Derrick Pomranky, Mads' father, said. "Yeah, it was terrible."
Mads' perfect match lived about 300 miles away. Speed was preparing for her finals when she got the call. She passed the testing requirements with ease.
In the spring of 2020, she received injections at home to boost her stem cell count. During an hours-long procedure, a machine filtered her blood and collected the blood-forming cells for Mads.
Mercy Health Cincinnati Cancer and Cellular Therapy Center harvest the cells. The University of Chicago completed the process.
A short time later Mads' doctors said he was cancer free.
"It was a huge relief, and then every time he's went in for another biopsy, it's always been a relief," Derrick Pomranky said.
The Pomranky and Speed families now share a special bond.
"As soon as I grabbed Kaelynn I couldn't stop crying," Jenn Pomranky said. "I mean what she did is so amazing, and we just love her so much. And it's just so exciting to actually be able to give her a huge hug and just say thank you in person."
"She feels like an extension of our family now," Derrick Pomranky said.
Speed said the decision to donate was easy, and it did not take a lot of her time.
"Ten hours of your life for the rest of someone else's is insane," she said.
Speed has become a fierce advocate for DKMS and is passionate about raising awareness for stem cell donation. It starts with a quick cheek swab. You can learn more here. | 2022-07-29T00:10:36+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/stem-cell-donation-nursing-student-saves-boys-life/40747457 |
Jimmy Carter: Former Arizona Attorney General remembers encounter with former President
PHOENIX - President's Day is a time to reflect on the people who helped shape the country we have today.
The holiday was originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington’s birthday, but nowada ys, President’s Day is popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all presidents, both past and present.
For one person in Arizona, President's Day has a special meaning.
"I have collected political buttons all my life," said former Phoenix mayor and former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard. "I have always been interested in politics and politicians, and somehow the buttons become the symbols that you keep year after year."
Goddard has seen a few presidents over the years.
"Guess I didn’t get to meet [John F.] Kennedy, but I did meet [Lyndon] Johnson," said Goddard. "Never met [Ronald] Reagan, but then of course, [Jimmy] Carter. [Bill] Clinton, [Barack] Obama, [Joe] Biden, and then going back, I met [George W.] Bush."
Of all the presidents he has met, there is one who Goddard particularly admired: Carter.
"I think Jimmy Carter embodies not only what a great president should be, but what a person should be," said Goddard. "He was a wonderful humanitarian. He was somebody who lived his life to the full."
In light of news that Former President Carter is entering hospice care, President's Day feels a little different for 2023.
Meanwhile, support for Former President Carter is pouring in, from former President Bill Clinton tweeting "On this President's Day, I’m thinking of President Jimmy Carter," to President Joe Biden tweeting, in part, "We admire you for your strength and humility you have shown in dificult times."
Goddard, on this President's Day, is remembering the brief brush he had with former President Carter.
"I was in Atlanta. I was taken out to a Habitat for Humanity site to meet the President and Mayor [Andrew] Young. Sort of shouted out to this crew of people who were on the roof of a house being built and said 'President Carter, this is Terry Goddard' and Jimmy Carter waved his hammer and went ‘hi,’ and went right back to hammering, so I thought that said so much about him and his whole life after being president, was one of service and an incredible example for the country."
In 2017, former President Carter was honored by ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law when he accepted the O'Connor Justice Prize at the Arizona Biltmore.
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Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard (left) and Former President Jimmy Carter (right) | 2023-02-21T05:13:57+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/jimmy-carter-former-arizona-attorney-general-remembers-encounter-with-former-president |
DEL RIO, Texas – Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines.
Dozens of them, roughly 700 feet (213 meters) tall — as big as San Antonio's tallest skyscraper — were set to sprout across thousands of scrubby acres near the pristine Devils River. Protests that a wind farm would harm a sensitive ecosystem in Texas flopped, but when attention turned to a Chinese billionaire behind the project, state lawmakers raced to pull the plug.
“Drumming up the ire against the national security issues was easier than the environmental issues,” said Bass, whose Monarch Ranch near the Mexico border and the planned wind farm is a flight path for migrating birds and butterflies.
U.S.-China ties are strained amid growing tensions over security and trade. In nearly a dozen statehouses and Congress, a decades-old worry about foreign land ownership has spiked since the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon last month after it traversed the skies from Alaska to South Carolina.
Local fears about national security initially yielded a victory for Bass and other Texas landowners in Val Verde County. But in a twist, plans for some of the tallest wind turbines in the country are back on — causing whiplash here in the rural borderlands, hurt feelings and testing of the limits of environmental action against renewable projects proliferating across the country.
While President Joe Biden wants more wind and solar power to fight climate change, local resistance is growing in places asked to live with towering turbines. Some East Coast residents pushing back against thousands of them embody the opposition as the U.S. pursues deploying enough wind energy offshore by 2030 to power 10 million homes.
In South Texas, worries over the wind farm being developed by GH America Energy, which is controlled by Chinese billionaire Sun Guangxin, fast torpedoed the project in 2021, previewing the wave of states now considering limits on foreign land ownership. Texas lawmakers altogether banned Chinese companies from accessing the state's power grid and other critical infrastructure, forcing the aspiring wind farm developers to sell their interest. The Spanish renewable energy company Greenalia bought it, wiping away national security concerns.
ECOLOGICAL WARNINGS
And with that, state politicians vanished from the fight. Without legislation to protect Devils River, the project could get underway later this year.
Landowners say ecological dangers still linger over the prospect of 46 wind turbines suddenly springing up in the county of barely 48,000 residents. Scores of whirring blades could endanger migratory birds that fly through the area seasonally and disrupt the flyways of monarch butterflies and Mexican free-tailed bats, millions of which call the county's Fern Cave home every every year.
The Devils River attracts thousands of visitors annually to the pristine white waters that flow for about 40 miles in Val Verde County, creating panoramic canyon views and offering a lens on ancient rock art. On a recent afternoon in February in Dolan Falls, cascading water was the only sound in a hollow of peaceful greenery. Fish swam through the waters, an unexpected sight in the middle of Texas desert.
“If you look at the proliferation of wind farms across Texas, we haven’t said a word about 99% of it,” said Jeff Francell, a director of land protection for The Nature Conservancy in Texas, which has come out against the project known as Blue Hills on Carma Ranch.
He recalls just one other time his group opposed a wind farm in Texas, where more than 10,000 turbines already spin, more than anywhere in the country. “It really just comes down to sensitive locations," he said.
But those arguments have struggled to change minds, and even in Del Rio, not everyone opposes the turbines.
“They don’t offend me and they don’t bother me,” said Beau Nettleton, an elected Val Verde County commissioner whose own property would be adjacent to the wind farm. “I personally think they look kind of neat.”
Elsewhere in Del Rio, the rebooted battle has soured ranchers who found powerful allies just two years ago when the property was under Chinese control. Now those locals feel forgotten. Doug Meyer, who manages Monarch Ranch, said he would feel left behind if the wind farm is built now that national security concerns are resolved.
VAL VERDE FORGOTTEN?
America's biggest oil and gas state is moving aggressively against wind projects elsewhere while standing by at Carma Ranch. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is backing efforts to box out wind and solar development from economic incentives in Texas, which critics say would undercut renewables and boost fossil fuels.
Proposals to create zoning limits for wind energy would not affect projects already under construction and a proposed permitting process would allow ventures underway to advance while companies seek permits.
Republicans who railed against the China-backed wind farm never leaned into environmental concerns.
“The most compelling part of the previous case I was involved in was the national security implications of the ownership,” said Republican Will Hurd, the former Texas congressman who represented Val Verde County and whose aides say is considering a 2024 presidential run.
U.S. officials reviewed concerns about the location being too near Laughlin Air Force Base and determined it wasn't a threat.
A person familiar with GH America Energy’s operations confirmed the company sold its interest in the wind farm after the new Texas law prohibited it from developing the project. The person declined to be publicly identified because they weren’t authorized to speak about the company.
Greenalia said in a statement the company was “highly committed” to respecting local biodiversity and that it was following existing laws and either obtained or are in the process of obtaining all necessary permits. It did not respond to questions about whether it had completed an environmental impact study, which Texas does not require.
Devils River headwaters run up against the property of Alice Ball Strunk, who owns nearly 50 square miles of land split between two parcels. She's also president of the Devils River Conservancy, which has led opposition to wind turbines in Val Verde County for years.
Rooms at her Hudspeth River Ranch go for upward of $650 a night and allow vacationers to isolate in the vast, quiet greenery extending to the river's springs.
Sitting in her home library surrounded by hunting trophies, Strunk worries light pollution and the sight of turbines would hurt ecotourism.
“It doesn’t seem right that someone who isn’t even a citizen here will profit over something that will reduce the neighbors’ values,” she said.
Such arguments ring familiar to Erin Baker, a professor of industrial engineering at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, who studies wind farm developments and said environmental concerns are common.
“I think there also, unfortunately, is a little bit of — and you are not supposed to say it — but NIMBYism,” said Baker, referring to not-in-my-backyard opposition. “People don’t want change.”
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Friday after the Bank of Japan adjusted its bond purchase policy but kept its negative benchmark interest rate unchanged.
Tokyo and Sydney slipped while Hong Kong and Shanghai advanced. U.S. futures were lower and oil prices fell.
Japan’s central bank opted to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but fine-tuned its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility.
The Bank of Japan said that extremely high uncertainties for the economy and prices required a more nimble approach than its previous policy. It said it would offer to buy 10-year Japanese government bonds at 1% each business day, instead of the upper limit of 0.5% that was imposed under its “yield curve control program.”
The aim is still to keep long-term interest rates near zero percent, it said.
Markets in Japan wobbled before Friday's announcement. Afterward, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 dipped more than 2% but in the end closed 0.4% lower, at 32,759.23. The dollar bounced against the Japanese yen but rose to 139.58 from 139.49.
Shares in Japanese banks jumped. Mizuho Financial Group gained 4.8%; Mitsubishi UFG added 5.3% and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group surged 4.3%.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.7% to 6,877.93.
The Shanghai Composite index jumped 1.9% to 3,276.03, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng added 1.4% to 19,920.46. The Kospi in Seoul gained 0.2% to 2,608.32.
Markets in India and Thailand were closed for holidays.
Stocks climbed in Europe on Thursday after the European Central Bank raised interest rates and left unanswered whether more increases are coming. The French CAC 40 jumped 2.1%, and Germany's DAX returned 1.7%.
But a rally on Wall Street fizzled as the S&P 500 sank 0.6% to 4,537.41 after touching its highest level in nearly 16 months during the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also flipped from an early gain to a loss, dropping 0.7% to 35,282.72. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.5% to end at 14,050.11.
Honeywell International was a heavy weight on the market despite reporting stronger profit for the spring than analysts expected. It dropped 5.7% after its revenue fell short of analysts' expectations, as did its forecast for earnings in the current quarter.
The dip for Wall Street put a halt to a torrid run where the Dow climbed for 13 straight days. It was up as many as 125 points Thursday morning and seemed to be on the verge of tying a win-streak record set in 1897, before it ran out of momentum.
Stocks have been roaring on hopes the Federal Reserve can pull off what earlier seemed like a long-shot bet: successfully pull down high inflation by raising interest rates without sending the economy into a painful recession.
But critics have been saying the market's sharp move upward has been too much, too fast and that the seemingly growing consensus about a “soft landing” for the economy is hardly a certainty.
Reports about the economy on Thursday were mostly encouraging, but could also keep the pressure up on inflation. Strong data on the job market in particular could mean U.S. households will keep spending, encouraging companies to keep raising prices. That in turn could push the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates higher than expected, keeping alive the threat of a recession.
One estimate said growth for the overall economy accelerated in the spring. That easily topped forecasts from economists, who were expecting a slowdown from the first three months of the year. That report also suggested a measure of inflation wasn't as high from April through June as expected.
Another report said fewer workers applied for jobless benefits last week. It's the latest indication the job market remains remarkably solid, while a third report said orders for long-lasting manufactured goods strengthened more than expected last month.
The Federal Reserve raised its federal funds rate on Wednesday to its highest level in more than two decades in hopes of dragging inflation lower. High rates work by bluntly slowing the entire economy and hurting prices for stocks and other investments.
In other trading Friday, U.S. benchmark crude oil shed 21 cents to $79.88 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It rose $1.31 on Thursday to $80.09 per barrel.
Brent crude, the pricing basis for international trading, declined 26 cents to $83.53 per barrel.
The euro slipped to $1.0979 from $1.0980.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa is back, and his return will be a welcome sight for a Dolphins team that has not won a game since he suffered a concussion on Sept. 29.
Tagovailoa will go through practice this week as the Dolphins starter, and assuming all goes well, he is expected to start Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“He’s a captain for a reason,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said. “I think he’s a very, very good player at that position. Very good players, they definitely give people a boost, not because of what other people aren’t, but because he is who he is.”
Tagovailoa returned to practice on a limited basis last week. He had been in the concussion protocols since getting hurt and needing to be taken off the field on a stretcher against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4.
Tagovailoa was limited in practice Wednesday and Thursday, but was listed as a full participant Friday. He, along with backup Teddy Bridgewater, was medically cleared to return on Saturday after completing all of the return-to-play steps required by the NFL.
After watching Tagovailoa throw the ball in practice, McDaniel said he doesn’t expect him to have much rust from a mechanics standpoint.
“He was really the same guy. Luckily, he didn’t start throwing right-handed,” McDaniel joked about Tagovailoa, who is left-handed.
McDaniel added that he talked to Tagovailoa about conceding plays to protect himself on the field, which he admitted does not come naturally to the third-year quarterback because of his competitive nature.
“He wants to break every tackle, and he doesn’t like when plays don’t work,” McDaniel said. “Well, sometimes they won’t.”
He added: “The guys that set forth the example of how to play the position, they do find ways to be available, and part of that is that concession.”
The Dolphins have lost three straight games, including Sunday’s 24-16 home loss to the Vikings.
Rookie Skylar Thompson started that game after Bridgewater was affected by the NFL’s amended concussion protocols against the Jets in Week 5. He took a hit on the first offensive play and was placed in the protocols despite not showing any concussion symptoms.
Bridgewater was active Sunday and replaced Thompson in the first half after the third-stringer left with a bloody right thumb. McDaniel said Thompson’s injury will be reassessed Wednesday.
Tagovailoa was also there on the Dolphins sideline, but he was inactive.
NOTES: McDaniel said cornerback Nik Needham, who was carted off the field with a torn Achilles tendon Sunday, will go on injured reserve. … Miami will update defensive back Keion Crossen’s knee injury status later this week. … Cornerback Byron Jones likely will not practice this week. He remains on the physically unable to perform list after having surgery in March on his lower left leg. … McDaniel said it was a “step in the right direction” to hold left tackle Terron Armstead out of Sunday’s game as he nurses a lingering toe injury. … Right tackle Austin Jackson, who was placed on short-term IR last month with a right ankle injury, has not had any setbacks, but McDaniel wants to be cautious about bringing him back too soon.
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Police searching landfill for missing toddler’s body
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - Law enforcement said they are searching a Chatham County landfill for missing toddler Quinton Simon.
During a news conference on Tuesday, the Chatham County Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation said evidence gathered has led to the landfill search, WTOC reported.
Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said the department believes Simon’s body was thrown in a trash receptacle and unknowingly disposed of at the landfill.
The specific landfill is the one off Little Neck Road near L. Scott Stell Park.
Quinton, 20 months old, was last seen on Oct. 5 when he was reported missing from his home. Since then, county police and the FBI confirmed they believe Quinton is dead.
They have named his mother, Leilani Simon, as the prime suspect in his disappearance and death.
No one has been charged yet in this case.
Both and Will Clarke with the FBI emphasized that this search process for Quinton is going to be grueling and isn’t something that’s going to be wrapped up in a few days.
Clarke described how physically involved the search will be, saying that a team of people will have to move a pile of debris at the landfill onto what he called a “search deck.” They’ll then have to go through that pile and determine if any of Quinton’s remains are in it. If not, they’ll move that pile of debris and search another one.
It’s an intensive process that could take a long time.
As hard as it’s going to be for those searching, they know that getting Quinton to a proper resting place is the most important thing right now.
“We know this is going to be a physically, mentally and emotionally grueling task for our investigators and team. Yesterday, our team posted this picture of Quinton here on this wall of this operation center as a reminder of who we are searching for and why we continue to work so terribly hard,” Hadley said.
Hadley said they wouldn’t quit searching until they have a reason not to.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling that threw out a lawsuit they filed seeking to require the hand-counting of ballots in November's election.
Lawyers representing governor candidate Kari Lake and secretary of state hopeful Mark Finchem filed a notice saying they would ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit.
The pair sued in April, repeating unfounded allegations that vote-counting machines are not secure. Named in the lawsuit is Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the state's top election official and the Democratic candidate for governor, and the majority Republican Maricopa County board of supervisors
U.S. District Judge John Tuchi dismissed their lawsuit late last month, saying they lacked the right to to sue because they failed to show any realistic likelihood of harm. He also noted that their lawsuit must be brought in state, not federal, court and that it is too close to the election to upend the process.
“The 2022 Midterm Elections are set to take place on November 8,” Tuchi wrote in is ruling. “In the meantime, Plaintiffs request a complete overhaul of Arizona’s election procedures.”
Lake and Finchem won their GOP primaries after aggressively promoting the narrative that the 2020 election was marred by fraud or widespread irregularities.
Their lawsuit relied in part on testimony from Donald Trump supporters who led a discredited review of the election in Maricopa County, including Doug Logan, the CEO of Cyber Ninjas, who oversaw the effort described by supporters as a "forensic audit."
Finchem did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lake's campaign attorney, Timothy La Sota, said the appeal was needed.
“We are appealing because it is absolutely critical that we have a vote counting process that gives the public complete confidence in the process,” La Sota said in a statement.
Federal and state election officials and Trump's own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the 2020 election was tainted. Trump's allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges he appointed. A hand recount led by Cyber Ninjas in Maricopa County found no proof of a stolen election and concluded President Joe Biden's margin of victory was larger than the official count.
Election administrators testified that hand counting dozens of races on millions of Arizona ballots would require an extraordinary amount of time, space and manpower, and would be less accurate. They said extensive reviews have confirmed that vote-counting machines in Maricopa County are accurate, not connected to the internet and haven’t been hacked.
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STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioArctic AB's (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOA B) partner Eisai announced today that the results from the large global Phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical study of lecanemab (development code: BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD) with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology in the brain, were presented at the 2022 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) conference, in San Francisco, California and virtually.
Summary of presentations in the scientific session featuring lecanemab at CTAD
Design of Clarity AD study
Clarity AD was a global confirmatory Phase 3 placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group, randomized study in 1,795 people with early AD (lecanemab group: 898, placebo group: 897) at 235 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia. The participants were randomized 1:1 to receive either placebo or lecanemab 10 mg/kg IV biweekly, and the randomization was stratified according to clinical subgroups (MCI due to AD or mild AD), presence or absence of concomitant approved AD symptomatic medication at baseline (e.g., acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, memantine, or both), ApoE4 status and geographical region. Eligibility criteria allowed patients with a broad range of comorbidities/comedications, including but not limited to hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, renal disease and anti-coagulants. As a result of Eisai's recruitment strategy of diversity in the Clarity AD study, 4.5% and 22.5% of the randomized participants in the U.S. were Black and Hispanic, respectively.
The primary endpoint was change from baseline at 18 months in the CDR-SB[1] (Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes), the global cognitive and functional scale, and key secondary endpoints were the change from baseline at 18 months in amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) using Centiloids, AD Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale 14 (ADAS-Cog14[2]), AD Composite Score (ADCOMS[3]) and AD Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living scale for mild cognitive impairment (ADCS MCI-ADL[4]). In addition, longitudinal changes in brain tau pathology as measured by tau PET (n=257), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of AD pathology (n=281) were evaluated in optional sub-studies.
Efficacy results of Clarity AD
Mean change of CDR-SB from baseline at 18 months as the primary endpoint was 1.21 and 1.66 for lecanemab and placebo groups, respectively. Lecanemab treatment resulted in highly statistically significant results, reducing clinical decline on the global cognitive and functional scale, compared with placebo at 18 months by -0.45 (95% Confidence Interval (CI): -0.67, -0.23; P=0.00005), representing a 27% slowing of decline. Starting as early as six months (difference: -0.17 [95% CI: -0.29, -0.05]; P<0.01), and increasing in absolute difference over time across all time points every 3 months, the treatment showed highly statistically significant changes in CDR-SB from baseline compared to placebo (all p-values are less than 0.01) (Figure 1).
All key secondary endpoints also showed highly statistically significant results compared with placebo (P<0.001). In the amyloid PET sub-study, treatment with lecanemab showed statistically significant reduction in amyloid plaque burden at all timepoints starting at 3 months. Mean change in Centiloids at 18 months was -55.5 and 3.6 for lecanemab and placebo groups, respectively (mean difference: -59.1 [95% CI: -62.6, -55.6]; P<0.00001). Lecanemab slowed decline of cognitive function by 26% on ADAS-Cog14 at 18 months (mean difference: -1.44 [95% CI: -2.27, -0.61]; P=0.00065). In the ADCOMS assessment, lecanemab slowed disease progression by 24% at 18 months (mean difference: -0.050 [95% CI: -0.074, -0.027]; P=0.00002). Lecanemab slowed decline of activities of daily living by 37% on ADCS MCI-ADL at 18 months (mean difference: 2.016 [95% CI: 1.208, 2.823]; P<0.00001). In addition, the primary stratified analysis showed consistent results in CDR-SB, ADAS-Cog14 and ADCS MCI-ADL at 18 months of treatment with lecanemab in all subgroups of disease stage (MCI due to AD or mild AD), ApoE4 status (non-carriers, carriers), presence or absence of concomitant approved AD symptomatic medication, and region (North America, Asia, Europe).
Safety Results of Clarity AD
The most common adverse events (>10%) in the lecanemab group were infusion reactions (lecanemab: 26.4%; placebo: 7.4%), ARIA-H (combined cerebral microhemorrhages, cerebral macrohemorrhages, and superficial siderosis; lecanemab: 17.3%; placebo: 9.0%), ARIA-E (edema/effusion; lecanemab: 12.6%; placebo: 1.7%), headache (lecanemab: 11.1%; placebo: 8.1%), and fall (lecanemab: 10.4%; placebo: 9.6%). Infusion reactions were largely mild-to-moderate (grade 1-2: 96%) and occurred on the first dose (75%).
During the study period, deaths occurred in 0.7% and 0.8% of participants in the lecanemab and placebo groups, respectively and no deaths were related to lecanemab or occurred with amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) in the 18-month double- blind study period. Serious adverse events were experienced by 14.0% of participants in the lecanemab group and 11.3% of participants in the placebo group. Treatment-emergent adverse events occurred in 88.9% and 81.9% of participants in the lecanemab and placebo groups, respectively. Treatment-emergent adverse events leading to drug withdrawal occurred in 6.9% and 2.9% of participants in the lecanemab and placebo groups, respectively.
Overall, lecanemab's ARIA incidence profile was within expectations based on the Phase 2b trial results. ARIA-E events were largely mild-to-moderate radiographically (91% of those who had ARIA-E), asymptomatic (78% of those who had ARIA-E), occurred within the first 3 months of treatment (71% of those who had ARIA-E) and resolved within 4 months of detection (81% of those who had ARIA-E). Among the 2.8% of lecanemab-treated subjects with symptomatic ARIA-E, the most commonly reported symptoms were headache, visual disturbance, and confusion. The incidence of symptomatic ARIA-H was 0.7% in the lecanemab group and 0.2% in the placebo group. No imbalance was observed in isolated ARIA-H (i.e., ARIA-H in participants who did not also experience ARIA-E) between lecanemab (8.9%) and placebo (7.8%). ARIA-E and ARIA-H were less common in ApoE4 non-carriers versus carriers, with higher frequency in ApoE4 homozygous carriers vs ApoE4 heterozygous carriers. In the core study and subsequent open-label extension study, rates of deaths with concurrent cerebral macrohemorrhage were 0.1% in both the placebo group (1/897) and the lecanemab group (2/1608). The two cases on lecanemab occurred in the open-label extension study. Both cases had significant comorbidities and risk factors including anticoagulation contributing to macrohemorrhage or death. Therefore, it is Eisai's assessment that the deaths cannot be attributed to lecanemab.
Imaging, plasma, and CSF biomarkers assessments of Clarity AD
Biomarkers assessments on amyloid, tau and neurodegeneration with lecanemab administration were conducted using imaging, plasma and CSF. Amyloid biomarkers showed early and sustained amyloid reversal effects in CSF and plasma Aβ 42/40 ratio with lecanemab treatment. Mean amyloid PET was 22.99 Centiloids at 18 months of lecanemab treatment which was below threshold for amyloid positivity of 30 Centiloids. Tau biomarkers showed that removing amyloid improved CSF and plasma p-tau (p-tau181), downstream of amyloid in the AD pathology pathway. Tau PET analysis showed that lecanemab treatment slowed tau accumulation in the temporal lobe as well as improved total tau (t-tau) compared to placebo. As for biomarkers of neurodegeneration, lecanemab improved glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in plasma, a marker of astrocyte activation, and neurogranin in CSF, a marker of synaptic dysfunction, improved to normal levels by treatment, while there was no significant difference in neurofilament light chains in CSF or plasma between lecanemab and placebo.
Clarity AD results in context
AD is a progressive neurological disorder that severely impacts people living with the condition and their loved ones. With the increased global aging population, AD has become a critical issue for society and healthcare systems. New therapeutic agents that act on the disease pathology are needed. The treatment goals for early AD are to have sustained effects on cognitive functions, activities of daily living and psychiatric symptoms, to maintain independence longer by slowing progress of the disease and to improve or maintain quality of life.
In the confirmatory Clarity AD study, lecanemab demonstrated consistency of results across scales of cognition and function and subgroups (race, ethnicity, comorbidities). Lecanemab treatment showed 31% lower risk of converting to next stage of disease by Global CDR assessment (Hazard Ratio: 0.69). A slope analysis using CDR-SB based on observed data and extrapolation to 30 months showed that lecanemab takes 25.5 months to reach same level as placebo at 18 months, indicating a 7.5 month slowing of progression. Modeling simulations based on the Phase 2b trial data suggest that lecanemab may slow the rate of disease progression by 2.5-3.1 years and has the potential to help people remain in the earlier stages of AD for a longer period of time. In addition, it was shown to maintain the health-related quality of life and reduce the burden on caregivers (23-56% reduction in score worsening). The convergence of evidence across cognition and function, disease progression, health-related quality of life, and caregiver burden demonstrate that lecanemab treatment may provide meaningful benefits to patients, their care partners, physicians, and society.
Eisai serves as the lead of lecanemab development and regulatory submissions globally. They are hosting a live webcast of the scientific session featuring the lecanemab presentations, which can be viewed live on the investors section of the Eisai Co., Ltd. website. The content will be available on demand afterward.
This release discusses investigational uses of an agent in development and is not intended to convey conclusions about efficacy or safety. There is no guarantee that such an investigational agent will successfully gain health authority approval.
This information is information that BioArctic AB (publ) is obliged to disclose pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact persons below, on November 30, 2022, at 01:50 a.m. CET.
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Gunilla Osswald, CEO
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About Clarity AD
About lecanemab (BAN2401)
Lecanemab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody for Alzheimer's disease (AD) that is the result of a strategic research alliance between BioArctic and Eisai. Lecanemab selectively binds to neutralize and eliminate soluble toxic Aβ aggregates (protofibrils) that are thought to contribute to the neurodegenerative process in AD. As such, lecanemab may have the potential to have an effect on disease pathology and to slow down the progression of the disease. Currently, lecanemab is being developed as the only late-stage anti-Aβ antibody that can be used for the treatment of early AD without the need for titration, enabling full treatment effect from day one.
The Clarity AD open-label extension is underway with treatment initiated after completion of the Core period to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of lecanemab. In addition, the lecanemab Phase 3 clinical study AHEAD 3-45 is ongoing for individuals with preclinical (asymptomatic) AD, meaning they are clinically normal and have intermediate or elevated levels of brain amyloid. AHEAD 3-45 is conducted as a public-private partnership between the Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium, funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, and Eisai. In 2021, lecanemab was selected for the Tau NexGen clinical study for Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD), as a background anti-amyloid treatment when exploring combination therapies with anti-tau treatments. The study, which is ongoing, is conducted by Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Furthermore, Eisai has performed a lecanemab subcutaneous dosing Phase 1 study and the subcutaneous formulation is currently being evaluated in the Clarity AD open label extension study.
In July 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted Eisai's Biologics License Application (BLA) for lecanemab under the Accelerated Approval Pathway and granted Priority Review. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date (PDUFA) is set for January 6, 2023. The FDA has agreed that the results of Clarity AD can serve as the confirmatory study to verify the clinical benefit of lecanemab. In an effort to secure traditional FDA approval for lecanemab as soon as possible, Eisai submitted the BLA through the FDA's Accelerated Approval Pathway so that the agency could complete its review of all lecanemab data with the exception of the data from the confirmatory Clarity AD study. In March 2022, Eisai began submitting application data, with the exception of Clarity AD data, to Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) under the prior assessment consultation system. Eisai will discuss the results of Clarity AD study with regulatory authorities in the U.S., Japan and Europe with the aim to file for traditional approval in the U.S., and to submit marketing authorization applications in Japan and Europe by the end of the first quarter 2023.
About the collaboration between BioArctic and Eisai
Since 2005, BioArctic has a long-term collaboration with Eisai regarding the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The most important agreements are the Development and Commercialization Agreement for the lecanemab antibody, which was signed in December 2007, and the Development and Commercialization agreement for the antibody BAN2401 back-up for Alzheimer's disease, which was signed in May 2015. In March 2014, Eisai and Biogen entered into a joint development and commercialization agreement for lecanemab. Eisai is responsible for the clinical development, application for market approval and commercialization of the products for Alzheimer's disease. BioArctic has right to commercialize lecanemab in the Nordic under certain conditions and is currently preparing for commercialization in the Nordics together with Eisai. BioArctic has no development costs for lecanemab in Alzheimer's disease and is entitled to payments in connection with regulatory filings, approvals, and sales milestones as well as royalties on global sales.
About BioArctic AB
BioArctic AB (publ) is a Swedish research-based biopharma company focusing on disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and ALS. BioArctic focuses on innovative treatments in areas with high unmet medical needs. The company was founded in 2003 based on innovative research from Uppsala University, Sweden. Collaborations with universities are of great importance to the company together with its strategically important global partner Eisai in Alzheimer disease. The project portfolio is a combination of fully funded projects run in partnership with global pharmaceutical companies and innovative in-house projects with significant market and out-licensing potential. BioArctic's Class B share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap (ticker: BIOA B). For more information about BioArctic, please visit www.bioarctic.com.
[1] CDR-SB is a numeric scale used to quantify the various severity of symptoms of dementia. Based on interviews of people living with AD and family/caregivers, qualified healthcare professionals assess cognitive and functional performance in six areas: memory, orientation, judgment and problem solving, community affairs, home and hobbies, and personal care. The total score of the six areas is the score of CDR-SB, and CDR-SB is also used as an appropriate item for evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic drugs targeting the early stages of AD.
[2] ADAS-cog is the most common cognitive assessment instrument used in AD clinical trials all over the world. ADAS-cog14 consists of 14 competencies: word recall, commands, constructional praxis, object and finger naming, ideational praxis, orientation, word recognition, remembering word recognition instructions, comprehension of spoken language, word finding difficulty, spoken language ability, delayed word recall, number cancellation, and maze task. ADAS-cog has been used in clinical trials for earlier stages of AD including MCI.
[3] Developed by Eisai, combines items from the ADAS-cog scale for assessing cognitive functions, MMSE and the CDR scale for evaluating the severity of dementia to enable highly sensitive detection of changes in clinical functions of early AD symptoms and changes in memory
[4] ADCS MCI-ADL assesses the competence of patients with MCI in activities of daily living (ADLs), based on 24 questions to the patient's partner about actual recent activities of daily living.
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SOURCE BioArctic | 2022-11-30T05:00:04+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/11/30/bioarctics-partner-eisai-presents-results-lecanemab-phase-3-confirmatory-clarity-ad-study-early-alzheimers-disease-ctad-conference/ |
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